Gorter or De Gorter is a Dutch-language occupational surname for a person growing barley. Notable people with the surname include:
Arnold Marc Gorter (1866–1933), Dutch landscape painter Cornelis Jacobus Gorter (1907–1980), Dutch physicist David de Gorter (1717–1783), Dutch physician and botanist Donny Gorter (born 1988), Dutch soccer player, son of Edwin Edwin Gorter (born 1963), Dutch soccer player, father of Donny Hendrikus Jacobus Gorter (1874–1918), Dutch cyclist, speed skater and ice skates manufacturer from Zwolle Herman Gorter (1864–1927), Dutch poet and council communist theoretician Jay Gorter (born 2000), Dutch footballer Olaf Gorter (born 2005), Dutch footballer (1689–1762), Dutch physician and father of David de Gorter Theo Gorter (born 1956), Dutch tennis player
See also
Gruijters, Dutch surname with the same origin
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