Mortimer (given name)

Mortimer is a masculine given name which may refer to:


 * Mortimer J. Adler (1902–2001), American philosopher, educator and author
 * Mortimer Caplin (1916–2019), American lawyer and educator
 * Mortimer Cleveland (1883–?), American architect
 * Mortimer Collins (1827–1876), English poet and novelist
 * Mortimer Davis (1866–1928), Canadian businessman and philanthropist
 * Mortimer Durand (1850–1924), British diplomat and civil servant in British India
 * Mortimer Fitzland Elliott (1839–1920), American politician
 * Mortimer Hogan (1862–1923), American Major League Baseball outfielder
 * Mortimer von Kessel (1893–1981), German World War II general
 * Mort Leav (1916–2005), American comic book and advertising artist
 * Mortimer Dormer Leggett (1821–1896), American lawyer, school administrator, professor and Union Army major general during the American Civil War
 * Mortimer Lewis (1796–1879), English architect and surveyor; Colonial Architect in New South Wales
 * Mortimer Menpes (1855–1938), Australian-born artist, author, printmaker and illustrator
 * Mortimer M. Miller (1929–2017), American politician and writer
 * Mortimer Mishkin (1926–2021), American neuropsychologist
 * Mortimer L. Neinken (1896–1984), American stamp collector
 * Mortimer Planno (1929–2006), drummer and Rastafari elder best known as the Rasta teacher of Bob Marley
 * Mortimer R. Proctor (1889–1968), American politician, 66th governor of Vermont
 * Mortimer Sackler (1916–2010), American physician, entrepreneur and philanthropist
 * Mortimer L. Schiff (1877–1931), American banker and Boy Scouts of America leader
 * Mortimer Singer (1863–1929), Anglo-American landowner, philanthropist, sportsman and early pilot
 * Mortimer Thomson (1832–1875), American journalist and humorist
 * Mortimer Tollemache (1872–1950), English cricketer
 * Mortimer von Maltzan (1793–1843), Prussian diplomat and Foreign Minister
 * Mort Weisinger (1915–1978), American magazine and comic book editor
 * Mortimer Wheeler (1890–1976), British archaeologist
 * Mortimer Wilson (1876–1932), American composer of classical music
 * Mortimer Zuckerman (born 1937), Canadian-born American businessman

Fictional characters

 * Mortimer, a name sometimes given to the Grim Reaper (see Death (personification)), with its origin in the Latin word morti (to die)
 * Mortimer Brewster, protagonist of the play Arsenic and Old Lace and its film adaptaton
 * Mortimer Delvile, one of the protagonists in Cecilia (Burnley novel)
 * Mortimer Duke, in the movie Trading Places, played by Don Ameche
 * Mortimer McMire, the primary antagonist of the Commander Keen series
 * Mortimer Mouse, a Disney character and rival of Mickey Mouse
 * Morty Smith, one of the title characters on the American animated series Rick and Morty
 * Alternative versions of Morty Smith, from alternate realities
 * Mortimer Snerd, a ventriloquist's dummy employed by Edgar Bergen
 * Mortimer Toynbee, or Toad (Marvel Comics), a mutant in the X-Men comics
 * Mortimer "Mort", the protagonist of Terry Pratchett's novel Mort and its stage play adaptation
 * Mortimer, a Robert Munsch character and story
 * Mortimer, a criminal in the Italian comic book Zagor
 * Uncle Mortimer, a theme park mastermind from the video games Thrillville and Thrillville: Off the Rails