Spalding (surname)
Spalding is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- A. G. Spalding, American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer
- Albert Spalding (violinist), American composer and concert violinist
- Al Spalding (naval architect), American naval architect
- Baird T. Spalding, English-American author
- Brian Spalding, English professor, physics
- Burleigh F. Spalding, Chief Justice of North Dakota
- Catherine Spalding, American Roman Catholic nun
- Charles Bilger Spalding, English painter
- Charles F. Spalding, American heir, political advisor, television screenwriter and investment banker
- Dick Spalding, American soccer player
- Douglas Spalding, English biologist
- Esperanza Spalding American jazz bassist and singer
- Esta Spalding, Canadian author and poet
- Eva Ruth Spalding, English composer
- Georg Ludwig Spalding, German philologist
- George Spalding, U.S. Representative from Michigan
- Harriet Mabel Spalding, American poet, litterateur
- Henry H. Spalding, U.S. Presbyterian missionary, established the Lapwai Mission in 1836 in what is now Idaho
- J. Mark Spalding, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Johann Joachim Spalding, German Protestant theologian
- John Spalding (disambiguation), the name of several people
- Kim Spalding, American film, television and theatre actor
- Linda Spalding, Canadian writer and editor
- Martin John Spalding, bishop of Baltimore
- Phebe Estelle Spalding, English professor and author
- Phil Spalding, American bass player
- Ray Spalding, American basketball player
- Robert Spalding, U.S. Brigadier General in the U.S. Air Force, Defense Attaché to China, Beijing, Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council, White House, author, senior fellow at Hudson Institute
- Silsby Spalding, American businessman and politician; the first Mayor of Beverly Hills, California
- Solomon Spalding, American clergyman, businessman, and author
- Susan Marr Spalding, American poet
- Thomas Spalding, United States Representative from Georgia
- Volney Morgan Spalding, American botanist
- William Spalding (disambiguation), the name of several people
Fictional characters
- Lionel Spalding, a character from Dunston Checks In, portrayed by Glenn Shadix
- Dr. Ryan Spalding, a character from Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by Brandon Scott