Spalding is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Albert Spalding (1850–1915), American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturerAlbert Spalding (violinist) (1888–1953), American composer and concert violinistBaird Thomas Spalding (1872–1953), English-American authorBrian Spalding (1923-2016), English professor, physicsBurleigh Folsom Spalding (1853–1934), Chief Justice of North DakotaMother Catherine Spalding (1793–1858), American Roman Catholic nunCharles F. Spalding (a.k.a. Chuck Spalding) (1919-2000), American heir, political advisor, television screenwriter and investment bankerDick Spalding, American soccer playerDouglas Spalding (1840–1877), English biologistEsperanza Spalding (born 1984) American jazz bassist and singerEsta Spalding (born 1966), Canadian author and poetGeorg Ludwig Spalding (1762–1811), German philologistGeorge Spalding (1836–1915), U.S. Representative from MichiganHenry H. Spalding (1803–1843), U.S. Presbyterian missionary, established the Lapwai Mission in 1836 in what is now IdahoJohann Joachim Spalding (1714–1804), German Protestant theologianJohn Spalding (disambiguation), the name of several peopleKim Spalding, American actor (1950–1961), date of birth unknownLinda Spalding (born 1943), Canadian writer and editorMartin John Spalding (1810–1872), bishop of BaltimorePhil Spalding (born 1957), English bass playerSilsby Spalding (1886-1949), American businessman and politician; the first Mayor of Beverly Hills, CaliforniaSolomon Spalding (1761–1816), American clergyman, businessman, and authorThomas Spalding (1774–1851), United States Representative from GeorgiaVolney Morgan Spalding (1849–1918), American botanistWilliam Spalding (disambiguation), multiple people