Porter
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Porter can stand for:
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[edit] People
[edit] Surname
- Adriana Porter (1857-1946), Canadian poet and alleged witch
- Albert Gallatin Porter (1824-1897), US Congressman from Indiana
- Alexander Porter (1785-1844), US Senator from Louisiana
- Anna Porter, Canadian publisher and novelist
- Augustus S. Porter (1798-1872), US Senator from Michigan
- Charles Ethan Porter (ca. 1847-1923), African American still life painter
- Charles Howell Porter (1833-1897), US Congressman from Virginia
- Charles O. Porter (1919-2006), US Congressman from Oregon
- Cole Porter (1891-1964), American composer
- Dana Porter (1901-1967), Canadian politician and jurist
- Darrell Porter (1952-2002), American baseball player
- David Porter (1780-1843), American diplomat and sailor
- David Rittenhouse Porter (1788-1867), Governor of Pennsylvania
- Eleanor H. Porter (1868-1920), author of children's literature
- Eliot Porter (1901-1990), American photographer
- Endymion Porter (1587-1649), English royalist
- Fitz John Porter (1822-1901), Union general in the American Civil War
- George Bryan Porter (1791-1834), Governor of Michican Territory
- Gilchrist Porter (1817-1894), US Congressman from Missouri
- Graeme Porter (born 1955), Australian cricketer
- Henry Kirke Porter, American industrialist and Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Horace Porter (1837-1921), Union general in the American Civil War and president of the Pullman Palace Car Company
- Hugh Porter (born 1940), British cyclist and sports commentator
- James Porter (1787-1839), US Congressman from New York
- James Porter (Australian politician), former member of the Australian House of Representatives
- James Porter (7th Cavalry) (1846-1876), American soldier in the Battle of the Little Bighorn
- James D. Porter, Jr. (1828-1912), Governor of Tennessee
- James E. Porter (1857-1946), Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas
- James Madison Porter (1793-1862), US Secretary of War and founder of Lafayette College
- Jerry Porter (born 1978), American football player
- Joel Porter (born 1978), Australian footballer
- Joey Porter (born 1977), American football player
- John Porter, US Congressman from Pennsylvania
- John Porter (1921-1979), Canadian sociologist
- John Addison Porter, American Professor of Chemistry
- John Clinton Porter (ca. 1871-1959), Mayor of Los Angeles, California
- John Edward Porter (born 1935), US Congressman from Illinois
- Jon Porter (born 1955), US Congressman from Nevada
- Josh Porter (born 1990), NKEC Titan all star.
- Kalan Porter (born 1985), Canadian singer
- Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980), American writer
- Keith R. Porter (1912-1997), American cell biologist
- Michael Porter (born 1947), American economist
- Nelson D. Porter (1863-1961), Mayor of Ottawa, Canada
- Noah Porter (1811-1892), American educator and philosopher
- Peter Porter (born 1929), Australian-born British poet
- Peter A. Porter (1853-1925), US Congressman from New York
- Peter Buell Porter (1773-1844), US Secretary of War and Congressman from New York
- Quincy Porter (1897-1966), American composer
- Quinton Porter (born 1982), American football player
- Rodney Robert Porter (1917-1985), Nobel prize-winning British biochemist
- Roy Porter (1946-2002), historian of medicine
- Rufus Porter (1792-1884), American painter, inventor, and founder of Scientific American magazine
- Russell W. Porter (1871-1949), American co-founder of the Amateur Telescope Makers movement
- Steve Porter, British footballer
- Steven G. Porter (1869-1930), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Sylvia Field Porter (1913-1991), American financial columnist
- Timothy H. Porter (died 1840), US Congressman from New York
- Tony Porter (born 1952), British Bishop of Sherwood
- Sir William Porter, sergeant-at-arms to King Henry VII of England
- William A. Porter, American founder of E*TRADE financial services company
- William James Porter (1914-1988), American diplomat
- William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), writer (pen name: O. Henry)
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- Porter J. Goss (born 1938), CIA Director and US Congressman from Florida
- Porter J. McCumber (1858-1933), US Senator from North Dakota
- Porter Wagoner American country music singer
[edit] Titles or positions
- Porter (railroad), a railroad employee who assists passengers
- Porter (carrier), a person who carries objects
- Porter (college), member of staff in many of the colleges of the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Durham
- Porter (doorkeeper) one of the minor orders of the Roman Catholic ministry / a doorkeeper or gatekeeper
- Deal porter, a dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood
- Groom Porter, the official in charge of gambling in the Tudor court / the owner or operator of a gaming hall
[edit] Places
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[edit] United Kingdom
- Porter Brook, a river in Sheffield, England
[edit] United States
- Porter, Indiana
- Porter, Maine
- Porter, Minnesota
- Porter, New York
- Porter, Oklahoma
- Porter, Texas
- Porter, Wisconsin
- Porter County, Indiana
- Porter Township, Michigan (three places)
- Porter Township, Pennsylvania (seven places)
- Porter College, residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz
- Porter Heights, Texas
- Malone-Porter, Washington
- Porter Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut
[edit] Things
- Porter (beer), a style of beer
- Porter (band), Mexican indie band
- Porter's Regiment, group of American Revolutionary War soldiers under a Colonel Porter
- Pilatus PC-6 Porter, Swiss aircraft
- H. K. Porter, Inc, locomotive manufacturer started by Henry Kirke Porter
- Hyundai Porter, pickup truck built by Hyundai Motor Company
- Porter Airlines, a Canadian low-cost airline
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