# Mercer (surname)

Mercer is an English and Scottish surname. It is an occupational name, derived from the Old French word "mercier" or "merchier", meaning a merchant: originally one trading in textiles (mercery).

## People
### Academics

* Alison Mercer (born 1954), New Zealand zoologist
* Asa Mercer, first president of the Territorial University of Washington and a member of the Washington State Senate
* James Mercer (mathematician), English mathematician
* Roger Mercer, British archaeologist

### Actors, performers, presenters and producers

* Beryl Mercer, Spanish-born British actress
* Bill Mercer, American sportscaster
* Jack Mercer, American animator and voice actor
* Marian Mercer, award-winning American actress
* Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
* Phil Mercer, radio presenter on the BBC
* Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, television personality and political satirist
* Sam Mercer, film producer
* William (Rosko) Mercer (1927–2000), known as Rosko, American news announcer and disc jockey

### Athletes and sports personalities

* Alex Mercer (footballer), Scottish footballer
* Arthur Mercer (1902–1994), English footballer
* Dawson Mercer (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
* Gary Mercer, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
* Joe Mercer, English football player and manager
* Joe Mercer (jockey), English jockey
* LaVon Mercer (born 1959), American-Israeli basketball player
* Leroy Mercer, American football player
* Mike Mercer (basketball), American basketball player
* Mike Mercer (American football), former American college and professional football player
* Ray Mercer, American professional boxer, former WBO World Heavyweight Champion, Olympic gold medalist
* Ron Mercer, American former basketball player at the University of Kentucky, in the National Basketball Association
* Tommy Mercer, American professional wrestler
* Win Mercer, pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902

### Literary figures

* Cecil William Mercer (1885–1960), British novelist who wrote under the pseudonym of Dornford Yates
* David Mercer (playwright), English playwright and dramatist
* Harold Mercer (1882-1952), Australian poet and short story writer
* Jeremy Mercer, Canadian writer
* Mick Mercer, journalist and author
* William Mercer (poet) (c. 1605 – c. 1675), Scottish poet and army officer

### Musicians

* Carey Mercer, Canadian indie singer-songwriter
* James Mercer (musician), guitarist, lead singer and songwriter of the Shins
* Jerry Mercer, former drummer for the Canadian rock groups April Wine and Mashmakhan
* Johnny Mercer, American songwriter and singer
* Mabel Mercer, English-born cabaret singer
* Vic Mercer, better known as "Celph Titled", American rapper

### Politicians and civil servants

* Bob Mercer (politician), Canadian politician
* Charles F. Mercer, nineteenth-century U.S. politician from Virginia
* David Henry Mercer, Nebraska Republican politician
* James Mercer, soldier, jurist, Virginia delegate to the Second Continental Congress
* John Francis Mercer, American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland
* Johnny Mercer, British politician (Minister for Veterans 2019–2021), former army officer
* Patrick Mercer, British politician, military novelist, former army officer
* William Thomas Mercer (1821–1879), British Colonial Secretary in Hong Kong, 1859–1868
* William W. Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana

### Soldiers

* General Cavalié Mercer, British artillery officer and author of Journal of the Waterloo Campaign
* Hugh Mercer, physician, brigadier general in the Continental Army and a close friend to George Washington
* Hugh W. Mercer, officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War
* Malcolm Mercer, Canadian general, barrister and art patron
* Major Mercer of the Worcestershire horse, who played a prominent part on the Parliamentary side at the Battle of Worcester in 1651

### Others

* George Mercer, rapist
* Henry Chapman Mercer, Pennsylvania archeologist, tile-maker, and designer of poured-concrete structures such as the Mercer Museum
* Henry Mercer (priest), Anglican clergyman and fraudster
* Lucy Mercer best known for her affair with Franklin Delano Roosevelt
* John Mercer (disambiguation)
* Mark Mercer (preservationist) (died 2019)
* Rebekah Mercer, head of Mercer Family Foundation; daughter of Robert Mercer;
* Robert Mercer (businessman) (born 1946), computer scientist and former co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies
* Robert Mercer (priest) (born 1935), English priest
* Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer, quadriplegic and American disability rights activist
* Sidney Agnew Mercer, English watercolourist for whom the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, England, is named

## Fictional characters

* Alex Mercer, a character in the Prototype (video game) game series published by Activision
* Alex Mercer, a character in Netflix's Julie and the Phantoms
* Anton Mercer, a character in Power Rangers Dino Thunder
* Bobby, Jeremias, Angel and Jack Mercer, characters in John Singleton's film Four Brothers
* Daniel Mercer, in the 6 Years film
* Ed Mercer, in Seth MacFarlane's science-fiction television show The Orville
* Gretchen Mercer, a character in Family Guy
* Ian Mercer, in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
* Owen Mercer, in the DC Universe
* Michael Mercer and Maxxine Mercer, characters in The Walking Dead
* Roy D. Mercer, fictional radio character
* Wilbur Mercer, in Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?