Baxter 451738 225816603 2008-07-15T15:20:35Z BaomoVW 2195711 The name "'''Baxter'''" has several meanings. All originated from the surname Baxter meaning "female baker", originally a Scottish and East Anglian name. The Baxter family is traditionally a sept of [[Clan MacMillan]]. {{TOClimit|limit=3}} == People == === Surnames === {{Surname|nocat}} {{CompactTOC8|name=no|center=yes}} ====A==== * [[Al Baxter]], Australian rugby union player * [[Alain Baxter]], Scottish skier * [[Andrew Baxter]], Scottish philosopher * [[Anne Baxter]], American actress * [[Annie Baxter]], American radio reporter * [[Archibald Baxter]], New Zealand pacifist * [[Arlene Baxter]], American model ====B==== * [[Batsell Baxter]], American religious leader and educator * [[Biddy Baxter]], British TV producer * [[Bill Baxter]], Australian politician * [[Billy Baxter]], British soldier * [[Billy Baxter (poker player)]], American poker player * [[Billy Baxter (footballer)]] Scottish footballer * [[Brad Baxter]], American football player ====C==== * [[Charles Baxter (author)]], American author * [[Charles R. Baxter]], American physician * [[J. Clifford Baxter]], Enron executive ====D==== * [[Darren Baxter]], English footballer * [[Dorian Baxter]], Canadian Anglican priest ====E==== * [[Edward Felix Baxter]], British soldier * [[Elisha Baxter]], American jurist and politician * [[Esther Baxter]], American model ====F==== * [[Frank C. Baxter]], American TV personality * [[Frank William Baxter]], Rhodesian soldier * [[Fred Baxter]], American football player ====G==== * [[Gary Baxter]], football player * [[George W. Baxter]], a 19th century governor of Wyoming Territory * [[Glen Baxter]], British cartoonist * [[Glen Baxter (journalist)]], Canadian journalist * [[Gordon Baxter]], American aviator * [[Gregory Baxter]], Canadian ski jumper ====H==== * [[Henry Baxter]], American general ====I==== * [[Irvin Baxter Jr.]], American Christian apologist * [[Irving Baxter]], American athlete ====J==== * [[Jacob Baxter]], Canadian politician * [[James Keir Baxter]], New Zealand poet * [[James Baxter]], English rugby union internationalist and Olympic silver medalist * [[James Baxter (animator)]], British animator * [[James Phinney Baxter]], mayor of Portland, Maine, and cofounder of [[Baxter State Park]] * [[James Phinney Baxter III]], American historian * [[Jean Rae Baxter]], Canadian author * [[Jeff Baxter]], American guitarist and government consultant * [[Jim Baxter]], Scottish footballer * [[John Baxter (author)]], Australian-born writer and film-maker * [[John Baxter (explorer)]], Australian explorer who accompanied Edward John Eyre across the Nullarbor Plain * [[John Baxter (musician)]], a.k.a. [[Baxter (musician)]]; lead vocalist and guitarist of 1980s British New Wave band [[Re-Flex]] * [[John Babington Macaulay Baxter]] (1868–1946), Canadian politician * [[John G. Baxter]] (1826-1885), nineteenth and twenty-first mayor of Louisville, Kentucky * [[J.R. Baxter]] (1887-1960), American gospel musician ====K==== * [[Kay Baxter]], American bodybuilder ====L==== * [[Laurence Baxter]], British statistician * [[Les Baxter]], American pianist * [[Lois Baxter]], British actress * [[Lonny Baxter]], American basketball player * [[Lynsey Baxter]], British actress ====M==== * [[Marvin R. Baxter]], American judge * [[Meredith Baxter]] or Meredith Baxter-Birney, American actress * [[Michael Baxter]], British statistician ====N==== * [[Nathan D. Baxter]], American clergyman * [[Nick Baxter]], English pistol shooter ====P==== * [[Paul Baxter]], Canadian ice hockey player and assistant coach * [[Percival Proctor Baxter]], governor of the U.S. state of Maine * [[Peter Baxter]], cricket commentator ====R==== * [[Raymond Baxter]], British television personality * [[Richard Baxter]], English Nonconformist clergyman * [[Rick Baxter]], American politician * [[Robert Dudley Baxter]], British economist * [[Rodney J. Baxter]], Australian physicist * [[Ronnie Baxter]], English darts player ====S==== * [[J. Sidlow Baxter]], Australian theologian * [[Skippy Baxter]], American figure skater * [[Stanley Baxter]], British comedian * [[Stephen Baxter]], British science-fiction writer * [[Steve Baxter]], American songwriter and guitarist * [[Stuart Baxter]], British football manager ====T==== * [[Tom Baxter]], British guitarist/solo-artist * [[Trevor Baxter]], British actor ====V==== * [[Virginia Baxter]], American figure skater ====W==== * [[Warner Baxter]], American actor * [[William Baxter]], American born British cartoonist * [[William Baxter (botanist)]] * [[William Baxter (law professor)]], American jurist * [[William Edward Baxter]], British politician === Given name === * [[Baxter Black]] (born 1945), American cowboy, poet, philosopher, former large-animal veterinarian, and radio commentator * [[Baxter Dury]], pop singer, son of Ian Dury == Fictional characters == * [[Baxter Basics]], character from British comic ''Viz'' * [[Baxter (mascot)]], the mascot for the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] baseball team * [[Baxter Stockman]] in the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series * [[Corrine Baxter]], in ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'' * [[Cory Baxter]], in ''Cory in the House'' * Evan Baxter, played by Steve Carell in ''[[Evan Almighty]]'' (2007) * [[Georgette Franklin Baxter]], in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' * [[Raven Baxter]], in ''That's So Raven'' * [[Rupert Baxter]], Lord Emsworth's secretary in the stories and novels by P. G. Wodehouse * [[Tanya Baxter]], in ''That's So Raven'' * [[Ted Baxter]], in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' * [[Victor Baxter]], in ''Cory in the House'' == Film == * [[Baxter (film)]], a 1989 French black comedy, with a talking dog named "Baxter" * ''[[The Baxter]]'', a 2005 romantic comedy == Place names == In '''Antarctica''': *[[Mount Baxter (Antarctica)]] In '''Australia''': *[[Baxter, Victoria]] *[[Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre]], an Australian immigration detention facility near Port Augusta, South Australia In '''Canada''': *[[Baxter, Ontario]] In the '''United States''': *[[Baxter, Arkansas]] *[[Baxter, Iowa]] *[[Baxter, Minnesota]] *[[Baxter, Tennessee]] *[[Baxter, Berkeley County, West Virginia]] *[[Baxter, Marion County, West Virginia]] *[[Baxter County, Arkansas]] *[[Baxter Estates, New York]] *[[Mount Baxter (California)]] *[[Baxter State Park]], in Maine == Miscellaneous == * [[Baxter (band)]], a Swedish electronica band * [[Baxter's Bus Lines]], an Australian bus company * [[Baxter College]], [[University of New South Wales]], Sydney, Australia * [[Baxter International]], a United States-based multinational medical instruments & supplies company * The Baxter meteorite of 1916, which fell in Missouri, United States (see [[Meteorite falls]]) * [[Baxter (milk)]], a milk company which sells most of their products in south New-Brunswick [[Category:Given names]] {{disambig}} [[Category:British Isles surnames]] [[de:Baxter]] [[fr:Baxter]] [[io:Baxter]] [[nl:Baxter]] [[pl:Baxter]] [[pt:Baxter]] [[sv:Baxter]] [[vo:Baxter]]