Kitson (surname)

Kitson is a surname first found in Yorkshire. Notable people with the surname include:

• Albert Ernest Kitson (1868–1937), British-Australian geologist and naturalist
• Albert Kitson (1863–1944), British peer
• Alec Kitson (1921–1997), British trade unionist
• Alison Kitson, British health scientist and nursing leader
• Arthur Kitson (1859–1937), British monetary theorist and inventor
• Arthur Octavius Kitson (1848–1915), British biographer of Captain James Cook
• Barry Kitson, British comics artist
• Charles Herbert Kitson (1874–1944), English organist, teacher and music educator
• Daniel Kitson (born 1977), British comedian
• Dave Kitson (born 1980), English former footballer
• David Kitson (1925–2002), English cricketer
• Frank Kitson (1926–2024), British Army officer and writer on military subjects
• Harold Kitson (1874–1951), South African tennis player
• Henry Kitson (1877–1952), Royal Navy officer
• Henry Hudson Kitson (died 1947), English-American sculptor
• James Kitson (1835–1911), British politician
• Jessie Beatrice Kitson (1876–1965), Lord Mayor of Leeds
• Jill Kitson (1939–2013), Australian radio broadcaster and literary journalist
• Joey Kitson (born 1969), Canadian musician and lead singer of the band Rawlins Cross
• John Kitson (1818–1907), English cricketer
• John William Kitson (1846–1888), English architectural sculptor
• Ken Kitson (born 1946), British actor
• Norma Kitson (1933–2002), South African political activist
• Oliver Kitson (1915–1996), British peer
• Paul Kitson (born 1971), English former footballer
• Peter Kitson (born 1958), British academic and author
• Robert Hawthorn Kitson (1873–1947), British painter
• Roland Kitson (1882–1958), British businessman
• Simon Kitson (born c. 1967), British historian
• Suzie Kitson (born 1969), former woman test cricketer
• Syd Kitson (born 1958), American football guard
• Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson (1871–1932), American sculptor
• Thomas Kitson (1485–1540), English merchant
• Timothy Kitson (1931–2019), British politician