Proctor (disambiguation)
A proctor is an overseer in an academic setting. It may also refer to:
People
- Alexander Phimister Proctor, American sculptor
- Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, South African RAF officer
- Dick Proctor, Canadian activist
- Ezekiel "Zeke" Proctor (1831-1907), central figure in the Goingsnake Massacre
- Elizabeth Proctor, figure of the Salem Witch Trials
- Frederick Freeman Proctor, American vaudeville impresario
- Harvey Proctor, British politician
- Henry Proctor, alternative spelling for British Major-General Henry Procter (British Army officer) (c.1763 – 1822) who invaded the Michigan Territory during the War of 1812
- Henry H. Proctor, minister of the Congregational Church in Atlanta
- John Proctor (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kevin Proctor, Australian rugby league player
- Lou Proctor, person erroneously taken to be a baseball player
- Mark Proctor (racing driver), British racing driver
- Mary Proctor, American astronomer
- Mel Proctor, American sports broadcaster
- Michael Proctor, English footballer
- Michael Proctor (academic), Mathematician and Provost of King's College, Cambridge
- Percival Proctor Baxter, Former Governor of Maine and founder of Baxter State Park
- Philip Proctor, American actor
- Rachel Proctor, American country singer-songwriter
- Ralph R. Proctor, American engineer who developed the Proctor compaction test, a soil test procedure, in 1933
- Redfield Proctor, American politician, former Governor of Vermont
- Redfield Proctor, Jr., American politician
- Richard A. Proctor, British astronomer
- Robert Proctor (field hockey), Australian field hockey player
- Robert N. Proctor, American science historian and Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University, who coined the term "agnotology"
- Shara Proctor, British long-jumper
- Scott Proctor, American baseball player
- Simon Proctor, British composer, pianist, and flautist
- Thomas Proctor (general) (1739–1806), American soldier and politician
- Thomas F. Proctor (b. 1956), American racehorse trainer
- Wayne Proctor, Welsh rugby union player
- Wayne Proctor (rugby league), British rugby league player
- Willard L. Proctor (1915–1998), American racehorse trainer and father of Thomas F. Proctor
- Xavier Proctor, American football player
- Proctor (comics), fictional Marvel Comics character
Place names
In the United States:
- Proctor, California
- Proctor, Kentucky
- Proctor, Minnesota
- Proctor, Oklahoma
- Proctor, Texas
- Proctor, Vermont
- Proctor, West Virginia
Schools
- Proctor Academy, a boarding school in Andover, New Hampshire, USA
- Proctor High School, a secondary school in Proctor, Minnesota, USA
Other uses
- Percival Proctor, a British radio trainer and communications aircraft of the Second World War and after
- Proctor (lunar crater)
- Proctor (Martian crater)
- an advocate in a court of admiralty (see admiralty law)
- a barley (Hordeum vulgare) cultivar
See also
- Procter (surname)
- Procter & Gamble