The following are notable people associated with the name Waite.

Surname

• Arthur Edward Waite, occultist and co-creator of the Rider-Waite tarot deck
• Arthur Waite (racing driver), Australian racing driver
• Catharine Van Valkenburg Waite, United States author, lawyer and women's suffrage activist.
• Charles Betts "C. B." Waite, American photographer
• Charles Burlingame Waite, American jurist and author
• David Waite, Australian rugby league coach
• Davis Hanson Waite (1825-1901), Populist governor of Colorado
• Edgar Ravenswood Waite, Australian zoologist
• Harold Roy Waite (1884-1978), American aviator
• Henry Chester Waite (1830-1912), American lawyer, banker, and politician
• Jamie Waite (born 1986), Thai footballer
• Jimmy Waite, ice hockey goaltender
• John Waite, British rock singer
• John Waite (cricketer), South African wicketkeeper–opening batsman
• John Musgrave Waite (1820-1884), Victorian fencing master
• Joseph Waite (alive in 1893 in England), a Latin and Greek scholar who edited the book Latin and Greek verse by Thomas Saunders Evans
• Keith Waite (1927–2014), New Zealand-born English editorial cartoonist
• Mitchell Waite (born 1946), author of books on electronics and computing
• Morrison Waite (1816-1888), U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1874–1888
• Norman Waite (1898–1970), English footballer
• Peter Waite (1834–1922), South Australian pastoralist, businessman, company director and philanthropist
• Ralph Waite (1928–2014), American actor, best known for the role of John Walton on the TV series The Waltons
• Reginald Waite, Royal Air Force officer
• Terry Waite, British humanitarian and author
• Thomas Waite (regicide), English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I
• Thomas Waite (Under-Secretary for Ireland), 1747–1774
• Tommy Waite (born 1972), Northern Irish boxer of the 1990s and 2000s

Given name

• Waite Hoyt, American baseball player
• Waite Phillips, American Petroleum Businessman, Philanthropist
• Waite Stirling, First Anglican Bishop of the Falkland Islands.

Fictional characters

• Asenath Waite, character in H.P. Lovecraft's The Thing on the Doorstep
• Ephraim Waite, character in H.P. Lovecraft's The Thing on the Doorstep