Speakman is one of the thousands of new names that the Norman Conquest of 1066 brought to England. It comes from the Norman given name Espec.
Alfred Speakman (1880–1943), politician from Alberta, CanadaBill Speakman, VC (born 1927), English recipient of the Victoria CrossFred J Speakman, English naturalist and authorHoward C. Speakman (1892–1952), United States federal judgeJames Stanley Speakman (1906–1962), accountant and World War II soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary ForceJeff Speakman (born 1958), American actor and an accomplished martial artist in the art of kenpoJohn Speakman, British biologist working at the University of AberdeenThomas Speakman Barnett (1909–2003), politician born in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada