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Portman is a surname of
Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...
English origin. Notable bearers were the Viscounts Portman. It may refer to:


Office

* Portman (burgess), a freeman or burgess of a port


Boats

* Portman 36, an American sailboat design


Places

* Portmán, a town near
Cartagena, Spain Cartagena () is a Spanish city and a major naval station on the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Iberia. As of January 2018, it has a population of 218,943 inhabitants, being the region's second-largest municipality and the country's sixth-lar ...
* Orchard Portman, a village and civil parish in Somerset, England * Portman Estate, 110 acres in Marylebone in London’s West End * Portman Road, a football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England


People


People with the surname

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Maurice Vidal Portman Maurice Vidal Portman (21 March 1860 – 14 February 1935) was a British naval officer, who is best known for documenting several Andamanese tribes between 1879 and 1901 when he was posted as a superintendent of the Andaman Island Penal Colony. ...
, a British doctor *
Bob Portman Robert Michael Portman (born March 22, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player. At 6'6" and 200 lb. he was positioned as a forward. Portman attended Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and played for three seasons ...
, an American basketball player * Eric Portman, an English stage and film actor *
John C. Portman Jr. John Calvin Portman Jr. (December 4, 1924 – December 29, 2017) was an American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer widely known for popularizing hotels and office buildings with multi-storied interior atria. Portman also had a pa ...
(1924–2017), an American architect and real estate developer * Natalie Portman, an American Actress * Rachel Portman, a British composer *
Stephen Portman Stephen Ivan Portman (born 1 January 1935 in Mount Vernon, New York) is an American conductor and pianist, educated also in Italy and Finland. Portman studied the piano with Paul Wittgenstein in New York, in Rome at the Academy of St. Cecilia wi ...
, an American conductor and pianist *
Rob Portman Robert Jones Portman (born December 19, 1955) is an American attorney and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from Ohio since 2011. A member of the Republican Party ...
, an American politician * Sir William Portman (died 1557), an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench *
Adolf Portmann Adolf Portmann (27 May 1897 – 28 June 1982) was a Swiss zoologist. Born in Basel, Switzerland, he studied zoology at the University of Basel and worked later in Geneva, Munich, Paris and Berlin, but mainly in marine biology laboratories in Fr ...
, a Swiss Zoologist


People with the title Viscount Portman

* Viscount Portman, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ** Edward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman ** Henry Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman ** Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman


Brands and enterprises

* Portman Building Society * Portman Group


See also

* Pforzheim * Port *
Port Mann Bridge The Port Mann Bridge is a 10-lane cable-stayed bridge in British Columbia, Canada that opened to traffic in 2012. Carrying 10 lanes of traffic with space reserved for a light rail line, it is the second widest bridge, after the San Francisco-O ...
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