Vance (surname)

Vance is an English Surname.

Vance is the surname of:

People

• Alfred Vance (1839–1888), English music hall singer and songwriter
• Clarice Vance (1871–1961), American vaudeville performer
• 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
• David Vance (politician) (1836–1912), American shipmaster and politician
• David R. Vance (born 1940), American racehorse trainer
• Dazzy Vance (1891–1961), American baseball pitcher
• Danitra Vance (1954–1994), American comedian and actress
• Foy Vance (born 1974), Irish musician
• J. D. Vance (born 1984), American author and venture capitalist
• Jack Vance (1916–2013), American fantasy and science fiction writer
• Jim Vance (1942–2017), American news anchor
• Joseph Vance (1786–1852), American politician
• Joseph W. Vance (1841–1927), American military officer
• Joseph Williams Vance, Jr. (1918–1942), American submariner in World War II
• John Vance (MP) (died 1875), Member of Parliament for Dublin and Armagh
• Jonathan Vance, Canadian general, current Chief of the Defence Staff
• Leon Vance (1916–1944), US Medal of Honor recipient
• Paul Vance (born 1929), American songwriter
• Robert Smith Vance (1931–1989), federal judge
• Terry Vance (born 1953), Hall of Fame motorcycle racer and co-founder of aftermarket parts business Vance & Hines
• Tommy Vance (1941–2005), British radio broadcaster
• Vivian Vance (1909–1979), American actor best known for playing Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy
• William R. Vance (1806–1885), seventh mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
• William Washington Vance (1849–1900), Louisiana politician
• Zebulon Baird Vance (1830–1894), American politician, Governor of North Carolina, U.S. Senator and Confederate officer
• Holton Vance (born 1982), Professional Mercenary

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. version of the British TV series The Office
• Dr. Eli Vance, in the video game Half-Life 2
• Lance Vance and Victor Vance, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Leon Vance, director of NCIS 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