McCarter

McCarter is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. Notable people with the name include:

• Andre McCarter (born 1953), American basketball player
• Billy McCarter (1888–1941), Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL
• Brooke McCarter (1963–2015), American musician and actor
• Chris McCarter of Ikon, a band from Melbourne, Australia
• Gordon McCarter (1931–2002), American football official in the National Football League (NFL)
• Graeme McCarter (born 1992), international cricketer who represents Ireland
• Harold McCarter Taylor (1907–1995), New Zealand-born mathematician, physicist and historian of architecture
• Henry Bainbridge McCarter (1864–1942), American illustrator and painter
• James W. McCarter (1872–1939), ran for Governor of South Dakota in 1914
• Janet McCarter Woolley (1906–1996), American bacteriologist
• Jim McCarter (born 1936), American football fullback and amateur heavyweight boxer
• Jim McCarter (footballer) (1923–2002), Scottish professional footballer
• John W. McCarter (born 1938), American business executive and public educator
• Keith McCarter, Scottish sculptor, with several works on public display
• Kyle McCarter (born 1962), Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 51st district since February 2009
• Layla McCarter (born 1979), American professional boxer
• Lloyd G. McCarter (1917–1956), Private in the United States Army, awarded the Medal of Honor
• Margaret Hill McCarter (1860–1938), American schoolteacher and novelist
• P. Kyle McCarter Jr. (born 1945), Old Testament scholar
• Robert H. McCarter (1859–1941), American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of New Jersey
• Roy McCarter, rugby league footballer
• Steffin McCarter (born 1997), American track and field athlete who competes in the long jump
• Steve McCarter (born 1947), retired American educator and politician
• Thomas N. McCarter (1824–1901), American politician and lawyer from New Jersey
• Thomas N. McCarter (1867–1955), American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of New Jersey
• William H. McCarter (1898–1959), American academic and college athletics administrator
• Willie McCarter (1946–2023), retired American basketball player

See also

• 14463 McCarter, main-belt asteroid
• McArtor
• McCarter & English, law firm in New Jersey, United States
• McCarter Theatre, not-for-profit, professional company on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey
• Tyson McCarter Place, homestead located in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee

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