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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).

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Academics

  • Asa Shinn 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

  • 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

    • Literary figures

  • 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

    • Musicians

  • 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

    • 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
  • 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.

    • Fictional characters

  • 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

    • References

    Mercer (surname) Wikipedia
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