A potter is someone who makes

pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and por ...

. Potter may also refer to:

Places

United States

*Potter, originally a section on the

Alaska Railroad Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

, currently a neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska, US *

Potter, Arkansas Potter (also Old Potter, Rust) is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east ...

Potter, Nebraska Potter is a village in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. As of the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census, the village population was 337. History Potter got its start in the year 1870, following construction of ...

Potters, New Jersey Potters was an unincorporated community and now is neighborhood located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In the northern part of the township, Potters was once known as Potters Crossing, and may hav ...

Potter, New York Potter is a town in Yates County, New York, United States. The Town of Potter is located in the northwest part of the county and is south of Canandaigua. The population was 1,865 at the 2010 census. History Stafford C. Cleveland's ''Histor ...

Potter, Wisconsin Potter is a village in Calumet County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 253 at the 2010 census. History Potter was established near a Native American village along the Manitowoc River. It was originally named Muskratville becau ...

Potter County, Pennsylvania Potter County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,396, making it the fifth-least populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Coudersport. The county was created in 1804 and late ...

* Potter County, South Dakota *

Potter County, Texas Potter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 118,525. Its county seat is Amarillo. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1887. It is named for Robert Potter, a politician, si ...

Potter Lake, Wisconsin Potter Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of East Troy, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,117 at the 2020 census. Geography Potter Lake is located at (42.821598, -88.348858). According to the Unit ...

Potter Township (disambiguation) Potter Township may refer to: * Potter Township, Polk County, Arkansas, in Polk County, Arkansas * Potter Township, Barnes County, North Dakota * Potter Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania * Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania Pott ...

* Potter Valley, California ** Potter Valley AVA, California wine region in Mendocino County

Elsewhere

7320 Potter 73 may refer to: * 73 (number) * one of the years 73 BC, AD 73, 1973, 2073 * ''73'' (magazine), a United States-based amateur radio magazine * 73 Best regards, a popular Morse code abbreviation * ''No. 73'', a British 1980s children's TV show * ...

, an asteroid *

Potter Island Potter Island is an uninhabited island located in the Arctic Archipelago within the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island situated in Frobisher Bay. It is north of Lower Savage Islands, and northwest of Resolution I ...

, Nunavut, Canada *

Potter Peninsula Potter Peninsula is a low ice-free peninsula between Potter Cove and Stranger Point in south-west King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It is protected as ASPA 132, largely because of the richness and diversity of it ...

, South Shetland Islands

People and fictional characters

Potter (name) Potter is an English surname that originally referred to someone who made pottery. It is occasionally used as a given name. People with the name include: Surname * Albert Potter (1897–1942), English footballer * Alexandra Potter (born 1970), Brit ...

, a given name and a surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Potter'' (TV series), a TV sitcom starring Arthur Lowe * Harry and the Potters, an American rock band *

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

, worldwide bestselling book and film series *

Miss Potter ''Miss Potter'' is a 2006 Biographical film, biographical Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Chris Noonan. It is based on the life of children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter, and combines stories from her own life with ...

The Potters (artists group) The Potters was an informal group of American female artists in St. Louis, Missouri, who printed their original art, poetry and prose in ''The Potter's Wheel'', a monthly artistic and literary magazine produced from November 1904 to October 1907. T ...

, a women's artistic and literary group in St. Louis, Missouri * ''The Potters'' (film), a lost 1927 silent film

Sports

Stoke City F.C Stoke City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke Ci ...

or The Potters, an English football club *

Stoke Potters The Stoke Potters previously the Hanley Potters were a British speedway team competing in the National League. As Stoke, the team raced at Loomer Road Stadium in Newcastle-under-Lyme. As Hanley Potters they raced from 1929 to 1963. History H ...

, an English speedway team *The Potters, the sports teams of

East Liverpool High School East Liverpool Junior/Senior High School is a public high school in East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. It is the only secondary school in the East Liverpool City School District, serving the city and surrounding Glenmoor, La Croft and Liverp ...

, Ohio

Vessels

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T. J. Potter The ''T.J. Potter'' was a paddle steamer that operated in the Northwestern United States. The boat was launched in 1888. Her upper cabins came from the steamboat ''Wide West''. This required some modification, because the ''T.J. Potter'' was a ...

'', a steamboat * USS ''Stephen Potter'' (DD-538), a naval destroyer

Other uses

*"Potter", the codename of Motorola's Moto G5 Plus smartphone *

Potter Box The Potter Box is a model for making ethical decisions, developed by Ralph B. Potter, Jr., professor of social ethics emeritus at Harvard Divinity School. It is commonly used by communication ethics scholars. According to this model, moral thinkin ...

, a model for making ethical decisions *

Potter sequence Potter sequence is the atypical physical appearance of a baby due to oligohydramnios experienced when in the uterus. It includes clubbed feet, pulmonary hypoplasia and cranial anomalies related to the oligohydramnios. Oligohydramnios is the decrea ...

, a birth defect *

Potter's field A potter's field, paupers' grave or common grave is a place for the burial of unknown, unclaimed or indigent people. "Potter's field" is of Biblical origin, referring to Akeldama (meaning ''field of blood'' in Aramaic), stated to have been pu ...

, a place for the burial of unknown people {{disambiguation, geo