Hitchens

Hitchens is a surname of early medieval English origin. 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

References

See also

• 57901 Hitchens
• Hitchen
• Hitchins

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Hitchens.
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