Armistead

Armistead is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname: * Bill Armistead (born 1944), American politician from Alabama * George Armistead (1780–1818), American military officer who served as the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812 * James Armistead, American slave and spy in the American Revolution * Lewis Addison Armistead, Confederate Army general * Samuel G. Armistead (1927–2013), American ethnographer, linguist, folklorist, historian and Hispanist * Walker Keith Armistead, United States Army brigadier general * Wilson Armistead, (1819–1868) British merchant, anti-slavery abolitionist and author

Given name: * Armistead Abraham Lilly (1878–1956), American lawyer, politician, and businessperson * Armistead Burt, U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1843 to 1853 * Armistead I. Selden Jr., U.S. Representative from Alabama from 1953 to 1969 * Armistead Mason Dobie, legal educator and federal judge * Armistead Maupin, American writer * Armistead Burwell Smith IV, American musician, member of Pinback * Armistead Thomson Mason, U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816 to 1817 * Armistead (c. 1820–1844), slave of US President John Tyler, killed in the USS ''Princeton'' disaster Provided by Wikipedia