Baxter

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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.

[edit] People

[edit] Surnames

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] 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

[edit] B

• Baxter (musician), a.k.a. John Baxter (musician); lead vocalist and guitarist of 1980s British New Wave band Re-Flex
• 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

[edit] C

• Charles Baxter, American author
• Charles R. Baxter, American physician
• J. Clifford Baxter, Enron executive
• Corrine Baxter, fictional character
• Cory Baxter, fictional character

[edit] D

• Darren Baxter, English footballer
• Dorian Baxter, Canadian Anglican priest

[edit] E

• Edward Felix Baxter, British soldier
• Elisha Baxter, American jurist and politician
• Emily Baxter, fictional character
• Esther Baxter, American model

[edit] F

• Frank C. Baxter, American TV personality
• Frank William Baxter, Rhodesian soldier
• Fred Baxter, American football player

[edit] G

• Gary Baxter, football player
• George Baxter, English engraver and print-maker
• George W. Baxter, a 19th century governor of Wyoming Territory
• Georgette Franklin Baxter, fictional character
• Glen Baxter, British cartoonist
• Glen Baxter (journalist), Canadian journalist
• Gordon Baxter, American aviator
• Gregory Baxter, Canadian Ski Jumper

[edit] H

• Henry Baxter, American General

[edit] I

• Irvin Baxter Jr., American Christian apologist
• Irving Baxter, American athlete

[edit] J

• Jake Baxter, Member of the Sizzlers and recognized as the hottest guy in Minnesota
• Jacob Baxter, Canadian politician
• James Keir Baxter, New Zealand poet
• James Phinney Baxter, mayor of Portland, ME and cofounder of Baxter State Park
• James Phinney Baxter III, American historian
• James Baxter (animator), British animator
• James Baxter, English rugby union internationalist and Olympic silver medalist
• Jean Rae Baxter, Canadian author
• Jeff Baxter, American guitarist and government consultant
• Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer
• John Baxter (director, British film-maker
• John Baxter (author), Australian-born writer and film-maker
• John Baxter (engineer), British civil engineer, responsible for Westway
• Joseph Baxter (Goat), Likes Tin-Cans
• Joshua Baxter, New Zealand Political Activist
• Joshua Baxter, Owner, Here to There Movers, Indianapolis, In USA
• 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

[edit] K

• Kay Baxter, American bodybuilder

[edit] L

• Laurence Baxter, British statistician
• Les Baxter, American pianist
• Lois Baxter, British actress
• Lonny Baxter, American basketball player
• Lynsey Baxter, British actress
• Liezl Ingrid Baxter, Lizé, South African explorer

[edit] M

• Marc Baxter, Fashion Model, Entrepreneur.
• Mark Baxter, American engineer
• Matt Baxter, American educator and humor columnist
• Marvin R. Baxter, American judge
• Meredith Baxter or 'Meredith Baxter-Birney', American actress
• Michael Baxter, British statistician

[edit] N

• Nathan D. Baxter, American clergyman
• Nick Baxter, English pistol shooter

[edit] P

• Paul Baxter, Canadian ice hockey player and assistant coach
• Percival P. Baxter, American politician
• Peter Baxter, Cricket commentator
• Philip Baxter, Australian nuclear scientist

[edit] R

• Raven Baxter, fictional character
• 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

[edit] 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

[edit] T

• Tanya Baxter, fictional character
• Tanya Baxter, Canadian teacher
• Ted Baxter, fictional character
• Tom Baxter, British guitarist/solo-artist
• Trevor Baxter, British actor

[edit] V

• Victor Baxter, fictional character
• Virginia Baxter, American figure skater

[edit] W

• Walter Baxter, Aberdeen Bonnie Scotland. brainhelp.co.uk
• Walter Baxter, Canadian WWI, 49th Battalion
• Warner Baxter, American actor
• William Baxter, American born British cartoonist
• William Edward Baxter, British politician
• William Baxter (musician), William "Bucky" Baxter, American guitarist
• William Baxter (law professor), American jurist
• William Baxter (botanist)

[edit] 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

[edit] Fictional characters

• Baxter, the rainbow-shirted, clown-faced dog character in The Great Space Coaster
• Baxter, the cat in Meow Mix commercials
• Baxter, the dog in the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
• 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.
• C.C. Baxter, the character played by Jack Lemmon in the 1960 film The Apartment
• Harold Baxter in the play Belinda by A. A. Milne
• J. M. M. Baxter, a solicitor, in the story "The House Surgeon" in Actions and Reactions by Rudyard Kipling
• Rupert Baxter, Lord Emsworth's secretary in the stories and novels by P. G. Wodehouse
• Timothy Baxter in The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
• The couple in Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier and the 1973 film version directed by Nicholas Roeg
• The family in The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and the 1946 film version
• Bruce Baxter, an actor who specialises in adventure films such as Tribal Brides of the Amazon, Rough Trader and Dame Tamer - in this case played by Kyle Chandler in the 2005 remake by Peter Jackson of the original 1933 King Kong film.
• Evan Baxter, played by Steve Carell in Evan Almighty (2007).
• Baxter - in American Psycho (2000), referred to only as "Baxter" in the line: "Thank you, Baxter." by Jared Leto.
• Baxter, the bull terrier that narrates and stars in the French film Baxter (film) by Jerome Boivin.

[edit] 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 the United States:

• Baxter, Iowa
• Baxter, Minnesota
• Baxter, Tennessee
• Baxter, Arkansas
• Baxter, Berkeley County, West Virginia
• Baxter, Marion County, West Virginia
• Baxter County, Arkansas
• Baxter Estates, New York
• Mount Baxter (California)
• Baxter State Park (Maine)

In Canada:

• Baxter, Ontario

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Baxter (milk) is a milk company which sells most of their products in south New-Brunswick
• Baxter (band) is a Swedish electronica band
• Baxter International, a United States-based multinational medical instruments & supplies company
• Baxter College, UNSW, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
• Baxter (film), a 1989 French black comedy, with a talking dog named "Baxter"
• The Baxter, a 2005 romantic comedy.
• Baxter's Bus Lines, an Australian bus company
• the Baxter meteorite of 1916, which fell in Missouri, United States (see Meteorite falls)