Poynter is a surname that originated in Berkshire, England in the 13th Century. It is an occupational name for the maker of lace fasteners on medieval tunics. The name derives from the Middle English "poynte" and originally from the Latin "puncta", meaning to pierce. The first recorded spelling of the name was that of Benedict le Puinter, dated 1206 in the "Pipe Rolls of Berkshire."

Notable People

• Dougie Poynter
  Dougie Poynter
  Dougie Lee Poynter is an English musician and the bass guitarist and vocalist for the pop rock boyband McFly.- McFly :...
  
  , English musician
• Edward Poynter
  Edward Poynter
  Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet, PRA was an English painter, designer, and draughtsman who served as President of the Royal Academy.-Life:...
  
  , a British painter
• Jane Poynter
  Jane Poynter
  Jane Poynter is an author, businesswoman and environmentalist. Poynter was one of the original crewmembers of Biosphere 2. Along with seven other individuals, Poynter was confined to the sealed environment for two years....
  
  , an author, businesswoman and environmentalist
• James I. Poynter
  James I. Poynter
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  , United States Medal of Honor
  Medal of Honor
  The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
  
   recipient
• Nelson Poynter
  Nelson Poynter
  Nelson Poynter was an American publisher. He was born in Sullivan, Indiana in 1903. His family moved to Florida nine years later when his father bought the St. Petersburg Times. Nelson returned to Indiana to get his B.A...
  
  , an American publisher
• William Poynter
  William Poynter
  William Poynter was an English Catholic priest, bishop as vicar apostolic in London.-Life:He was educated at the English College at Douai, where he was ordained in 1786...
  
  , an English Catholic priest
• William A. Poynter
  William A. Poynter
  William Amos Poynter was a Nebraska politician best known as the tenth Governor of Nebraska from 1899 to 1901, running under a fusion ticket between the Populist and the Democratic Party...
  
  , the 14th Governor of Nebraska from 1899 to 1901

Places

• The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a school for journalism
• Poynter Hill
  Poynter Hill
  Poynter Hill is a conspicuous hill, height , standing 8 nautical miles east-southeast of Cape Kjellman on the west side of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, it was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1950 after Mr...
  
  , Antarctica