Spencer (given name)
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Spencer is a given name of British origin.
Meaning
- Given name transferred from the surname, in regular use since the nineteenth century.
- Given name meaning 'Guardian' when in use as a given name in English nineteenth century courts.
List of persons with the given name
Academics and literature
- Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887), American ornithologist
- Spencer Barrett (1914–2001), British scholar
- Spencer Bloch (born 1944), American mathematician
- Spencer Heath (1876–1963), American anarchist, engineer, attorney, inventor, manufacturer, poet, philosopher and social thinker
- Spencer Holst (1926–2001), American writer
- Spencer Johnson (writer) (born 1940), American author
- Spencer G. Lucas, American paleontologist
- Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1850–1931), British botanist
- Spencer J. Palmer (1927–2000), American historian and chronicler of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Spencer George Perceval (1838–1922), English geologist and antiquary
- Spencer Wells (born 1969), American geneticist and anthropologist
Arts, entertainment and fashion
- Spencer Albee (born 1976), American musician
- Spencer Antle (born 1971), American fashion designer
- Spencer Asah (died 1954), American painter
- Spencer Banks (born 1954), British television actor
- Spencer Bayles, British musician and former Guinness World Record holder
- Spencer Bell (actor) (1887-1935), American actor
- Spencer Gordon Bennet (1893–1987), American director
- Spencer Bernard, American musician and songwriter
- Spencer Bohren (born 1950), American musician
- Spencer Boldman (born 1992), American actor
- Spencer Breslin (born 1992), American actor
- Spencer Brown (comedian), British comedian
- Spencer Chamberlain (born 1983), American singer for the Christian post-hardcore band Underoath
- Spencer Chan (1892–1988), Chinese-American actor
- Spencer Charters (1875–1943), American actor
- Spencer Christian (born 1947), American television personality
- Spencer Treat Clark (born 1987), American actor
- Spencer Clark (musician) (1908–1998), American jazz musician
- Spencer Cozens (born 1965), English musician
- Spencer Daniels (born 1992), American actor
- Spencer Davis (born 1939), British musician
- Spencer Dryden (1938–2005), American musician
- Spencer Elden (born 1991), American model and artist
- Spencer Fearon (born 1962), British media personality
- Spencer Finch, American artist
- Spencer Fox (born 1993), American actor
- Spencer Garrett (born 1963), American actor
- Spencer Gore (artist) (1878–1914), British painter
- Spencer Grammer (born 1983), American actress
- Spencer Halpin, American independent filmmaker and creator of the 2009 documentary film Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat
- Spencer Howson (born 1972), British-born Australian radio personality
- Spencer Hughes, American political radio personality
- Spencer James (born 1953), British musician
- Spencer P. Jones (born 1956), New Zealander musician
- Spencer Kayden (born 1971), American actress
- Spencer Kelly (born 1973), British television personality
- Spencer Kobren, American businessman, author and radio personality
- Spencer Krug (born 1977), Canadian singer, songwriter and keyboardist
- Spencer Locke (born 1991), American actress
- Spencer Pratt (born 1983), American actor
- Spencer Rice (born 1967), Canadian writer, director, producer, and comedian
- Spencer Scott (born 1989), American model, pornographic actress, and Playboy Playmate
- Spencer Smith (musician) (born 1987), American drummer for Panic! at the Disco
- Spencer Smith (Big Brother) (born 1979), British reality television star turned actor
- Spencer Tracy (1900–1967), American actor
- Spencer Tunick (born 1967), American photographer
- Spencer Williams (1889–1965), American jazz musician
- Spencer Williams (actor) (1893–1969), American actor
Military
Politics, government and nobility
- Spencer Abraham (born 1952), American politician
- Spencer Bachus (born 1947), American politician
- Spencer Batiste (born 1945), British politician
- Spencer Bedford (1851-1933), English-born Canadian politician
- Spencer Bernard (politician) (1918-2001), American politician
- Spencer Black (born 1950), American politician
- Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833–1908), British politician
- Spencer Charrington (1818–1904), British politician
- Spencer M. Clark (1811–1890), American National Currency Bureau Superintendent
- Spencer Coggs (born 1949), American politician
- Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673–1743), British politician
- Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton (1601–1643), British politician
- Spencer Compton, 8th Earl of Northampton (1738–1796), British politician
- Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton (1790–1851), British nobleman
- Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton (born 1946), British nobleman
- Spencer Cowper (1670–1728), British politician
- Spencer Dickinson (politician), American politician
- Spencer O. Fisher (1843–1919), American politician
- Spencer Chandra Herbert (born 1981), Canadian politician
- Spencer Horsey de Horsey (1790–1860), British politician
- Spencer Jarnagin (1792–1853), American politician
- Spencer Cone Jones (1836–1915), American politician
- Spencer Matthews King (born 1917), Puerto Rican-born American Ambassador
- Spencer G. Millard (1856–1895), American politician
- Spencer Perceval (1762–1812), British Prime Minister
- Spencer Perceval (junior) (1795–1859), British politician
- Spencer Darwin Pettis (1802–1831), American politician
- Spencer Horatio Walpole (1806–1898), British politician
Religion
- Spencer J. Condie (born 1940), American leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Spencer Houghton Cone (1785–1855), American child prodigy and Baptist chaplain
- Spencer V. Jones (born 1945), American leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985), American president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Sports
- Spencer Abbott (baseball) (1877–1951), American baseball player
- Spencer Abbott (ice hockey) (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
- Spencer Adams (1898–1970), American baseball player
- Spencer Adams (pitcher) (born 1993), American baseball player
- Spencer Adkins (born 1987), American football player
- Spencer Allen (1893–1978), English cricketer
- Spencer Armstrong (born 1986), Canadian football player
- Spencer Austen-Leigh (1834-1913), English cricketer
- Spencer Brown (rugby player born 1921) (1921–1973), Australian rugby player
- Spencer Brown (rugby player born 1973) (born 1973), British rugby player
- Spencer Clark (racer) (1987–2006), American race car driver
- Spencer Davey (born 1983), British rugby player
- Spencer Dinwiddie, American basketball player
- Spencer Evans (born 1973), Welsh soccer player
- Spencer Fisher (born 1976), American mixed martial arts fighter
- Spencer Folau (born 1973), Tongan-born American football player
- Spencer Ford (born 1976), American lacrosse player
- Spencer Ford (American football), American college football coach
- Spencer Gollan (1860–1934), New Zealand athlete
- Spencer Gore (sportsman) (1850–1906), British athlete
- Spencer Havner (born 1983), American football player
- Spencer Hawes (born 1988), American basketball player
- Spencer Haywood (born 1949), American basketball player
- Spencer Heath (baseball) (1893–1930), American baseball player
- Spencer Johnson (American football) (born 1981), American football player
- Spencer Nelson (born 1980), American Gaelic games champion
- Spencer Ponsonby-Fane (1824–1915), British cricketer and civil servant
- Spencer Prior (born 1971), English soccer player
- Spencer Pumpelly (born 1974), American race car driver
- Spencer Gene Settles (born 1953), American football player
- Spencer Smith (triathlete), British triathlete
- Spencer Verbiest (born 1984), Belgian soccer player
- Spencer Wadsworth (born 1986), American soccer player
- Spencer Weir-Daley (born 1985), British soccer player
Other
Fictional characters
- Spencer Carlin, character from the American teen drama television series South of Nowhere
- Spencer Gray, character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Spencer Hastings, character from the Pretty Little Liars series of young-adult novels
- Spencer Reid, character from the American police-procedural television program Criminal Minds
- Spencer Rosegunde Thomas, character from the American radio and television Western drama series Gunsmoke
- Spencer Shay, character from the American teen sitcom iCarly
- Spencer Walsh, character from the American sitcom Good Luck Charlie