Spence (surname)
Spence is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
- Basil Spence, British architect
- Brent Spence, American Congressman, attorney, and banker
- Catherine Helen Spence, Australian reformer and suffragette
- Charles Spence, experimental psychologist at the University of Oxford
- E. Lee Spence, author, editor, adventurer
- Fiona Spence, British-Australian actress
- Floyd Spence, American politician
- George Spence (politician) (1880–1975), Canadian provincial and federal politician
- George Spence (footballer) (born 1877), Scottish footballer
- Gerry Spence, American trial lawyer
- Joe Spence (footballer born 1898), English football player for Manchester United in the 1920s
- Joe Spence (footballer born 1925), English football player for York City in the 1950s
- John Brodie Spence, South Australian banker and politician, brother of Catherine Helen Spence
- John S. Spence, American Senator from Maryland
- John Selby Spence (Catholic bishop), American Catholic bishop
- John Spence (politician), British Conservative MP 1970-1986
- John Spence (musician), founding member of the band No Doubt
- Jonathan Spence, English historian
- Joseph Spence (author), English anecdotist
- Joseph Spence (musician), Bahamian guitarist and blues musician
- Kenneth Spence, a prominent American psychologist
- Lansford Spence, Jamaican sprinter
- Lee Spence, pioneer American underwater archaeologist
- Lewis Spence, journalist and writer
- Louie Spence, British dancer
- Michael Spence, American economist
- Nicky Spence, Scottish Opera Star
- Phil Spence, American basketball player and coach
- Russell Spence, English race car driver
- Sam Spence (born 1927), American composer/musician
- Shaun Spence (born 1991), Australian Rugby League player
- Skip Spence, musician
- Steve Spence, American long-distance runner
- Thomas Spence, Radical democrat
- Toby Spence, (born 1969) English tenor
- Vivienne Spence, Jamaican track and field athlete
- William Spence, Australian trade union leader and politician
- Wishart Spence, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada