Spencer (given name)

For other uses, see Spencer.

Spencer
Gender	Male, female
Language(s)	English

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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

Spencer John Bent (1891–1977), British army officer
Spencer Edmund Hollond (1874–1950), British World War I army officer

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 Pope (1893–1976), American football player
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

Spencer Ackerman, American journalist
Spencer Kellogg Brown (1842–1863), American spy
Spencer Crakanthorp (1885–1936), Australian chess player
Spencer de Grey (born 1944), British architect
Spencer Eccles (born 1934), American philanthropist
Spencer Hochberg (born 1990), American unicyclist
Spencer Penrose (1865–1939), American philanthropist
Spencer Mortimer Williams (1922–2008), American federal judge

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

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