Plater is a surname, and may refer to:Felix Plater (1536–1614), Swiss physician George Plater (1735–1792), American lawyer and politician Thomas Plater (1769–1830), American lawyer and politician Emilia Plater (1806–1831), Polish–Lithuanian noble and revolutionary Władysław Plater (1808–1889), Polish–Lithuanian count Jurgis Pliateris (1810–1836), Polish–Lithuanian noble and bibliographer Cecylia Plater-Zyberk (1853–1920), Polish social activist and educationalist Kazimierz Plater (1915–2004), Polish chess master Alan Plater (1935–2010), English playwright and screenwriter Bobby Plater (1914–1982), American jazz alto saxophonist Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (1950–), American architect Steve Plater (1968–), English motorcycle racer Matthew Plater (1995-), English cricketerOtherPlater College, established in 1922 in Headington, Oxford Duany Plater Zyberk & Company, American architecture firm Plater coat of arms Plater, German and Polish noble family