# Packer (surname)

Packer is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:

## Business

* Asa Packer (1805–1879), American businessman and founder of Lehigh University
* Frank Packer (1906–1974), Australian media proprietor
* James Packer (born 1967), Australian businessman and investor
* Kerry Packer (1937–2005), Australian media magnate
* R. C. Packer (1879–1934), Australian businessman

## Entertainment
### Acting

* David Packer (actor) (born 1962), American actor
* Doris Packer (1904–1979), American actress
* John Hayman Packer (1730–1806), English actor
* Suzanne Packer (born 1958), Welsh actress

### Music

* Charles Sandys Packer (1810–1883), Australian composer
* Erica Packer (born 1977), Australian singer and model
* Frederick Augustus Packer (1839–1902), Australian composer
* Ruth Packer (1910–2005), English opera singer

### Other

* Fred L. Packer (1886–1956), American illustrator and cartoonist
* Wes Packer (born 1977), Welsh comedian
* Will Packer (born 1974), American film producer

## Military

* Albert G. Packer (fl. 1870s), American brigadier general, state senator, and Adjutant-General of Mississippi
* Herbert Annesley Packer (1894–1962), British naval officer
* William Packer (Major-General) (fl. 1644–1662), English soldier, preacher and politician

## Politics

* Clyde Packer (1935–2001), Australian businessman and politician
* Horace B. Packer (1851–1940), American politician from Pennsylvania
* John B. Packer (1824–1891), American politician from Pennsylvania
* Kelley Packer (fl. 2012–2018), American politician from Idaho
* Richard Packer (politician) (1794–1872), New Zealand politician
* Robert Packer (politician, died 1682) (1614–1692), English politician
* Robert Packer (died 1731) (1678–1731), British politician
* Winchcomb Packer (1702–1746), British politician
* William F. Packer (1807–1870), American politician from Pennsylvania

## Religion

* Boyd K. Packer (1924–2015), American religious leader and educator
* J. I. Packer (1926–2020), British-born Canadian theologian
* John Packer (born 1946), British Anglican bishop

## Sports
### Association football (soccer)

* Andrew Packer (born 1980), Australian footballer
* Dick Packer (fl. 1953–1968), American soccer player
* Douglas Packer (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
* Gabi Packer (fl. 1984–1997), Israeli footballer
* Mick Packer (born 1950), English footballer

### Cricket

* Charles Packer (1877–1958), Barbadian cricketer
* Edward Packer (1855–1932), Barbadian cricketer
* James Packer (cricketer) (1847 – after 1866), Barbadian cricketer

### Rugby

* Harry Packer (1868–1946), Wales international rugby player
* Lucy Packer (born 2000), Anglo-Welsh rugby union player
* Marlie Packer (born 1989), British rugby union player
* Russell Packer (born 1989), New Zealand rugby league player

### Other

* Ann Packer (born 1942), English sprinter, hurdler and long jumper
* Anya Packer (born 1991), American ice hockey player
* Billy Packer (1940–2023), American college basketball commentator
* Brian Packer (1944–2021), British boxer
* Chris Packer (c. 1953 – 2013), Australian sport sailor
* Donald Packer (born 1948), Canadian water polo player
* Madison Packer (born 1991), American ice hockey player
* Walter Packer (born 1955), American gridiron football player

## Writing

* Ann Packer (author) (born 1959), American novelist
* George Packer (born 1960), American journalist and novelist
* Joy Packer (1905–1977), South African author
* Juliet Law Packer (born c. 1952), American television writer
* Mez Packer (born 1966), English novelist
* Mike Packer (fl. 1980s–2007), English dramatist, actor and poet
* Nancy Huddleston Packer (born 1925), American writer of short fiction and memoir
* Vin Packer, pseudonym of the American author Marijane Meaker (1927–2022)
* ZZ Packer (born 1973), American author

## Other

* Alferd Packer (1842–1907), American prospector and confessed cannibal
* Craig Packer (born 1950), American biologist
* David Packer (artist) (born 1960), American and English artist
* Earl L. Packer (1894–1993), American diplomat
* Graynella Packer (fl. 1910s), American author and attorney, and early radiotelegraph operator
* Greg Packer (born 1963), American highway maintenance worker known for being quoted as a "man on the street" in periodicals and television broadcasts
* Gretel Packer (born 1965), Australian billionaire investor and philanthropist
* Herbert L. Packer (1925–1972), American legal scholar and criminologist
* Jane Packer (1959–2011), British florist
* Jennifer Packer (born 1984), American painter and educator
* Kenneth John Packer (1938–2021), British nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scientist
* Milton Packer (born c. 1951), American cardiologist
* Nicki Packer, Australian college professor and researcher
* Phil Packer (born 1972), British charity activist
* Philip Packer (1618–1686), English barrister and architect
* Richard Packer (civil servant), British civil servant
* Roslyn Packer (born 1937), Australian philanthropist
* Sue Packer (born 1942), Australian paediatrician and advocate for the rights of children
* Toni Packer (1927–2013), German-American Buddhist educator
* Trevor Packer, American academic