'''Hitchens''' is a surname of early medieval English origin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Hitchens|title=Surname Database: Hitchens Last Name Origin}}</ref> Notable people with the surname include:
* Alfred Hitchens (1861–1942), English painter * Anthony Hitchens (born 1992), American football linebacker * Bob Hitchens (1952–2020), American college football player * Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011), British-American author, journalist and broadcaster * Dolores Hitchens (1907–1973), American mystery novelist * Gerry Hitchens (1934–1983), English footballer * Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979), English painter * John Hitchens (born 1940), English painter * Peter Hitchens (born 1951), British author, journalist and broadcaster * Robert Hichens (disambiguation), various people **Robert Smythe Hichens (1864–1950), English writer **Robert Hichens (RMS Titanic) (1882–1940), quartermaster on the RMS Titanic **Robert Peverell Hichens (1909–1943), RNVR officer in the Second World War * Tim Hitchens (born 1962), British diplomat
'''Characters''' *Grace Hitchens, character in ''Glee''
==Others== *Hitchens's razor, an epistemological razor asserting that the burden of proof regarding the truthfulness of a claim lies with the one who makes the claim, and if this burden is not met, the claim is unfounded, and its opponents need not argue further to dismiss it; introduced by and named after Christopher Hitchens *Hitchens Pond, pond located east of Barber Point, New York
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==See also== *57901 Hitchens *Hitchen *Hitchins
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