Poor is an adjective related to a state of poverty, low quality or pity.
People with the surname Poor:
- Charles Henry Poor, a US Navy officer
- Charles Lane Poor, an astronomer
- Edward Erie Poor, a president of the National Park Bank
- Enoch Poor, a brigadier-general in the American Revolutionary War
- Henry Poor (disambiguation), multiple people
- Janet Meakin Poor, a landscape design specialist from Winnetka, Illinois
- John A. Poor, a 19th-century American railroad entrepreneur, see European and North American Railway
- Salem Poor, an African-American soldier in the American Revolution
Famous quotes containing the word poor:
“To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)
“Religion without humanity is a poor human stuff.”
—Sojourner Truth (c. 1777–1883)
“A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)