Mercer (surname)

Mercer is an English and Scottish surname. It is an occupational name, derived from the Old French word "mercier" or "merchier", meaning a merchant: originally one trading in textiles (mercery).

Academics

 * Alison Mercer (born 1954), New Zealand zoologist
 * Asa Mercer, first president of the Territorial University of Washington and a member of the Washington State Senate
 * James Mercer (mathematician), English mathematician
 * Roger Mercer, British archaeologist

Actors, performers, presenters and producers

 * Beryl Mercer, Spanish-born British actress
 * Bill Mercer, American sportscaster
 * Jack Mercer, American animator and voice actor
 * Marian Mercer, award-winning American actress
 * Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
 * Phil Mercer, radio presenter on the BBC
 * Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, television personality and political satirist
 * Sam Mercer, film producer
 * William (Rosko) Mercer (1927–2000), known as Rosko, American news announcer and disc jockey

Athletes and sports personalities

 * Alex Mercer (footballer), Scottish footballer
 * Arthur Mercer (1902–1994), English footballer
 * Dawson Mercer (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Gary Mercer, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
 * Joe Mercer, English football player and manager
 * Joe Mercer (jockey), English jockey
 * LaVon Mercer (born 1959), American-Israeli basketball player
 * Leroy Mercer, American football player
 * Mike Mercer (basketball), American basketball player
 * Mike Mercer (American football), former American college and professional football player
 * Ray Mercer, American professional boxer, former WBO World Heavyweight Champion, Olympic gold medalist
 * Ron Mercer, American former basketball player at the University of Kentucky, in the National Basketball Association
 * Tommy Mercer, American professional wrestler
 * Win Mercer, pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902

Literary figures

 * Cecil William Mercer (1885–1960), British novelist who wrote under the pseudonym of Dornford Yates
 * David Mercer (playwright), English playwright and dramatist
 * Harold Mercer (1882-1952), Australian poet and short story writer
 * Jeremy Mercer, Canadian writer
 * Mick Mercer, journalist and author
 * William Mercer (poet) (c. 1605 – c. 1675), Scottish poet and army officer

Musicians

 * Carey Mercer, Canadian indie singer-songwriter
 * James Mercer (musician), guitarist, lead singer and songwriter of the Shins
 * Jerry Mercer, former drummer for the Canadian rock groups April Wine and Mashmakhan
 * Johnny Mercer, American songwriter and singer
 * Mabel Mercer, English-born cabaret singer
 * Vic Mercer, better known as "Celph Titled", American rapper

Politicians and civil servants

 * Bob Mercer (politician), Canadian politician
 * Charles F. Mercer, nineteenth-century U.S. politician from Virginia
 * David Henry Mercer, Nebraska Republican politician
 * James Mercer, soldier, jurist, Virginia delegate to the Second Continental Congress
 * John Francis Mercer, American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland
 * Johnny Mercer, British politician (Minister for Veterans 2019–2021), former army officer
 * Patrick Mercer, British politician, military novelist, former army officer
 * William Thomas Mercer (1821–1879), British Colonial Secretary in Hong Kong, 1859–1868
 * William W. Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana

Soldiers

 * General Cavalié Mercer, British artillery officer and author of Journal of the Waterloo Campaign
 * Hugh Mercer, physician, brigadier general in the Continental Army and a close friend to George Washington
 * Hugh W. Mercer, officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War
 * Malcolm Mercer, Canadian general, barrister and art patron
 * Major Mercer of the Worcestershire horse, who played a prominent part on the Parliamentary side at the Battle of Worcester in 1651

Others

 * George Mercer, rapist
 * Henry Chapman Mercer, Pennsylvania archeologist, tile-maker, and designer of poured-concrete structures such as the Mercer Museum
 * Henry Mercer (priest), Anglican clergyman and fraudster
 * Lucy Mercer best known for her affair with Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 * John Mercer (disambiguation)
 * Rebekah Mercer, head of Mercer Family Foundation; daughter of Robert Mercer;
 * Robert Mercer (businessman) (born 1946), computer scientist and former co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies
 * Robert Mercer (priest) (born 1935), English priest
 * Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer, quadriplegic and American disability rights activist
 * Sidney Agnew Mercer, English watercolourist for whom the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, England, is named

Fictional characters

 * Alex Mercer, a character in the Prototype (video game) game series published by Activision
 * Alex Mercer, a character in Netflix's Julie and the Phantoms
 * Anton Mercer, a character in Power Rangers Dino Thunder
 * Bobby, Jeremias, Angel and Jack Mercer, characters in John Singleton's film Four Brothers
 * Daniel Mercer, in the 6 Years film
 * Gretchen Mercer, a character in Family Guy
 * Owen Mercer, in the DC Universe
 * Roy D. Mercer, fictional radio character
 * Trent Fernandez-Mercer, the White Dino Thunder Power Ranger
 * Wilbur Mercer, in Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
 * Ed Mercer, in Seth MacFarlane's science-fiction television show The Orville
 * Michael Mercer and Maxxine Mercer, characters in The Walking Dead
 * Ian Mercer, in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series