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Paynter is a surname of British origin, which means "the head/end of the land" (penn an tir) in the Cornish language. It may refer to:
- Billy Paynter (born 1984), British football player
- Charlie Paynter (1879–1971), British football manager
- David Paynter (artist) (1900–1975), Sri Lankan artist
- Eddie Paynter (1901–1979), British cricketer
- Henry Paynter (1923– 2002), American scientist
- Hilary Paynter (born 1943), British artist
- Julian Paynter (born 1970), Australian athlete
- James Paynter (Jacobite)
- John Paynter (composer) (1931–2010), British composer
- John Pender Paynter (1788–1856), British naval officer
- Kent Paynter (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
- Lemuel Paynter (1788–1863), American politician
- Noel Stephen Paynter (1898–1998), British air commodore
- Michael Paynter (born 1986), Australian singer-songwriter
- Mick Paynter (born 1948), British writer
- Randy Paynter (born 1963), American businessman
- Robert Paynter (1928–2010), British cinematographer
- Samuel Paynter (1768–1845), American politician
- Susan Paynter (born 1945), American journalist
- Thomas H. Paynter (1851–1921), American politician
- Will Paynter (1903–1984), British union leader
- William Paynter (academic) (1637–1716), British priest
- William Henry Paynter (1901–1976), British historian
Paynter (foaled March 4, 2009) is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse notable for a promising three-year-old racing season that included a second-place finish in the Belmont Stakes and a victory in the Haskell Invitational, cut short by a near-fatal case of colitis requiring abdominal surgery, complicated by laminitis. Most experts believed that even if he survived, his racing days were over. His struggle for life, regularly updated via social media by his owners, gained him a large fan base and earned him the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Moment of the Year and Secretariat Vox Populi Award for 2012. His surgery was successful, and innovative treatment for laminitis prevented harm to his feet, so he was sent to the Fair Hill Training Center for recovery and rehabilitation. In his four-year-old year, he returned to the track in June 2013, almost eleven months after his 2012 Haskell victory, winning the first race of his comeback by lengths, then running in three more graded stakes races, placing second in two of them, demonstrating his ability to compete against top horses. In November, 2013, he ran in the Breeders' Cup Classic and following the race was retired to WinStar Farm to stand at stud beginning with the 2014 breeding season.