# Meriwether (name)

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**Meriwether** has been used as both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

- [Chuck Meriwether](/source/Chuck_Meriwether) (1956–2019), American Major League Baseball umpire
- [Colyer Meriwether](/source/Colyer_Meriwether) (1858–1920), American historian, educator and writer
- [David Meriwether (disambiguation)](/source/David_Meriwether_(disambiguation)), multiple people, including: - [David Meriwether (Georgia politician)](/source/David_Meriwether_(Georgia_politician)) (1755–1822), Congressional Representative from Georgia - [David Meriwether (Kentucky politician)](/source/David_Meriwether_(Kentucky_politician)) (1800–1893), Senator from Kentucky and Governor of New Mexico
- [Delano Meriwether](/source/Delano_Meriwether) (born 1943), American doctor and track and field athlete
- [Elizabeth Meriwether](/source/Elizabeth_Meriwether) (born 1981), American playwright and screenwriter
- [Elizabeth Avery Meriwether](/source/Elizabeth_Avery_Meriwether) (1824–1916), American author, publisher and activist in the women's suffrage movement
- [James Meriwether](/source/James_Meriwether) (1789–1854), American politician and lawyer from Georgia
- [James Archibald Meriwether](/source/James_Archibald_Meriwether) (1806–1852), American politician and lawyer from Georgia
- [John Meriwether](/source/John_Meriwether) (born 1947), American hedge fund executive and a pioneer of fixed income arbitrage
- [Lee Meriwether](/source/Lee_Meriwether) (born 1935), American actress who was Miss America 1955
- [Lee Meriwether (author)](/source/Lee_Meriwether_(author)) (1862–1966), American author and government official
- [Lide Meriwether](/source/Lide_Meriwether) (1829–1913), American feminist leader and women's rights activist
- [Louise Meriwether](/source/Louise_Meriwether) (1923–2023), American novelist, essayist, journalist and activist
- [Nana Meriwether](/source/Nana_Meriwether) (born 1985), American beauty pageant winner who was Miss USA 2012
- [Nicholas Meriwether](/source/Nicholas_Meriwether) (1665–1744), wealthy land owner of Colony of Virginia
- [Porter Meriwether](/source/Porter_Meriwether) (1940–2009), American basketball player

## Given name

- [Meriwether Clark (disambiguation)](/source/Meriwether_Clark_(disambiguation)), multiple people, including: - [Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr.](/source/Meriwether_Lewis_Clark_Sr.) (1809–1879), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general in the American Civil War - [Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr.](/source/Meriwether_Lewis_Clark_Jr.) (1846–1899), American businessman and horse racing manager
- [Meriwether Lewis](/source/Meriwether_Lewis) (1774–1809), American explorer, soldier, and public administrator
- [Meriwether Smith](/source/Meriwether_Smith) (1730–1790), American planter from Essex County, Virginia
- [Meriwether Lewis Walker](/source/Meriwether_Lewis_Walker) (1869–1947), Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1924 to 1928

## See also

- [Meriwether (disambiguation)](/source/Meriwether_(disambiguation))
- [Meriweather](/source/Meriweather)

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