Spooner

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Spooner is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, and may represent people as well as certain places :

[edit] People

• Arthur Spooner, fictional character played by Jerry Stiller on The King of Queens television show
• Bill "Sputnik" Spooner, guitarist with The Tubes
• Dennis Spooner, a British writer for television shows such as Doctor Who and Doomwatch.
• John C. Spooner, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
• Lysander Spooner, American individualist anarchist
• William Archibald Spooner, English clergyman and scholar, for whom spoonerisms are named
• Mr. Spooner, fictional character played by Mike Berry on the television show Are You Being Served?
• Spooner (comic strip), titular character of a comic strip by Ted Dawson
• Rear-Admiral Ernest John Spooner (1887-1942), Rear-Admiral Malaya, commander of UK Naval forces in Singapore and one of the last to leave with the fall of Singapore. He died of exhaustion and malaria before reaching Allied lines.
• Detective Dil Spooner, from the recent hollywood adaptation/conglomeration of Isaac Asimov's collection of stories represented as "I, Robot"
• Spooner Street, where the Griffins live in the cult cartoon series Family Guy
• The Spooners of Porthmadog - Railway Engineers
• Spooner (band), rock band from the late 1970s / early 1980s; included guitarist Duke Erikson and drummer Butch Vig, who were later part of Garbage
• Campbell R. Spooner, Australian skier, author of 'Ski Touring India's Kullu Valley'
• Henry J. Spooner, Rhode Island Congressman

[edit] Places

• Spooner (village), Wisconsin, USA
• Spooner (town), Wisconsin, USA
• Spooner Row, Norfolk, England
• Spooner Township, Minnesota, USA