# Belcher (surname)

Belcher is an English surname of Norman origin. Notable people with the surname include:

## Acting

* Charles Belcher (actor) (1872–1943), American film actor
* Laurence Belcher (born 1995), English actor
* Marjorie Celeste Belcher (1919–2020), birth name of Marge Champion, American dancer and actress
* McKinley Belcher III (born 1984), American actor
* Patricia Belcher (born 1954), American film and television actress

## Military

* Douglas Walter Belcher (1889–1953), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Edward Belcher (1799–1877), British naval officer and explorer
* Ted Belcher (1924–1966), American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor
* Thomas Belcher (1834–1898), American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor

## Music

* Daniel Belcher (fl. 1990s–2010s), American operatic baritone
* Diane Meredith Belcher (born 1960), American concert organist, teacher, and church musician
* Supply Belcher (1751–1836), American composer, singer, and compiler of tune books

## Politics

* Andrew Belcher (merchant, born 1706) (1706–1771), American merchant and Governor's Council member in the province of Massachusetts Bay
* Andrew Belcher (merchant, born 1763) (1763–1841), British North American merchant and politician in Halifax, Nova Scotia
* Benjamin Belcher (1743–1802), British merchant and politician
* Cornell Belcher, American pollster and political strategist
* Helen Belcher (born 1963), British politician
* Hiram Belcher (1790–1857), American politician in Maine
* Jennifer Belcher (1944–2022), American politician in Washington
* John Belcher (politician) (1905–1964), British politician
* Jonathan Belcher (1682–1757), American merchant, businessman, and politician from colonial Massachusetts
* Jonathan Belcher (jurist) (1710–1776), American-Canadian lawyer and politician
* Larry Belcher (1947–2008), American politician in Kentucky, spouse of Linda
* Linda H. Belcher (born 1948), American politician in Kentucky, spouse of Larry
* Louis Belcher (born 1939), American mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan
* Nathan Belcher (1813–1891), American politician in Connecticut
* Page Belcher (1899–1980), American politician in Oklahoma
* Robin Belcher (born 1976), American politician in Ohio
* Taylor G. Belcher (1920–1990), American diplomat who served as ambassador to Cyprus and Peru

## Religion

* John Belcher (Methodist preacher) (fl. 1721–1763), Welsh Methodist preacher
* Joseph Belcher (1699–1723), American minister in Dedham, Massachusetts
* Wilfrid Belcher (1891–1963), Anglican bishop

## Sport
### Australian rules football

* Allan Belcher (1824–1921), Australian rules footballer
* Norman Belcher (1879–1947), Australian rules footballer
* Vic Belcher (1888–1977), Australian rules football player

### Baseball

* Kevin Belcher (baseball) (born 1967), American baseball player
* Tim Belcher (born 1961), American baseball player

### Basketball

* Cookie Belcher (born 1978), American basketball player
* Earl Belcher (born 1958), American basketball player

### Cricket

* Charles Belcher (cricketer) (1872–1938), English cricketer
* Gordon Belcher (1885–1915), English cricketer
* Samuel Belcher (1834–1920), Australian cricketer

### Football (gridiron)

* Jovan Belcher (1987–2012), American football player
* Kevin Belcher (center) (1961–2003), American football player
* Kevin Belcher (offensive tackle) (1961–1997), American football player
* Val Belcher (1954–2010), American player of Canadian football

### Rugby league

* Gary Belcher (born 1962), Australian rugby league footballer

### Rugby union

* Liam Belcher (born 1996), Welsh rugby union player

### Water sports

* David Belcher (born 1967), Australian rower
* Friederike Belcher (born 1982), German sports sailor
* Lani Belcher (born 1989), British canoeist
* Mathew Belcher (born 1982), Australian sailor

### Other

* Alan Belcher (born 1984), American mixed martial arts fighter
* Christopher Belcher (born 1994), American sprint athlete
* Fred Belcher (1887–1957), American racecar driver
* James Belcher (1781–1811), English bare-knuckle boxer
* Jimmy Belcher (born 1932), English footballer
* Kelvin Belcher (1961–2017), American tennis player
* Rod Belcher (1920–2014), American radio play-by-play announcer
* Simon Belcher (born 1973), British racing driver

## Other

* Angela Belcher, American biochemist and materials scientist
* Brian Belcher, Canadian social scientist
* Charles Belcher (disambiguation), multiple people
** Sir Charles Frederic Belcher (1876–1970), Australian ornithologist and British colonial jurist
* Clement Horton Belcher (1801–1869), Canadian bookseller and publisher from Halifax, Nova Scotia
* Cynthia Holmes Belcher (1827–1911), American journalist
* Donald D. Belcher (1938–2018), American business executive
* Ernest Belcher (1871–1949), British assistant general manager of the British Empire Exhibition
* George Belcher (1875–1947), English cartoonist, etcher, and painter
* Hilda Belcher (1881–1963), American artist
* Isaac S. Belcher (1825–1898), American attorney and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
* John Belcher (disambiguation), multiple people
** John Belcher (architect) (1841–1913), English architect and writer
** John E. Belcher, Irish-born Canadian civil engineer and architect
** John Winston Belcher, American physicist
* Margaret Belcher (1936–2016), New Zealand literary scholar
* Marian Belcher (1849–1898), English educator and school administrator
* Marta Belcher, American technology attorney
* Muriel Belcher (1908–1979), English nightclub owner and artist's model
* Ruth Belcher (1901–2000), birth name of Ruth Dyk, American suffragist, psychologist and author
* William Belcher (1860–1926), New Zealand seaman and unionist
* William J. Belcher (1883–1949), New Zealand and Fijian wildlife artist