Mortimer (given name)

Mortimer is a masculine given name which may refer to:

* Mortimer J. Adler (1902–2001), American philosopher, educator and author
* Mortimer Caplin (1916–2019), American lawyer and educator
* Mortimer Cleveland (1883–?), American architect
* Mortimer Collins (1827–1876), English poet and novelist
* Mortimer Davis (1866–1928), Canadian businessman and philanthropist
* Mortimer Durand (1850–1924), British diplomat and civil servant in British India
* Mortimer Fitzland Elliott (1839–1920), American politician
* Mortimer Hogan (1862–1923), American Major League Baseball outfielder
* Mortimer von Kessel (1893–1981), German World War II general
* Mort Leav (1916–2005), American comic book and advertising artist
* Mortimer Dormer Leggett (1821–1896), American lawyer, school administrator, professor and Union Army major general during the American Civil War
* Mortimer Lewis (1796–1879), English architect and surveyor; Colonial Architect in New South Wales
* Mortimer Menpes (1855–1938), Australian-born artist, author, printmaker and illustrator
* Mortimer M. Miller (1929–2017), American politician and writer
* Mortimer Mishkin (1926–2021), American neuropsychologist
* Mortimer L. Neinken (1896–1984), American stamp collector
* Mortimer Planno (1929–2006), drummer and Rastafari elder best known as the Rasta teacher of Bob Marley
* Mortimer R. Proctor (1889–1968), American politician, 66th governor of Vermont
* Mortimer Sackler (1916–2010), American physician, entrepreneur and philanthropist
* Mortimer L. Schiff (1877–1931), American banker and Boy Scouts of America leader
* Mortimer Singer (1863–1929), Anglo-American landowner, philanthropist, sportsman and early pilot
* Mortimer Thomson (1832–1875), American journalist and humorist
* Mortimer Tollemache (1872–1950), English cricketer
* Mortimer von Maltzan (1793–1843), Prussian diplomat and Foreign Minister
* Mort Weisinger (1915–1978), American magazine and comic book editor
* Mortimer Wheeler (1890–1976), British archaeologist
* Mortimer Wilson (1876–1932), American composer of classical music
* Mortimer Zuckerman (born 1937), Canadian-born American businessman

## Fictional characters

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* Mortimer, a name sometimes given to the Grim Reaper (see Personifications of death), with its origin in the Latin word morti (to die)
* Mortimer Brewster, protagonist of the play Arsenic and Old Lace and its film adaptation
* Mortimer Delvile, one of the protagonists in Cecilia (Burnley novel)
* Mortimer Duke, in the movie Trading Places, played by Don Ameche
* Mortimer Folchart, in Cornelia Funke's Inkheart series of fantasy books
* Mortimer McMire, the primary antagonist of the Commander Keen series
* Mortimer Mouse, a Disney character and rival of Mickey Mouse
* Morty Smith, one of the title characters on the American animated series Rick and Morty
* Mortimer Snerd, a ventriloquist's dummy employed by Edgar Bergen
* Mortimer Toynbee, or Toad (Marvel Comics), a mutant in the X-Men comics
* Mortimer "Mort", the protagonist of Terry Pratchett's novel Mort and its stage play adaptation
* Mortimer, a Robert Munsch character and story
* Mortimer, a criminal in the Italian comic book Zagor
* Uncle Mortimer, a theme park mastermind from the video games Thrillville and Thrillville: Off the Rails

## See also

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* Mort (name)

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