Porteous

Porteous may refer to:

• Porteous (store)
• Porteous Point

Surname

• Porteous family
  • Captain John Porteous of the City Guard of Edinburgh (c 1695–1736)
  • Dr Beilby Porteus, Bishop of Chester and London, noted abolitionist (1731–1809)
  • Thomas Porteous, merchant and politician, Lower Canada (1765–1830)
  • James Porteous, inventor of the Fresno Scraper (1848–1922)
  • Stanley Porteus, psychologist and author (1883–1972)
  • Thomas Porteous (footballer) footballer for Sunderland and England (c. 1864–1919)
  • Hon George Porteous, Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (1903–1977)
  • Gladstone Charles Porteous, Australian missionary and linguist in China (1874-1944)
  • Hugh Gordon Porteus, art and literature critic (1906– )
  • Ian R. Porteous, Scottish mathematician (1930–2011)
  • John Alexander Porteous, columnist and journalist (1932–1995)
  • Rev Prof Norman Walker Porteous, theologian and translator of the New English Bible, last surviving officer of the First World War (1898–2003)
  • Captain Patrick Porteous, VC, war hero (1918–2000)
  • Shane Porteous, Australian actor (1942– )
  • Skipp Porteous, private detective, cult investigator (1944– )
  • Judge Thomas Porteous, former United States District Court judge (1946– )
  • Timothy Porteous, CM, former executive assistant to Pierre Trudeau (1934– )
  • William Porteous, Australian land developer
  • Most Rev Julian Porteous, Bishop, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia (1949– )
• Crichton Porteous
• David Porteous
• Gaye Porteous
• Ian Porteous
• Johnny Porteous
• Rochelle Porteous
• Rose Porteous
• Sean Porteous
• Victor Porteous