Spender (surname) explained

Spender is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Dale Spender (1943–2023), Australian feminist and writer
• Elizabeth Spender, English film actress
• Emily Spender, English novelist
• Humphrey Spender (1910–2005), British photographer, painter and designer
• Jeffrey Spender (judge), Australian judge
• Jérémy Spender (born 1982), French footballer
• John Spender (1935–2022), Australian politician and barrister
• John Alfred Spender (1862–1942), British journalist and newspaper editor
• Lillian Spender (1835–1895), English novelist
• Mary Spender (born 1990), British singer-songwriter, guitarist and YouTube personality
• Michael Spender (1906–1945), English explorer
• Nancy Spender (1909–2001), English painter
• Natasha Spender (1919–2010), English pianist and author
• Percy Spender (1897–1985), Australian politician, diplomat and jurist
• Philip Spender (born 1943), English public-sector fundraiser
• Simon Spender (born 1985), Welsh footballer
• Stephen Spender (1909–1995), British poet, novelist and essayist
• Wilfrid Spender (1876–1960), British army officer
• Herbert Henry Spender-Clay (1875–1937), English soldier and Conservative Party politician

Fictional

• C.G.B. Spender, fictional character in the American television series The X-Files
• Cassandra Spender, fictional character in The X-Files
• Freddie Spender, fictional detective in the British television series Spender
• Jeffrey Spender, fictional character in The X-Files