Vance (surname)
Vance is an English surname.
People
- Adam Vance, American politician from West Virginia
- 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 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
- Kenneth Vance, American politician
- 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
- Shelley Vance, American politician
- 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 (1935–2018), 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
This page lists people with the surname Vance.
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