Lance (given name)

Lance is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

People

Politicians

• Lance Cargill (born 1971), American politician and lawyer
• Lance Eads (born c. 1968), American politician
• Lance Mason (born 1967), American criminal and former politician
• Lance Smith (politician) (1910–2000), American politician
• Lance White (born 1946), Canadian politician

Sports

• Lance Alworth (born 1940), American Hall-of-Fame National Football League player
• Lance Anoa'i (born 1992), American professional wrestler
• Lance Archer (born 1977), American professional wrestler
• Lance Armstrong (born 1971), American road racing cyclist
• Lance Barrett (born 1984), American baseball umpire
• Lance Berkman (born 1976), American Major League Baseball player
• Lance Briggs (born 1980), American National Football League player
• Lance Cade (1981–2010), American professional wrestler
• Lance Franklin (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
• Lance Gunn (born 1970), American football player
• Lance Heard (born 2004), American football player
• Lance Johnson (born 1963), Major League Baseball outfielder
• Lance Klusener (born 1971), South African cricketer
• Lance Lenoir (born 1995), American football player
• Lance Lynn (born 1987), American baseball player
• Lance Macey (1881–1950), New Zealand lawn bowler
• Lance Mackey (1970–2022), American dog musher and dog sled racer
• Lance Macklin (1919–2002), British racing driver
• Lance McCullers Jr. (born 1993), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Lance McCutcheon (born 1999), American football player
• Lance Moore (born 1983), American football player
• Lance Parrish (born 1956), American Major League Baseball catcher
• Lance Smith (American football) (born 1963), American National Football League player
• Lance Stephenson (born 1990), American basketball player
• Lance Storm (born 1969), ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Lance Evers
• Lance Stroll (born 1998), Belgian-Canadian racing driver
• Lance Whitnall (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
• Lance Wilkinson (footballer) (1931–2011), Australian rules footballer

Military

• Lance Sijan (1942–1968), United States Air Force fighter pilot posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
• Lance L. Smith (born 1946), United States Air Force general

Musicians

• Lance Bass (born 1979), American pop musician, member of 'N Sync
• Lance Robertson (born 1965), American musician, DJ, and television presenter

Actors

• Lance Dos Ramos (born 1985), Venezuelan actor
• Lance Gross (born 1981), Ghanaian-American actor, model, and photographer
• Lance Henriksen (born 1940), American actor
• Lance Kerwin (born 1960), American actor
• Lance LeGault (1935–2012), American actor
• Lance Percival (1933–2015), British actor, comedian and after-dinner speaker
• Lance Reddick (1962–2023), American actor and musician

Others

• Lance Acord (born 1964), American cinematographer
• Lance Anderson, American makeup artist
• Lance Burton (born 1960), American professional magician
• Lance Castles (1937–2020), Australian scholar of Indonesian history, economics, and politics
• Lance E. Davis (1928–2014), American economic historian
• Lance Hool, Mexican film director and producer
• Lance Ito (born 1950), judge in the O.J. Simpson murder trial
• Lance Price (born 1958), British writer, journalist and political strategist

Fictional characters

• Kamen Rider Lance, in Kamen Rider Blade
• Lance, in DokiDoki! PreCure
• Lance, an alias of Magog (comics), an enemy of Superman
• Lance (Pokémon), the final member of Kanto's Elite Four and the champion of the Johto region
• Lance, one of Bow's fathers in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
• Lance, in the animated series Stickin Around
• Lance (Voltron), a member of the Voltron Force
• Lance Hunter, a Marvel Comics character
• Lance Loud, one of the main characters in The Loud House
• Lance Richmond, a character in Nexo Knights
• Lance Slashblade, in Inside Out 2
• Lance Smart, in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Lance Starling, main protagonist of Spies in Disguise
• Lance St. Lorne, title character of the 1950s American comic strip Lance
• Lance Strongbow, in Tangled: The Series
• Lance Sweets, in the television series Bones
• Lance Vance, in the Grand Theft Auto video game series
• Lance "Ryder" Wilson, in the Grand Theft Auto video game series
• Lance Wilkinson, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours

See also

• Lance (surname)
• Lance (disambiguation)