Spalding is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Albert Spalding (1850–1915), American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer
Albert Spalding (violinist) (1888–1953), American composer and concert violinist
Baird Thomas Spalding (1872–1953), English-American author
Brian Spalding (1923-2016), English professor, physics
Burleigh Folsom Spalding (1853–1934), Chief Justice of North Dakota
Mother Catherine Spalding (1793–1858), American Roman Catholic nun
Charles F. Spalding (a.k.a. Chuck Spalding) (1919-2000), American heir, political advisor, television screenwriter and investment banker
Dick Spalding, American soccer player
Douglas Spalding (1840–1877), English biologist
Esperanza Spalding (born 1984) American jazz bassist and singer
Esta Spalding (born 1966), Canadian author and poet
Georg Ludwig Spalding (1762–1811), German philologist
George Spalding (1836–1915), U.S. Representative from Michigan
Henry H. Spalding (1803–1843), U.S. Presbyterian missionary, established the Lapwai Mission in 1836 in what is now Idaho
Johann Joachim Spalding (1714–1804), German Protestant theologian
John Spalding (disambiguation), the name of several people
Kim Spalding, American actor (1950–1961), date of birth unknown
Linda Spalding (born 1943), Canadian writer and editor
Martin John Spalding (1810–1872), bishop of Baltimore
Phil Spalding (born 1957), English bass player
Silsby Spalding (1886-1949), American businessman and politician; the first Mayor of Beverly Hills, California
Solomon Spalding (1761–1816), American clergyman, businessman, and author
Thomas Spalding (1774–1851), United States Representative from Georgia
Volney Morgan Spalding (1849–1918), American botanist
William Spalding (disambiguation), multiple people
