Meriwether (name)
Meriwether has been used as both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:Surname
- Chuck Meriwether, American Major League Baseball umpire
- Colyer Meriwether, American historian, educator and writer
- David Meriwether, multiple people, including:
- *David Meriwether , Congressional Representative from Georgia
- *David Meriwether , Senator from Kentucky and Governor of New Mexico
- Delano Meriwether, American doctor and track and field athlete
- Elizabeth Meriwether, American playwright and screenwriter
- Elizabeth Avery Meriwether, American author, publisher and activist in the women's suffrage movement
- James Meriwether, American politician and lawyer from Georgia
- James Archibald Meriwether, American politician and lawyer from Georgia
- John Meriwether, American hedge fund executive and a pioneer of fixed income arbitrage
- Lee Meriwether, American actress who was Miss America 1955
- Lee Meriwether , American author and government official
- Lide Meriwether, American feminist leader and women's rights activist
- Louise Meriwether, American novelist, essayist, journalist and activist
- Nana Meriwether, American beauty pageant winner who was Miss USA 2012
- Nicholas Meriwether, wealthy land owner of Colony of Virginia
- Porter Meriwether, American basketball player
Given name
- Meriwether Clark, multiple people, including:
- *Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr., U.S. Army officer and Confederate general in the American Civil War
- *Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., American businessman and horse racing manager
- Meriwether Lewis, American explorer, soldier, and public administrator
- Meriwether Smith, American planter from Essex County, Virginia
- Meriwether Lewis Walker, Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1924 to 1928
