'''Meriwether''' has been used as both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
==Surname== * Chuck Meriwether (1956–2019), American Major League Baseball umpire * Colyer Meriwether (1858–1920), American historian, educator and writer * David Meriwether (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **David Meriwether (Georgia politician) (1755–1822), Congressional Representative from Georgia **David Meriwether (Kentucky politician) (1800–1893), Senator from Kentucky and Governor of New Mexico * Delano Meriwether (born 1943), American doctor and track and field athlete * Elizabeth Meriwether (born 1981), American playwright and screenwriter * Elizabeth Avery Meriwether (1824–1916), American author, publisher and activist in the women's suffrage movement * James Meriwether (1789–1854), American politician and lawyer from Georgia * James Archibald Meriwether (1806–1852), American politician and lawyer from Georgia * John Meriwether (born 1947), American hedge fund executive and a pioneer of fixed income arbitrage * Lee Meriwether (born 1935), American actress who was Miss America 1955 * Lee Meriwether (author) (1862–1966), American author and government official * Lide Meriwether (1829–1913), American feminist leader and women's rights activist * Louise Meriwether (1923–2023), American novelist, essayist, journalist and activist * Nana Meriwether (born 1985), American beauty pageant winner who was Miss USA 2012 * Nicholas Meriwether (1665–1744), wealthy land owner of Colony of Virginia * Porter Meriwether (1940–2009), American basketball player
==Given name== * Meriwether Clark (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr. (1809–1879), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general in the American Civil War **Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr. (1846–1899), American businessman and horse racing manager * Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809), American explorer, soldier, and public administrator * Meriwether Smith (1730–1790), American planter from Essex County, Virginia * Meriwether Lewis Walker (1869–1947), Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1924 to 1928
==See also== * Meriwether (disambiguation) * Meriweather
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