Mortimer (given name)

Mortimer is a masculine given name which may refer to:

People

• Mortimer J. Adler (1902–2001), American philosopher, educator and author
• Mortimer Caplin (1916–2019), American lawyer and educator
• Mortimer Cleveland (1883–?), American architect
• Mortimer Collins (1827–1876), English poet and novelist
• Mortimer Davis (1866–1928), Canadian businessman and philanthropist
• Mortimer Durand (1850–1924), British diplomat and civil servant in British India
• Mortimer Fitzland Elliott (1839–1920), American politician
• Mortimer Hogan (1862–1923), American Major League Baseball outfielder
• Mortimer von Kessel (1893–1981), German World War II general
• Mort Leav (1916–2005), American comic book and advertising artist
• Mortimer Dormer Leggett (1821–1896), American lawyer, school administrator, professor and Union Army major general during the American Civil War
• Mortimer Lewis (1796–1879), English architect and surveyor; Colonial Architect in New South Wales
• Mortimer Menpes (1855–1938), Australian-born artist, author, printmaker and illustrator
• Mortimer M. Miller (1929–2017), American politician and writer
• Mortimer Mishkin (1926–2021), American neuropsychologist
• Mortimer L. Neinken (1896–1984), American stamp collector
• Mortimer Planno (1929–2006), drummer and Rastafari elder best known as the Rasta teacher of Bob Marley
• Mortimer R. Proctor (1889–1968), American politician, 66th governor of Vermont
• Mortimer Sackler (1916–2010), American physician, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Mortimer L. Schiff (1877–1931), American banker and Boy Scouts of America leader
• Mortimer Singer (1863–1929), Anglo-American landowner, philanthropist, sportsman and early pilot
• Mortimer Thomson (1832–1875), American journalist and humorist
• Mortimer Tollemache (1872–1950), English cricketer
• Mortimer von Maltzan (1793–1843), Prussian diplomat and Foreign Minister
• Mort Weisinger (1915–1978), American magazine and comic book editor
• Mortimer Wheeler (1890–1976), British archaeologist
• Mortimer Wilson (1876–1932), American composer of classical music
• Mortimer Zuckerman (born 1937), Canadian-born American businessman

Fictional characters

• Mortimer, a name sometimes given to the Grim Reaper (see Personifications of death), with its origin in the Latin word morti (to die)
• Mortimer Brewster, protagonist of the play Arsenic and Old Lace and its film adaptation
• Mortimer Delvile, one of the protagonists in Cecilia (Burnley novel)
• Mortimer Duke, in the movie Trading Places, played by Don Ameche
• Mortimer Folchart, in Cornelia Funke's Inkheart series of fantasy books
• Mortimer McMire, the primary antagonist of the Commander Keen series
• Mortimer Mouse, a Disney character and rival of Mickey Mouse
• Morty Smith, one of the title characters on the American animated series Rick and Morty
• Mortimer Snerd, a ventriloquist's dummy employed by Edgar Bergen
• Mortimer Toynbee, or Toad (Marvel Comics), a mutant in the X-Men comics
• Mortimer "Mort", the protagonist of Terry Pratchett's novel Mort and its stage play adaptation
• Mortimer, a Robert Munsch character and story
• Mortimer, a criminal in the Italian comic book Zagor
• Uncle Mortimer, a theme park mastermind from the video games Thrillville and '