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351 famous people named Potter found on Wikipedia.
20 male, 5 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
7957-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
7957-th in year 2018
Potter is an occupational surname that originally referred to someone who made pottery. It is occasionally used as a given name.
"maker of pots" (they also sometimes doubled as bell-founders), late Old English pottere "potter," reinforced by Old French potier "potter," both from the root of pot (n.1). As a surname from late 12c. An older Old English word for "potter" was crocwyrhta "crock-wright." Potter's field "burying place for paupers, unknown persons, and criminals" (1520s) is Biblical, a ground where clay suitable for pottery was dug, later purchased by high priests of Jerusalem as a burying ground for strangers, criminals, and the poor (Matthew xxvii.7). The ancient Athenian city cemetery also was a "potterville" (Kerameikos). There seems to be an ancient pattern of association between potters' workshops and burial places (Argos, Rhodes, etc.; see John H. Oakley, "Athenian Potters and Painters," vol. III, 2014). Perhaps it was simply that both were kept away from the inhabited districts for the sake of public safety (disease on the one hand and on the other fires sparked by the kilns).
Occupational name for a maker of drinking and storage vessels.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monica Potter | 1971 | American actress |
| 2 | Beatrix Potter | 1866 | English children's writer and illustrator |
| 3 | Ryan Potter | 1995 | Actor, martial artist |
| 4 | Dean Potter | 1972 | American rock climber |
| 5 | Joey Potter | 1983 | Fictional character |
| 6 | Potter Stewart | 1915 | American judge |
| 7 | Grace Potter | 1983 | American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actress |
| 8 | Lauren Potter | 1990 | American actress |
| 9 | Rachel Potter | 1984 | American singer songwriter |
| 10 | Dennis Potter | 1935 | English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist |
| 11 | Sally Potter | 1949 | English film director and screenwriter |
| 12 | Patricia Potter | 1975 | British actress |
| 13 | Darren Potter | 1984 | English association footballer |
| 14 | Graham Potter | 1975 | English footballer |
| 15 | Potter Palmer | 1826 | American businessman |
| 16 | Brandon Potter | 1982 | American actor |
| 17 | Paulus Potter | 1625 | Dutch painter |
| 18 | Cynthia Potter | 1950 | Diver |
| 19 | John E. Potter | 1956 | American postmaster general |
| 20 | Martin Potter | 1944 | British actor |
| 21 | Alfie Potter | 1989 | Footballer |
| 22 | Bessie Potter | Fictional human | |
| 23 | Osbert Potter | 1956 | US Virgin Islands politician |
| 24 | Walter Potter | 1835 | British taxidermist |
| 25 | Will Potter | 1980 | American journalist |
| 26 | Madeleine Potter | 1958 | American actress |
| 27 | David M. Potter | 1910 | American historian |
| 28 | Andrew Potter | 1972 | Canadian newspaper editor |
| 29 | Luciano Potter | 1979 | Brazilian journalist |
| 30 | Nic Potter | 1951 | British musician |
| 31 | Wendell Potter | 1951 | American whistleblower |
| 32 | Tommy Potter | 1918 | American musician |
| 33 | Alexandra Potter | 1970 | British writer |
| 34 | Trevor Potter | 1955 | Lawyer and member of the United States Federal Election Commission |
| 35 | Arnold Potter | 1804 | Australian Mormon pioneer |
| 36 | Van Rensselaer Potter | 1911 | American biochemist |
| 37 | Corey Potter | 1984 | American ice hockey player |
| 38 | Charles E. Potter | 1916 | American politician |
| 39 | H. C. Potter | 1904 | American director |
| 40 | Josanne Potter | 1984 | Association footballer |
| 41 | Tim Potter | 1959 | English actor |
| 42 | Primrose Potter | 1931 | |
| 43 | Maureen Potter | 1925 | Irish actress |
| 44 | Barbara Potter | 1961 | US tennis player |
| 45 | Cipriani Potter | 1792 | Composer |
| 46 | Charles Francis Potter | 1885 | American Unitarian minister |
| 47 | Philip Potter | 1936 | British opera singer and actor |
| 48 | David E. Potter | 1943 | British academic |
| 49 | Jon Potter | 1963 | Field hockey player and businessman |
| 50 | Jonathan Potter | 1956 | British psychologist |
| 51 | Edward Clark Potter | 1857 | American artist |
| 52 | Nate Potter | 1988 | All-American college football player, offensive tackle |
| 53 | Edmund Potter | 1802 | British politician |
| 54 | Harry Potter | 1941 | Australian journalist |
| 55 | David S. Potter | 1925 | US Under Secretary of the Navy |
| 56 | William Everett Potter | 1905 | American politician |
| 57 | Zach Potter | 1986 | American football player |
| 58 | William Appleton Potter | 1842 | American architect |
| 59 | Tom Potter | Businessperson | |
| 60 | Cherry Potter | British journalist and screenwriter | |
| 61 | E. B. Potter | 1908 | American naval historian |
| 62 | David Potter | 1957 | American historian |
| 63 | Louis Joseph Antoine de Potter | 1786 | Pamphleteer, politician |
| 64 | Dave Potter | California politician | |
| 65 | Greg Potter | Comic book writer | |
| 66 | Don Potter | 1902 | Sculptor, potter, and teacher |
| 67 | Howard Potter | 1826 | American banker |
| 68 | Danny Potter | 1979 | English footballer |
| 69 | Karl Potter | 1950 | American percussionist |
| 70 | Tracy Potter | 1950 | American politician |
| 71 | John F. Potter | 1817 | American politician |
| 72 | Ellen Potter | 1963 | American writer |
| 73 | Samantha Potter | 1990 | Photo model from the USA |
| 74 | Alonzo Potter | 1800 | American bishop |
| 75 | Henry Codman Potter I | 1835 | Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York |
| 76 | Sarah Potter | 1961 | Cricketer |
| 77 | Dale Potter | 1949 | Canadian football player |
| 78 | Clare Potter | 1903 | American fashion designer |
| 79 | Orlando B. Potter | 1823 | American politician |
| 80 | Edward Tuckerman Potter | 1831 | American architect |
| 81 | Professor Potter | ||
| 82 | Norman Potter | 1923 | British designer |
| 83 | Jillion Potter | 1986 | American rugby union player |
| 84 | Fuller Potter | 1910 | American artist |
| 85 | Mary Potter | 1900 | English artist |
| 86 | Allen Potter | 1818 | American politician |
| 87 | Cecil Potter | 1888 | English footballer |
| 88 | Horatio Potter | 1802 | Bishop of New York; American Episcopalian bishop |
| 89 | Robert Daniel Potter | 1923 | United States federal judge |
| 90 | William Simpson Potter | 1805 | British writer |
| 91 | Russell Potter | 1960 | American writer |
| 92 | Allen M. Potter | 1919 | American television producer |
| 93 | Robert Brown Potter | 1829 | Union Army general |
| 94 | Frans de Potter | 1834 | Writer |
| 95 | Clarkson Nott Potter | 1825 | American congressman for New York |
| 96 | Gilbert Potter | 1887 | Irish police officer |
| 97 | Chanida Phaengdara Potter | 1984 | |
| 98 | Luke Potter | 1989 | Association footballer |
| 99 | Lorraine K. Potter | United States Air Force general and Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force | |
| 100 | Bonnie Burnham Potter | United States Navy admiral | |
| 101 | Cassandra Potter | 1981 | American curler |
| 102 | Nels Potter | 1911 | American baseball player |
| 103 | Emery D. Potter | 1804 | American politician |
| 104 | Samuel J. Potter | 1753 | American politician |
| 105 | A. J. Potter | 1918 | Irish composer |
| 106 | Beth Potter | 1991 | British long-distance runner |
| 107 | William C. Potter | American academic | |
| 108 | Karl Harrington Potter | 1927 | US-born writer, academic, and indologist |
| 109 | Jack Potter | 1938 | Australian cricketer |
| 110 | Elisha R. Potter | 1811 | American politician |
| 111 | George Potter | 1832 | British trade unionist |
| 112 | Toni Potter | New Zealand actress | |
| 113 | Ian Potter | 1968 | British screenwriter |
| 114 | Brian Potter | 1977 | Scottish footballer |
| 115 | Mitch Potter | 1980 | American sprinter |
| 116 | Neal Potter | 1915 | American politician |
| 117 | Joseph H. Potter | 1822 | United States Army general during American Civil War |
| 118 | Judith Potter | 1942 | New Zealand judge |
| 119 | Timothy W. Potter | 1944 | British archaeologist |
| 120 | Jeffrey Potter | 1918 | American writer |
| 121 | Ted Potter | 1944 | Australian rules footballer |
| 122 | Roger Potter | American basketballcoach | |
| 123 | Justin Potter | 1898 | American businessman, philanthropist |
| 124 | John William Potter | 1918 | United States federal judge |
| 125 | Fred Potter | 1940 | English footballer |
| 126 | Pieter Symonsz Potter | 1597 | Dutch Golden Age painter |
| 127 | Richard Potter | 1915 | Canadian physician and politician |
| 128 | Gillie Potter | 1887 | British comedian |
| 129 | Ron Potter | Australian rugby league player | |
| 130 | Dykes Potter | 1910 | American baseball player |
| 131 | Elisha Reynolds Potter | 1764 | American politician |
| 132 | Margaret Potter | 1926 | British writer |
| 133 | Edward E. Potter | 1823 | American general |
| 134 | Libby Potter | British journalist | |
| 135 | Vincent Potter | Regicide of Charles I | |
| 136 | Barnaby Potter | 1577 | British bishop |
| 137 | Laurie Potter | 1962 | English cricketer |
| 138 | Michael Potter | 1924 | American immunologist and cancer researcher |
| 139 | David W. Potter | 1948 | Scottish Sports Writer |
| 140 | Marie-Louise Potter | 1959 | Seychellois politician and diplomat |
| 141 | Harrison Potter | 1891 | American musician |
| 142 | Joseph Potter | 1756 | British architect |
| 143 | Eric Potter | ||
| 144 | Carol Potter | American writer | |
| 145 | Gary Potter | 1952 | English footballer |
| 146 | Francis Potter | 1594 | British painter |
| 147 | Jeff Potter | 1941 | Australian rules footballer |
| 148 | Stuart Potter | 1967 | English rugby union player |
| 149 | Vivian Harold Potter | 1878 | New Zealand politician |
| 150 | James Potter | American baseball executive | |
| 151 | Craig Potter | 1966 | Australian rules footballer |
| 152 | Eliza Potter | 1820 | American hairdresser and autobiographer |
| 153 | Ray Potter | 1925 | Australian rules footballer |
| 154 | Mike Potter | 1951 | American baseball player |
| 155 | Grant Potter | American cyclist | |
| 156 | Glenn Potter | American basketball player-coach | |
| 157 | Robert Potter | 1950 | British geographer |
| 158 | Calvin Potter | 1945 | American politician |
| 159 | William Wilson Potter | 1792 | American politician |
| 160 | Steve Potter | 1955 | Welsh footballer |
| 161 | Hannibal Potter | 1592 | British priest |
| 162 | Henry Potter | 1881 | Amateur golfer |
| 163 | Rick Potter | 1938 | |
| 164 | Thomas Bayley Potter | 1817 | British politician |
| 165 | Mark Potter | 1960 | Canadian sportscaster |
| 166 | Herbert Cecil Potter | 1875 | |
| 167 | George William Potter | ||
| 168 | Edith Louise Potter | 1901 | American physician |
| 169 | William W. Potter | 1869 | American politician |
| 170 | Stephen Potter | 1896 | American naval aviator |
| 171 | Jimmy Potter | 1941 | Northern Irish footballer |
| 172 | B. S. Potter | 1836 | American politician |
| 173 | D. J. Potter | 1915 | |
| 174 | Michelle Potter | 1944 | |
| 175 | Robert L. D. Potter | 1833 | Wisconsin lawyer, legislator |
| 176 | Christopher Potter | 1751 | English manufacturer and contractor |
| 177 | Frank J. Potter | 1871 | |
| 178 | Nehemiah A. Potter | American politician | |
| 179 | Potter P. Howard | 1890 | American politician |
| 180 | A. B. Potter | 1872 | American football coach |
| 181 | William Knight Potter | 1844 | |
| 182 | Thomas Rossell Potter | 1799 | British naturalist |
| 183 | Jackie Potter | 1948 | Australian cricketer |
| 184 | Claudia Potter | 1881 | American physician |
| 185 | John Deane Potter | 1912 | Journalist and writer |
| 186 | Hugh Potter | 1596 | English politician |
| 187 | Kevin Potter | Rugby league player | |
| 188 | Frank Potter | 1919 | Politician |
| 189 | James C. Potter | 1855 | American businessman |
| 190 | Saint Matthew the Potter | Egyptian saint | |
| 191 | Wilfred Potter | 1910 | Cricketer |
| 192 | Norm Potter | Australian rugby league player | |
| 193 | John M. Potter | 1924 | Former member of the Wisconsin State Senate |
| 194 | Chris Potter | 1949 | Archdeacon of St Asaph; Dean of St Asaph |
| 195 | Kennedy L. Potter | American politician | |
| 196 | Molly Potter | American cognitive scientist | |
| 197 | Arthur Potter | 1905 | British officer (1905-1998) |
| 198 | Bert Potter | 1874 | American composer |
| 199 | Rosemary Potter | 1952 | American politician |
| 200 | William P. Potter |