Some Notable Members of The Family
- Captain John Porteous of the City Guard of Edinburgh (c 1695–1736)
- Dr Beilby Porteus, Bishop of Chester and London, noted abolitionist (1731–1809)
- Thomas Porteous, merchant and politician, Lower Canada (1765–1830)
- James Porteous, inventor of the Fresno Scraper (1848–1922)
- Gladstone Porteous, Australian translator of the Bible into the Yi language (1874–1944)
- Stanley Porteus, psychologist and author (1883–1972)
- Thomas Porteous (footballer) footballer for Sunderland and England (c. 1864–1919)
- Hon George Porteous, Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (1903–1977)
- Hugh Gordon Porteus, art and literature critic (1906–1993)
- Ian R. Porteous, Scottish mathematician (1930–2011)
- John Alexander Porteous, columnist and journalist (1932–1995)
- Rev Prof Norman Walker Porteous, theologian and translator of the New English Bible, last surviving officer of the First World War (1898–2003)
- Captain Patrick Porteous, VC, war hero (1918–2000)
- Rose Porteous, Filipino-born Australian socialite (1948– )
- Shane Porteous, Australian actor (1942– )
- Skipp Porteous, private detective, cult investigator (1944– )
- Judge Thomas Porteous, former US District Court judge (1946– )
- Timothy Porteous, CM, former executive assistant to Pierre Trudeau (1934– )
- William Porteous, Australian land developer (1945– )
- Most Rev Julian Porteous, Bishop, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia (1949– )
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