Salter is a Medieval English occupational surname, meaning someone who trades in salt. Its other meaning is connected to psalter.[1]
Notable people with this name
edit- Ada Salter (1866–1942), British activist and politician
- Adam Salter (died 2009), Australian man killed in a shooting incident
- Albert Salter (1816–1874), Canadian surveyor
- Alfred Salter (1873–1945), British physician and politician
- Andrew Salter (psychologist) (1914–1996), American psychotherapist
- Andrew Salter (cricketer) (born 1993), Welsh cricketer
- Anna Salter, American psychologist and novelist
- Arthur Salter (judge) (1859–1928), British politician and judge
- Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter (1881–1975), British politician and academic
- Ben Salter (born 1977), Australian musician
- Bryant Salter (born 1950), American football player
- David Salter, English actor and theatre director
- David Ian Salter (born 1966), American film editor
- Deborah Klimburg-Salter, Austrian art historian
- Edward Salter, 17th century, English politician
- Ernest James Salter (1897–1959), Canadian airforce pilot
- Fannie Salter (1883–1966), American lighthouse keeper
- George Salter (1897–1967), American designer
- George Salter (cricketer) (1834–1911), UK cricketer
- Hans J. Salter (1896–1994), American film composer
- Harry Salter (1899–1984), American music director
- Herbert Salter (1839–1894), English cricketer
- Herbert Edward Salter (1863–1951), English historian and clergyman
- Ivor Salter (1925–1991), English actor
- Jake Clarke-Salter (born 1997), English football player
- James Salter (1925–2015), American writer
- James Arthur Salter (1881–1975), British politician and academic
- James Salter (swimmer) (born 1976), British freestyle swimmer
- Jan Salter (1936–2018), English artist and animal welfare worker
- Jo Salter (born 1968), English airforce pilot
- Jocelyn Salter (1901–1989), British navy officer
- Joe R. Salter (born 1943), American civil servant and politician
- Jock Salter (1898–1982), British football professional
- John Salter (born 1985), American mixed martial artist
- John Henry Salter (1862–1942), English botanist and ornithologist
- John W. Salter (1852–1927), American farmer and politician
- John William Salter (1820–1869), English naturalist and paleontologist
- Joseph Salter (1816–1901), Canadian businessman and politician
- June Salter (1932–2001), Australian actress
- Justin Salter (born 1984), American musician and record producer
- Leionne Salter (1892–1972), American proponent of early 20th century revival movement
- Lewis Salter (1926–1989), American physicist
- Liam Salter (born 1993), English professional rugby league footballer
- Malachy Salter (1715–1781), English merchant and official in the New World
- Malcolm Salter (1887–1973), English cricketer
- Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856–1938), American soprano and composer
- Mandy Salter fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Mark Salter (born 1955), American speechwriter
- Mark Salter (born 1980), English footballer
- Martin Salter (born 1954), UK member of parliament
- Mary Jo Salter (born 1954), American poet
- Matt Salter (born 1976), English rugby player
- Melville J. Salter (1834–1896), American politician
- Michael Salter (born 1967), U.S. contemporary artist
- Nick Salter (born 1987), Australian football player
- Richard Salter (disambiguation), several people, including
- Richard Salter (artist) (born 1979), British artist known for his military paintings
- Richard Salter (inventor), made the first spring balances in Britain
- Richard Salter (singer) (1943–2009), English baritone
- Richard Salter (writer), British writer who wrote Doctor Who stories including Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas
- Robert B. Salter (1924–2010), Canadian pediatric orthopedic surgeon
- Robert M. Salter (1920–2011), American engineer
- Roberta Semple Salter (1910–2007), American radio personality
- Sam Salter (born 1975), American musician and song writer
- Stephen Salter (born 1938), Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design and inventor of the Salter duck
- Stephen Salter (architect) (1862–1956), notable architect of Oxford, Maidenhead, and the Isle of Wight
- Stephen Salter (politician) (1938–2006), Australian politician
- Susanna M. Salter (1860–1961), American politician, first woman mayor in the United States
- Tawgs Salter (active since 2006), Canadian song writer
- Terence Macleane Salter (1883–1969), British/South African botanist
- Thomas Salter, official name of Tawgs Salter
- Timothy Salter (born 1942), English composer, conductor and pianist
- Torrey Salter (born 1988), American musician and song writer
- William Salter (disambiguation), several people, including:
- William Sawtrey (died 1401), also known as William Salter
- William Salter (MP) (died 1404), English politician
- William Salter (artist) (1804–1875), English artist
- William Salter (minister) (1821–1910), Congregational minister in Iowa, USA
- William Mackintire Salter (1853–1931), philosopher and lecturer for the Ethical Culture Society, Chicago, Illinois, USA