Whitcher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Frances Miriam Whitcher (1811–1852), American humorist Mary Whitcher (1815-1890), American Shaker trustee, school teacher, and author William Whitcher (1832-1910), English cricketer Neil Whitcher, lead guitar of Cuff (band) W.F. Whitcher, a notorious 19th century obsessed bibliomaniac