Salter

Salter, derived from salt, meaning extractor or trader of salt (from the Middle Ages), is a surname or more rarely a first name, and may refer to:

• Albert Salter (1816–1874), Canadian surveyor
• Andrew Salter (1914–1996), American psychotherapist
• Anna Salter, American psychologist and novelist
• George Salter (1897-1967), American designer
• George Salter, (1834-1911) UK cricketer
• Hans J. Salter (1896–1994), American film composer
• Herbert Salter (1839–1894), English cricketer
• James Salter (1925–2015), American writer
• James Arthur Salter (1881–1975), British politician and academic
• John W. Salter (1852–1927), American farmer and politician
• John William Salter (1820–1869), English naturalist and paleontologist
• June Salter (1932–2001), Australian actress
• Lewis Salter (1926–1989), American physicist
• Mandy Salter fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Mark Salter, American speechwriter
• Mark Salter (born 1980), English footballer
• Martin Salter (born 1954), UK member of parliament
• Mary Jo Salter (born 1954), American poet
• Michael Salter (born 1967) U.S. contemporary artist
• Richard Salter (disambiguation)
• Robert B. Salter (1924–2010), Canadian pediatric orthopedic surgeon
• Robert M. Salter (1920–2011), American engineer
• Stephen Salter (born 1938), Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design and inventor of the Salter duck
• Susanna M. Salter (1860–1961), American politician, first woman mayor in the United States
• William Salter (disambiguation)

Organizations

• Worshipful Company of Salters, one of the Livery Companies of the City of London
• Salters Steamers, a boating company on the River Thames, England, founded by John and Stephen Salter
• Salter Brecknell, a manufacturer of light commercial weighing scales, part of Avery Weigh-Tronix
• Salter Housewares, a manufacturer of consumer weighing scales

See also

• Psalter, a Book of Psalms
• Drysalter, a dealer in chemical products