Nance is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jack Nance, actor
Jim Nance, professional football player
J. Milton Nance, historian at Texas A&M University
John J. Nance, pilot, author
Kenneth Nance (1941–2013), American politician
Larry Nance (born 1959), American basketball player
Larry Nance, Jr. (born 1993), son of the above, American basketball player
Malcolm Wrightson Nance, counter-terrorism intelligence consultant
Ray Nance, musician
Robert Morton Nance, Cornish language expert
Walter Nance (born 1933), American medical geneticist
Albinus Nance (1848–1911), 4th governor of Nebraska
Lynn Nance NCAA Basketball Coach
James J. Nance (1900–84) president of Studebaker Packard Motor Co.
Greg Nance American entrepreneur, mountaineer, and endurance athlete
Jim Nantz American sportscaster for CBS Sports
