Potts (surname)

Potts (and Pott) is a surname of English origin. The word potts refers to circular hollows in the ground.

Notable people with the name include:
 * Alec Potts (born 1996), Australian archer
 * Alistair Potts (born 1971), British rower
 * Allan Potts (1904–1952), American speed skater
 * Allan Potts (athletics) (1934–2014), New Zealand athlete, coach, and administrator
 * Alpheus Potts (1838–1911), American lawyer, judge, and politician
 * Andrew Potts (disambiguation), several people
 * Anna Longshore Potts (1829–1912), American physician
 * Annie Potts (born 1952), American actress
 * Arnold Potts (1896–1968), Australian Brigadier and grazier
 * Arthur Potts (disambiguation), several people
 * Barbara Potts (born 1932), American politician
 * Benjamin F. Potts (1836–1887), American lawyer, politician, and soldier
 * Bill Potts (disambiguation), several people
 * Brad Potts (born 1994), English footballer
 * Cameron Potts (born 1971), Australian rock musician
 * Carl Potts (born 1952), American comic-book writer, artist, and editor
 * Charles Potts (born 1943), American projectivist poet
 * Cliff Potts (born 1942), American actor
 * Daddy Potts (1898–1981), American football player
 * David Potts (disambiguation), several people
 * Denys Campion Potts (1923–2016), British modern linguist
 * Ebinabo Potts-Johnson (born 1988), Nigerian beauty pageant contestant and model
 * Edward Potts (disambiguation), several people
 * Eric Potts (born 1965), British actor
 * Frank Potts (disambiguation), several people
 * Frederick Potts (disambiguation), several people
 * Gareth Potts (born 1983), British pool player
 * Gary Potts (c. 1945–2020), chief of the Temagami First Nation and the Teme-Augama Anishnabai
 * Geoffrey Potts, American cognitive psychologist and professor
 * Harry Potts (1920–1996), English football player and manager
 * Jason Potts (disambiguation), several people
 * Jerry Potts (c. 1840–1896), Canadian Métis guide and interpreter
 * Joe Potts, Scottish race car driver and constructor
 * Joe Potts (footballer) (1889–1980), English footballer
 * John Potts (disambiguation), several people
 * Ken Potts (1921–2023), American sailor
 * Laramie Potts, American civil and environmental engineer, scientist, and educator
 * Leonard Potts (1897–1960), English academic and translator
 * Lisa Potts, British schoolteacher, public health nurse, and author; injured defending children in her care from a machete attack
 * Malcolm Potts, British-born American physician, reproductive scientist, author, and professor
 * Marie Mason Potts (1895–1978), Maidu journalist and activist
 * Matthew Potts (born 1998), English cricketer
 * Michael Potts or Mike Potts (disambiguation), several people
 * Midge Potts, American peace activist and politician
 * Olivia Potts, British cookery writer
 * Paul Potts (born 1970), British tenor who won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent in 2007
 * Paul Potts (writer) (1911–1990), British-born poet, author of Dante Called You Beatrice
 * Robin Buxton Potts, Canadian politician
 * Reg Potts (1927–1996), English footballer
 * Reginald Potts (1892–1968), British gymnast
 * Renfrey Potts (1925–2005), Australian mathematician
 * Richard Potts (1753–1808), American politician and jurist
 * Roosevelt Potts (born 1971), American football player
 * Russ Potts (1939–2021), American businessman and politician
 * Ruan Potts (born 1977), South African mixed martial artist
 * Sarah-Jane Potts (born 1976), British actress
 * Seán Potts (1930–2014), Irish musician
 * Steve Potts (disambiguation), several people
 * Taylor Potts (born 1987), American football player
 * Templin Potts (1855–1927), American naval officer and Naval Governor of Guam
 * Thomas Potts (disambiguation), several people
 * Tony Potts (born 1963), American television presenter
 * Tony Potts (politician) (born 1976/77), American politician
 * Travon Potts (born 1970), American songwriter and producer
 * Wallace Potts (1947–2006), American film director, screenwriter, and archivist
 * William Potts (disambiguation), several people

Characters

 * Bill Potts (Doctor Who), a character in Doctor Who
 * Caractacus Pott, a character in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
 * Clytie Potts, a character in Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet
 * Douglas Potts, a character on the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'
 * Hilary Potts, a character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
 * Pepper Potts, a character in the Marvel Comics universe
 * Sarah Potts (Shortland Street), a character on the soap opera Shortland Street