Pots
Poten is the family name of the following people:
- August Poten (1789–1867), major general in Hanover
- Bernhard von Poten (1828–1909), Prussian colonel and military writer
- Friedrich von Poten (1779–1845), major general in Hanover
- Georg Poten (1881–1965), German police officer and Wehrmacht general
- Karl Poten (1845–1905), Saxon lieutenant general
- Konrad Poten (1792–1863), Hanoverian lieutenant general