Wheater is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adam Wheater (born 1990), English cricketer Charles Wheater (1860–1885), English cricketer David Wheater (born 1987), English footballer Joe Wheater (1918–2000s), British sport shooter John Denby Wheater (1921–1985), British Great Train Robbery accomplice John F. Wheater, English particle physicist
See also Wheatear, a genus of passerine birds