Pott (surname)

Pott is a surname of Old English origin, which is a variant of Potts. The surname may refer to:

• Aaron Pott (born 1967), American winemaker
• Alfred Pott (1822–1908), British archdeacon
• Alida Jantina Pott (1888–1931), Dutch artist
• August Friedrich Pott (1802–1887), German linguist
• Carol Pott (born 1964), American writer
• Constance Mary Pott (1862–1957), English printmaker
• Francis Pott (composer) (born 1957), British musician
• Francis Pott (hymnwriter) (1832–1909), English Anglican priest and author of Christian hymns
• Francis Lister Hawks Pott (1864–1947), American educator
• Fritz Pott (1939–2015), German footballer
• George F. Pott Jr. (1943–2001), American politician
• Gladys Pott (1867–1961), English anti-suffragist and civil servant
• Herbert Pott (1883–1953), British Olympic diver
• Joel Pott (born 1979), British musician
• Johann Heinrich Pott (1692–1777), Prussian physician and chemist
• John Pott (died 1645), English doctor and politician
• Johnny Pott (born 1935), American golfer
• Joseph Pott (1759–1847), British Anglican archdeacon
• Julia Pott (born 1985), British animator
• Karel Pott (1904–1953), Portuguese Olympic sprinter
• Lisa von Pott (1888–?), Austrian Nazi spy, sculptor and secretary to the poet Rabindranath Tagore
• Nellie Pott (1899–1963), American baseball pitcher
• Percivall Pott (1714–1788), British surgeon
• Percivall Pott (politician) (1908–1964), British politician
• Reginald H. Pott (1870–1957), British politician and stockbroker
• Reino Pott (1869–1965), Dutch-born South African botanist and chemist
• Thomas Pott, 17th century Scottish servant to James VI and I

Fictional characters

• Caractacus Pott, in the Ian Fleming novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
• Jack Pott, in the comics Cor!! and Buster

See also

• Pott (disambiguation)
• Potter (name)
• Potts (disambiguation)