McCarter is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin.
[https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=mccarter ] Notable people with the surname include:
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Andre McCarter (born 1953), American basketball player
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Billy McCarter (born 1888), Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL
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Brooke McCarter
Brooke McCarter (April 22, 1963 – December 22, 2015) was an American actor, producer, director, composer and musician. He is known for the role of Paul in the 1987 vampire horror comedy ''The Lost Boys''.
Background
McCarter was born in Bryn M ...
(1963–2015), American musician and actor
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Ian mcCarter (1968-present),owner of many businesses in the past
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Gordon McCarter
Gordon McCarter (May 26, 1931 − December 20, 2002) was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from 1967 to 1995. He joined the NFL as a line judge and back judge (now known as the field judge) in 1967 before being pro ...
(1931–2002), American football official in the National Football League (NFL)
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Harold McCarter Taylor
Harold McCarter Taylor, (13 May 1907 – 23 October 1995) was a New Zealand-born British mathematician, theoretical physicist and academic administrator, but is best known as a historian of architecture and the author, with his first wife Joan Ta ...
(1907–1995), New Zealand-born British mathematician, theoretical physicist and historian of architecture
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Kyle McCarter (born 1962), Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 51st district since February 2009
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Lloyd G. McCarter
Lloyd G. McCarter (May 11, 1917 – February 2, 1956) was a Private in the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the battle to recapture Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
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(1917–1956), Private in the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the United States Army, awarded the Medal of Honor
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Layla McCarter (born 1979), American professional boxer
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Margaret Hill McCarter (1860–1938), American schoolteacher and novelist
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Robert H. McCarter
Robert Harris McCarter (April 28, 1859 – May 30, 1941) was an American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1903 until 1908, succeeding his brother Thomas N. McCarter.
McCarter was born in Newton, New Jersey, in 1859 to ...
(1859–1941), American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of New Jersey
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Thomas N. McCarter
Thomas Nesbitt McCarter (October 20, 1867 – October 23, 1955) was an American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1902 until 1903, resigning to organize the Public Service Corporation, Public Service Corporation of N ...
(1867–1955), American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of New Jersey
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Willie McCarter (born 1946), retired American basketball player
See also
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14463 McCarter, main-belt asteroid
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McArtor
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McCarter & English, law firm in New Jersey, United States
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McCarter Theatre, not-for-profit, professional company on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey
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Tyson McCarter Place
The Tyson McCarter Place was a homestead located in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Before the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the 1930s, the homestead belonged to mountain ...
, homestead located in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee
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