Lance (given name)

Lance is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Politicians

 * Lance Cargill (born 1971), American politician and lawyer
 * Lance Eads (born c. 1968), American politician
 * Lance Mason (born 1967), American criminal and former politician
 * Lance Smith (politician) (1910–2000), American politician
 * Lance White (born 1946), Canadian politician

Sports

 * Lance Alworth (born 1940), American Hall-of-Fame National Football League player
 * Lance Anoa'i (born 1992), American professional wrestler
 * Lance Archer (born 1977), American professional wrestler
 * Lance Armstrong (born 1971), American road racing cyclist
 * Lance Barrett (born 1984), American baseball umpire
 * Lance Berkman (born 1976), American Major League Baseball player
 * Lance Briggs (born 1980), American National Football League player
 * Lance Cade (1981–2010), American professional wrestler
 * Lance Franklin (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
 * Lance Gunn (born 1970), American football player
 * Lance Heard, American football player
 * Lance Johnson (born 1963), Major League Baseball outfielder
 * Lance Klusener (born 1971), South African cricketer
 * Lance Lenoir (born 1995), American football player
 * Lance Lynn (born 1987), American baseball player
 * Lance Macey (1881–1950), New Zealand lawn bowler
 * Lance Mackey (1970–2022), American dog musher and dog sled racer
 * Lance Macklin (1919–2002), British racing driver
 * Lance McCullers Jr. (born 1993), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Lance McCutcheon (born 1999), American football player
 * Lance Moore (born 1983), American football player
 * Lance Parrish (born 1956), American Major League Baseball catcher
 * Lance Smith (American football) (born 1963), American National Football League player
 * Lance Stephenson (born 1990), American basketball player
 * Lance Storm (born 1969), ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Lance Evers
 * Lance Stroll (born 1998), Belgian-Canadian racing driver
 * Lance Whitnall (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
 * Lance Wilkinson (footballer) (1931–2011), Australian rules footballer

Military

 * Lance Sijan (1942–1968), United States Air Force fighter pilot posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
 * Lance L. Smith (born 1946), United States Air Force general

Musicians

 * Lance Bass (born 1979), American pop musician, member of 'N Sync
 * Lance Robertson (born 1965), American musician, DJ, and television presenter

Actors

 * Lance Dos Ramos (born 1985), Venezuelan actor
 * Lance Gross (born 1981), Ghanaian-American actor, model, and photographer
 * Lance Henriksen (born 1940), American actor
 * Lance Kerwin (born 1960), American actor
 * Lance LeGault (1935–2012), American actor
 * Lance Percival (1933–2015), British actor, comedian and after-dinner speaker
 * Lance Reddick (1962–2023), American actor and musician

Others

 * Lance Acord (born 1964), American cinematographer
 * Lance Anderson, American makeup artist
 * Lance Burton (born 1960), American professional magician
 * Lance Castles (1937–2020), Australian scholar of Indonesian history, economics, and politics
 * Lance E. Davis (1928–2014), American economic historian
 * Lance Hool, Mexican film director and producer
 * Lance Ito (born 1950), judge in the O.J. Simpson murder trial
 * Lance Price (born 1958), British writer, journalist and political strategist

Fictional characters

 * Kamen Rider Lance, in Kamen Rider Blade
 * Lance, in DokiDoki! PreCure
 * Lance, an alias of Magog (comics), an enemy of Superman
 * Lance (Pokémon), the final member of Kanto's Elite Four and the champion of the Johto region
 * Lance, one of Bow's fathers in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
 * Lance, in the animated series Stickin Around
 * Lance (Voltron), a member of the Voltron Force
 * Lance Hunter, a Marvel Comics character
 * Lance Loud, one of the main characters in The Loud House
 * Lance Richmond, a character in Nexo Knights
 * Lance Slashblade, in Inside Out 2
 * Lance Smart, in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
 * Lance St. Lorne, title character of the 1950s American comic strip Lance
 * Lance Strongbow, in Tangled: The Series
 * Lance Sweets, in the television series Bones
 * Lance Vance, in the Grand Theft Auto video game series
 * Lance "Ryder" Wilson, in the Grand Theft Auto video game series
 * Lance Wilkinson, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours