Harry Milner Whittington[1] (March 3, 1927 – February 4, 2023) was an American lawyer, real estate investor, and political figure.

He received international media attention following an incident on February 11, 2006, when he was accidentally shot in the face, neck, and torso by then-United States vice president Dick Cheney while hunting quail with two women on a ranch in Kenedy County, Texas, near Corpus Christi.

[4][5] Though his parents were Democrats, Whittington, attracted to the Republican party's ideals of smaller government and lower taxes, aligned himself more with the GOP.

[9] In 1959, Whittington challenged Austin's involvement in the controversial Federal Urban Renewal Program which enabled the government to seize the property of low-income residents.

[3] In 2000, Whittington began fighting a legal case involving the eminent domain seizure of a city block of property he owned in Austin.

[10][11] On February 11, 2006, Whittington was accidentally shot by then-United States vice president Dick Cheney during a quail hunting trip, at a ranch in south Texas.

They estimated that there were "less than 150 or 200" pellets lodged in his body immediately after the shooting,[15] and about 30 pieces of shot were expected to remain inside him for the rest of his life.

[14] Whittington told the paper that although many media outlets had described Cheney and him as "good friends", the pair had only met one another three times in 30 years, and had never been hunting before.