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 footballerAlexandra Potter (born 1970), British authorAlfie Potter (born 1989), English football playerAlfred Potter (1827–1878), English clergyman and cricketerAllen Potter (1818–1885), American politicianAlonzo Potter (1800–1865, Bishop of PennsylvaniaA. J. Potter "Archie" (1918–1980), Irish composerAnice Potter Terhune (1873-1964), American author and composerArnold Potter (1804–1872), American self-declared MessiahArt Potter (1909–1998), Canadian ice hockey administratorBarbara Potter (born 1961), American tennis playerBarnaby Potter (1577–1642), Bishop of CarlisleBeatrix Potter (1866–1943), British children's writerBert Potter (disambiguation) , several people including:
Beryl H. Potter (1900-1985), American astronomerBeryl Potter (d. 1998), Canadian disability rights activistBill Potter (1872–1970), Australian footballer for FitzroyBill Potter (musician) , country singer and television personalityBrandon Potter (born 1982), American voice actorB. T. Potter (born 2000), American football playerCarol Potter (poet) , American poetCarol Potter (actress) (born 1948), American actressCassandra Potter (born 1981), American curlerCharles E. Potter (1916–1979), American politicianCherry Potter , British journalistChristopher Potter (disambiguation) , several people, including:
Cipriani Potter (1792–1871) British composer, pianist and educatorClare Potter (1903–1999), American fashion designerClarkson Nott Potter (1825–1882), American civil engineer, lawyer and politicianClayton D. Potter (1880–1924), Justice of the Supreme Court of MississippiCraig Potter (born 1984), Scottish football playerCynthia Potter (born 1950), American diverDale Potter (born 1949), Canadian football playerDanny Potter (born 1979), English football playerDarren Potter (born 1984), Irish football playerDavid M. Potter (1910–1971), American historianDennis Potter (1935–1994), British playwrightDon Potter (1902–2004), British sculptor and potterDon Potter (musician) , American musicianDora Joan Potter (1915–1987), Australian children's authorEdmund Potter (1802–1883), British industrialist, MP for Carlisle , Beatrix Potter's grandfatherEdward Clark Potter (1857–1923), American sculptorEdward Tuckerman Potter (1831–1904), American architectElderkin Potter (1782–1845), American politician and lawyer from OhioElisha Reynolds Potter (1764–1835), American congressman from Rhode IslandElisha R. Potter (1811–1882), American congressman from Rhode Island, son of Elisha Reynolds PotterEmery D. Potter (1804–1896), American politicianFrederick Potter (1857–1941), New Zealand businessmanFuller Potter (1910–1990), American abstract expressionist artistGeorge Potter (disambiguation) , several people, including:
Gilbert Potter (1878–1921), Irish police officerGlenn Potter (born c. 1938), American basketball coachGraham Potter (born 1975), English footballer and managerGreg Potter , American comic book writerHarrison Potter (1891–1984), American pianistHenry Codman Potter (1835–1908), American clergymanHoratio Potter (1802–1887), American bishopIan Potter (born 1968), British writerJack Potter (born 1938), Australian cricketerJames Potter (disambiguation) , several peopleJennie O'Neill Potter (1867–1900), American actor and dramatic readerJenny Potter (born 1979), American ice hockey playerJohn Potter (disambiguation) , several people, including:
John Potter (bishop) (c. 1674–1747), Archbishop of CanterburyJohn Potter (Liberal politician) (1815–1858), British Liberal politicianJohn Potter (Conservative politician) (1873–1940), British Conservative politicianJohn Potter (footballer) (born 1979), Scottish football playerJohn E. Potter , American Postmaster GeneralJohn F. Potter (1817–1899), American politicianJon Potter (born 1963), British field hockey playerJonathan Potter (born 1956), British professor and originator of discursive psychology Jonathan Potter (cricketer) (born 1971), English cricketerJonathan Potter (computer programmer) , Australian programmerJudith Potter (born 1942), New Zealand judgeK.C. Potter (born 1939), American academic administrator and LGBT rights activistKimberly Potter , a 48-year-old police officer convicted of killing Daunte WrightLela Brooks Potter (1908–1990), Canadian speed skaterLuke Potter (born 1989), English football playerMadeleine Potter (born 1958), American actressMaisie Potter (born 1997), Welsh snowboarderMark Potter (sportscaster) (born 1960), Canadian sports broadcasterMark Potter (judge) (born 1937), British judgeMark Potter (musician) , British musician from the band ElbowMartin Potter (actor) (born 1944), British actorMartin Potter (surfer) (born 1965), British surferMatthew Potter , Irish academicMaureen Potter (1925–2004), Irish actressMicah Potter (born 1998), American professional basketball playerMichael Potter (disambiguation) , several people, including:
Mitch Potter (born 1980), American track and field athleteMonica Potter (born 1971), American actressMary Potter (disambiguation) , several peopleNels Potter (1911–1999), American baseball playerNelson Thomas Potter Jr. (1939–2013), American philosopherNorm Potter (18??–1951), Australian rugby league footballerOrlando B. Potter (1823–1894), American politicianPatricia Potter (born 1975), British actressPaulus Potter (1625–1654), Dutch painterPhilip Potter (church leader) (1921–2015), Methodist ministerPhilip Potter (1936–2016), British opera singerRobert Brown Potter (1829–1887), American Civil War GeneralRobert Potter (1909–2010), British architectRoger Potter (1907–1982), American basketball coachRon Potter , Australian rugby league footballerRussell Potter (born 1960), American writerRyan Potter (born 1995), American actorSally Potter (born 1949), British film director and screenwriterSamuel J. Potter (1753–1804), American SenatorSarah Potter (born 1961), English cricketerStephen Potter (disambiguation) , several people, including:
Ted Potter (born 1944), Australian rules footballerTed Potter Jr. (born 1983), American PGA Tour golferThomas Potter (disambiguation) , several people, including:
Thomas Potter (Universalist) (1689–1777), American UniversalistThomas Potter (industrialist) (1745–1811), Scottish-born Danish industrialist and merchantThomas Potter (mayor) (1774–1845), mayor of Manchester, England, father of Thomas Bayley PotterThomas Bayley Potter (1817–1898), British politicianThomas J. Potter (1840–1888), vice-president and general manager of the Union Pacific RailroadThomas Rossell Potter (1799–1873), British naturalistTom Potter (born 1940), Mayor of Portland, OregonTommy Potter (1918–1988), jazz double bass playerVan Rensselaer Potter (1911–2001), American biochemistVincent Potter (c. 1614–1661), army officer, Regicide of King Charles I William Potter (disambiguation) , several people, including:
Given name
Fictional characters
The Potter family, principal characters in A.S. Byatt's "Frederica Quartet" novels: The Virgin in the Garden 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 Albus Severus Potter , Harry Potter and Ginny Potter (née Weasley)'s sonGinny Potter (née Weasley), Harry Potter's wifeHarry Potter , title characterJames Potter , Lily Potter (née Evans)'s husband and Harry Potter's fatherJames Sirius Potter , Harry Potter and Ginny Potter (née Weasley)'s sonLily Luna Potter , Harry Potter and Ginny Potter (née Weasley)'s daughterLily Potter (née Evans), James Potter's wife and Harry Potter's motherFleamont Potter, James Potter's father and Harry Potter's paternal grandfather[ 1]
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 GladiatorMr. 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 characterSherman T. Potter , from the TV series M*A*S*H AfterMASH Tycho Potter, from Margaret Mahy's novel The Catalogue of the Universe
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