Belcher (surname)

Belcher is an English surname of Norman origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Acting

 * Charles Belcher (actor) (1872–1943), American film actor
 * Laurence Belcher (born 1995), English actor
 * Marjorie Celeste Belcher (1919–2020), birth name of Marge Champion, American dancer and actress
 * McKinley Belcher III (born 1984), American actor
 * Patricia Belcher (born 1954), American film and television actress

Military

 * Douglas Walter Belcher (1889–1953), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Edward Belcher (1799–1877), British naval officer and explorer
 * Ted Belcher (1924–1966), American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor
 * Thomas Belcher (1834–1898), American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor

Music

 * Daniel Belcher (fl. 1990s–2010s), American operatic baritone
 * Diane Meredith Belcher (born 1960), American concert organist, teacher, and church musician
 * Supply Belcher (1751–1836), American composer, singer, and compiler of tune books

Politics

 * Andrew Belcher (merchant, born 1706) (1706–1771), American merchant and Governor's Council member in the province of Massachusetts Bay
 * Andrew Belcher (merchant, born 1763) (1763–1841), British North American merchant and politician in Halifax, Nova Scotia
 * Benjamin Belcher (1743–1802), British merchant and politician
 * Cornell Belcher, American pollster and political strategist
 * Helen Belcher (born 1963), British politician
 * Hiram Belcher (1790–1857), American politician in Maine
 * Jennifer Belcher (1944–2022), American politician in Washington
 * John Belcher (politician) (1905–1964), British politician
 * Jonathan Belcher (1682–1757), American merchant, businessman, and politician from colonial Massachusetts
 * Jonathan Belcher (jurist) (1710–1776), American-Canadian lawyer and politician
 * Larry Belcher (1947–2008), American politician in Kentucky, spouse of Linda
 * Linda H. Belcher (born 1948), American politician in Kentucky, spouse of Larry
 * Louis Belcher (born 1939), American mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan
 * Nathan Belcher (1813–1891), American politician in Connecticut
 * Page Belcher (1899–1980), American politician in Oklahoma
 * Robin Belcher (born 1976), American politician in Ohio
 * Taylor G. Belcher (1920–1990), American diplomat who served as ambassador to Cyprus and Peru

Religion

 * John Belcher (Methodist preacher) (fl. 1721–1763), Welsh Methodist preacher
 * Joseph Belcher (1699–1723), American minister in Dedham, Massachusetts
 * Wilfrid Belcher (1891–1963), Anglican bishop

Australian rules football

 * Allan Belcher (1824–1921), Australian rules footballer
 * Norman Belcher (1879–1947), Australian rules footballer
 * Vic Belcher (1888–1977), Australian rules football player

Baseball

 * Kevin Belcher (baseball) (born 1967), American baseball player
 * Tim Belcher (born 1961), American baseball player

Basketball

 * Cookie Belcher (born 1978), American basketball player
 * Earl Belcher (born 1958), American basketball player

Cricket

 * Charles Belcher (cricketer) (1872–1938), English cricketer
 * Gordon Belcher (1885–1915), English cricketer
 * Samuel Belcher (1834–1920), Australian cricketer

Football (gridiron)

 * Jovan Belcher (1987–2012), American football player
 * Kevin Belcher (center) (1961–2003), American football player
 * Kevin Belcher (offensive tackle) (1961–1997), American football player
 * Val Belcher (1954–2010), American player of Canadian football

Rugby league

 * Gary Belcher (born 1962), Australian rugby league footballer

Rugby union

 * Liam Belcher (born 1996), Welsh rugby union player

Water sports

 * David Belcher (born 1967), Australian rower
 * Friederike Belcher (born 1982), German sports sailor
 * Lani Belcher (born 1989), British canoeist
 * Mathew Belcher (born 1982), Australian sailor

Other

 * Alan Belcher (born 1984), American mixed martial arts fighter
 * Christopher Belcher (born 1994), American sprint athlete
 * Fred Belcher (1887–1957), American racecar driver
 * James Belcher (1781–1811), English bare-knuckle boxer
 * Jimmy Belcher (born 1932), English footballer
 * Kelvin Belcher (1961–2017), American tennis player
 * Rod Belcher (1920–2014), American radio play-by-play announcer
 * Simon Belcher (born 1973), British racing driver

Other

 * Angela Belcher, American biochemist and materials scientist
 * Brian Belcher, Canadian social scientist
 * Charles Belcher (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Sir Charles Frederic Belcher (1876–1970), Australian ornithologist and British colonial jurist
 * Clement Horton Belcher (1801–1869), Canadian bookseller and publisher from Halifax, Nova Scotia
 * Cynthia Holmes Belcher (1827–1911), American journalist
 * Donald D. Belcher (1938–2018), American business executive
 * Ernest Belcher (1871–1949), British assistant general manager of the British Empire Exhibition
 * George Belcher (1875–1947), English cartoonist, etcher, and painter
 * Hilda Belcher (1881–1963), American artist
 * Isaac S. Belcher (1825–1898), American attorney and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
 * John Belcher (disambiguation), multiple people
 * John Belcher (architect) (1841–1913), English architect and writer
 * John E. Belcher, Irish-born Canadian civil engineer and architect
 * John Winston Belcher, American physicist
 * Margaret Belcher (1936–2016), New Zealand literary scholar
 * Marian Belcher (1849–1898), English educator and school administrator
 * Marta Belcher, American technology attorney
 * Muriel Belcher (1908–1979), English nightclub owner and artist's model
 * Ruth Belcher (1901–2000), birth name of Ruth Dyk, American suffragist, psychologist and author
 * William Belcher (1860–1926), New Zealand seaman and unionist
 * William J. Belcher (1883–1949), New Zealand and Fijian wildlife artist