Nance is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jack Nance, actorJim Nance, professional football playerJ. Milton Nance, historian at Texas A&M UniversityJohn J. Nance, pilot, authorKenneth Nance (1941–2013), American politicianLarry Nance (born 1959), American basketball playerLarry Nance, Jr. (born 1993), son of the above, American basketball playerMalcolm Wrightson Nance, counter-terrorism intelligence consultantRay Nance, musicianRobert Morton Nance, Cornish language expertWalter Nance (born 1933), American medical geneticistAlbinus Nance (1848–1911), 4th governor of NebraskaLynn Nance NCAA Basketball CoachJames J. Nance (1900–84) president of Studebaker Packard Motor Co.Greg Nance American entrepreneur, mountaineer, and endurance athleteJim Nantz American sportscaster for CBS Sports