Mitch is a short form of the masculine given name Mitchell. It is also sometimes a nickname, usually for a person with the surname Mitchell. It may refer to:

People

Mitch Albom Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, 1958) is an American author, journalist, and musician. As of 2021, he has sold 40 million books worldwide. Having achieved national recognition for sports writing in his early career, he turned to writing inspi ...

(born 1958), American author, journalist, and musician *

Mitch Allan Mitchell Allan Scherr is an American record producer, songwriter, and singer. He has worked with artists including Demi Lovato, Third Eye Blind, Miley Cyrus, Carlie Hanson, Jason Derulo, Pitbull, Fifth Harmony, Kelly Clarkson, Simple Plan, Fait ...

, American record producer, songwriter, and singer * Mitch Altman (born 1956), American hacker and inventor *

Mitch Apau Mitch Apau (born 27 April 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Spakenburg. Apau began his senior career with Veendam in 2009, remaining at the club until its bankruptcy in 2013. He subsequently joined RK ...

(born 1990), Dutch footballer * Mitch Austin (born 1991), Australian footballer *

Mitch Benn Mitchell John Benn (born 20 January 1970) is an English comedian, author and musician known for his comedy rock songs performed on BBC Radio. He was, until 2016, a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's satirical programme '' The Now Show'', and h ...

(born 1970), English comedian and satirist, known for his musical parodies * Mitch Berger (born 1972), Canadian National Football League punter * Mitch Bouyer (1837–1876), American interpreter and guide in the Old West * Mitch Brown (disambiguation), several people * Mitch Clark (disambiguation), several people * Mitch Clarke (born 1985), Canadian mixed martial artist * Mitch Clarke (basketball) (born 1999), Australian basketball player * Mitch Cornish (born 1993), Australian rugby league player * Mitch Creek (born 1992), Australian basketball player *

Mitch Daniels Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr. (born April 7, 1949) is an American Academic administration, academic administrator, businessman, author, and retired politician who served as the 49th governor of Indiana from 2005 to 2013. A Republican Party (United ...

(born 1949), American academic administrator, businessman, author and retired politician, 49th Governor of Indiana *

Mitch Duke Mitchell Thomas Duke (born 18 January 1991) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for club Machida Zelvia and the Australia national team. Duke was born in Liverpool, New South Wales and played youth soccer with ...

(born 1991), Australian professional soccer player * Mitch English (born 1969), American morning talk show host, comedian, actor, reporter and weatherman * Mitch Epstein (born 1952), American art photographer *

Mitch Evans Mitchell William Evans (born 24 June 1994) is a New Zealand professional racing driver. He currently (since 2016) drives for the Jaguar Racing, Jaguar TCS Racing team in Formula E. In 2012, he won the GP3 Series and he raced in the GP2 Serie ...

(born 1994), New Zealander racing driver *

Mitch Fatel Mitch Fatel (born December 20, 1968), also known as Mitch Faytel, is a stand-up comedian. Born in Manhattan, he was raised in Yonkers, New York Yonkers () is the List of municipalities in New York, third-most populous city in the U.S. st ...

(born 1968), American stand-up comedian *

Mitch Garber Mitch Garber (born September 5, 1964) is a Canadian lawyer, investor and business executive. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 2019, that country's highest civilian honour. Career Mitch Garber is a member of the Executive Advisory Cou ...

(born 1964), Canadian lawyer, investor and business executive *

Mitch Garver Mitchell Lynn Garver (born January 15, 1991) is an American professional baseball catcher and designated hitter for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers (b ...

(born 1991), American baseball player *

Mitch Gaylord Mitchell Jay Gaylord (born March 10, 1961) is an American gymnast, actor, and 1984 Los Angeles Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. Early life and education Gaylord w ...

(born 1961), American Olympic champion gymnast *

Mitch Georgiades Mitchell John Georgiades ( ; born 28 September 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL). Georgiades' father John played 103 games for West Australian Football League (WAFL) club ...

(born 2001), Australian rules footballer *

Mitch Glasser Mitchell Emri Glasser (; born October 15, 1989) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball player. He also plays for the Israel National Baseball Team. In high school, Glasser was Illinois Independent School League MVP as a senior. A ...

(born 1989), American-Israeli baseball player *

Mitch Glazer Mitchell Aram Glazer (born 1952/1953) is an American writer, producer, and actor. Early life Glazer was born in Key Biscayne, Florida, and was raised in Miami, the son of Leonard and Zelda Glazer, an English teacher. Glazer is a close relative o ...

(born 1952/1953), American writer, producer, and actor *

Mitch Glazier Mitch Glazier (born 1966) is an American lawyer and lobbyist. He is the Chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Education and career Glazier received a B.S. in social policy from Northwestern University in 1987 a ...

(born 1966), American lawyer and lobbyist *

Mitch Golby Mitchell "Dragon" Golby (born 3 October 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional s ...

(born 1991), Australian rules footballer *

Mitch Gore Mitch Gore (born 1991 or 1992) is an American politician and law enforcement officer currently serving as a Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives from the 89th district. He assumed office on November 4, 2020. Early life a ...

, American politician from Indiana *

Mitch Grassi Mitchell Coby Michael Grassi (born July 24, 1992) is an American singer from Arlington, Texas. Known for his high tenor voice, Grassi came to international attention as a founding performer in two groups—the a cappella quintet Pentatonix, and ...

(born 1992), American musician, YouTube personality, and member of a capella band

Pentatonix Pentatonix (abbreviated PTX) are an American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of vocalists Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Matt Sallee, and Kevin Olusola. Characterized by their pop-style arrangements wit ...

Mitch Green Mitch Green (born January 13, 1957) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005. He is best known for having gone the distance with Mike Tyson in 1986, who was undefeated at the time. Two years later, in 1988, Green ...

(born 1957), American professional boxer *

Mitch Greenlick Merwyn Ronald "Mitch" Greenlick (March 12, 1935 – May 15, 2020) was a Democratic Party of Oregon, Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He represented Oregon's 33rd House district, District 33 of the Oregon House of Represent ...

(1935–2020), American politician * Mitch Haniger (born 1990), American baseball player *

Mitch Harris Mitchell Harris (born October 31, 1969) is an American guitarist. He started his career in the Las Vegas, Nevada grindcore Grindcore is an extreme metal, extreme fusion genre of heavy metal music, heavy metal and hardcore punk that originat ...

(born 1970), American guitarist and member of England-based grindcore band

Napalm Death Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in Meriden, West Midlands, in 1981. None of the band's original members have been in the group since 1986, but since ''Utopia Banished'' (1992), the lineup of bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mi ...

Mitch Hedberg Mitchell Lee Hedberg (February 24, 1968 – March 23, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian known for his surreal humor and deadpan delivery. His comedy typically featured short, sometimes one-line jokes mixed with absurd elements and non s ...

(1968–2005), American stand-up comedian *

Mitch Hewer Mitchell Scott Hewer (born 1 July 1989) is an English actor, best known for the role of Maxxie Oliver in the E4 teen drama '' Skins''. He has also starred in'' Britannia High'' as the all-round talent Danny Miller. Career In 2006, Hewer was ca ...

(born 1989), British actor * Mitch Hinge (born 1998), professional Australian rules footballer *

Mitch Holleman Mitch Holleman is an American actor best known as youngest son Jake Hart on the sitcom '' Reba''. Life and career Mitch began begging to be on television at the age of 2. The family moved to Naples, Florida and he was signed to a Miami-based ta ...

(born 1994), American actor * Mitch Horowitz (born 1965), American author, publisher, speaker, and television host *

Mitchell Hurwitz Mitchell Donald "Mitch" Hurwitz (born May 29, 1963) is an American television writer, producer, and actor. He is best known as the creator of the television sitcom ''Arrested Development'' as well as the co-creator of '' The Ellen Show''. He is ...

(born 1963), American television writer, producer and actor * Mitch Hyatt (born 1997), American football player * Mitch Jebb (born 2002), American baseball player * Mitch Jones (born 1977), American Major League Baseball outfielder *

Mitch Jones (streamer) David Mitchell Jones (born July 23, 1992) is an American Twitch streamer and musician. Career Jones began streaming on Twitch (then known as Justin.tv) in 2011. He primarily played World of Warcraft player-versus-player combat. He would later ...

(born 1992), American Twitch streamer and musician *

Mitch Kapor Mitchell David Kapor ( ; born November 1, 1950) is an American entrepreneur best known for his work as an application developer in the early days of the personal computer software industry, later founding Lotus Software, Lotus, where he was instr ...

(born 1950), American entrepreneur * Mitch Keller (born 1996), American baseball player *

Mitch Kupchak Mitchell Kupchak (born May 24, 1954) is an American professional basketball executive and retired player. He is the former president of basketball operations and general manager of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NB ...

(born 1954), American National Basketball Association player and general manager * Mitch Landrieu (born 1960), American politician and lawyer *

Mitch Lasky Mitchell Harold "Mitch" Lasky (born January 18, 1962) is a general partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Benchmark and a former entrepreneur and video game executive. Education and early career Lasky received a B.A. degree in Histor ...

(born 1962), American businessman * Mitch Lewis (born 1954), Canadian multi-instrumentalist * Mitch Little, American politician *

Mitch Lucker Mitchell Adam Lucker (October 20, 1984 – November 1, 2012) was an American musician best known as the lead vocalist for the deathcore band Suicide Silence. Career Lucker first started performing music in 2000 with the band Breakaway, which wo ...

(1984–2012), American vocalist of extreme metal band

Suicide Silence Suicide Silence is an American deathcore band from Riverside, California, Riverside, California. The band was established in 2002, and has released seven studio albums, three EPs, and nineteen music videos. They were awarded the ''Revolver (ma ...

* Mitch Margo (1947–2017), American singer and songwriter *

Mitch Marner Mitchell Daniel Marner (born May 5, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected fourth overall by the Maple Leafs in the 2015 NHL entry draft. Playin ...

(born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs *

Mitchell Marsh Mitchell Ross Marsh (born 20 October 1991) is an Australian international cricketer who represents Australia in all three formats. Marsh is the current Australian T20I captain, and has served as vice captain in all formats. Marsh currently plays ...

(born 1991), Australian cricketer *

Mitch McConnell Addison Mitchell McConnell III (; born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. McConnell is in his seventh Senate term and is the long ...

(born 1942), American politician and Senate Minority Leader *

Mitch Merrett Mitch Merrett is a record producer, music manager, and country musician from Langley, British Columbia, Canada. He plays a Gibson Robot Guitar. He studied music at Selkirk College in Nelson, graduating from the Contemporary Music and Technol ...

, Canadian record producer *

Mitch Miller Mitchell William Miller (July 4, 1911 – July 31, 2010) was an American choral conductor, record producer, record-industry executive, and professional oboist. He was involved in almost all aspects of the industry, particularly as a conductor ...

(1911–2010), American oboist, conductor, recording producer and recording industry executive *

Mitch Mitchell John Graham "Mitch" Mitchell (9 July 194612 November 2008)In his book about the Experience, Mitchell states he celebrated his 21st birthday while on tour on 9 July 1967, which makes his birth year 1946.Mitchell's obituaries in ''Billboard (mag ...

(1946–2008), English drummer with The Jimi Hendrix Experience * Mitch Molloy (1965–2024), Canadian ice hockey player *

Mitch Moreland Mitchell Austin Moreland (born September 6, 1985), nicknamed "2-Bags", is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, San Diego ...

(born 1985), American professional baseball player * Mitch Morris (born 1979), American actor * Mitch Mullany (1968–2008), American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, and author *

Mitch Murray Mitch Murray (born Lionel Michael Stitcher; 30 January 1940) is an English songwriter, record producer and author. He has won two Ivor Novello Awards, including the Jimmy Kennedy Award. Murray has written, or co-written, songs that have produ ...

(born 1940), English songwriter, record producer and author *

Mitch Mustain Mitchell Stewart Mustain (born February 27, 1988) is an American former professional American football, football player. He played high school football and baseball at Springdale High School in Springdale, Arkansas. Mustain played his first year ...

(born 1988), American college football player * Mitch Nilsson (born 1991), Australian professional baseball player * Mitch Pacwa (born 1949), American Jesuit priest *

Mitch Pileggi Mitch Pileggi (; born April 5, 1952) is an American actor. He played Horace Pinker in '' Shocker'', Walter Skinner on ''The X-Files'', Colonel Steven Caldwell on ''Stargate Atlantis'', Ernest Darby in '' Sons of Anarchy'', and Harris Ryland i ...

(born 1952), American actor best known for his role in ''The X-Files'' *

Mitch Potter Mitchell "Mitch" Potter (born September 16, 1980) is a male American track and field athlete, who competes in the sprints events, primarily the 400 metres. He is best known for winning the men's 400 metres event at the 2003 Pan American Games in S ...

(born 1980), American track and field athlete *

Mitch Richmond Mitchell James Richmond III (born June 30, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player. He played collegiately at Moberly Area Community College and Kansas State University. He was a six-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA Te ...

(born 1965), American basketball player * Mitch Robinson (born 1989), Australian rules footballer *

Mitch Schauer Mitchell Lee Schauer (pronounced "shower") (born December 18, 1955) is an American animation professional who has been involved television programs and feature films since 1978. He is perhaps best known as the creator of the Nickelodeon series '' ...

(born 1955), American animation professional *

Mitch Seavey Mitch Seavey (born 1959)Jodie Tweed, Brainerd Dispatch: Winner has Crosby ties'', March 17, 2004. URL last accessed 2012-10-29. is an United States, American mushing, dog musher, who won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Al ...

(born 1959), American dog musher * Mitch Singer (born 1955), American lawyer and digital media executive * Mitch Snyder (1943–1990), American activist *

Mitchell Trubisky Mitchell David Trubisky ( ; born August 20, 1994) is an American professional football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels and was selected second ...

(born 1994), American National Football League quarterback * Mitch Valize (born 1995), Dutch para-cyclist *

Mitch Vogel Mitchel L. "Mitch" Vogel (born January 17, 1956) is an American former child actor, musician and director. As of 2023, he is one of two surviving main cast members from ''Bonanza'', next to Tim Matheson. Having begun his professional acting ca ...

(born 1956), American child actor, musician and director * Mitch Ward (born 1971), English footballer * Mitch White (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player * Mitch White (footballer, born 1996), Australian rules footballer *

Mitch Williams Mitchell Steven Williams (born November 17, 1964), nicknamed "Wild Thing", is an American former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for six teams from 1986 to 1997. He was also a studio analyst for the MLB Network from 20 ...

(born 1964), American Major League Baseball relief pitcher * Mitch Williams (politician) (born 1953), Australian politician and farmer * Mitch Wishnowsky (born 1992), American football player * Mitch Young (born 1961), American football player

Stage or ring name

Mitch Ryder William Sherille Levise Jr. (born February 26, 1945), known professionally as Mitch Ryder, is an American rock singer who has recorded more than 25 albums over more than four decades. Career Ryder was born on February 26, 1945, in Hamtramck, ...

, stage name of American musician William S. Levise, Jr. (born 1945) * Mitch, ring name of wrestler Nick Mitchell

Fictional characters

Mitch Buchannon Mitch Buchannon is a fictional character from the television series ''Baywatch''. He was played by David Hasselhoff in every season of ''Baywatch'' and ''Baywatch Nights'' plus in the first season of ''Baywatch Hawaii''. He also appeared in three ...

, main character of the TV series ''Baywatch'', played by David Hasselhoff * "Mitch", the self-given nickname of Mitsuhiro Higa, The Ultimate Soccer Player, from ''

Danganronpa is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike). The series primarily surrounds various groups of apparent high-school students who are forced into murdering each oth ...

'' ''Another: Another Despair Academy'' * Mitch Laurence, in the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * Mitch Leery, a character in

Dawson's Creek ''Dawson's Creek'' is an American teen drama television series about the lives of a close-knit group of friends in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, beginning in high school and continuing into college. It aired from January 20, 19 ...

who is Dawson's father * Mitch Mitchelson, a villain in

The Powerpuff Girls ''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an American Superhero fiction, superhero animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera (later Cartoon Network Studios) for Cartoon Network. The show centers on Blossom ...

* Mitch Rapp, the main character in a series of novels by Vince Flynn * Mitch Szalinski, in the movie '' Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' * Mitch Williams (General Hospital), in the soap opera ''General Hospital'' * "Mitch", nickname of Harold Mitchell, one of the principal characters in ''

A Streetcar Named Desire ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of pe ...

'' * Mitch, the main character in the movie ''

City Slickers ''City Slickers'' is a 1991 American Western comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby and Jack Palance, with supporting roles by Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater and Noble Willingham, and ...

'' * Mitch, a character in Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? * Mitch, in the movie '' Old School'', played by Luke Wilson * Mitch Blake, a character in the soap opera '' Another World'' * Mitch "Muscle Man" Sorenstein, a fictional character in the Cartoon Network animated series ''

Regular Show ''Regular Show'' (known as ''Regular Show in Space'' during its Regular Show season 8, eighth season) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the cours ...

'' * Detective Mitch Kellaway, detective in the 1994 movie The Mask

Animals

* Mitch (''Meerkat Manor''), a meerkat in the television series ''Meerkat Manor''

Storms

Hurricane Mitch Hurricane Mitch was an extremely deadly and catastrophic Atlantic hurricane, which became the second-deadliest tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin on record. Mitch caused 11,374 fatalities in Central America in 1998, including approximately ...

, a deadly category 5 hurricane that impacted Central America in 1998.

People

Stage or ring name

Fictional characters

Animals

Storms

See also