Packer (surname)

Packer is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:

Business

 * Asa Packer (1805–1879), American businessman and founder of Lehigh University
 * Frank Packer (1906–1974), Australian media proprietor
 * James Packer (born 1967), Australian businessman and investor
 * Kerry Packer (1937–2005), Australian media magnate
 * R. C. Packer (1879–1934), Australian businessman

Acting

 * David Packer (actor) (born 1962), American actor
 * Doris Packer (1904–1979), American actress
 * John Hayman Packer (1730–1806), English actor
 * Suzanne Packer (born 1958), Welsh actress

Music

 * Charles Sandys Packer (1810–1883), Australian composer
 * Erica Packer (born 1977), Australian singer and model
 * Frederick Augustus Packer (1839–1902), Australian composer
 * Ruth Packer (1910–2005), English opera singer

Other

 * Fred L. Packer (1886–1956), American illustrator and cartoonist
 * Wes Packer (born 1977), Welsh comedian
 * Will Packer (born 1974), American film producer

Military

 * Albert G. Packer (fl. 1870s), American brigadier general, state senator, and Adjutant-General of Mississippi
 * Herbert Annesley Packer (1894–1962), British naval officer
 * William Packer (Major-General) (fl. 1644–1662), English soldier, preacher and politician

Politics

 * Clyde Packer (1935–2001), Australian businessman and politician
 * Horace B. Packer (1851–1940), American politician from Pennsylvania
 * John B. Packer (1824–1891), American politician from Pennsylvania
 * Kelley Packer (fl. 2012–2018), American politician from Idaho
 * Richard Packer (politician) (1794–1872), New Zealand politician
 * Robert Packer (1614–1692), English politician
 * Robert Packer (died 1731) (1678–1731), British politician
 * Winchcomb Packer (1702–1746), British politician
 * William F. Packer (1807–1870), American politician from Pennsylvania

Religion

 * Boyd K. Packer (1924–2015), American religious leader and educator
 * J. I. Packer (1926–2020), British-born Canadian theologian
 * John Packer (born 1946), British Anglican bishop

Association football (soccer)

 * Andrew Packer (born 1980), Australian footballer
 * Dick Packer (fl. 1953–1968), American soccer player
 * Douglas Packer (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
 * Gabi Packer (fl. 1984–1997), Israeli footballer
 * Mick Packer (born 1950), English footballer

Cricket

 * Charles Packer (1877–1958), Barbadian cricketer
 * Edward Packer (1855–1932), Barbadian cricketer
 * James Packer (cricketer) (1847 – after 1866), Barbadian cricketer

Rugby

 * Harry Packer (1868–1946), Wales international rugby player
 * Lucy Packer (born 2000), Anglo-Welsh rugby union player
 * Marlie Packer (born 1989), British rugby union player
 * Russell Packer (born 1989), New Zealand rugby league player

Other

 * Ann Packer (born 1942), English sprinter, hurdler and long jumper
 * Anya Packer (born 1991), American ice hockey player
 * Billy Packer (1940–2023), American college basketball commentator
 * Brian Packer (1944–2021), British boxer
 * Chris Packer (c. 1953 – 2013), Australian sport sailor
 * Donald Packer (born 1948), Canadian water polo player
 * Madison Packer (born 1991), American ice hockey player
 * Walter Packer (born 1955), American gridiron football player

Writing

 * Ann Packer (author) (born 1959), American novelist
 * George Packer (born 1960), American journalist and novelist
 * Joy Packer (1905–1977), South African author
 * Juliet Law Packer (born c. 1952), American television writer
 * Mez Packer (born 1966), English novelist
 * Mike Packer (fl. 1980s–2007), English dramatist, actor and poet
 * Nancy Huddleston Packer (born 1925), American writer of short fiction and memoir
 * Vin Packer, pseudonym of the American author Marijane Meaker (1927–2022)
 * ZZ Packer (born 1973), American author

Other

 * Alferd Packer (1842–1907), American prospector and confessed cannibal
 * Craig Packer (born 1950), American biologist
 * David Packer (artist) (born 1960), American and English artist
 * Earl L. Packer (1894–1993), American diplomat
 * Graynella Packer (fl. 1910s), American author and attorney, and early radiotelegraph operator
 * Greg Packer (born 1963), American highway maintenance worker known for being quoted as a "man on the street" in periodicals and television broadcasts
 * Gretel Packer (born 1965), Australian billionaire investor and philanthropist
 * Herbert L. Packer (1925–1972), American legal scholar and criminologist
 * Jane Packer (1959–2011), British florist
 * Jennifer Packer (born 1984), American painter and educator
 * Kenneth John Packer (1938–2021), British nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scientist
 * Milton Packer (born c. 1951), American cardiologist
 * Nicki Packer, Australian college professor and researcher
 * Phil Packer (born 1972), British charity activist
 * Philip Packer (1618–1686), English barrister and architect
 * Richard Packer (civil servant), British civil servant
 * Roslyn Packer (born 1937), Australian philanthropist
 * Sue Packer (born 1942), Australian paediatrician and advocate for the rights of children
 * Toni Packer (1927–2013), German-American Buddhist educator
 * Trevor Packer, American academic