Francis Frederick Burdett Wittenoom (17 December 1855 – 11 September 1939) was an explorer and pastoralist in Western Australia.

His brother was Sir Edward Charles (Horne) Wittenoom, a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for 34 years.

Additionally, he was the first European to explore much of the Murchison, Gascoyne and Pilbara areas of the north-west of Western Australia.

[2] In 1987, the house was classified by the National Trust of Australia and has been added to the State Register of Heritage Places.

[1] The former town of Wittenoom, Western Australia, was named after him by Lang Hancock, with whom he shared a nearby pastoral lease.