Vance (surname)

Vance is a surname.

People

 * Adam Vance, American politician from West Virginia
 * Alfred Vance (1839–1888), English music hall singer and songwriter
 * Ashlee Vance, American writer
 * Bob Vance (jurist) (born 1961), judge of Alabama's 10th Judicial Circuit
 * Calvin B. Vance (1842–1926), American politician
 * Clarice Vance (1871–1961), American vaudeville performer
 * Colm Vance (born 1992), Canadian soccer player
 * Courtney B. Vance (born 1960), American actor
 * Cyrus Vance (1917–2002), US Secretary of State
 * Cyrus Vance Jr. (born 1954), New York County District Attorney
 * Danitra Vance (1954–1994), American comedian and actress
 * David Vance (politician) (1836–1912), American shipmaster and politician
 * David R. Vance (born 1940), American racehorse trainer
 * Dazzy Vance (1891–1961), American baseball pitcher
 * Foy Vance (born 1974), Irish musician
 * J. D. Vance (born 1984), American author and venture capitalist, US Senator from Ohio, Republican Party nominee for vice president of the United States in the 2024 presidential election
 * Jack Vance (1916–2013), American fantasy and science fiction writer
 * Joe Vance (1905–1978), American baseball pitcher
 * Jim Vance (1942–2017), American news anchor
 * John Vance (MP) (died 1875), Member of Parliament for Dublin and Armagh
 * Joseph Vance (Ohio politician) (1786–1852), American politician
 * Joseph W. Vance (1841–1927), American military officer
 * Joseph Williams Vance Jr. (1918–1942), American naval officer in World War II
 * Jonathan Vance (born 1964), Canadian general, current Chief of the Defence Staff
 * Kenneth Vance, American politician
 * Leon Vance (1916–1944), American Air Force officer, US Medal of Honor recipient
 * Lesley Vance (born 1977), American painter
 * Margaret Shelley Vance (1925-2008), American composer
 * Paul Vance (1929–2022), American songwriter
 * Preston Vance, American professional wrestler
 * Robert Smith Vance (1931–1989), American federal judge
 * Sallie Ada Vance (ca. 1840 - uncertain), American poet
 * Shelley Vance, American politician
 * Terry Vance (born 1953), American motorcycle racer, team owner, & parts manufacturer
 * Tommy Vance (1941–2005), British radio broadcaster
 * Vivian Vance (1909–1979), American actor and singer, known for playing Ethel on I Love Lucy
 * William R. Vance (1806–1885), American mayor
 * Zebulon Baird Vance (1830–1894), American politician, Governor of North Carolina, U.S. Senator and Confederate officer

Pseudonym

 * Ethel Vance, pseudonym of Grace Zaring Stone (1891–1981), American author
 * William Vance, pseudonym of William van Cutsem (1935–2018), Belgian comic book artist

Fictional characters

 * Alyx Vance, in the video game Half-Life 2
 * Bagger Vance, in the movie Legend of Bagger Vance
 * Brother Vance, A character in the game Destiny and its sequel Destiny 2
 * Bob Vance, character from the U.S. TV series The Office
 * Dr. Eli Vance, in the video game Half-Life 2
 * Lance Vance, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
 * Leon Vance, agency director in the television show NCIS
 * Mary Vance, orphan from L. M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valley
 * Nell Vance, in the movie The Haunting
 * Philo Vance, detective in several novels by S. S. Van Dine
 * Victor Vance, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City