title: Potts (surname)
text: # 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 M. 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 (musician) (1928–2005), American jazz pianist and arranger
  * Bill Potts (lawyer) (born ?), Australian lawyer
  * Bradley Potts (born 1994), British 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), English 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 (economist) (born ?), New Zealand-born Australian academic economist
  * Jason Potts (politician) (born 1978), American politician
  * 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
  * Leonard Potts (1897–1960), English academic and translator
  * Lisa Potts, English 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), Mountain Maidu journalist and activist
  * Matthew Potts (born 1998), English cricketer
  * 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), 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 Potts, 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 (character), a character on the soap opera Shortland Street
  