Vance (surname)

Vance is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

Ada Reedy Vance, American poet
Adam Vance, American politician
Alfred Vance, English music hall singer and songwriter
Andrew Vance, Irish barrister and government official
Ashlee Vance, American writer
Bob Vance (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer and cricket administrator
Bob Vance (jurist), American circuit judge
Boyd Vance, American actor, director, and producer
Calvin B. Vance, American politician
Carol Vance, American lawyer
Chris Vance (actor), English actor
Chris Vance (politician), American politician
Clarice Vance, American vaudeville performer
Colin Vance, Australian rules footballer
Colm Vance, Canadian soccer player
Columbus Vance, American baseball pitcher
Cory Vance, American baseball pitcher
Courtney B. Vance, American actor
Curtis Vance, American murderer
Cyrus Vance, United States Secretary of State
Cyrus Vance Jr., New York County District Attorney
Danitra Vance, American comedian and actress
David Vance (politician), American shipmaster and politician
David Vance (soldier), American soldier in the Revolutionary War
David R. Vance, American racehorse trainer
Dazzy Vance, American baseball pitcher
Demi Vance, Northern Irish footballer
Dennis Vance, British television producer, director, and occasional actor
Dick Vance, American jazz trumpeter and arranger
Donald Vance, American Navy veteran
"Aunt Susan" born Edna Vance, American journalist and radio personality
Edward Vance, American architect
Elijah Vance, American politician
Eric Vance, American gridiron football defensive back
Florence Steele Martin Vance, American diarist and letter writer
Forest Vance, American gridiron football offensive guard
Foy Vance, Irish musician
Gene Vance, American basketball player
Gene Arden Vance Jr., American staff sergeant killed in action
George Vance, Dean of Melbourne
Gordon Vance, American politician
Greedy Vance Jr., American football player
Harold Sines Vance, American automobile company executive and government official
Harriett Newell Espy Vance, First Lady of North Carolina
Jack Vance, American fantasy and science fiction writer
Jack Vance (general), Canadian lieutenant-general
James E. Vance Jr., American geographer
James Vance (comics), American author and playwright
James Vance (footballer), Scottish inside left
Janetta Vance, British archer
Jamil Rahmat Vance, Pakistan Army major general
JD Vance, 50th and current Vice President of the United States
Jean Vance, British-Canadian biochemist
Jeffrey Vance, American film historian
Jim Vance, American news anchor
Jody Vance, Canadian sports anchor
Joe Vance, American baseball pitcher
Joyce Vance, American lawyer
John Vance (MP), Member of Parliament for Dublin and Armagh
John L. Vance, American politician
Joseph McArthur Vance, American architect
Joseph Vance (Ohio politician), governor of Ohio
Joseph Vance (priest), Anglican priest in Ireland
Joseph W. Vance, American military officer
Joseph Williams Vance Jr., American naval officer in World War II
Jonathan Vance, Canadian general
Judy Vance, American mechanical engineer
Kenny Vance, American singer, songwriter, and music producer
Kenneth Vance, American politician
Leon Vance, American Air Force officer, US Medal of Honor recipient
Lesley Vance (artist), American artist
Lesley Vance (politician), American politician
Louis Joseph Vance, American novelist, screenwriter and film producer
Margaret Shelley Vance, American composer
Marilyn Vance, American costume designer, and filmmaker
Mira Margaret Baird Vance American socialite, farmer, and slave owner
Murray Vance, Australian rules footballer
Nate Vance, Marine Corps veteran, cousin of JD Vance
Nina Vance, American artistic director
Pat Vance, American politician
Patricia Vance, president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board
Paul Vance, American songwriter
Preston Vance, American professional wrestler
Phil Vance, British motorcyclist
Robert Vance, New Zealand cricketer
Robert B. Vance, American politician
Robert Brank Vance,, American politician
Robert C. Vance, American newspaper publisher and philanthropist
Robert J. Vance, American politician
Robert Smith Vance, American federal judge
Roy N. Vance, American judge
Rupert Vance, American sociologist, demographer, and academic
Sallie Ada Vance, American poet
Samuel Vance (sport shooter), Canadian sport shooter
Samuel B. H. Vance, American politician
Sandy Vance, American baseball pitcher
Sarah L. Vance, American politician
Sarah S. Vance, American judge
Schuster Vance, American actor
Shaquille Vance, American Paralympic sprinter and shot putter
Sheldon B. Vance, American diplomat
Shelley Vance, American politician
Simon Vance, American audiobook narrator
Terry Vance, American motorcycle racer, team owner, and parts manufacturer
Tommy Vance, British radio broadcaster
Usha Vance, American attorney
Van Vance, American sports broadcaster and announcer
Venus Vance, American slave
Virginia Vance, American actress
Vivian Vance, American actor and singer, known for playing Ethel on I Love Lucy
William R. Vance, American mayor
Wilson Vance, American soldier
Zebulon Vance, Governor of North Carolina, United States senator and Confederate officer

Pseudonym

Ethel Vance, pseudonym of Grace Zaring Stone, American author
Vince Vance, stage name of Andy Stone, frontman of the band Vince Vance & the Valiants
William Vance, pen name of William van Cutsem, 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''