Archer is a surname in the English language.
"Archer" Welch in origin. The name is derived from the Middle English archere, and Old French archer, archier. The surname originated as an occupational name denoting an archer. By the 14th century, the mentioned Middle English and Old French words replaced the native English bowman. In North America, the surname Archer has absorbed many like-sounding names, and cognates (for example, the French Archier).
Aaron Archer (born 1972), American toy designer
Kevin "Al" Archer (born 1958), English guitarist and songwriter
Albert Ernest Archer (died 1949), Canadian physician and political activist
Alex Archer (1908–1979), English ice hockey player
Alfred Archer (1871–1935), English cricketer
Andrew Archer (1659–1741), British landowner and Member of Parliament
Andrew Archer (producer), British electronic music producer
Anne Archer (born 1947), American actress
Tony Archer (musician) (born 1938), English jazz double-bassist
Arthur Archer (1874–1940), English footballer
Barry Archer (born 1977), Irish cricketer
Bert Archer (born 1968), Canadian author, journalist, essayist and critic
Beverly Archer (born 1948), American actress
Bill Archer (businessman), British businessman and founder of Focus DIY
Bob Archer (1899–1982), English footballer
Brandon Archer (born 1983), American football linebacker
Brenda Archer (born 1942), retired Guyanese high jumper
Brian Archer (1929–2013), Australian Liberal Party senator
Brian Archer (1929–2013), Jamaican Music Producer
Cam Archer (born 1981), American independent filmmaker and photographer
Carl Archer (born 1948), Trinidad and Tobagan athlete
Catherine Archer (born 19??), Canadian writer of historical romance novels
Charles Archer (1861–1941), British Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan
Chris Archer (born 1988), American baseball player
Christopher Archer (born 1983), Australian vocalist of the band Backyard Mortuary
Colin Archer (1832–1921), Scottish-born Norwegian naval architect
Dale Archer, American medical doctor and television personality
Dan Archer (born 1944), American football player
Dave Archer (painter) (born 1941), American reverse glass painter and sculptor
David Archer (quarterback) (born 1962), American football player
David Archer (umpire) (1931–1992), West Indian cricketer and umpire
David Archer (scientist), American computational ocean chemist
Dennis Archer (born 1942), American lawyer and politician
Dennis Archer (cricketer) (born 1963), Bermudan cricketer
Edward Archer (disambiguation), multiple people
Elise Archer (born 1971), Australian lawyer and politician
Ernest Archer (1910–1990), British art director
Fred Archer (writer) (1915–1999), English farmer and author
Fred V. Archer (1888–1971), American college football coach
Frederic Archer (1838–1901), British, composer, conductor and organist
Frederick J. Archer (1857–1886), English flat race jockey
Frederick Scott Archer (1813–1857), British pioneer of photography
Fred W. Archer (1859-19??), Canadian politician
Garath Archer (born 1974), English rugby union footballer
Gem Archer (born 1966), English musician
Geoffrey Archer (writer), British author of military thrillers
Geoffrey Francis Archer (1882–1964), British colonial administrator
George Archer (1939–2005), American golfer
Gleason Archer, Sr. (1880–1966), founder of Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
Gleason Archer, Jr. (1916–2004), American theologian
Glenn Archer (born 1973), Australian rules footballer
Glenn L. Archer (1906–2002), founder of the Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Glenn Leroy Archer, Jr. (1929–2011), American judge
Graeme Archer (born 1940), English cricketer
Graeme Archer (bowls) (born 1967), Scottish lawn bowler
Harry Archer (born 1932), American graphic designer
Henry Archer (1799–1863), Irish businessman, lawyer, railway pioneer and inventor
Iain Archer, Northern Irish singer-songwriter musician
Jack Archer (sprinter) (1921–1997), English sprinter
James Archer (Jesuit) (1550–1620), Irish Jesuit
James Archer (artist) (1823–1904), Scottish painter
James Archer (stock trader) (born 1974), English businessman and stockbroker
James J. Archer (1817–1864), American Civil War Confederate general
James T. Archer (1819–1859), American lawyer and politician
Jeffrey Archer (born 1940), British author, former politician
Jennifer Archer (born 1957), American author
Jim Archer (born 1932), American pitcher in Major League Baseball
Jimmy Archer (1883–1958), Irish-born American catcher in Major League Baseball
Joey Archer (born 1938), American middleweight boxer
John Archer (Maryland) (1741–1810), American congressman
John Archer (actor) (1915–1999), American movie and television actor
John Archer (British Army officer) (1924–1999), former Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces
John Archer (basketball) (died 1998), American basketball coach
John Archer (magician), British comedy magician
John Archer (footballer) (born 1941), English footballer
John Hall Archer (1914–2004), Canadian historian, and first President of the University of Regina
John Archer (politician) (1865–1949), New Zealand politician
John Lee Archer (1791–1852), Australian architect and engineer
John Archer (British politician) (1863–1932), British race and political activist
John Stuart Archer (1943–2007), Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University 1997–2006
Johnny Archer (born 1968), American professional pool player
Jules Archer (1915–2008), American author
Ken Archer (born 1928), Australian cricketer
Laurence Archer, English guitarist
Lee Archer (footballer) (born 1972), English footballer
Lee Archer (pilot) (1919–2010), American fighter pilot
L. Bruce Archer (1922–2005), British mechanical engineer and Professor of Design Research
Leonie Archer (born 1955), British author and historian
Les Archer, Jr. (born 1929), English motorcycle racer
Malcolm Archer (born 1952), British composer, organist, and conductor
Margaret Archer (born 1943), British sociologist
Mark Archer (born 1973), American film producer, director and writer
Mary Archer (born 1944), British solar power scientist
Meghan Archer (born 1987), Australian footballer
Melissa Archer (born 1979), American actress
Michael Eugene Archer, American singer-songwriter known as D'Angelo
Mike Archer (paleontologist) (born 1945), Australian palaeontologist
Mike Archer (American football) (born 1953), American football coach
Mildred Archer (1911–2005), English art historian
Nicolas Archer (born 1955), English cricketer
Nuala Archer (born 1955), Irish American poet
Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell (1926–2012), British peer
Phillip Archer (born 1972), English professional golfer
Philip Edward Archer (born 1925), former Chief Justice of Ghana
Ralph Archer, American college football coach
Raymond LeRoy Archer (1887–1970), American bishop of the Methodist Church
Renato Archer (1922–1996), Brazilian naval officer and politician
Renato Archer (born 1984), Suriname Entrepreneur. Founder of Archer Business Group
Richard Archer (born 1977), English singer/songwriter, frontman of UK band Hard-Fi
Robyn Archer (born 1948), Australian singer and actress
Ron Archer (1933–2007), Australian cricketer
Ruby Archer (1873–1961), American poet
Shelley Archer (born 1958), Australian Labor Party politician
Simon Archer (born 1973), English badminton player
Simon Archer (antiquary) (1581–1662), English antiquary and politician
Steve Archer (born 1953), American singer-songwriter and producer
Stevenson Archer (1786–1848), American congressman
Stevenson Archer (1827–98) (1827–1898), American congressman, son of the above
Tasmin Archer (born 1963), English soul/pop/rock singer
Thomas Archer (died 1685) (1619–1685), English soldier and politician
Thomas Archer (1668–1743), English Baroque architect
Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer (1695–1768), English politician and nobleman
Thomas Archer (pastoralist) (1823–1905), pioneer pastoralist and Agent General for Queensland, Australia
Tommy Archer (born 1954), American racing car driver
Tony Archer (referee) (born 1969), Australian rugby league referee
Troy Archer (1955–1979), American footballer
Violet Archer (1913–2000), Canadian composer
Wes Archer (born 1961), American television animation director
William Archer (architect) (1820–1874), botanist and architect and member of the local Archer family
William Archer (naturalist) (1830–1897), Irish naturalist and microscopist
William Archer (critic) (1856–1924), Scottish critic
William Archer (Toronto politician) (1919–2005), Canadian politician and lawyer
William Reynolds Archer, Jr. (born 1928), American politician and lawyer
William S. Archer (1789–1855), Virginian politician
Cate Archer, the main character in No One Lives Forever, a computer game
Frank Archer, a soldier in the Fullmetal Alchemist anime
Jonathan Archer, in the television show Star Trek: Enterprise
Lew Archer, a private detective in series of novels by Ross MacDonald
Nancy Archer, title character of the film Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Newland Archer, in Edith Wharton's 1920 novel The Age of Innocence
Obadiah Archer, a main character in the Valiant Comics comic book series Archer & Armstrong
Sean Archer, portrayed by John Travolta/Nicolas Cage in the movie Face/Off
Sterling Archer, main character in the animated television series Archer
Several related characters in the Philip K. Dick novel The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
Danny Archer, main character in Blood Diamond (film), a 2006 film
