Potter (family name)
Potter is an English name derived from the same occupation of potter (engl .: potter ).
Name bearer
A.
- Albert Potter (1897-1942), English football player
- Alex Potter , British singer (countertenor)
- Alexandra Potter (* 1970), British writer
- Alfie Potter (* 1989), English football player
- Allen Potter (1818–1885), American politician
- Alonzo Potter (1800–1865), American clergyman and philosopher
- Arthur Potter (1874– ??), English football player
B.
- Barbara Potter (born 1961), American actress
- Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter (* 1943), German theologian and bishop
- Beatrice Potter , maiden name of Beatrice Webb (1858–1943), British social reformer
- Beatrix Potter (1866–1943), British writer and illustrator
- Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872–1955), American sculptor
- Beth Potter (* 1991), British long-distance runner and triathlete
C.
- Callan Potter (born 1998), Canadian actor
- Carol Potter (born 1948), American actress
- Cassandra Potter (* 1981), American curler
- Catherine Potter (1957–2010), Canadian musician and composer
- Cecil Potter (1888–1975), English football player
- Charles E. Potter (1916–1979), American politician
- Chris Potter (born 1960), Canadian actor
- Chris Potter (saxophonist) (* 1971), American saxophonist and composer
- Cipriani Potter (1792–1871), British composer, pianist and music teacher
- Clarkson Nott Potter (1825-1882), American politician
- Corey Potter (* 1984), American ice hockey player
D.
- Danny Potter (* 1979), English football player
- Darren Potter (born 1984), Irish football player
- David Potter (musician, 1948) ( David Frederick Potter ; born 1948), American guitarist and drummer
- David Potter (musician, II) , bassist and guitarist
- David E. Potter ( David Edwin Potter ; born 1943), British entrepreneur
- David Morris Potter (1910–1971), American historian
- David S. Potter ( David Stone Potter ; * 1957), American historian and classical philologist
- Dean Potter (1972–2015), American mountaineer and slackliner
- Dennis Potter (1935-1994), British screenwriter
- Don Potter (sculptor) (1902-2004), English sculptor, wood carver, and potter
- Don Potter (musician) , American musician
E.
- Edith Potter (1901-1993), American pathologist
- Edward Clark Potter (1857-1923), American sculptor
- Elisha Reynolds Potter (1764-1835), American politician
- Elisha Reynolds Potter Jr. (1811-1882), American politician
- Emery D. Potter (1804-1896), American politician
F.
- Fred Potter (born 1940), English football player
G
- Gary Potter (born 1952), English football player
- George Potter (rugby player) , rugby league player
- George Potter (soccer player) (born 1946), Scottish soccer player
- George Richard Potter (1900–1981), British historian
- Graham Potter (* 1975), English football player and coach
H
- HC Potter ( Henry Codman Potter ; 1904–1977), American director
- Harry Potter (soccer player) (1923-1992), English soccer player
- Henry Potter (Golfer) (also Harry Potter ; 1881–1955), American golfer
- Henry C. Potter ( Henry Codman Potter ; 1835–1908), American clergyman, Bishop of New York
- Hebelius Potter (1768–1824), Dutch pastor and author
- Heino Iogannowitsch Potter (1929-2007), Soviet astronomer
- Horatio Potter (1802-1887), American clergyman, Bishop of New York
- Humphrey Potter , English inventor, see Thomas Newcomen
I.
- Isaac Potter (1690-1735), English designer
J
- James Potter (1729–1789), American general and politician
- Jenny Schmidgall-Potter (* 1979), American ice hockey player
- Jillion Potter (* 1986), American rugby player
- Jimmy Potter (born 1941), Northern Irish football player
- John Potter (Bishop) (around 1674–1747), English clergyman, Archbishop of Canterbury
- John Potter (musician) , British singer (tenor) and musicologist
- John Potter (racing driver) (* 1982), American automobile racing driver
- John E. Potter (also Jack Potter ; * 1956), American government official
- John F. Potter ( John Fox Potter ; 1817–1899), American lawyer, judge, and politician
- Jon Potter (born 1963), English hockey player
- Jonathan Potter (born 1956), British linguist
- Josanne Potter (* 1984), English soccer player
L.
- Lauren Potter (born 1990), American actress
- Lee Potter (* 1978), English football player
- Louis de Potter (1786-1859), Belgian politician
- Luke Potter (* 1989), English football player
M.
- Madeleine Potter (born around 1964), American actress
- Marie-Louise Potter (* 1959), Seychellois politician and diplomat
- Martin Potter (actor) (born 1944), British actor
- Martin Potter (surfer) ( Pottz ; * 1965), British surfer
- Michael Potter (Medical Scientist) (1924-2013), American immunologist and cancer researcher
- Michael Potter (cyclist) (born 1997), Australian cyclist
- Mitch Potter (* 1980), American sprinter
- Molly Potter ( Mary C. Potter ; * 1930), American psychologist
- Monica Potter (* 1971), American actress
N
- Nic Potter (1951–2013), British bass player, composer and painter
O
- Orlando B. Potter (1823-1894), American politician
P
- Paul Potter (Medic) ( Paul Melvin Joseph Potter ; * 1944), American physician, medical historian, and Graecist
- Paul Edwin Potter (* 1925), American geologist
- Paul Meredith Potter (1853–1921), British journalist and playwright
- Pauline Fairfax-Potter, Baroness de Rothschild (1908–1976), American designer and writer
- Paulus Potter (1625–1654), Dutch painter
- Philip Potter (1921-2015), Dominican clergyman
R.
- Ray Potter (1936-2005), English football player
- Robert Potter (politician) (around 1800–1842), American politician
- Robert Potter (Architect) ( Robert James Potter ; 1909-2010), British architect
- Robert Potter (geographer) ( Robert Bernard Potter ; 1950-2014), British geographer and university professor
- Robert Brown Potter (1829–1887), American lawyer and general
- Ron Potter (born 1948), English football player
- Roy Potter (1879–1968), American medic
- Ryan Potter (born 1995), American actor
S.
- Sally Potter (born 1949), British director
- Samuel J. Potter (1753–1804), American politician
- Steve Potter (born 1955), English football player
T
- Tom Potter (* 1940), American politician
- Tommy Potter (1918–1988), American jazz bassist
W.
- Will Potter (* 1980), American journalist
- William Everett Potter (1905–1988), American engineer, general, and governor
- William Norwood Potter (1840–1895), English chess player
- William Wilson Potter (1792–1839), American politician
Fictional people
- Harry Potter and his parents Lily Potter and James Potter in the novels by Joanne K. Rowling, see characters in the Harry Potter novels (1997-2007)
- Israel Potter , title character in the novel of the same name by Herman Melville (1855)
- Muff Potter in the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1876)
- Henry F. Potter , main character in the film Isn't life beautiful? by Frank Capra (1946)
- Colonel Sherman T. Potter in the US TV series M * A * S * H (TV series) (1972-1983)
- Josephine "Joey" Potter in the US television series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003)