Vance (surname)

Vance is an English surname.

People

• Alfred Vance (1839–1888), English music hall singer and songwriter
• Bob Vance (jurist) (born 1961), judge of Alabama's 10th Judicial Circuit
• Calvin B. Vance (1842–1926), American politician
• Clarice Vance (1871–1961), American vaudeville performer
• Colm Vance (born 1992), Canadian soccer player
• Courtney B. Vance (born 1960), American actor
• Cyrus Vance (1917–2002), US Secretary of State
• Cyrus Vance Jr. (born 1954), New York County District Attorney
• Danitra Vance (1954–1994), American comedian and actress
• David Vance (politician) (1836–1912), American shipmaster and politician
• David R. Vance (born 1940), American racehorse trainer
• Dazzy Vance (1891–1961), American baseball pitcher
• Foy Vance (born 1974), Irish musician
• J. D. Vance (born 1984), American author and venture capitalist, US Senator-elect from Ohio
• Jack Vance (1916–2013), American fantasy and science fiction writer
• Joe Vance (1905–1978), American baseball pitcher
• Jim Vance (1942–2017), American news anchor
• John Vance (MP) (died 1875), Member of Parliament for Dublin and Armagh
• Joseph Vance (Ohio politician) (1786–1852), American politician
• Joseph W. Vance (1841–1927), American military officer
• Joseph Williams Vance Jr. (1918–1942), American naval officer in World War II
• Jonathan Vance (born 1964), Canadian general, current Chief of the Defence Staff
• Leon Vance (1916–1944), American Air Force officer, US Medal of Honor recipient
• Lesley Vance (born 1977), American painter
• Margaret Shelley Vance (1925-2008), American composer
• Paul Vance (1929–2022), American songwriter
• Preston Vance, American professional wrestler
• Robert Smith Vance (1931–1989), American federal judge
• Sallie Ada Vance (ca. 1840 - uncertain), American poet
• Terry Vance (born 1953), American motorcycle racer, team owner, & parts manufacturer
• Tommy Vance (1941–2005), British radio broadcaster
• Vivian Vance (1909–1979), American actor and singer, known for playing Ethel on I Love Lucy
• William R. Vance (1806–1885), American mayor
• Zebulon Baird Vance (1830–1894), American politician, Governor of North Carolina, U.S. Senator and Confederate officer

Pseudonym

• Ethel Vance, pseudonym of Grace Zaring Stone (1891–1981), American author
• William Vance, pseudonym of William van Cutsem (born 1935), Belgian comic book artist

Fictional characters

• Alyx Vance, in the video game Half-Life 2
• Bagger Vance, in the movie Legend of Bagger Vance
• Brother Vance, A character in the game Destiny and its sequel Destiny 2
• Bob Vance, character from the U.S. TV series The Office
• Dr. Eli Vance, in the video game Half-Life 2
• Lance Vance, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Leon Vance, agency director in the television show NCIS
• Mary Vance, orphan from L. M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valley
• Nell Vance, in the movie The Haunting
• Philo Vance, detective in several novels by S. S. Van Dine
• Victor Vance, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

See also

• Vance (given name)