Baxter (family name)
Baxter [ 'bækstɘ (r) ] is an English family name . It is derived from an outdated northern English and Scottish dialect form of the job title for baker (English: baker ). More recently, Baxter has also been used as a male given name .
Name bearer
A.
- Alain Baxter (* 1973), British ski racer
- Alan Baxter (1908–1976), American actor
- Alfred Baxter (1898–1983), British weightlifter
- Andrew Baxter (1686 / 1687–1750), Scottish metaphysician
- Anne Baxter (1923–1985), American actress
B.
- Batsell Baxter (1886–1956), American leader of the Church of Christ
- Betty Baxter (* 1952), Canadian volleyball player
- Beverley Baxter (1891–1964), English journalist and politician
- Bill Baxter (born 1946), Australian politician
- Billy Baxter (football player, 1924) ( William Baxter ; 1924–2002), Scottish football player and coach
- Billy Baxter (soccer player, 1939) ( William Alexander Baxter ; 1939–2009), Scottish soccer player and coach
- Billy Baxter (poker player) ( William E. Baxter, Jr .; born 1940), American poker player
- Blake Baxter (*?), American techno DJ and producer
- Bobby Baxter (soccer player, 1911) (1911-1991), Scottish soccer player
- Bobby Baxter (soccer player, 1937) (born 1937), English soccer player
- Brad Baxter (born 1967), American football player
- Brittany Baxter (born 1985), Canadian soccer player
- Bucky Baxter (1955-2020), American musician
C.
- Carl Baxter (* 1985), Anglo-Canadian badminton player
- Cedric Baxter (born 1930), Australian artist
- Charles Baxter (born 1947), American author
- Claire Baxter (* 1982), Australian racing cyclist
D.
- Dale Baxter (born 1961), Canadian football player
- Darren Baxter (* 1981), English football player
- David Baxter (American football player) (1910–1979), Australian Australian football player
- David Baxter (poker player) , American poker player
- David Baxter (film editor) , film editor
- David Baxter (track and field athlete) , Australian track and field athlete
- Deborah Baxter (born 1953), English actress
E.
- Elisha Baxter (1827–1899), American politician (Arkansas)
- Ena Baxter († 2015), British entrepreneur
- Ern Baxter (1914–1993), Canadian Pentecostal minister
F.
- Fred Baxter (* 1971), American football player
G
- Gary Baxter (* 1978), American football player
- George Baxter (1804–1867), British engraver and printer
- George W. Baxter (1855–1929), American politician
- Glen Baxter (born 1944), British cartoonist
- Glen Baxter (mathematician) (1930–1983), American mathematician
- Gordon Baxter (1923-2005), American radio host and author
- Gregg Baxter , sound engineer
- Gregory Baxter (* 1989), Canadian ski jumper
- Gregory P. Baxter (1876-1953), American chemist
H
- Henry Baxter (1821–1873), American general
I.
- Irving Baxter (1876-1957), American athlete
J
- J. Clifford Baxter (1958-2002), American manager
- J. Sidlow Baxter (1903-1999), Australian clergyman and author
- James Baxter (rugby player) (1870-1940), English rugby player
- James Baxter , known as Jim Baxter (1939-2001), Scottish football player
- James Baxter (musician) , film composer
- James Baxter (football coach) , American football coach
- James K. Baxter (1926–1972), New Zealand poet
- James Phinney Baxter III (1893–1975), American historian
- Jane Baxter (1909-1996), British actress
- Jayne Baxter (* 1955), Scottish politician
- Jeff Baxter (* 1948), American rock guitarist
- Jennifer Baxter (born 1976), Canadian actress
- Jennifer Baxter (curler) (* 1987), Canadian curler
- Jim Baxter (1939-2001), Scottish football player
- John Baxter (architect) († 1798), Scottish architect
- John Baxter (explorer) ( Wylie ; † 1841), Australian explorer
- John Baxter (Director) (1896–1975), British film director and producer
- John Baxter (soccer player) (1936-2014), Scottish soccer player
- John Baxter (writer) (born 1939), Australian science fiction author
- John Baxter (engineer) (born 1951), British engineer
- John Babington Macaulay Baxter (1868–1946), Canadian politician
- Jose Baxter (* 1992), English football player
- Joseph Iain Wilson Baxter (born 1936), Canadian artist
K
- Kate Baxter (born 1930), Australian fencer
- Keith Baxter (actor) (born 1933), British actor
- Keith Baxter (drummer) (1971-2008), British musician
- Kirk Baxter (* 1972), American film editor
L.
- Laurence Baxter (1954–1996), American statistician
- Lee Baxter (singer) (born 1970), English pop singer
- Lee Baxter (soccer player) (born 1976), Swedish soccer player
- Les Baxter (1922–1996), American composer and film music producer
- Lonny Baxter (* 1979), American basketball player
- Lynsey Baxter (born 1959), English actress
M.
- Meredith Baxter (born 1947), American actress
N
- Nathaniel Baxter Junior (1844–1913), American politician
- Nicola Baxter , British author
- Noel Baxter (* 1981), British ski racer
P
- Patrick F. Baxter (1891-1959), Irish politician
- Paul Baxter (born 1955), American ice hockey player
- Percival Proctor Baxter (1876–1969), American politician, governor of Maine
- Portus Baxter (1806–1868), American politician (Vermont)
R.
- Rachel Baxter (* 1999), American pole vaulter
- Raymond Baxter (1922-2006), British television presenter and author
- Rex Baxter (born 1936), American golfer
- Richard Baxter (1615–1691), English clergyman
- Richard Reeve Baxter (1921–1980), American lawyer and judge at the International Court of Justice
- Rill Baxter (born 1962), American tennis player
- Robert Dudley Baxter (1827–1875), English economist
- Rodney Baxter (* 1940), Australian mathematical physicist ( Yang-Baxter relation )
- Ronnie Baxter (* 1961), English darts player
S.
- Skippy Baxter (20th century), American figure skater of the 1940s
- Stanley Baxter (born 1926), British actor
- Stephen Baxter (born 1957), British author
- Stephen Baxter (soccer player) (born 1965), Northern Irish soccer player
- Stuart Baxter (* 1953), English football player and coach
T
- Tom Baxter (born Tom Baxter Gleave ; * 1973), British singer and songwriter
- Tom Baxter (DJ) (* 1977), German DJ and music producer
- Trevor Baxter (1932-2017), British actor
V
- Virginia Baxter ( Ginny Baxter ; 1932–2014), American figure skater
W.
- Warner Baxter (1889–1951), American actor
- William Baxter (philologist) (1650-1723), British philologist
- William Baxter (gardener) († before 1836), English gardener and plant collector
- William Baxter (botanist) (1787–1871), British botanist, bot. Author and garden curator
- William Baxter (politician) (1911–1979), British politician
- William Baxter (lawyer) (1929-1998), British lawyer
- William Edward Baxter (1825–1890), British politician
- William H. Baxter (* 1949), American linguist