Potter (name)

Surname

• Albert Potter, English footballer
• Alexandra Potter, British author
• Alfie Potter, English football player
• Alfred Potter, English clergyman and cricketer
• Allen Potter, American politician
• Alonzo Potter, Irish composer
• Arnold Potter, American self-declared Messiah
• Barbara Potter, American tennis player
• Barnaby Potter, Bishop of Carlisle
• Beatrix Potter, British children's writer
• Bert Potter, several people including:
• *Bert Potter , American composer
• Beryl H. Potter, American astronomer
• Beryl Potter, Canadian disability rights activist
• Bill Potter, Australian footballer for Fitzroy
• Bill Potter, country singer and television personality
• Brandon Potter, American voice actor
• Carol Potter, American poet
• Carol Potter , American actress
• Cassandra Potter, American curler
• Charles E. Potter, American politician
• Cherry Potter, British journalist
• Christopher Potter, several people, including:
• *Christopher Potter, English academic and clergyman
• *Christopher Potter, MP for Colchester 1781–2 and 1784
• *Chris Potter , Dean and Archdeacon of St Asaph
• *Christopher Potter , English author and publisher, former managing director of Fourth Estate, current editorial director of Europa Editions UK
• *Chris Potter , Canadian actor, musician and pitchman
• *Chris Potter , American jazz saxophonist and composer
• *Chris Potter, British record producer and mixer
• Cipriani Potter British composer, pianist and educator
• Clare Potter, American fashion designer
• Clarkson Nott Potter, American civil engineer, lawyer and politician
• Craig Potter, Scottish football player
• Cynthia Potter, American diver
• Dale Potter, Canadian football player
• Danny Potter, English football player
• Darren Potter, Irish football player
• David M. Potter, American historian
• Dennis Potter, British playwright
• Don Potter, British sculptor and potter
• Don Potter, American musician
• Dora Joan Potter, Australian children's author
• Edmund Potter, British industrialist, MP for Carlisle, Beatrix Potter's grandfather
• Edward Clark Potter, American sculptor
• Edward Tuckerman Potter, American architect
• Elisha Reynolds Potter, American congressman from Rhode Island
• Elisha R. Potter, American congressman from Rhode Island, son of Elisha Reynolds Potter
• Emery D. Potter, American politician
• Frederick Potter, New Zealander businessman
• Fuller Potter, American abstract expressionist artist
• George Potter, several people, including:
• *George Potter , Australian politician
• *George Richard Potter, British historian
• Gilbert Potter, Irish police officer
• Glenn Potter, American basketball coach
• Graham Potter, English footballer and manager
• Greg Potter, American comic book writer
• Harrison Potter, American pianist
• Henry Codman Potter, American clergyman
• Horatio Potter, American bishop
• Ian Potter, British writer
• Jack Potter, Australian cricketer
• James Potter, several people
• Jenny Potter, American ice hockey player
• John Potter, several people, including:
• *John Potter , Archbishop of Canterbury
• *John Potter , British Liberal politician
• *John Potter , British Conservative politician
• *John Potter , Scottish football player
• *John E. Potter, American Postmaster General
• *John F. Potter, American politician
• *Jon Potter, British field hockey player
• *Jonathan Potter, British professor and originator of discursive psychology
• *Jonathan Potter , English cricketer
• *Jonathan Potter, Australian programmer
• Judith Potter, New Zealander judge
• K.C. Potter, American academic administrator and LGBT rights activist
• Lela Brooks Potter, Canadian speed skater
• Luke Potter, English football player
• Madeleine Potter, American actress
• Maisie Potter, British snowboarder
• Mark Potter , Canadian sports broadcaster
• Mark Potter , British judge
• Mark Potter, British musician from the band Elbow
• Martin Potter , British actor
• Martin Potter , British surfer
• Maureen Potter, Irish actress
• Michael Potter, several people, including:
• *Michael Potter , American physician and immunologist
• *Michael Potter, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
• *Mike Potter , American racecar driver
• *Mike Potter , American baseball outfielder
• Mitch Potter, American track and field athlete
• Monica Potter, American actress
• Neal Potter, American politician
• Nels Potter, American baseball player
• Nelson Thomas Potter Jr., American philosopher
• Norm Potter, Australian rugby league footballer
• Orlando B. Potter, American politician
• Patricia Potter, British actress
• Paulus Potter, Dutch painter
• Philip Potter , Methodist minister
• Philip Potter, British opera singer
• Robert Brown Potter, American Civil War General
• Robert Potter, British architect
• Roger Potter, American basketball coach
• Ron Potter, Australian rugby league footballer
• Russell Potter, American writer
• Sally Potter, British film director and screenwriter
• Samuel J. Potter, American Senator
• Sarah Potter, English cricketer
• Stephen Potter, British author of self-help books
• Ted Potter, Australian rules footballer
• Ted Potter Jr., American PGA Tour golfer
• Thomas Potter, several people, including:
• *Thomas Potter , American Universalist
• *Thomas Potter , Scottish-born Danish industrialist and merchant
• *Thomas Potter , mayor of Manchester, England, father of Thomas Bayley Potter
• *Thomas Bayley Potter, British politician
• *Thomas J. Potter, vice-president and general manager of the Union Pacific Railroad
• *Thomas Rossell Potter, British naturalist
• *Tom Potter, Mayor of Portland, Oregon
• *Tommy Potter, jazz double bass player
• Van Rensselaer Potter, American biochemist
• Vincent Potter, army officer, Regicide of King Charles I
• William Potter, several people, including:
• *William Appleton Potter, American architect
• *William C. Potter, American scientist and professor
• *William Everett Potter, Governor of Panama Canal Zone
• *William Knight Potter, businessman and mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
• *William P. Potter, American naval commander
• *William Simpson Potter, British author
• *William W. Potter , American politician
• *William Wilson Potter, American politician

  Given name

• Potter P. Howard, mayor of Boise, Idaho
• Potter Palmer, American businessman and Chicago-area developer
• Potter Stewart, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. His opinion in the Jacobellis v. Ohio obscenity trial popularized the phrase "I know it when I see it."

  Fictional characters

• The Potter family, principal characters in A.S. Byatt's "Frederica Quartet" novels: The Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, Babel Tower, and A Whistling Woman
• Bonifacio "Potter", from the Peruvian TV series Al Fondo Hay Sitio
• Brian Potter, from the British sitcom Phoenix Nights
• Cedric Potter, from Under Capricorn
• Clarence Potter, from Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory alternate history novel series
• Gail Potter, from the British soap opera Coronation Street
• From the Harry Potter series:
• *Albus Severus Potter, Harry Potter and Ginny Potter 's son
• *Ginny Potter, Harry Potter's wife
• *Harry Potter, title character
• *James Potter, Lily Potter 's husband and Harry Potter's father
• *James Sirius Potter, Harry Potter and Ginny Potter 's son
• *Lily Luna Potter, Harry Potter and Ginny Potter 's daughter
• *Lily Potter, James Potter's wife and Harry Potter's mother
• *Fleamont Potter, James Potter's father and Harry Potter's paternal grandfather
• *Euphemia Potter, James Potter's mother and Harry Potter's paternal grandmother
• Harry Potter Jr., from the film Troll
• Mr. Potter, from the film It's A Wonderful Life
• Joey Potter, from the TV series Dawson's Creek
• Marygay Potter, from Joe Haldeman's science fiction novel The Forever War
• Melvin Potter, a Marvel Comics character, formerly the villain Gladiator
• Mr. Potter, from the film The Stranger
• Pansy Potter, from The Beano
• Peter Potter "Painless", from The Paleface
• Peter Potter Jr. "Junior", from Son of Paleface
• Professor Potter, a DC Comics character
• Sherman T. Potter, from the TV series M*A*S*H and AfterMASH
• Tycho Potter, from Margaret Mahy's novel The Catalogue of the Universe