Canter is a surname. It is or has been borne in different countries by various unrelated families or families with no known connection to each other. These include English(?)-American Canters whose earliest known possible ancestor is an 18th-century Thomas Canter of Maryland;[1] Jewish-American Canters such as the Kentucky author Mark Canter and the Canter family that opened Canter's Deli in Los Angeles;[2] a learned medieval and early modern Canter family of Groningen and Friesland, prominent in various branches of learning and in politics;[3] Canters who are related to the Caunter family of Devon,[4] etc.

In Britain, the early examples of the surname Canter are all from Latin cantor and refer to precentors in cathedrals or monasteries. The surname also occurs as a derivation from Anglo-Norman caunter/cauntour, 'singer, one who leads the singing'.[5]

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Andreas Canter (1463–between 1509 and 1516), Dutch humanist prodigy and poet
  • Bernard Canter (1870–1956), Jewish-Dutch author, journalist, playwright, painter, and designer
  • Brian Canter (1987), American professional bull rider
  • Dan Canter (1961–2020), American soccer defender
  • David Canter (died 1981), food writer and co-founder of English vegetarian restaurant chain Cranks
  • David Canter (born 1944), British psychologist
  • David E. Canter (born 1973), American sports agent
  • Deborah D. Canter, American dietician, lecturer, and writer on dietetics
  • Dirck Canter (c. 1545–1617), Dutch scholar and mayor of Utrecht
  • Ernst Canter (1888–1956), German WWI officer and air force pilot
  • Gelmer Canter (fl. 1500, d. after 1520), Dutch librarian and diplomat
  • Ghebbe Canter (fl. c. 1500), Dutch humanist and nun
  • Hilda Mabel Canter (1922–2007), English mycologist, protozoologist, and photographer
  • Howard Vernon Canter (1873–1942), American classical scholar, wrote on Latin philology and ancient Rome
  • Jacob Canter (also Jacobus; 1469–1529), Dutch pastor, poet, and humanist
  • Jacob Canter (fl. 1500), Dutch mayor of Leeuwarden
  • Joachim Canter (fl. 1600), Dutch politician in Groningen province
  • Jean-Christophe Canter (born 1960), French politician
  • Johannes Canter (1424–1497), Dutch humanist and astronomer
  • Johannes Canter the Younger (d. after 1527), Dutch humanist, astrologer, and physician
  • John David Canter, Irish novelist
  • Jon Canter, English sitcom and comedy writer
  • Jonathan Canter (born 1965), American tennis player
  • Jonathan D. Canter, American attorney and novelist
  • Juan Canter (born 1895), Argentine historian and writer
  • Karl Canter (1889–1979), German legal practitioner and civil servant
  • Karl Frederick Canter (1944–2006), American pioneer of experimental positron physics
  • Kay Canter (died 2007), food writer and co-founder of English vegetarian restaurant chain Cranks
  • Kieran Canter, American actor
  • Lambertus Canter (1513-1553), Dutch jurist and man of letters
  • Larry W. Canter (died 2020), American environmental engineer, lecturer, and writer on environmental issues
  • Laurence Canter (born 1953), American lawyer and Usenet spammer
  • Laurie Canter (born 1989), English golfer
  • Lee Canter, American educationalist and co-developer of the assertive discipline method
  • Marc Canter, American IT professional and multimedia pioneer
  • Marc Canter, American Guns N' Roses photographer and author of Reckless Road: Guns N' Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction (2008)
  • Mark Canter (born 1952), American journalist and writer
  • Marlene Canter, American educationalist and co-developer of the assertive discipline method
  • Mathilda B. Canter (1924–2015), American psychologist
  • Miriam Canter, American writer and editor of cookbooks
  • Rosalind Canter (born 1986), British equestrian
  • Rosemary Canter, British publisher and literary agent
  • Sheryl Canter, American psychologist, counsellor, writer, and programmer
  • Theodor Canter (1545-1617), Dutch classical philologist
  • Ursula Canter (fl. c. 1500), Dutch humanist
  • Willem Canter (1542–1575), Dutch classical scholar

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Canter Genealogy Family History". Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  2. ↑ "Canter's Deli website". Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  3. ↑ "Biografisch Portaal van Nederland". Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  4. ↑ F. Lyde Caunter (1930). Caunter Family History. Solicitors' Law Stationery Society. pp. 15–20.
  5. ↑ P.H. Reaney (2006). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Routledge. p. 564. ISBN 9780415057370.

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