Baxter
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Baxter originated from the Northern English and Scottish occupational surname meaning "baker
," from the early Middle English
bakstere and the Old English bæcere. The form Bakster was originally feminine, with Baker
as the masculine equivalent. Ancient variations in the spelling of the surname include Bakster, Baxstar, Baxstair, Baxstare and Baxster.
Baker
A baker is someone who bakes and sells bread, Cakes and similar foods may also be produced, as the traditional boundaries between what is produced by a baker as opposed to a pastry chef have blurred in recent decades...
," from the early Middle English
Middle English
Middle English is the stage in the history of the English language during the High and Late Middle Ages, or roughly during the four centuries between the late 11th and the late 15th century....
bakstere and the Old English bæcere. The form Bakster was originally feminine, with Baker
Baker (surname)
Baker is a common surname meaning "baker" and may refer to:*A J Baker, Australian philosopher*Al Baker, several people*Alison Baker , Canadian racewalker...
as the masculine equivalent. Ancient variations in the spelling of the surname include Bakster, Baxstar, Baxstair, Baxstare and Baxster.
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- Al BaxterAl BaxterAl Baxter is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Waratahs in the Super 14. He played in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups, but was not selected for the 2011 squad.-Career:...
, Australian rugby union player - Alain BaxterAlain BaxterAlain Baxter is a professional skier from Scotland. He specialises in the slalom discipline.-Background:He is the son of Iain and Sue Baxter, who were both British Ski Team members, and was born in Edinburgh. He is named after the 70s French skiing star Alain Penz...
, Scottish skier - Amy Lynn BaxterAmy Lynn BaxterAmy Lynn Baxter is an American actress. Baxter also appeared as Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Month for June 1990.-Biography:...
, American model and actress - Andrew BaxterAndrew BaxterAndrew Baxter was a Scottish metaphysician.Baxter was educated at King's College, University of Aberdeen. He maintained himself by acting as tutor to noblemen's sons. From 1741 to 1747 he lived with Lord Blantyre and Mr Hay of Drummelzier at Utrecht, and made excursions in Flanders, France and...
, Scottish philosopher - Anne BaxterAnne BaxterAnne Baxter was an American actress known for her performances in films such as The Magnificent Ambersons , The Razor's Edge , All About Eve and The Ten Commandments .-Early life:...
, American actress - Annie BaxterAnnie BaxterAnnie Baxter is a radio reporter and journalist for Minnesota Public Radio in the United States.She worked with This American Life for NPR Chicago before becoming a reporter in Minnesota, where she is a regular contributor. She has also been featured on the popular program Morning Edition.-External...
, American radio reporter - Archibald BaxterArchibald BaxterArchibald McColl Learmond Baxter was a New Zealand pacifist, socialist, and anti-war activist.He refused to serve during the first world war, on the grounds that "all war is wrong, futile, and destructive alike to victor and vanquished." So he was arrested in 1917, imprisoned, then shipped to the...
, New Zealand pacifist - Arlene Baxter, American model
- A. W. BaxterA. W. BaxterA.W. Baxter was a Californian winemaker who founded Veedercrest Vineyards which competed in the Judgment of Paris wine tasting. The Veedercrest entrant was Baxter's first commercial vintage Chardonnay. He began buying grapes and making wine in the basement of his home in the Berkeley hills. He...
, American winemaker
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- Batsell BaxterBatsell BaxterBatsell Baxter was one of the most important leaders and educators in the Churches of Christ in the first half of the 20th century.-Biography:...
, American religious leader and educator - Biddy BaxterBiddy BaxterBiddy Baxter MBE is best known as the former editor of the long-running popular BBC One children’s magazine show Blue Peter, a position she held from 1965 to 1988. She was also its producer from 1962 to 1965...
, British TV producer - Bill BaxterBill BaxterWilliam Robert Baxter was a former Australian politician and the current Victorian State President of The Nationals. He was the Nationals member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing North Eastern Province from June 1978 until November 2006...
, Australian politician - Billy Baxter (motorcyclist), British soldier
- Billy Baxter (poker player)Billy Baxter (poker player)William E. Baxter, Jr. is an American professional poker player and sports bettor. He has won numerous tournament titles in his career as a professional poker player, including seven World Series of Poker bracelets....
, American poker player - Billy Baxter (footballer)Billy Baxter (footballer)William Alexander "Billy" Baxter was a Scottish professional footballer.A native of Edinburgh, Baxter joined Ipswich Town from Scottish amateur side Broxburn Athletic in 1960, and was a regular in the Ipswich team than won the old Division 2 Championship in 1960-61 and Division 1 Championship in...
Scottish footballer - Blake BaxterBlake BaxterBlake Baxter is an American techno musician, associated with the first wave of Detroit techno. Allmusic called him "perhaps the most underrated figure" of the early Detroit techno scene....
, American electronic musician - Brad BaxterBrad BaxterHerman Bradley Baxter is a former professional American football player in the National Football League. He spent his entire career with the New York Jets . A 6'1", 233 lbs...
, American football player
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- Charles Baxter (author), American author
- Charles R. BaxterCharles R. BaxterCharles R. Baxter was an American medical doctor. Baxter was one of the doctors who unsuccessfully tried to save John F. Kennedy after he was shot in Dallas, Texas in 1963....
, American physician - J. Clifford BaxterJ. Clifford BaxterJohn Clifford "Cliff" Baxter was a former Enron Corporation executive who resigned in May 2001. He sold $30 million worth of Enron stock during the months prior to Enron's bankruptcy. Reportedly, Baxter clashed with CEO Jeffrey Skilling over questionable Enron business practices...
, Enron executive
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- Darren Baxter (English footballer), Association football player
- Dorian BaxterDorian BaxterDorian Baxter is an Anglican minister in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada who uses the music of Elvis Presley in his services, using the name The Reverend Elvis Priestly.-Background:...
, Canadian Anglican priest
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- Edward Felix BaxterEdward Felix BaxterEdward Felix Baxter VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, British soldier - Elisha BaxterElisha BaxterElisha Baxter was the tenth Governor of the State of Arkansas.-Biography:Elisha Baxter was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Baxter received an appointment to the United States Military Academy but his father would not allow him to attend.In 1852 Baxter moved to Arkansas and opened a...
, American jurist and politician - Esther BaxterEsther BaxterEsther Baxter is a model and aspiring actress from Miami, Florida.-Biography:Esther Baxter rose to prominence after being featured in the music video for Petey Pablo's single "Freek-A-Leek" in 2004...
, American model
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- Frank C. BaxterFrank C. BaxterFrancis Condie Baxter was an American TV personality and educator. He was a professor of English at the University of Southern California. Baxter hosted Telephone Time in 1957 and 1958 when ABC picked up the program and ended the tenure of John Nesbitt...
, American TV personality - Frank William BaxterFrank William BaxterFrank William Baxter VC was a Rhodesian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
, Rhodesian soldier - Fred BaxterFred BaxterFrederick Denard Baxter is a former professional American football tight end who played 11 years in the National Football League for the New York Jets, the Chicago Bears and the New England Patriots...
, American football player
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- Gary BaxterGary BaxterGary Wayne Baxter is an American football defensive back who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Baylor....
, football player - George W. BaxterGeorge W. BaxterGeorge White Baxter was an American politician who served as territorial governor of Wyoming from November 11, 1886 – December 20, 1886.-Early years:Baxter was born in North Carolina on January 7, 1855...
, a 19th century governor of Wyoming Territory - Glen BaxterGlen BaxterGlen Baxter , nicknamed Colonel Baxter, is an English cartoonist, noted for his absurdist drawings and an overall effect often resembling literary nonsense.Born in Leeds, Baxter was trained at the Leeds College of Art...
, British cartoonist - Glen Baxter (journalist)Glen Baxter (journalist)Glen Baxter is a Canadian television journalist, currently a host of CTV's and a reporter for .-Early life and education:Raised in Montreal, Glen Baxter moved to Toronto to study journalism at Ryerson University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Arts.-Career:While still a student at...
, Canadian journalist - Glen Baxter (mathematician)Glen Baxter (mathematician)Glen Earl Baxter was an American mathematician.Baxter's fields of research include probability theory, combinatorial analysis, statistical mechanics and functional analysis...
, American mathematician - Gordon BaxterGordon BaxterGordon Baxter , nicknamed Bax, was a well-known Texas radio personality, an author of books and a columnist for newspapers and magazines...
, American aviator - Gregory BaxterGregory BaxterGregory Baxter is a Canadian ski jumper who has been competing since 1996. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished 15th in the team large hill event....
, Canadian ski jumper
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- Jacob BaxterJacob BaxterJacob Baxter was speaker of the Legislature of Ontario in 1887-1890 and served as Liberal MLA for Haldimand from 1867 to 1898....
, Canadian politician - James Keir Baxter, New Zealand poet
- James Baxter (sportsman), English rugby union internationalist and Olympic silver medalist
- James Baxter (animator)James Baxter (animator)James Baxter is a British character animator. He was first known for his work on several Walt Disney Animation Studios films, including various characters in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Rafiki in The Lion King, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.After Notre...
, British animator - James H. BaxterJames H. BaxterJames H. Baxter was an American stamp collector and printer, especially interested in the printing of engraved postage stamps.-Collecting interests:...
(1906-1995), of Pennsylvania - James Phinney BaxterJames Phinney BaxterJames Phinney Baxter was an American businessman, historian, civic leader, and benefactor of Portland, Maine.His personal library, containing over 100 leather-bound books of maps, portraits, engravings and personal letters, is available for reference at the Portland Public Library.- Biography...
, mayor of Portland, Maine, and cofounder of Baxter State Park - James Phinney Baxter IIIJames Phinney Baxter IIIJames Phinney Baxter III was an American historian, educator and academic. He won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for history, for his book Scientists Against Time...
, American historian - Jane BaxterJane BaxterJane Baxter was a British actress. Her stage career spanned half a century, and she appeared in a number of films and in television.-Early life:...
, British-born actress - Jean Rae BaxterJean Rae BaxterJean Rae Baxter is a Canadian author. Her short stories have been included in such anthologies as Revenge and Hardboiled Love, both published by Insomniac Press. She also has her own collection of short stories entitled A Twist of Malice which was published in 2005 by Seraphim Editions. Her newest...
, Canadian author - Jeff BaxterJeff BaxterJeff "Skunk" Baxter is an American guitarist, known for his stints in the rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers during the 1970s...
, American guitarist and government consultant - Jim BaxterJim BaxterJames Curran Baxter was a left-footed Scottish footballer who played as a midfielder. He is regarded by some as the country's greatest ever footballer...
, Scottish footballer - John Baxter (author)John Baxter (author)John Baxter is an Australian-born writer, journalist, and film-maker.Baxter has lived in Britain and the United States as well as in his native Sydney, but has made his home in Paris since 1989, where he is married to the film-maker Marie-Dominique Montel...
, Australian-born writer and film-maker - John Baxter (director)John Baxter (director)John Philip Baxter was a somewhat prolific British film-maker active from the 1930s to the late 1950s. During that time he produced, wrote, or directed dozens of films...
, British-born film-maker of the 1930s and 40s - John Baxter (explorer)John Baxter (explorer)John Baxter was a friend and companion of Edward John Eyre on his crossing of the Nullarbor Plain in 1840-1841. When the party was low on supplies and in desperate need of water, near the coast south of present-day Caiguna in Nuytsland National Park, Baxter was murdered by Yarry and Joey, two of...
, Australian explorer who accompanied Edward John Eyre across the Nullarbor Plain - John Baxter (footballer)John Baxter (footballer)John Baxter is a retired Scottish association football player, who played as a defender for Hibernian, Falkirk and Clydebank during the 1950s and 1960s. He was capped once by Scotland at under–23 level, and played for Hibs in the 1958 Scottish Cup Final, which Hibs lost 1–0 to Clyde...
, Scottish footballer - John Babington Macaulay BaxterJohn Babington Macaulay BaxterJohn Babington Macaulay Baxter, PC was a New Brunswick lawyer, jurist and the 19th Premier of the Canadian Province of New Brunswick....
(1868–1946), Canadian politician - John G. BaxterJohn G. BaxterJohn George Baxter Jr. was the nineteenth and twenty-first mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1870 to 1872 and from 1879 to 1881, respectively...
(1826-1885), nineteenth and twenty-first mayor of Louisville, Kentucky - Jose BaxterJose BaxterJose Baxter is an English footballer who plays for Tranmere Rovers on loan from Everton as a striker. He has represented England youth teams at every age group up to Under-17's.-Early life:He was born in Bootle, liverpool...
, English footballer, currently playing for Everton FC. - J.R. BaxterJ.R. BaxterJesse Randall Baxter Jr. , known professionally as J.R. Baxter and sometimes referred to as "Pap", was an American Southern Gospel composer and publisher.-Biography:...
(1887-1960), American gospel musician
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- Laurence BaxterLaurence BaxterLaurence Alan Baxter was professor of statistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.-Early life:...
, British statistician - Les BaxterLes BaxterLes Baxter was an American musician and composer.Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory before moving to Los Angeles for further studies at Pepperdine College. Abandoning a concert career as a pianist, he turned to popular music as a singer...
, American pianist - Lois BaxterLois BaxterLois Baxter is a British actress, best known for playing Marie Stanton in Coronation Street from 1976 to 1977, and Lady Caroline in the period drama When the Boat Comes In....
, British actress - Lonny BaxterLonny BaxterLonny Leroy Baxter is an American professional basketball player. He is 203 cm in height, and plays the position of power forward-center.-College:...
, American basketball player - Lynsey BaxterLynsey BaxterLynsey Baxter is an English actress. Born in London, she began as a child actress in 1974 and later trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts...
, British actress
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- Marvin R. Baxter, American judge
- Meredith BaxterMeredith BaxterMeredith Baxter , also known for some years as Meredith Baxter-Birney, is an American actress and producer. She is known for her acting roles including three television series: Family , an ABC television-network drama, Family Ties , an NBC television-network situation comedy, and Dan Vs. , a...
or Meredith Baxter-Birney (born 1947), American actress
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- Nathan D. BaxterNathan D. BaxterThe Rt. Rev. Nathan Dwight Baxter, AHC, is the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania and the 1,010 in succession in the Episcopal Church. He was elected as bishop coadjutor on July 22, 2006, and consecrated on October 22, 2006...
, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania - Nicholas D. Baxter, past chief executive of Cornerstone Community CareCornerstone Community CareCornerstone Community Care, more commonly known simply as Cornerstone, is a Scottish charity and social enterprise that provides support and care for adults and children with disabilities and other special needs...
, Scotland - Nick BaxterNick BaxterNick Baxter is an English rugby union player who has represented England Students, England Sevens and the Barbarians. He is the leading try scorer in National League rugby, scoring his 150th try for Pertemps Bees versus Doncaster in April 2006. He was a member of the England Sevens team in the 1998...
, English rugby union player - Nick Baxter (sport shooter), English Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth GamesThe Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
sport shooter
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- Paul BaxterPaul BaxterPaul Gordon Baxter was an National Hockey League defenceman from 1979 to 1987 and an NHL assistant coach for eleven seasons. He was coaching the Wenatchee Wild in the NAHL before his firing in late November 2010...
, Canadian ice hockey player and assistant coach - Percival Proctor Baxter, governor of the U.S. state of Maine
- Peter BaxterPeter BaxterPeter Baxter was a producer for BBC radio, in particular he was for 34 years the organising brain behind Test Match Special.-Career:Baxter joined the BBC in September 1965 after a spell in British Forces Broadcasting....
, cricket commentator
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- Raymond BaxterRaymond BaxterRaymond Frederic Baxter, OBE was a British television presenter and writer. He is best known for being the first presenter of Tomorrow's World, continuing for 12 years, from 1965 to 1977...
, British television personality - Richard BaxterRichard BaxterRichard Baxter was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymn-writer, theologian, and controversialist. Dean Stanley called him "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen". After some false starts, he made his reputation by his ministry at Kidderminster, and at around the same time began a long...
, English Nonconformist clergyman - Rick BaxterRick BaxterRick Baxter is a businessman and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He currently is the President of Driven Motors in Jackson, Michigan....
, American politician - Robert Dudley BaxterRobert Dudley BaxterRobert Dudley Baxter was an English economist and statistician.Robert Dudley Baxter was educated privately and at Trinity College, Cambridge University. He studied law and entered his fathers firm of Baxter & Co., solicitors, with which he was connected until his death...
, British economist - Rodney J. BaxterRodney J. BaxterRodney James Baxter is an Australian physicist, specializing in statistical mechanics. He is well-known for his work in exactly solved models, in particular vertex models such as the six-vertex model and eight-vertex model, and the chiral Potts model and hard hexagon model...
, Australian physicist
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- J. Sidlow BaxterJ. Sidlow BaxterJ. Sidlow Baxter was a pastor and theologian who authored as many as thirty books analysing the Bible and advocating a Christian theological perspective...
, Australian theologian - Skippy BaxterSkippy BaxterLloyd Valdemar Baxter , better known as Skippy Baxter, is an American figure skater. He won two medals at the 1940 United States Figure Skating Championships: a bronze in men's singles and a silver in pair skating with Hedy Stenuf...
, American figure skater an a father of shane W.K baxter. - Stanley BaxterStanley BaxterStanley Baxter is a Scottish comic actor and impressionist, best known for his British television shows. He worked in radio, theatre, television and film.-Early life:...
, Scottish comedian - Stephen BaxterStephen BaxterStephen Baxter is a prolific British hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.- Writing style :...
, British science-fiction writer - Stephen Baxter (footballer)Stephen Baxter (footballer)Stephen Baxter is a football manager and ex-player from Northern Ireland. He is the current manager of Crusaders, whom he previously played for as a player.-Playing career:...
, Irish soccer player and manager - Steve BaxterSteve BaxterSteve Baxter is an American songwriter and guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the rock group Daniel Amos.In 1972, Baxter was performing in a band with friends Kenny Paxton and Freddy Sakehama. All three men attended San Jose Bible College...
, American songwriter and guitarist - Stuart BaxterStuart BaxterStuart Baxter is a Scottish football manager and former player. During his years as a professional player he played for a number of clubs in England, Scotland, Australia, Sweden and in the United States...
, British football manager
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- Tom BaxterTom BaxterTom Baxter is an English singer-songwriter based in London. He was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, and grew up in Cornwall with his sister Vashti Anna, two brothers, Jo Spencer and Charlie Winston, and parents Jeff and Julie Gleave...
, British guitarist/solo-artist - Tommy BaxterTommy BaxterThomas Owen "Tommy" Baxter is a former New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country in twenty nine tests between 1949 and 1956. In 2007 he was named in the New Zealand Rugby League's Team of the Century.-Playing career:...
, New Zealand rugby league footballer - Trevor BaxterTrevor BaxterTrevor Baxter is a British actor and playwright.He is perhaps best remembered for his appearance in the 1977 Doctor Who serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang as Professor George Litefoot. He reprised his role of Professor Litefoot in an episode of audio series, Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles:...
, British actor
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- Warner BaxterWarner BaxterWarner Leroy Baxter was an American actor, known for his role as The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona , for which he won the second Academy Award for Best Actor in the 1928–1929 Academy Awards. Warner Baxter started his movie career in silent movies...
, American actor - William Baxter (botanist)William Baxter (botanist)William Baxter was an English gardener who collected in Australia on behalf of English nurserymen and private individuals. He had developed his horticultural reputation as gardener to the Comtesse de Vandes in Bayswater, London, many of the plants he had nurtured being used for illustrations in...
- William Baxter (law professor)William Baxter (law professor)William Francis Baxter, Jr. was a law professor at Stanford University. His specialty was antitrust law.-Antitrust Law:...
, American jurist - William Edward BaxterWilliam Edward BaxterWilliam Edward Baxter was a Scottish businessman, Liberal politician and travel writer.-Background and education:...
, British politician
Notable given names
- Baxter BlackBaxter BlackBaxter Black is an American cowboy, poet, philosopher, former large-animal veterinarian, and radio commentator.Black grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was trained as a large-animal veterinarian at New Mexico State University and Colorado State University, but began writing and speaking in the...
(born 1945), American cowboy, poet, philosopher, former large-animal veterinarian, and radio commentator - Baxter DuryBaxter DuryBaxter Dury is an English indie musician, currently signed to Rough Trade Records. He is the son of Ian Dury, and as a five-year-old he appeared on the front cover of Ian's LP New Boots and Panties!!. He left school at the age of fourteen. He has had a 'Record of the Week' in NME with Oscar Brown...
, pop singer, son of Ian Dury
Fictional characters
- Baxter, Ron Burgundy's dog in the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyAnchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, or simply Anchorman, is a 2004 American comedy film, directed by Adam McKay and starring Will Ferrell. The film, which was also written by Ferrell and McKay, is a tongue-in-cheek take on the culture of the 1970s, particularly the then-new Action News format...
- Baxter (mascot), the mascot for the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team
- Baxter Basics, character from British comic Viz
- Baxter StockmanBaxter StockmanDr. Baxter Stockman is a fictional scientist who has appeared in several versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shows, videogames, and comics. In each version, he is depicted as the creator of the Mousers, machines meant to seek out and destroy sewer rats...
in the Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
series - Buster Baxter, character from American children's TV show "ArthurArthurArthur is a common masculine given name. Its etymology is disputed, but its popularity derives from its being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur....
" - Corrine Baxter, in Strange Days at Blake Holsey HighStrange Days at Blake Holsey HighBlack Hole High is a Canadian science fiction television program which first aired in North America in October 2002 on NBC and Discovery Kids...
- Cory Baxter, in Cory in the HouseCory in the HouseCory in the House is an American television sitcom, which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12, 2007 to September 12, 2008 and was a spin-off from the Disney show That's So Raven. The show focuses on Cory Baxter, who moved from San Francisco, California to Washington, D.C., after Victor...
- Evan Baxter, played by Steve CarellSteve CarellSteven John "Steve" Carell is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, producer, writer, and director. Although Carell is notable for his role on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he found greater fame in the late 2000s for playing Michael Scott on The Office...
in Evan AlmightyEvan AlmightyEvan Almighty is a 2007 American religious comedy film and the stand-alone sequel to Bruce Almighty . The film was directed by Tom Shadyac, written by Steve Oedekerk, and starring Steve Carell as the title character. Morgan Freeman also reprised his role as God from the original film. Production of...
(2007) - Georgette Franklin Baxter, in The Mary Tyler Moore ShowThe Mary Tyler Moore ShowThe Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977...
- Raven Baxter, in That's So RavenThat's So RavenThat's So Raven is an American cable television teen sitcom/fantasy series. The show premiered on the Disney Channel on January 17, 2003, and ended on November 10, 2007. The show spawned Disney Channel's first spin-off series: Cory in the House...
- Rupert BaxterRupert BaxterRupert Baxter is a fictional character in the Blandings stories by P. G. Wodehouse. Often called The Efficient Baxter , he is Lord Emsworth's secretary, and an expert on many things, including Egyptian scarabs...
, Lord Emsworth's secretary in the stories and novels by P. G. WodehouseP. G. WodehouseSir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be... - Tanya Baxter, in That's So RavenThat's So RavenThat's So Raven is an American cable television teen sitcom/fantasy series. The show premiered on the Disney Channel on January 17, 2003, and ended on November 10, 2007. The show spawned Disney Channel's first spin-off series: Cory in the House...
- Ted BaxterTed BaxterTed Baxter is a fictional character on the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show . Portrayed by Ted Knight, the Baxter character is a broad parody of a vain, shallow, buffoonish TV newsman. Knight's comedic model was William Powell, and he also drew on various Los Angeles newscasters, including George...
, in The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Victor Baxter, in Cory in the House