Spencer Explained

Spencer may refer to:

People

• Spencer (surname)
  • Spencer family, British aristocratic family
  • List of people with surname Spencer
• Spencer (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)

Places

Australia

• Spencer, New South Wales, on the Central Coast
• Spencer Gulf, one of two inlets on the South Australian coast

United States

• Spencer, Idaho
• Spencer, Indiana
• Spencer, Iowa
• Spencer, Massachusetts
  • Spencer (CDP), Massachusetts
• Spencer, Missouri
• Spencer, Nebraska
• Spencer, New York
  • Spencer (village), New York
• Spencer, North Carolina
• Spencer, Ohio
• Spencer, Oklahoma
• Spencer, South Dakota
• Spencer, Tennessee
• Spencer, Virginia
• Spencer, West Virginia
• Spencer, Wisconsin
  • Spencer (town), Wisconsin
• Spencer County, Indiana
• Spencer County, Kentucky

Ireland

• Spencer Dock, North Wall, Dublin

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

• Spencer, character in Beyblade
• Spencer, character from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
• Spencer family (General Hospital), on General Hospital
• Spencer, on Hallo Spencer
• Spencer (Pinocchio 3000), from Pinocchio 3000
• Spencer, railway engine in Thomas the Tank Engine
• Spencer Hastings, in Pretty Little Liars
• Spencer Strasmore, from Ballers
• Spencer Shay, from iCarly
• Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds
• Ozwell E. Spencer in Resident Evil game franchise
• Frank Spencer, principal character in British TV sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em
• Oliver Spencer, in American TV series The Six Million Dollar Man
• Spencer Olham, in 2001 film Impostor
• Shawn Spencer, in the American comedy series Psych

Works of art

• Spencer (album), a 2013 album by Spencer Albee
• Spencer (film), a 2021 drama film about Princess Diana
• Spencer (TV series), a 1984–1985 American sitcom

Businesses

• Spencer's (department store), a department store chain in British Columbia, Canada (1873 to 1948)
• Spencer Gifts, a retail chain in the United States and Canada

Maritime and military

• Spencer repeating rifle, a U.S. Army weapon popular from the American Civil War through the Plains Indian Wars
• Spencer or trysail, a small low sail used to maintain control of a sailing vessel in very high winds
• , a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
• , a ship that sailed with HMS Esperance

Other uses

• Spencer (clothing), a type of short jacket
• Spencer Carriage House and Stable, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
• Spencer steak, another name for rib eye steak
• Spencer's 15-Points, a series of weights to perform moving average smoothing

See also

• Spenser (disambiguation)
• Spencer Township (disambiguation)