# 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 (c.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 (c.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
* 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

## 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