Mortimer is an English surname.
Mortimer may also refer to:
People
editPlaces
editNorth America
edit- Mortimer, North Carolina, a ghost town
- Mortimer, Ohio, an unincorporated community
- Mortimer, New Brunswick, Canada, an unincorporated community
United Kingdom
edit- Mortimer Common, Berkshire, England, a village generally referred to as Mortimer
- Mortimer Trail, a long-distance footpath and recreational walk in Shropshire and Herefordshire, England
Fictional characters
edit- Mortimer, a name sometimes given to the Grim Reaper (see Personifications of death), with its origin in the Latin word morti (to die)
- Mortimer Mouse, a Disney character
- Mortimer Snerd, a character developed by Edgar Bergen
- Mortimer Brewster, main character in Arsenic and Old Lace
- Mortimer "Mort", the eponymous protagonist of Terry Pratchett's novel Mort and its stage play adaptation
- Mortimer Delvile, one of the protagonists in Cecilia (Burnley novel)
- Mortimer Folchart, a character in Cornelia Funke's Inkheart series of fantasy books
- Mortimer, a Robert Munsch character and story
- Mortimer, a fictional criminal in Italian comic book Zagor
- Mortimer Chauncey "Morty" Smith, Sr., one of the title characters on the American animated series Rick and Morty
- Alternative versions of Mortimer Smith, from alternate realities, including Oni Press' Rick and Morty comic series
- Uncle Mortimer, a theme park mastermind from the video games Thrillville and Thrillville: Off the Rails.
- Phillip Mortimer, one of the protagonists from the Blake and Mortimer comic book series
Other uses
edit- Baron Mortimer, a title in the Peerage of England
- Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, two titles in the Peerage of England
- Mortimer Community College, a coeducational secondary school in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England
See also
edit- Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain
- Mortimer West End, Hampshire, England, a village and civil parish
- Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England, a small town and civil parish
- Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire, England, a village
- Mortimer's disease, a skin disease
- Ruy Lopez, Mortimer Trap, a chess opening trap