Spencer

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There are several articles about different Spencers, first or surname, in the Wikipedia.

People

Spencer W. Kimball, 12th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
the Spencer family, including
- The Earls Spencer
- The Lady Diana Spencer (later Diana, Princess of Wales)
Barbara J. Spencer - economist
Christopher Spencer - U.S. inventor
David W. Spencer - A Canadian department store founder
Henry Spencer - The author, computer programmer and Usnet presence.
Herbert Spencer - 19th century English philosopher and liberal thinker, founder of Social Darwinism
John Spencer - English snooker player
Richard Spencer RN (1779-1839) of the Royal Navy, Lyme Regis and Australia.
Spencer Spencer - Person with two of the same names.
Stanley Spencer - English painter
Thomas Spencer - a co-founder of Marks & Spencer plc.
William Robert Spencer - (1769-1834), English poet
Spencer Tracy - an American film actor
Spencer Tunick - American photographer
Spencer Roberts - Astute vacuum cleaner salesman

The meaning of the name

The name Spencer originated from the English word dispenser. Like the name smith would have been given to the blacksmith in olde England, the name Spencer would have been reserved for a dispenser of provisions.

Fictional Characters

Ozwell E. Spencer is a character in the Resident Evil video game series. Spencer is one of the three founders of the notorious Umbrella Corporation.
Michael Crawford played Frank Spencer, the leading character in the British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
In the Thomas the Tank Engine stories, Spencer was a visiting locomotive based on the LNER Class A4 tender locomotive.
Spencer, or Sergei originally, is a strong, silent character in Beyblade.
Spencer Wade, Someone who is capable of beating DMD mode, in Devil May Cry 3
Spencer (Pinocchio 3000) is a fictional penguin interpretation of Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio.
Spencer, a character from Square's console role-playing game Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.

Businesses

Marks & Spencer, a large retailer in the United Kingdom and other countries
Spencer's, a department store chain in British Columbia, Canada (1873 to 1948)
Spencer Gifts, a retail chain in the United States and Canada

Places

Spencer, Idaho, United States of America
Spencer, Indiana, United States of America
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Spencer, Massachusetts, United States of America
Spencer (CDP), Massachusetts, United States of America
Spencer, Nebraska, United States of America
Spencer (town), New York, United States of America
Spencer (village), New York, United States of America
Spencer, North Carolina, United States of America
Spencer, Ohio, United States of America
Spencer, Oklahoma, United States of America
Spencer, South Dakota, United States of America
Spencer, Tennessee, United States of America
Spencer, West Virginia, United States of America
Spencer, Wisconsin, United States of America
Spencer (town), Wisconsin, United States of America
Spencer County, Indiana, United States of America
Spencer County, Kentucky, United States of America
Spencer Township, Michigan, United States of America
Spencer Township, Minnesota, United States of America

Homophones

You may also be looking for Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 - 13 January 1599), an English poet, author of The Faerie Queene, and a contemporary of William Shakespeare.