Carter

Carter is a common English name and can be a given name or surname. The name is derived from the occupation carter, a person who carries things in a cart.

Fictional persons

• Carter Grayson, character in the Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue TV series
• Dr. John Truman Carter, medical doctor in the American television series ER.
• Edison Carter, character in the science fiction television series Max Headroom.
• Jacob Carter, character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
• John Carter of Mars, character in the Barsoom series of Edgar Rice Burroughs
• John Carter, character from the American television series Little House on the Prairie
• Nick Carter, popular fictional detective who first appeared in American dime novels in the 1890s
• Randolph Carter, main character of many of H.P. Lovecraft's Dream-Cycle works
• Samantha Carter, character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, daughter of Jacob Carter, above
• Zebediah J. "Zeb" Carter, main male protagonist in the Robert A. Heinlein novel The Number of the Beast