Ramsay D. Potts nació el 24 de octubre de 1916 en Memphis, Tennessee, Estados Unidos. Estuvo casado con Veronica Raynor. Murió el 28 de mayo de 2006 en Florida, Estados Unidos.
Lawyer and business executive Ramsay Potts served in the U.S. Army Air
Corps during World War II; when he served as group leader of the 453rd
Bomb Group, James Stewart was his operations officer. Potts retired as
a Major General in the Air Force Reserve.