Potter (name)

Potter is an English surname that originally referred to someone who made pottery. It is occasionally used as a given name. People with the name include:

Surname

 * Albert Potter (1897–1942), English footballer
 * Alexandra Potter (born 1970), British author
 * Alfie Potter (born 1989), English football player
 * Alfred Potter (1827–1878), English clergyman and cricketer
 * Allen Potter (1818–1885), American politician
 * Alonzo Potter (1800–1865, Bishop of Pennsylvania
 * A. J. Potter "Archie" (1918–1980), Irish composer
 * Anice Potter Terhune (1873-1964), American author and composer
 * Arnold Potter (1804–1872), American self-declared Messiah
 * Art Potter (1909–1998), Canadian ice hockey administrator
 * Barbara Potter (born 1961), American tennis player
 * Barnaby Potter (1577–1642), Bishop of Carlisle
 * Beatrix Potter (1866–1943), British children's writer
 * Bert Potter (disambiguation), several people including:
 * Bert Potter (composer) (1874–1930), American composer
 * Beryl H. Potter (1900-1985), American astronomer
 * Beryl Potter (d. 1998), Canadian disability rights activist
 * Bill Potter (1872–1970), Australian footballer for Fitzroy
 * Bill Potter (musician), country singer and television personality
 * Brandon Potter (born 1982), American voice actor
 * B. T. Potter (born 2000), American football player
 * Carol Potter (poet), American poet
 * Carol Potter (actress) (born 1948), American actress
 * Cassandra Potter (born 1981), American curler
 * Charles E. Potter (1916–1979), American politician
 * Cherry Potter, British journalist
 * Christopher Potter (disambiguation), several people, including:
 * Christopher Potter (provost) (1591–1646), English academic and clergyman
 * Christopher Potter (died 1817), MP for Colchester 1781–2 and 1784
 * Chris Potter (priest) (born 1949), Dean and Archdeacon of St Asaph
 * Christopher Potter (author) (born 1959), English author and publisher
 * Chris Potter (actor) (born 1960), Canadian actor, musician and pitchman
 * Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist) (born 1971), American jazz saxophonist and composer
 * Chris Potter (record producer), British record producer and mixer
 * Cipriani Potter (1792–1871) British composer, pianist and educator
 * Clare Potter (1903–1999), American fashion designer
 * Clarkson Nott Potter (1825–1882), American civil engineer, lawyer and politician
 * Clayton D. Potter (1880–1924), Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
 * Craig Potter (born 1984), Scottish football player
 * Cynthia Potter (born 1950), American diver
 * Dale Potter (born 1949), Canadian football player
 * Danny Potter (born 1979), English football player
 * Darren Potter (born 1984), Irish football player
 * David M. Potter (1910–1971), American historian
 * Dennis Potter (1935–1994), British playwright
 * Don Potter (1902–2004), British sculptor and potter
 * Don Potter (musician), American musician
 * Dora Joan Potter (1915–1987), Australian children's author
 * Edmund Potter (1802–1883), British industrialist, MP for Carlisle, Beatrix Potter's grandfather
 * Edward Clark Potter (1857–1923), American sculptor
 * Edward Tuckerman Potter (1831–1904), American architect
 * Elderkin Potter (1782–1845), American politician and lawyer from Ohio
 * Elisha Reynolds Potter (1764–1835), American congressman from Rhode Island
 * Elisha R. Potter (1811–1882), American congressman from Rhode Island, son of Elisha Reynolds Potter
 * Emery D. Potter (1804–1896), American politician
 * Frederick Potter (1857–1941), New Zealand businessman
 * Fuller Potter (1910–1990), American abstract expressionist artist
 * George Potter (disambiguation), several people, including:
 * George Potter (politician) (1883–1945), Australian politician
 * George Richard Potter (1900–1982), British historian
 * Gilbert Potter (1878–1921), Irish police officer
 * Glenn Potter (born c. 1938), American basketball coach
 * Graham Potter (born 1975), English footballer and manager
 * Greg Potter, American comic book writer
 * Harrison Potter (1891–1984), American pianist
 * Henry Codman Potter (1835–1908), American clergyman
 * Horatio Potter (1802–1887), American bishop
 * Ian Potter (born 1968), British writer
 * Jack Potter (born 1938), Australian cricketer
 * James Potter (disambiguation), several people
 * Jennie O'Neill Potter (1867–1900), American actor and dramatic reader
 * Jenny Potter (born 1979), American ice hockey player
 * John Potter (disambiguation), several people, including:
 * John Potter (bishop) (c. 1674–1747), Archbishop of Canterbury
 * John Potter (Liberal politician) (1815–1858), British Liberal politician
 * John Potter (Conservative politician) (1873–1940), British Conservative politician
 * John Potter (footballer) (born 1979), Scottish football player
 * John E. Potter, American Postmaster General
 * John F. Potter (1817–1899), American politician
 * Jon Potter (born 1963), British field hockey player
 * Jonathan Potter (born 1956), British professor and originator of discursive psychology
 * Jonathan Potter (cricketer) (born 1971), English cricketer
 * Jonathan Potter (computer programmer), Australian programmer
 * Judith Potter (born 1942), New Zealand judge
 * K.C. Potter (born 1939), American academic administrator and LGBT rights activist
 * Kimberly Potter, a 48-year-old police officer convicted of killing Daunte Wright
 * Lela Brooks Potter (1908–1990), Canadian speed skater
 * Luke Potter (born 1989), English football player
 * Madeleine Potter (born 1958), American actress
 * Maisie Potter (born 1997), Welsh snowboarder
 * Mark Potter (sportscaster) (born 1960), Canadian sports broadcaster
 * Mark Potter (judge) (born 1937), British judge
 * Mark Potter (musician), British musician from the band Elbow
 * Martin Potter (actor) (born 1944), British actor
 * Martin Potter (surfer) (born 1965), British surfer
 * Matthew Potter, Irish academic
 * Maureen Potter (1925–2004), Irish actress
 * Micah Potter (born 1998), American professional basketball player
 * Michael Potter (disambiguation), several people, including:
 * Michael Potter (immunologist) (1924–2013), American physician and immunologist
 * Michael Potter (born 1963), Australian rugby league footballer and coach
 * Mike Potter (racing driver) (1949–2022), American racecar driver
 * Mike Potter (baseball) (born 1951), American baseball outfielder
 * Michael Cressé Potter (1858–1948), English botanist, herbarium curator, and Anglican priest
 * Mitch Potter (born 1980), American track and field athlete
 * Monica Potter (born 1971), American actress
 * Mary Potter (disambiguation), several people
 * Nels Potter (1911–1999), American baseball player
 * Nelson Thomas Potter Jr. (1939–2013), American philosopher
 * Norm Potter (18??–1951), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Orlando B. Potter (1823–1894), American politician
 * Patricia Potter (born 1975), British actress
 * Paulus Potter (1625–1654), Dutch painter
 * Philip Potter (church leader) (1921–2015), Methodist minister
 * Philip Potter (1936–2016), British opera singer
 * Robert Brown Potter (1829–1887), American Civil War General
 * Robert Potter (1909–2010), British architect
 * Roger Potter (1907–1982), American basketball coach
 * Ron Potter, Australian rugby league footballer
 * Russell Potter (born 1960), American writer
 * Ryan Potter (born 1995), American actor
 * Sally Potter (born 1949), British film director and screenwriter
 * Samuel J. Potter (1753–1804), American Senator
 * Sarah Potter (born 1961), English cricketer
 * Stephen Potter (disambiguation), several people, including:
 * Stephen Potter (1900–1969), British author of self-help books
 * Ted Potter (born 1944), Australian rules footballer
 * Ted Potter Jr. (born 1983), American PGA Tour golfer
 * Thomas Potter (disambiguation), several people, including:
 * Thomas Potter (Universalist) (1689–1777), American Universalist
 * Thomas Potter (industrialist) (1745–1811), Scottish-born Danish industrialist and merchant
 * Thomas Potter (mayor) (1774–1845), mayor of Manchester, England, father of Thomas Bayley Potter
 * Thomas Bayley Potter (1817–1898), British politician
 * Thomas J. Potter (1840–1888), vice-president and general manager of the Union Pacific Railroad
 * Thomas Rossell Potter (1799–1873), British naturalist
 * Tom Potter (born 1940), Mayor of Portland, Oregon
 * Tommy Potter (1918–1988), jazz double bass player
 * Van Rensselaer Potter (1911–2001), American biochemist
 * Vincent Potter (c. 1614–1661), army officer, Regicide of King Charles I
 * William Potter (disambiguation), several people, including:
 * William Appleton Potter (1842–1909), American architect
 * William C. Potter, American scientist and professor
 * William Everett Potter (1905–1988), Governor of Panama Canal Zone
 * William Knight Potter (1844–1914), businessman and mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
 * William P. Potter, American naval commander
 * William Simpson Potter (1805–1879), British author
 * William W. Potter (Michigan politician) (1869–1940), American politician
 * William Wilson Potter (1792–1839), American politician

Given name

 * Potter P. Howard (fl. 1947–1951), mayor of Boise, Idaho
 * Potter Palmer (1826–1902), American businessman and Chicago-area developer
 * Potter Stewart (1915–1985), 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 (1978), Still Life (1985), Babel Tower (1996), and A Whistling Woman (2002)
 * 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 (née Weasley)'s son
 * Ginny Potter (née Weasley), Harry Potter's wife
 * Harry Potter, title character
 * James Potter, Lily Potter (née Evans)'s husband and Harry Potter's father
 * James Sirius Potter, Harry Potter and Ginny Potter (née Weasley)'s son
 * Lily Luna Potter, Harry Potter and Ginny Potter (née Weasley)'s daughter
 * Lily Potter (née Evans), 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
 * Norman Potter, the school caretaker from the British sitcom Please Sir!
 * 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