Spooner (surname)

Spooner is a surname. It may refer to:

• The Spooners of Porthmadog, a family of railway engineers, among them Charles Edwin Spooner

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Archibald Spooner (1886–1965), English cricketer
• Arthur Spooner (painter) (1873–1962), English painter

B

• Barbara Spooner, married name Barbara Wilberforce (1771–1847), spouse of the abolitionist William Wilberforce
• Bathsheba Spooner (1746–1778), the first woman to be executed in the United States by Americans
• Bill Spooner (born 1949), American musician
• Bill Spooner (politician) (1897–1966), Australian politician
• Brian Spooner (anthropologist), British anthropologist
• Brian Spooner (mycologist) (born 1951), English mycologist

C

• Casey Spooner (born 1970), American musician and artist
• Catharine Spooner, married name Catharine Tait (1819–1878), British philanthropist, daughter of Archdeacon William Spooner
• Cecil Spooner (1875–1953), American actress, screenwriter and film director
• Charles Spooner (engraver) (died 1767), Irish mezzotinter
• Charles Spooner (veterinary surgeon) (1806–1871), English veterinary surgeon
• Charles Spooner (cricketer) (1909–1988) Barbadian cricketer
• Charles Edwin Spooner (1853–1909), British engineer
• Clifford Spooner (born 1933), British water polo player

D

• Danny Spooner (1936–2017), Australian singer and social historian
• David Brainerd Spooner (1879–1925), American archeologist and linguist
• Dennis Spooner (1932–1986), English television screenwriter and story editor
• Dick Spooner (1919–1997), Englishh cricketer
• Doreen Spooner (1928–2019), English newspaper photographer

E

• Edna May Spooner (1873–1953), American actress, playwright and vaudeville performer
• Eric Spooner (1891–1952), Australian politician
• Ernest John Spooner (1887–1942), Rear-Admiral Malaya, commander of UK Naval forces in Singapore

F

• Florence Garrettson Spooner (1840s–1935), American social reformer
• Frank Spooner (born 1937), Louisiana Republican politician

G

• George Spooner (1893–1975), New Zealand politician
• Glenda Spooner (1897–1981), British journalist and author on horses
• Graham Spooner (1933–2015), Australian rules footballer

H

• Hardwicke Spooner (1851–1933), English Anglican priest and author
• Henry Spooner (priest) (died 1929), English cleric, Archdeacon of Maidstone
• Henry J. Spooner (1839–1918), Rhode Island Congressman
• Hugh Spooner (born 1957), Canadian sprinter

I

• Isaac Spooner (c.1735–1816), English ironmaster and banker

J

• James Spooner (born 1976), American film director
• Joe Spooner (born 1973), New Zealand competitive sailor
• John Spooner (born 1946), Australian editorial cartoonist
• John Coit Spooner (1843–1919), U.S. Senator and lawyer from Wisconsin

K

• Karl Spooner (1931–1984), Major League Baseball pitcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers
• Kenneth Spooner (1922–1943), British Aircraftman posthumously awarded the George Cross

L

• Lloyd Spooner (1884–1966), American sports shooter and Olympic champion
• Louisa M. Spooner, pseudonym (1820–1886), was a Welsh novelist
• Lysander Spooner (1808–1887), American individualist anarchist

M

• Mark Spooner (born 1984), New Zealand weightlifter
• Meagan Spooner, American author
• Minnie Dibdin Spooner (1867–1949), British artist and illustrator

N

• Natalie Spooner (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
• Nathan Spooner (born 1975), Australian rugby union player
• Nicholas Spooner (field hockey) (born 1991), South African field hockey player
• Nicky Spooner (born 1971), English footballer

P

• Paul Spooner (1746–1789), Vermont Lieutenant Governor and Vermont Supreme Court justice
• Peter Spooner (1910–1987), English footballer
• Philip Loring Spooner (1879–1945), American tenor
• Philip L. Spooner Jr. (1847–1918), American businessman and politician in Wisconsin, brother of John Coit Spooner

Q

• Qadr Spooner (born 1992), Canadian football player

R

• Red Spooner (1910—1984), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• Reggie Spooner (1880–1961), English cricketer
• Richard Spooner (MP) (1783–1864), British Member of Parliament and businessman
• Richard Spooner (equestrian), American show jumping rider
• Richard T. Spooner (born 1925), United States Marine Corps officer
• Richard Spooner (MP), (1783–1864), MP and ecclesiastical writer
• Ryan Spooner (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player

S

• Shearjashub Spooner (1809–1859), American physician and writer
• Stanley Spooner (1856–1940), English journalist and editor, creator of Flight magazine
• Steve Spooner (born 1961), English footballer
• Steven Spooner (born 1970), American pianist

W

• Wilf Spooner (1910–2001), Canadian politician
• William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), English clergyman and scholar, after whom spoonerisms are named
• William Spooner (priest) (1778–1857), archdeacon of Coventry
• William Charles Spooner (c.1809–1885), English veterinary surgeon
• William Wycliffe Spooner (1882–1967), founded the Spooner Dryer and Engineering Company
• Winifred Spooner (1900–1933), English aviator
• Wyman Spooner (1795–1877), Wisconsin politician and Lieutenant Governor

Fictional characters

• Arthur Spooner, on the television show The King of Queens
• Bert Spooner, on the television show Are You Being Served?
• Del Spooner, hero of the 2004 film I, Robot
• Jim Spooner, on the television show Swift and Shift Couriers