Waites is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Addie Waites Hunton
Addie Waites Hunton (June 11, 1866 – June 22, 1943) was an African Americans, African-American Women's suffrage in the United States, suffragist, race and gender activist, writer, political organizer, and educator. In 1889, Hunton became the fir ...
(1866–1943), American activist
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Aline Waites
Aline Waites is an English actress, director, producer, reviewer and writer.
Life and career
Aline Waites was born in Kingston upon Hull, educated at Froebel House School, and studied for the theatre at Webber Douglas Academy. Before her gr ...
, English actress
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Brian Waites
Brian J. Waites (1 March 1940 – 8 March 2025) was an English professional golfer. Although he turned professional in 1957, he played little top-level golf for the next 20 years, but then had considerable success, winning twice on the European T ...
(1940–2025), English golfer
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Cole Waites
Cole Robert Waites (born June 10, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization. He played college baseball at the University of West Alabama, and was drafted by the Giants in the 18th round of the 20 ...
(born 1998), American baseball player
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George Waites
George Edward Waites (12 March 1938 – 24 August 2000) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside forward or inside forward in the Football League for Leyton Orient (two spells), Norwich City and Brighton & Hove Albion. He ...
(1938–2000), English footballer
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Harry Waites
Harry Waites, sometimes also called Jim Waites (8 June 1878 – October 1938), was an English football coach active in the Netherlands in the 1920s.
Career
Waites, who was a rugby player in his youth, spent World War I in an open Prisoner-of-War ...
, English football coach
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Keisha Waites
Keisha Sean Waites (born October 30, 1972) is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A Democrat, she served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2012 to 2017, representing southeast Atlanta, College Park, East Point, Hapeville ...
(born 1972), American politician
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Luigi Waites
Luigi Waites (born Lewis Waites; July 10, 1927 – April 6, 2010) was a jazz drummer and vibraphonist from Omaha, Nebraska. He performed weekly gigs in the Omaha area both solo and with ensembles such as Luigi, Inc. He served the Omaha music c ...
(1927–2010), American jazz drummer and vibraphonist
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Margaret C. Waites (1883–1923), American classical scholar and college professor
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Richard Waites
Richard C. Waites, J.D., Ph.D., (October 7, 1951-April 25, 2016), a noted board certified trial attorney and social psychologist, is an internationally recognized expert in jury and courtroom decision maker research, a field he helped to develop a ...
(1951–2016), American psychologist
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Scott Waites
Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time BDO World Darts Champion having won the 2013 tournament and 2016 tournament. He is also ...
(born 1977), English darts player
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Thomas G. Waites (born 1955), American actor
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