Whiteway is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Dean Whiteway (born 1944), Canadian politician
- Douglas Whiteway (born 1961), Canadian journalist and author
- Jesse Whiteway (1863–1940), merchant and politician in Newfoundland
- John Whiteway (politician) (1614 – c. 1677), English wool merchant and politician
- John Whiteway (surgeon) (c. 1722 – 1797), Irish surgeon
- William Whiteway (1828–1908), Premier of Newfoundland
- William Whiteway (diarist) (1599–1635), English merchant and politician
- William Tuff Whiteway (1856–1940), Canadian architect