# 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 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