Nic Potter (18 October 1951 – 16 January 2013) was a British bassist, composer and painter, best known for his work with the group Van der Graaf Generator in the 1970s.

In 1977, after Hugh Banton and David Jackson had left Van der Graaf Generator, Potter was asked to re-join.

"[4] He was particularly concerned at a gig in Annecy, France where he claimed someone was trying to perform an exorcism of the band's music while on stage, and had to be helped back to the dressing room, feeling very shaken.

[4] Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s Potter continued to record and tour with Peter Hammill, including being the bassist for the K-Group (from 1981 to 1985), and with the Tigers (in 1980) and Duncan Browne (in 1984).

In 1995 Potter produced and played the bass on the posthumous album Songs of Love and War by Duncan Browne.