Plater is a surname, and may refer to:
People
Alan Plater (1935–2010), English playwright and screenwriter
Bobby Plater (1914–1982), American jazz alto saxophonist
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (1950–), American architect
Henry Plater-Zyberk, British academic
Emilia Plater (1806–1831), Polish-Lithuanian noble and revolutionary
Felix Plater (1536–1614), Swiss physician
George Plater (1735–1792), American lawyer and politician
Kazimierz Plater (1915–2004), Polish chess master
Steve Plater (1968–), English motorcycle racer
Thomas Plater (1769–1830), American lawyer and politician
Władysław Plater (1808–1889), Polish–Lithuanian count
Other
Plater College, established in 1922 in Headington, Oxford
Duany Plater Zyberk & Company, American architecture firm
Plater coat of arms