Potts (surname)

Potts (and Pott) is a surname of English origin. The word potts refers to circular hollows in the ground.

Notable people with the name include:

• Alec Potts (born 1996), Australian archer
• Alistair Potts (born 1971), British rower
• Allan Potts (1904–1952), American speed skater
• Allan Potts (athletics) (1934–2014), New Zealand athlete, coach, and administrator
• Alpheus Potts (1838–1911), American lawyer, judge, and politician
• Andrew Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Anna Longshore Potts (1829–1912), American physician
• Annie Potts (born 1952), American actress
• Arnold Potts (1896–1968), Australian Brigadier and grazier
• Arthur Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Barbara Potts (born 1932), American politician
• Benjamin F. Potts (1836–1887), American lawyer, politician, and soldier
• Bill Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Brad Potts (born 1994), English footballer
• Cameron Potts (born 1971), Australian rock musician
• Carl Potts (born 1952), American comic-book writer, artist, and editor
• Charles Potts (born 1943), American projectivist poet
• Cliff Potts (born 1942), American actor
• Daddy Potts (1898–1981), American football player
• David Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Denys Campion Potts (1923–2016), British modern linguist
• Ebinabo Potts-Johnson (born 1988), Nigerian beauty pageant contestant and model
• Edward Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Eric Potts (born 1965), British actor
• Frank Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Frederick Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Gareth Potts (born 1983), British pool player
• Gary Potts ('1945–2020), chief of the Temagami First Nation and the Teme-Augama Anishnabai
• Geoffrey Potts, American cognitive psychologist and professor
• Harry Potts (1920–1996), English football player and manager
• Jason Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Jerry Potts ('1840–1896), Canadian Métis guide and interpreter
• Joe Potts, Scottish race car driver and constructor
• Joe Potts (footballer) (1889–1980), English footballer
• John Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Ken Potts (1921–2023), American sailor
• Laramie Potts, American civil and environmental engineer, scientist, and educator
• Laura Potts (born 1996), English poet
• Leonard Potts (1897–1960), English academic and translator
• Lisa Potts, British schoolteacher, public health nurse, and author; injured defending children in her care from a machete attack
• Malcolm Potts, British-born American physician, reproductive scientist, author, and professor
• Marie Mason Potts (1895–1978), Maidu journalist and activist
• Matthew Potts (born 1998), English cricketer
• Matthew Ichihashi Potts, American theologian and preacher
• Michael Potts or Mike Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Midge Potts, American peace activist and politician
• Natalie Potts (born 2004), American basketball player
• Olivia Potts, British cookery writer
• Paul Potts (born 1970), British tenor who won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent in 2007
• Paul Potts (writer) (1911–1990), British-born poet, author of Dante Called You Beatrice
• Robin Buxton Potts, Canadian politician
• Reg Potts (1927–1996), English footballer
• Reginald Potts (1892–1968), British gymnast
• Renfrey Potts (1925–2005), Australian mathematician
• Richard Potts (1753–1808), American politician and jurist
• Roosevelt Potts (born 1971), American football player
• Russ Potts (1939–2021), American businessman and politician
• Ruan Potts (born 1977), South African mixed martial artist
• Sarah-Jane Potts (born 1976), British actress
• Seán Potts (1930–2014), Irish musician
• Steve Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Taylor Potts (born 1987), American football player
• Templin Potts (1855–1927), American naval officer and Naval Governor of Guam
• Thomas Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Tony Potts (born 1963), American television presenter
• Tony Potts (politician) (born 1976/77), American politician
• Travon Potts (born 1970), American songwriter and producer
• Wallace Potts (1947–2006), American film director, screenwriter, and archivist
• William Potts (disambiguation), several people
• Zoe Potts (born 2002), English rugby player

Fictional characters

• Bill Potts (Doctor Who), a character in Doctor Who
• Caractacus Pott, a character in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Clytie Potts, a character in Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet
• Douglas Potts, a character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
• Hilary Potts, a character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
• Pepper Potts, a character in the Marvel Comics universe
• Sarah Potts (Shortland Street), a character on the soap opera Shortland Street

See also

• Pott, a surname
• Pott (disambiguation)

References