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origin, which is a variant of

Potts Potts may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Doc Potts, animated television series *Tom Potts, Child ballad 109 * The Potts, said to be the world's longest-running cartoon strip drawn by the same artist Mathematics *Potts model, model of interac ...

. The surname Pott may refer to: *

Aaron Pott Aaron Pott is a winemaker. Upon graduation from the University of California, Davis, he took a position at Newton Vineyard in Napa Valley. He left Newton for a position as winemaker at Château Troplong-Mondot, a Premier Grand Cru Classé in S ...

(born 1967), American winemaker * Alfred Pott (1822–1908), British archdeacon *

Alida Jantina Pott Alida Jantina Pott (Groningen, January 8, 1888 - December 23, 1931) was a Dutch visual artist and member of the Groninger art collective De Ploeg. Career Alida Pott was born in Groningen in 1888. She was the daughter of Pieter Hendrik Pott (18 ...

(1888–1931), Dutch artist *

August Pott August Friedrich Pott (14 November 1802 in Nettelrede, Hanover5 July 1887 in Halle) was a German pioneer in linguistics. Pott was a theology student at the University of Göttingen, where he became interested in philology. He became a schoolm ...

(1802–1887), German linguist *

Carol Pott Carol Pott is an author and editor who lived in Rwanda during the Rwandan genocide. She writes about the genocide and has published a book titled ''Genocide in Rwanda: A Collective Memory''. Career Currently, Pott is the communications manager for ...

(born 1964), American writer *

Constance Mary Pott Constance Mary Pott (22 January 1862 – 18 January 1957National Probate Calendar, 1957.), Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, RE, was an English Printmaking, printmaker and teacher active during the late nineteenth century and the twentieth ce ...

(1862–1957), English printmaker *

Francis Pott (composer) Francis John Dolben Pott (born 25 August 1957) is a British composer, pianist and academic. Life Following early training as a chorister at New College, Oxford, New College, Pott held open music scholarships at Winchester College and Magdalene ...

(born 1957), British musician *

Francis Lister Hawks Pott Francis Lister Hawks Pott (; February 22, 1864 – March 7, 1947) was an American Episcopal missionary and educator in China. He served as President of St. John's College (later renamed St. John's University), one of China's oldest and most presti ...

(1864–1947), American educator *

Fritz Pott Fritz Pott (23 April 1939 – 11 January 2015) was a German football player and coach. As a player, he spent seven seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Köln. He represented Germany in three friendlies. He died on 11 January 2015. Honours * B ...

(1939–2015), German football player * George F. Pott Jr. (1943–2001), American politician * Gladys Pott (1867–1961), English anti-suffragist and civil servant * Herbert Pott (1883–1953), British Olympic diver *

Joel Pott Joel Laslett Pott (born 20 January 1979 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie band Athlete between 2000 and their split in 2013 and a songwriter. Biography While a chil ...

(born 1979), British musician * Johann Heinrich Pott (1692–1777), Prussian physician and chemist *

John Pott John Potts (or Pott) was a physician and Colonial Governor of Virginia at the Jamestown settlement in the Virginia Colony in the early 17th century. Biography John Potts is said to have taken his degree of M.A., at Oxford University in 1605. H ...

(died 1645), English doctor and politician *

Johnny Pott John Francis Pott (born November 6, 1935) is an American professional golfer. Pott was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and reared in southern Mississippi, where he learned to play golf on the course where his father was the club professional. He ...

(born 1935), American golfer *

Joseph Pott Joseph Holden Pott (1759–1847) was an English churchman, archdeacon of London from 1813. Life He was one of the nine children of Percivall Pott, the eminent surgeon, and Sarah Cruttenden, and was born in his father's house near St. Bartholom ...

(1759–1847), British archdeacon * Karel Pott (1904–1953), Portuguese Olympic sprinter * Nellie Pott (1899–1963), American baseball pitcher * H. Percivall Pott (1908–1964), British politician * Percivall Pott (1714–1788), British surgeon * Reginald H. Pott (1870–1957), British politician and stockbroker

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Caractacus Pott Caractacus Pott (Caractacus Potts in the film adaptation) is one of the main characters in Ian Fleming's novel ''Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang'' and its film adaptation. The film version of the story makes several changes to his character. Caractacus ...

, fictional character in the Ian Fleming novel ''Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang'' *

Jack Pott ''Cor!!'', a British comic book, was launched in June 1970 by IPC (International Publishing Corporation), their sixth new comic in just over a year. ''Cor!!'' was edited by Bob Paynter. The comic had 32 pages and included a full colour center ...

, fictional character in the comics ''Cor!!'' and ''Buster''

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