Spooner

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The name Spooner is an English surname of either Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Danish origin (Spøner), which can refer to certain people or places:

[edit] People

• Ashley Spooner, whitelabeling legend
• 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.
• Henry J. Spooner, Rhode Island Congressman
• John C. Spooner, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
• Karl Spooner, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher
• Lysander Spooner, American individualist anarchist
• Richard Spooner (disambiguation)
• William Archibald Spooner, English clergyman and scholar, for whom spoonerisms are named
• The Spooners of Porthmadog - Railway Engineers

[edit] Places

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

[edit] Popular Culture

• Bert Spooner, character on the television show Are You Being Served? played by Mike Berry
• Arthur Spooner, character on the television show The King of Queens played by Jerry Stiller
• Dil Spooner, detective in the hollywood adaptation/conglomeration of Isaac Asimov's collection of stories represented as "I, Robot"
• Spooner (band), rock band from the late 1970s / early 1980s; included guitarist Duke Erikson and drummer Butch Vig, who were later part of Garbage
• Spooner (comic strip), comic strip by Ted Dawson and titular character of same
• Spooner Street, where the Griffins live in the cult cartoon series Family Guy
• Spooner (film), a 2008 US movie directed by Drake Doremus