Spencer (family name)
Spencer is an originally professional English family name .
Name bearer
A.
- Abigail Spencer (* 1981), American actress
- Alan Spencer (* around 1960), American producer and author
- Alberto Spencer (1937-2006), Ecuadorian football player
- Alison Owen-Spencer (* 1953), American cross-country skier
- Ambrose Spencer (1765–1844), American politician
- Andrew Spencer (* 1980), German DJ and producer
- Anne Spencer (1882–1975), American writer and suffragette
- Anthony Spencer (born 1984), American football player
- Arabella Spencer-Churchill (1949–2007), British co-founder of the Glastonbury Festival
- Arnold Spencer-Smith (1883-1916), British cleric and photographer
- Ashley Spencer (* 1993), American sprinter
B.
- Barbara Spencer (* 1945), Australian-Canadian economist and university professor
- Ben Spencer (baseball player) (1890-1970) American baseball player
- Ben Spencer (politician) (* 1989), British politician
- Ben Spencer (rugby player) (born 1992), English rugby union player
- Ben Spencer (soccer player) (born 1995), American soccer player
- Bill Spencer (born 1936), American biathlete
- Brenda Ann Spencer (* 1962), American gunman
- Brian Spencer (1949–1988), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bud Spencer (1929–2016), Italian actor and swimmer
C.
- Carlos Spencer (* 1975), New Zealand rugby player
- Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (1674–1722), English politician and statesman
- Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706–1758), British nobleman and politician, keeper of the Lord Seal
- Charles Spencer (pianist) (* 1955), English pianist and university professor
- Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (born 1964), British nobleman, brother of Diana Spencer
- Chaske Spencer (* 1975), American actor
- Clark Spencer (* 1963), American film graduate
D.
- Danielle Spencer (born 1969), Australian actress, singer and songwriter
- David Spencer (* 1958), German-British playwright and radio play author
- Diana Spencer , maiden name of Diana, Princess of Wales ( Lady Di ; 1961–1997), British nobleman
- Donald Spencer (1912-2001), American mathematician
- Dorothy Spencer (1909–2002), American film editor
- Douglas Spencer (real name William Henry Mesenkop ; 1910–1960), American actor
- Douglas Spencer-Nairn, 2nd Baronet (1906–1970), Scottish politician
E.
- Earle Spencer , (* 1926), American jazz musician
- Edmund Spencer (around 1552–1599), English poet, see Edmund Spenser
- Edmund Spencer (chess player) (1876–1936), English chess player
- Edmund Spencer (Captain) (?, 19th century), English travel writer
- Edward Spencer (1881–1965), American athlete
- Elijah Spencer (1775-1852), American politician
- Emerson Spencer (1906–1985), American track and field athlete
F.
- Frank Richard Spencer (* 1951), American clergyman, titular bishop of Auzia
- Franz Spencer (1897–1971), Austrian-American writer and screenwriter, see Franz Schulz (screenwriter)
- Freddie Spencer (* 1961), American motorcycle racer
- Freddie Spencer (cyclist) (1902-1992), American cyclist
- Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798–1857), British admiral
G
- GC Spencer (1925–2007), American racing driver
- G. Lloyd Spencer (1893–1981), American politician
- Galen Spencer (1840–1904), American archer
- George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834), British nobleman and politician (Whig)
- George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), British nobleman and politician
- George Spencer-Brown (1923–2016), British mathematician, psychologist, poet and chess player
- George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766–1840), British nobleman and politician
- George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (1793–1857), British nobleman and politician
- George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (1844-1892), British nobleman
- George E. Spencer (1836-1893), American politician
H
- Henrietta Frances Spencer (1761–1821), British noblewoman and mistress of the Prince of Wales
- Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), British philosopher and sociologist
- Herbert W. Spencer (1905–1992), American-Chilean film musician and orchestrator
I.
- Isaiah Spencer (* ≈1979), American jazz musician
J
- James B. Spencer (1781–1848), American politician
- James G. Spencer (1844–1926), American politician
- James H. Spencer (* 1942), American film architect
- James R. Spencer (* 1949), American lawyer
- Jasmyne Spencer (* 1990), American soccer player
- Jason Spencer (* 1974), American politician
- Jeremy Spencer (born 1948), British rock musician
- Jesse Spencer (* 1979), Australian actor
- Jim Spencer (1947–2002), American baseball player
- Joel H. Spencer (* 1946), American mathematician
- John Spencer (theologian) (1630–1693), British theologian
- John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (1734–1783), British peer
- John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (1835–1910), British peer and politician
- John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924–1992), British peer
- John Spencer (snooker player) (1935-2006), English snooker player
- John Spencer (actor) (1946–2005), American actor
- John Spencer (Author) (born 1954), British non-fiction author
- John Spencer (soccer player) (born 1970), Scottish soccer player
- John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883), British statesman and nobleman
- John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897–1972), British nobleman and politician
- John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough (1926–2014), British nobleman and politician
- John Strange Spencer-Churchill (1880–1947), British officer
- John Canfield Spencer (1788–1855), American politician
- Joseph Spencer (1714–1789), American politician
- Julia Spencer-Fleming (* 1961), American writer
K
- Kaliese Spencer (* 1987), Jamaican athlete
- Katie Spencer , British stage and production designer
- Kenneth Spencer (1911–1964), American singer (bass)
- Kenneth Aldred Spencer (1902–1960), American industrialist
- Kitty Spencer (* 1990), British It girl, model and a niece of Princess Diana
- Kyle Spencer (born 1976), British tennis player
L.
- Larry O. Spencer (* 1954), American general
- Laura Spencer (* 1986), American actress
- Leon Spencer (1945–2012), American organist
- Leonard James Spencer (1870-1959), British mineralogist
- Levern Spencer (* 1984), Lucian high jumper
- Lynn Spencer-Galanes (* 1954), American cross-country skier
M.
- Mark Spencer (* 1977), American computer engineer
- Mary Spencer (* 1984), Canadian boxer
- Michael Spencer (producer) (1919-2016), Canadian film producer
- Michael Spencer (Australian composer) (born 1964), Australian composer and choir director
- Michael Spencer (composer) (* 1975), Scottish composer and music teacher
N
- Niles Spencer (1893–1952), American painter
O
- Octavia Spencer (born 1972), American actress
- O'Neill Spencer (1909–1944), American drummer and singer
P
- Pam Spencer (* 1957), American high jumper
- Percy Spencer (1894–1970), American engineer and inventor
- Phil Spencer (* 1967/1968), American manager
R.
- Richard Spencer (royalist) (1593–1661), English politician and royalist
- Richard Spencer (politician) (1796–1868), American politician
- Richard Spencer (athlete) (born 1955), Cuban high jumper
- Richard B. Spencer (* 1978), American white supremacy activist
- Richard Lewis Spencer , American musician
- Richard V. Spencer , US Secretary of the Navy
- Robert Spencer (lutenist) (1932–1997), English lutenist
- Robert Spencer (* 1962), American writer
- Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1641–1702), English diplomat and politician
- Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland (1701–1729), British peer and politician
- Roy Spencer (* 1955), American climatologist
- Rudyard Spencer (* 1944), Jamaican politician (JLP)
S.
- Samuel Spencer (Railway President ) , American President of the Southern Railway
- Samuel Spencer (1910–1997), American politician
- Samuel R. Spencer (1871–1961), American politician
- Scarlet Spencer (* 2007), American child actress
- Scott Spencer (* 1945), American writer
- Selden P. Spencer (1862-1925), American politician
- Sheridan Spencer († 2009), American R&B singer
- Stanley Spencer (balloonist) (1868–1906), British airman
- Stanley Spencer (painter) (1891-1959) British painter
- Susan Spencer-Wendel († 2014), American journalist and book author
T
- Thomas Spencer (Entrepreneur) (1852–1905), British entrepreneur, co-founder of Marks & Spencer
- Thomas C. Spencer (* 1946), American physicist
- Tom Spencer ( Thomas Newnham Bayley Spencer ; * 1948), British politician
- Tracie Spencer (* 1976), American singer and actress
W.
- Winston Spencer-Churchill (1940–2010), British politician (Conservative Party), member of the House of Commons
- Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860–1929), British-Australian biologist and anthropologist
- William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton (1591–1636), English nobleman and politician
- William Spencer (cyclist) (1895–1963), American cyclist
- William Spencer (track and field athlete) (1900-1983), American track and field athlete
- William Allen Spencer (* 1936), American biathlete, see Bill Spencer
- William B. Spencer (1835–1882), American politician
- William Browning Spencer (born 1946), American writer
- William O'Neill Spencer (1909–1944), American jazz drummer and singer, see O'Neill Spencer
- William Robert Spencer (1769–1834), English poet and translator
- Winston Baldwin Spencer (* 1948), politician from Antigua and Barbuda