Slater (family name)
Slater is an English family name .
Origin and meaning
Slater is derived from the old French esclat (shard) and originally referred to someone who professionally covered roofs with slate (slate).
Name bearer
- Ashley Slater (born 1961), Canadian musician
- BJ Slater (born 1965), American porn actor
- Barney Slater (1923–1978), American screenwriter
- Bert Slater (1936–2006), Scottish football goalkeeper
- Bill Slater (1927-2018), English football player
- Charles Slater (* 1956), American entrepreneur and racing car driver
- Christian Slater (* 1969), American actor
- Colby Slater (1896–1965) American rugby union player
- Cyril Slater (1897-1969), Canadian ice hockey player
- Daphne Slater (actress) ( Daphne Helen Slater ; 1928–2012), British actress
- Daphne Slater , married name of Daphne Arden (* 1941), British athlete
- David Slater (geographer) (1946-2016), British geographer
- David J. Slater , British photographer
- Dick Slater (1951-2018), American wrestler
- Edward Bede Slater (1774–1832), British clergyman and Benedictine
- Eliot Slater (1904-1983), British psychiatrist
- Ethan Slater (* 1992), American actor, singer, writer and composer
- Glenn Slater (* 1968), American songwriter
- Heath Slater (born 1983), American wrestler
- Helen Slater (* 1963), American actress and singer-songwriter
- Henry Horrocks Slater (1851-1934), English priest and naturalist
- JD Slater (* 1955), American film director, composer and porn actor
- James Slater (entrepreneur) (1809–1874), British inventor and entrepreneur
- James Alexander Slater (1920–2008), American entomologist
- James H. Slater (1826–1899), American politician
- Jackie Slater (born 1954), American football player and coach
- Jim Slater (Entrepreneur) ( James Derrick Slater ; 1929–2015), British entrepreneur and author
- Jim Slater (ice hockey player) (born 1982), American ice hockey player
- Jock Slater (born 1938), British admiral
- John Slater (Entrepreneur) (1776–1843), American entrepreneur
- John Slater (actor) (1916–1975), British actor
- John Slater (figure skater) , British figure skater
- John C. Slater (1900–1976), American physicist and chemist
- Joseph Slater, Baron Slater (1904–1977), British politician
- Julian Slater (* 1971), British sound engineer
- Kelly Slater (* 1972), American surf rider
- Ken Slater (1917–2008), British bookseller
- Lauren Slater (* 1963), American psychologist and author; u. a. Prozac Diary (1998), Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our Minds (2018)
- Lucy Joan Slater (1922–2008), British mathematician and computer scientist
- Luke Slater (* 1968), British musician
- Matthew Slater (born 1985), American football player
- Michael Slater (literary scholar) (* 1936), British literary scholar
- Michael Slater (General) (born 1958), Australian General
- Michael Slater (cameraman) , South African cameraman
- Michael Slater (cricketer) (born 1970), Australian cricketer and television presenter
- Michael R. Slater (* 1976), American scholar of religion
- Nicola Slater (* 1984), British tennis player
- Nigel Slater (* 1958), British journalist, cook and author
- Noel Bryan Slater (1912–1973), British mathematician and physicist
- Norman Slater (1894–1979) American rugby union player
- Philip Slater († 2013), American author and dramaturge
- Reggie Slater (born 1970), American basketball player
- Robert Slater (born 1964), Australian soccer player
- Robert Slater (journalist) († 2014), American journalist and author
- Rodney E. Slater (* 1955), American lawyer and politician
- Samuel Slater (1768–1835), American entrepreneur and industrialist
- Stuart Slater (born 1969), English football player
- Terry Slater (1937–1991), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- William J. Slater (* 1937), Canadian classical philologist