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Frederick LaMotte Santee (17 September 1906 - 11 April 1980) was a medical doctor, occultist, and practicing warlock in rural Pennsylvania. He was the founder and leader of the Coven of the Catta, a coven that practices Gardnerian Wicca. His life was an inspiration for the book Magicians, Martyrs, and Madmen, which includes his complete biography.
Santee was introduced to the occult by his english professor at Harvard, George. L. Kittredge, author of the book Witchcraft in Old New England. During his time at Oxford, Santee became acquainted with W.B. Yeats, who was a member of Alpha et Omega, while the "modern witchcraft" movement was enjoying immense popularity throughout England. He was inducted into the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and met Aleister Crowley and Israel Regardie. With the assistance of his philosophy professor, Dr. Brabbart, he became a member of the Theosophical Society of England.