# Masters (surname)

Masters is a surname. It may refer to:

## Persons

* A. J. Masters (1950–2015), American country music singer
* Alexander Masters, author, screenwriter and worker with the homeless
* Anthony Masters (1919–1990), British production designer and set decorator
* Ben Masters (1947–2023), American actor
* Billy Masters (disambiguation)
* Blake Masters, American venture capitalist and political candidate
* Blake Masters (screenwriter), American writer, director, and producer of films and television series
* Blythe Masters (born 1969), economist and current head of global commodities at J.P. Morgan Chase
* Brian Masters (born 1939), British writer
* Brian Masters (bishop) (1932–1998), Church of England bishop
* Charles Harcourt Masters (1789-1866), English surveyor and architect in Bath
* Chris Masters (born 1983), American professional wrestler, whose real name is Chris Mordetzky
* David Masters (born 1978), English cricketer
* Dru Masters (born 1965), British composer, best known for composing television music
* Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950), American poet
* Edith Master (1932–2013), American equestrian
* Enias D. Masters (1815–1875), American politician in Wisconsin
* Ernest Masters (1899–1918), British military aviator
* Geoff Masters (born 1950), former Australian tennis player
* Gerald Masters (1955–2007), musician, solo artist and songwriter, achieving fame during the late seventies and early eighties
* Gil Masters, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (emeritus) at Stanford University
* Grant Masters, English actor.
* Hilary Masters (1928–2015), American writer
* Ian Masters (journalist), Australian-born, BBC-trained American broadcast journalist, commentator, author, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker
* Ian Masters (songwriter) (born 1964), multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/producer
* Isabell Masters (1913–2011), perennial third-party candidate (Looking Back Party) for President of the United States
* Jack Masters (born 1931), former Canadian politician
* James M. Masters, Sr. (1911–1988), United States Marine Corps lieutenant general
* James Masters (Gaelic footballer) (born 1982), Irish sports-person
* Jamie Masters (born 1955), retired Canadian professional ice hockey player
* John Masters (1914–1983), English officer in the British Indian Army and novelist
* Joshua Masters (born 1995), English squash player
* Josiah Masters (1763–1822), United States Representative from New York
* Kent Masters King (born 1974), American actress appearing on the daytime soap opera General Hospital
* Kristyn Masters, American bioengineer
* Marie Masters (born 1941), American actress
* Mark Masters, American radio company owner
* Mark Masters (musician) (born 1957), American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger
* Martha Masters, American classical guitarist
* Maxwell T. Masters (1833–1907), English botanist and taxonomist
* Michael G. Masters, US homeland security expert
* Mike Masters (disambiguation)
* Oksana Masters (born 1989), Ukraine-born American Paralympic athlete
* Olga Masters (1919–1986), Australian journalist, novelist and short story writer
* Dr Peter Masters, Minister of the Metropolitan Tabernacle (Spurgeon's)
* Read Masters (1900–1967), New Zealand rugby player
* Richard Masters (disambiguation)
** Richard George Masters (1877–1963), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Robert Masters (Wisconsin pioneer) (c.1787–1867), founder of Jefferson, Wisconsin
* Robert Masters (historian) (1713–1798), was an English clergyman and academic
* Robert Masters (New Zealand politician) (1879–1967), New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, and a cabinet minister
* Roger Masters (born 1933), the Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government Emeritus and Research Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth
* Roy Masters (commentator) (1928–2021), English radio commentator and author
* Roy Masters (sport) (born 1941), Australian rugby league coach, sport administrator and sports journalist
* Sammy Masters (1930–2013), American rockabilly musician
* Scott Masters, American gay pornographic film director and studio owner
* Steve Masters (disambiguation), various people
* Walt Masters (1907–1992), former MLB pitcher and an American football halfback and quarterback in the National Football League
* William Masters (1887 – 1983), birth name of the British-Argentine jazz musician Gordon Stretton
* William Masters (1915–2001), American gynaecologist and sexologist
* William Masters (politician), (1820–1906), American politician
* Zeke Masters, alias of Ron Goulart (1933–2022), American popular culture historian and author

## Fictional characters

* Tony Masters, fictional character in the HBO drama Oz played by Steven Wishnoff
* Alicia Masters, supporting character to the Marvel Comics superheroes the Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer
* Ken Masters, video game character from the Street Fighter series
* Martha Masters (House) PhD, fictional character in the Fox medical drama House
* Robin Masters, fictional character on the American television series Magnum, P.I.
* Vladimir "Vlad" Masters, one of the main antagonists of Danny Phantom
* Meg Masters, fictional character on the CW television series "Supernatural"