Spencer
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The name Spencer originated from the English word dispenser. The name Spencer would have been reserved for a dispenser of provisions.
Spencer may refer to:
[edit] People
For people with surname Spencer, see Spencer (surname).
- Spencer Tracy - an American film actor
- Spencer Tunick - American photographer
- Spencer Chamberlain - American singer
- Spencer Bailey - survivor of United Airlines Flight 232
- Spencer W. Kimball, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Spencer Wells - American geneticist and anthropologist
[edit] Fictional Characters
- Ozwell E. Spencer is a character in the Resident Evil video game series. Spencer is one of the three founders of the notorious Umbrella Corporation.
- Michael Crawford played Frank Spencer, the leading character in the British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
- In the Thomas the Tank Engine stories, Spencer was a visiting locomotive based on the LNER Class A4 tender locomotive.
- Spencer, or Sergei originally, is a strong, silent character in Beyblade.
- Spencer (Pinocchio 3000) is a fictional penguin interpretation of Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio.
- Spencer, a character from Square's console role-playing game Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.
- Spencer Carlin, a character on the teen drama series South of Nowhere on The N.
- In the children's TV program Hallo Spencer, Spencer (his surname in the English language version), is the mayor of the village, and presenter of the show.
- The title character of the short-lived 1984 TV situation comedy starring Chad Lowe; the character was carried over into another equally short-lived series in 1985 called "Under One Roof" (with Ross Harris now playing the role).
[edit] Businesses
- Marks & Spencer, a large retailer in the United Kingdom and other countries
- Spencer's, a department store chain in British Columbia, Canada (1873 to 1948)
- Spencer Gifts, a retail chain in the United States and Canada
- Spencer repeating rifle, a U.S. Army weapon popular from the American Civil War through the Plains Indian Wars.
[edit] Places
- Spencer, Idaho, United States of America
- Spencer, Indiana, United States of America
- Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
- Spencer, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Spencer (CDP), Massachusetts, United States of America
- Spencer, Nebraska, United States of America
- Spencer (town), New York, United States of America
- Spencer (village), New York, United States of America
- Spencer, North Carolina, United States of America
- Spencer, Ohio, United States of America
- Spencer, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Spencer, South Dakota, United States of America
- Spencer, Tennessee, United States of America
- Spencer, West Virginia, United States of America
- Spencer, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Spencer (town), Wisconsin, United States of America
- Spencer County, Indiana, United States of America
- Spencer County, Kentucky, United States of America
- Spencer Township, Michigan, United States of America
- Spencer Township, Minnesota, United States of America
- Spencer, New South Wales, on the Central Coast of Australia
[edit] See also
- Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 - 13 January 1599), an English poet, author of The Faerie Queene, and a contemporary of William Shakespeare.