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).
Athletes and sports personalities
Gary Mercer, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
Joe Mercer, English football player and manager
Joe Mercer (jockey), English jockey
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 who also had a career in the National Basketball Association
Tommy Mercer, American professional wrestler
Win Mercer, pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902
Cecil William Mercer (1885–1960), British novelist who wrote under the pseudonym of Dornford Yates
David Mercer (playwright), English playwright and dramatist
Ilana Mercer, classical liberal writer, columnist, and blogger
Jeremy Mercer, Canadian writer
Mick Mercer, journalist and author
William Mercer (poet) (c. 1605 – c. 1675), Scottish poet and army officer
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
Charles F. Mercer, nineteenth century U.S. politician from Virginia
David Henry Mercer, Nebraska Republican politician
John Francis Mercer, American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland
Johnny Mercer, British politician
Ken Mercer, Texas Republican politician
Patrick Mercer, British politician
William Thomas Mercer (1821–1879), British Colonial Secretary in Hong Kong, 1859–1868
William W. Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana
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
George Mercer, rapist
Henry Chapman Mercer, Pennsylvania archeologist, tile-maker, and designer of poured-concrete structures such as the Mercer Museum
John Mercer (disambiguation)
Robert Mercer (businessman) (born 1946), co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies
Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer, quadriplegic and American disability rights activist
Roy D. Mercer, fictional radio character.
Trent Mercer, the White Dino Thunder Power Ranger
Owen Mercer, in the DC Universe
Wilbur Mercer, in Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Alex Mercer, in the Prototype game series published by Activision
Daniel Mercer, in the 6 Years movie
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