Salter (surname)

Salter is an English occupational surname, meaning a seller of salt. Its other meaning is connected to psalter.

Notable people with this name

• Ada Salter (1866–1942), British activist and politician
• Adam Salter (died 2009), Australian man killed in a shooting incident
• Albert Salter (1816–1874), Canadian surveyor
• Alfred Salter (1873–1945), British physician and politician
• Andrew Salter (1914–1996), American psychotherapist
• Andrew Salter (cricketer) (born 1993), Welsh cricketer
• Anna Salter, American psychologist and novelist
• Arthur Salter (judge) (1859–1928), British politician and judge
• Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter (1881–1975), British politician and academic
• Ben Salter (born 1977), Australian musician
• Bryant Salter (born 1950), American football player
• David Salter, English actor and theatre director
• David Ian Salter (born 1966), American film editor
• Deborah Klimburg-Salter, Austrian art historian
• Edward Salter, 17th century, English politician
• Ernest James Salter (1897–1959), Canadian airforce pilot
• Fannie Salter (1883–1966), American lighthouse keeper
• George Salter (1897–1967), American designer
• George Salter (cricketer) (1834–1911), UK cricketer
• Hans J. Salter (1896–1994), American film composer
• Harry Salter (1899–1984), American music director
• Herbert Salter (1839–1894), English cricketer
• Ivor Salter (1925–1991), English actor
• Jake Clarke-Salter (born 1997), English football player
• James Salter (1925–2015), American writer
• James Arthur Salter (1881–1975), British politician and academic
• James Salter (swimmer) (born 1976), British freestyle swimmer
• Jan Salter (1936–2018), English artist and animal welfare worker
• Jo Salter (born 1968), English airforce pilot
• Jocelyn Salter (1901–1989), British navy officer
• Joe R. Salter (born 1943), American civil servant and politician
• Jock Salter (1898–1982), British football professional
• John Salter (born 1985), American mixed martial artist
• John Henry Salter (1862–1942), English botanist and ornithologist
• John W. Salter (1852–1927), American farmer and politician
• John William Salter (1820–1869), English naturalist and paleontologist
• Joseph Salter (1816–1901), Canadian businessman and politician
• June Salter (1932–2001), Australian actress
• Justin Salter (born 1984), American musician and record producer
• Leionne Salter (1892–1972), American proponent of early 20th century revival movement
• Lewis Salter (1926–1989), American physicist
• Liam Salter (born 1993), English professional rugby league footballer
• Malachy Salter (1715–1781), English merchant and official in the New World
• Malcolm Salter (1887–1973), English cricketer
• Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856–1938), American soprano and composer
• Mandy Salter fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Mark Salter (born 1955), American speechwriter
• Mark Salter (born 1980), English footballer
• Martin Salter (born 1954), UK member of parliament
• Mary Jo Salter (born 1954), American poet
• Matt Salter (born 1976), English rugby player
• Melville J. Salter (1834–1896), American politician
• Michael Salter (born 1967), U.S. contemporary artist
• Nick Salter (born 1987), Australian football player
• Richard Salter (disambiguation), several people, including

• Richard Salter (artist) (born 1979), British artist known for his military paintings
• Richard Salter (inventor), made the first spring balances in Britain
• Richard Salter (singer) (1943–2009), English baritone
• Richard Salter (writer), British writer who wrote Doctor Who stories including Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas

• Robert B. Salter (1924–2010), Canadian pediatric orthopedic surgeon
• Robert M. Salter (1920–2011), American engineer
• Roberta Semple Salter (1910–2007), American radio personality
• Sam Salter (born 1975), American musician and song writer
• Stephen Salter (born 1938), Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design and inventor of the Salter duck
• Stephen Salter (politician) (1938–2006), Australian politician
• Susanna M. Salter (1860–1961), American politician, first woman mayor in the United States
• Tawgs Salter (active since 2006), Canadian song writer
• Terence Macleane Salter (1883–1969), British/South African botanist
• Thomas Salter, official name of Tawgs Salter
• Timothy Salter (born 1942), English composer, conductor and pianist
• Torrey Salter (born 1988), American musician and song writer
• William Salter (disambiguation), several people, including:

• William Sawtrey (died 1401), also known as William Salter
• William Salter (MP) (died 1404), English politician
• William Salter (artist) (1804–1875), English artist
• William Salter (minister) (1821–1910), Congregational minister in Iowa, USA
• William Mackintire Salter (1853–1931), philosopher and lecturer for the Ethical Culture Society, Chicago, Illinois, USA