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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]].
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== People ==
=== Surnames ===
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====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
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