# Vance (surname)

Vance is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## People

* Ada Reedy Vance (c. 1840–after 1896), American poet
* Adam Vance (fl. 2022), American politician
* Alfred Vance (1839–1888), English music hall singer and songwriter
* Andrew Vance (1815–1862), Irish barrister and government official
* Ashlee Vance (born 1977), American writer
* Bob Vance (cricketer) (1924–1994), New Zealand cricketer and cricket administrator
* Bob Vance (jurist) (born 1961), American circuit judge
* Boyd Vance (1957–2005), American actor, director, and producer
* Calvin B. Vance (1842–1926), American politician
* Carol Vance (born 1933), American lawyer
* Chris Vance (actor) (born 1971), English actor
* Chris Vance (politician) (born 1962), American politician
* Clarice Vance (1871–1961), American vaudeville performer
* Colin Vance (1929–2018), Australian rules footballer
* Colm Vance (born 1992), Canadian soccer player
* Columbus Vance (1902–1982), American baseball pitcher
* Cory Vance (1979), American baseball pitcher
* Courtney B. Vance (born 1960), American actor
* Curtis Vance (fl. 2008–2011), American murderer
* Cyrus Vance (1917–2002), United States Secretary of State
* Cyrus Vance Jr. (born 1954), New York County District Attorney
* Danitra Vance (1954–1994), American comedian and actress
* David Vance (politician) (1836–1912), American shipmaster and politician
* David Vance (soldier) (c. 1745–1813), American soldier in the Revolutionary War
* David R. Vance (born 1940), American racehorse trainer
* Dazzy Vance (1891–1961), American baseball pitcher
* Demi Vance (born 1991), Northern Irish footballer
* Dennis Vance (1924–1983), British television producer, director, and occasional actor
* Dick Vance (1915–1985), American jazz trumpeter and arranger
* Donald Vance (born c. 1976), American Navy veteran
* "Aunt Susan" born Edna Vance (1893-1972), American journalist and radio personality
* Edward Vance (born 1957), American architect
* Elijah Vance (1801–1871), American politician
* Eric Vance (born 1975), American gridiron football defensive back
* Florence Steele Martin Vance (1840–1924), American diarist and letter writer
* Forest Vance (born 1981), American gridiron football offensive guard
* Foy Vance (born 1974), Irish musician
* Gene Vance (1923–2012), American basketball player
* Gene Arden Vance Jr. (1963–2002), American staff sergeant killed in action
* George Vance (1828–1910), Dean of Melbourne
* Gordon Vance (1951–2024), American politician
* Harold Sines Vance (1889–1959), American automobile company executive and government official
* Harriett Newell Espy Vance (1832–1878), First Lady of North Carolina
* Jack Vance (1916–2013), American fantasy and science fiction writer
* Jack Vance (general) (1933–2013), Canadian lieutenant-general
* James E. Vance Jr. (1925–1999), American geographer
* James Vance (comics) (1953–2017), American author and playwright
* James Vance (footballer) (1877–after 1897), Scottish inside left
* Janetta Vance (1855–1921), British archer
* Jamil Rahmat Vance (fl. 2010s), Pakistan Army major general
* JD Vance (born 1984), 50th and current Vice President of the United States
* Jean Vance (fl. 1987), British-Canadian biochemist
* Jeffrey Vance (born 1970), American film historian
* Jim Vance (1942–2017), American news anchor
* Jody Vance (born 1967), Canadian sports anchor
* Joe Vance (1905–1978), American baseball pitcher
* Joyce Vance (born 1960), American lawyer
* John Vance (MP) (died 1875), Member of Parliament for Dublin and Armagh
* John L. Vance (1839–1921), American politician
* Joseph McArthur Vance (1868–1948), American architect
* Joseph Vance (Ohio politician) (1786–1852), governor of Ohio
* Joseph Vance (priest), Anglican priest in Ireland
* Joseph W. Vance (1841–1927), American military officer
* Joseph Williams Vance Jr. (1918–1942), American naval officer in World War II
* Jonathan Vance (born 1964), Canadian general
* Judy Vance (fl. 1973–2019), American mechanical engineer
* Kenny Vance (born 1943), American singer, songwriter, and music producer
* Kenneth Vance (fl. 2022), American politician
* Leon Vance (1916–1944), American Air Force officer, US Medal of Honor recipient
* Lesley Vance (artist) (born 1977), American artist
* Lesley Vance (politician) (1939–2015), American politician
* Louis Joseph Vance (1879–1933), American novelist, screenwriter and film producer
* Margaret Shelley Vance (1925-2008), American composer
* Marilyn Vance (fl. 1980), American costume designer, and filmmaker
* Mira Margaret Baird Vance (1802–1878) American socialite, farmer, and slave owner
* Murray Vance (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
* Nina Vance (1914–1980), American artistic director
* Pat Vance (born 1936), American politician
* Patricia Vance (fl. 2002), president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board
* Paul Vance (1929–2022), American songwriter
* Preston Vance (born 1992), American professional wrestler
* Phil Vance (born 1962), British motorcyclist
* Robert Vance (born 1955), New Zealand cricketer
* Robert B. Vance (1828–1899), American politician
* Robert Brank Vance, (1793–1827), American politician
* Robert C. Vance (1894–1959), American newspaper publisher and philanthropist
* Robert J. Vance (1854–1902), American politician
* Robert Smith Vance (1931–1989), American federal judge
* Roy N. Vance (1921–2007), American judge
* Rupert Vance (1899–1975), American sociologist, demographer, and academic
* Sallie Ada Vance (born c. 1840), American poet
* Samuel Vance (sport shooter) (1879–1947), Canadian sport shooter
* Samuel B. H. Vance (1814–1890), American politician
* Sandy Vance (born 1947), American baseball pitcher
* Sarah L. Vance (born 1979), American politician
* Sarah S. Vance (born 1950), American judge
* Schuster Vance (1960–2007), American actor
* Shaquille Vance (born 1991), American Paralympic sprinter and shot putter
* Sheldon B. Vance (1917–1995), American diplomat
* Shelley Vance (fl. 2022), American politician
* Simon Vance (born 1955), American audiobook narrator
* Terry Vance (born 1953), American motorcycle racer, team owner, and parts manufacturer
* Tommy Vance (1941–2005), British radio broadcaster
* Usha Vance (born 1986), American attorney
* Van Vance (fl. 1957–2003), American sports broadcaster and announcer
* Virginia Vance (1902–1942), American actress
* Vivian Vance (1909–1979), American actor and singer, known for playing Ethel on I Love Lucy
* William R. Vance (1806–1885), American mayor
* Wilson Vance (1845–1911), American soldier
* Venus Vance (died c. 1850), American slave
* Zebulon Baird Vance (1830–1894), Governor of North Carolina, United States senator and Confederate officer

## Pseudonym

* Ethel Vance, pseudonym of Grace Zaring Stone (1891–1981), American author
* Vince Vance, stage name of Andy Stone, frontman of the band Vince Vance & the Valiants
* William Vance, pen name of William van Cutsem (1935–2018), Belgian comic book artist

## Fictional characters

* Alyx Vance, in the video game Half-Life 2
* Bagger Vance, in the movie Legend of Bagger Vance
* Brother Vance, A character in the game Destiny and its sequel Destiny 2
* Bob Vance, character from the U.S. TV series The Office
* Dr. Eli Vance, in the video game Half-Life 2
* Lance Vance, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
* Leon Vance, agency director in the television show NCIS
* Mary Vance, orphan from L. M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valley
* Nell Vance, in the movie The Haunting
* Philo Vance, detective in several novels by S. S. Van Dine
* Victor Vance, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City