Prior (surname)
Prior is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alex Prior, Russian child prodigy composer
- Alfredo Prior, Argentine painter, writer, performer, and musician
- Anthony Prior, American football player
- Arthur Prior, philosopher and logician
- David Prior (disambiguation), multiple people
- Edward Gawler Prior, Canadian politician and 15th Premier of British Columbia
- G. Cosens Prior, English solicitor and social reformer
- George Thurland Prior, British mineralogist
- Hans Peter Prior, Danish industrialist
- Jim Prior, British politician
- John Prior (musician), Australian musician
- Maddy Prior, English singer
- Margaret Prior, American humanitarian, missionary, moral reform worker, writer
- Marina Prior, Australian singer and actress
- Mark Prior, baseball pitcher
- Mary Prior, British Lord–Lieutenant for Bristol
- Matthew Prior, English poet
- Matt Prior, English cricketer
- Redvers Prior, British politician and Royal Navy officer
- Richard Chandler Alexander Prior, English physician and botanist
- Spencer Prior, English footballer
- Sharron Prior, Canadian murder victim