Archer (surname)
Archer is a surname in the English language.
Etymology
The name Archer is derived from the Middle English archere, and Old French archer, archier. The surname originated as an occupational name denoting an archer. By the 14th century, the mentioned Middle English and Old French words replaced the native English bowman. In North America, the surname Archer has absorbed many like-sounding names and cognates.People with the surname
Some notable people surnamed Archer include:Academics
- Allan Frost Archer, U.S. arachnologist, entomologist and malacologist
- Gleason Archer, Sr., founder of Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
- John Hall Archer, Canadian historian, and first President of the University of Regina
- John Stuart Archer, Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University 1997–2006
- Leonie Archer, British author and historian
- Mildred Archer, English art historian
- Thomas Andrew Archer, English historian
Architects
- Colin Archer, Scottish-born Norwegian naval architect
- * the Archer brothers, of whom he was one
- John Lee Archer, Australian architect and engineer
- Thomas Archer, English Baroque architect
- William Archer, Australian architect, naturalist, grazier and politician
- * the Archer family, of whom he was a member
Artists
- Aaron Archer, American toy designer
- Dave Archer , American reverse glass painter and sculptor
- Ernest Archer, British art director
- Harry Archer, American graphic designer
- James Archer , Scottish painter
- Janet Archer, British painter
- Val Archer, British painter
Businesspeople
- Bill Archer, British businessman and founder of Focus DIY
- Henry Archer, Irish businessman, lawyer, railway pioneer and inventor
- James Archer , English businessman and stockbroker
- Renato Archer, Suriname Entrepreneur. Founder of Archer Business Group
Criminals
- Amy Archer-Gilligan, American serial killer
Judges
- Glenn Leroy Archer, Jr., American judge
- Philip Edward Archer, former Chief Justice of Ghana
Military people
- James J. Archer, American Civil War Confederate general
- John Archer , former Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces
- Lee Archer , American fighter pilot
Musicians, singers, and composers
- Christopher Archer, Australian vocalist of the band Backyard Mortuary
- Frederic Archer, British, composer, conductor and organist
- Gem Archer, English musician
- Iain Archer, Northern Irish singer-songwriter musician
- Kevin "Al" Archer, English guitarist and songwriter
- Laurence Archer, English guitarist
- Malcolm Archer, British composer, organist, and conductor
- Michael Eugene Archer, American singer-songwriter known as D'Angelo
- Richard Archer, English singer/songwriter, frontman of UK band Hard-Fi
- Robyn Archer, Australian singer and actress
- Special Ed, hip-hop performer born Edward Archer
- Steve Archer, American singer-songwriter and producer
- Tasmin Archer, English soul/pop/rock singer
- Tony Archer , English jazz double-bassist
- Violet Archer, Canadian composer
Performers
- Anne Archer, American actress
- Beverly Archer, American actress
- Dale Archer, American medical doctor and television personality
- John Archer , American movie and television actor
- John Archer, British comedy magician
- Melissa Archer, American actress
Politicians
- Andrew Archer, British landowner and Member of Parliament
- Albert Ernest Archer, Canadian physician and political activist
- Archibald Archer, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
- * the Archer brothers, of whom he was one
- Brian Archer, Australian Liberal Party senator
- Caroline Archer, Australian Aboriginal activist
- Charles Archer, British Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan
- Dennis Archer, American lawyer and politician
- Edward Archer , Australian politician
- Elise Archer, Australian lawyer and politician
- Fred W. Archer, Canadian politician
- Geoffrey Francis Archer, British colonial administrator
- James T. Archer, American lawyer and politician
- John Archer , American congressman
- John Archer , New Zealand politician
- John Archer , British race and political activist
- Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, British peer
- Renato Archer, Brazilian naval officer and politician
- Shelley Archer, Australian Labor Party politician
- Simon Archer , English antiquary and politician
- Stevenson Archer, American congressman
- Stevenson Archer , American congressman, son of the above
- Thomas Archer , English soldier and politician
- Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer, English politician and nobleman
- Thomas Archer , pioneer pastoralist and Agent General for Queensland, Australia
- * the Archer brothers, of whom he was one
- William Archer , Canadian politician and lawyer
- William Reynolds Archer, Jr., American politician and lawyer
- William S. Archer, Virginian politician
Religious figures
- Gleason Archer, Jr., American theologian
- Glenn L. Archer, founder of the Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- James Archer , Irish Jesuit
- Raymond LeRoy Archer, American bishop of the Methodist Church
Scientists
- David Archer, American computational ocean chemist
- Edward Archer , English doctor associated with inoculation against smallpox
- Frederick Scott Archer, British pioneer of photography
- L. Bruce Archer, British mechanical engineer and Professor of Design Research
- Margaret Archer, British sociologist
- Mary Archer, British solar power scientist
- Mike Archer , Australian palaeontologist
- William Archer , botanist and architect and member of the local Archer family
- William Archer , Irish naturalist and microscopist
Sportspeople
- Alex Archer, English ice hockey player
- Alfred Archer, English cricketer
- Arthur Archer, English footballer
- Barry Archer, Irish cricketer
- Bob Archer, English footballer
- Brandon Archer, American football linebacker
- Brenda Archer, retired Guyanese high jumper
- Carl Archer, Trinidad and Tobagonian athlete
- Chris Archer, American baseball player
- Dan Archer, American football player
- David Archer , American football player
- David Archer , West Indian cricketer and umpire
- Dennis Archer , Bermudan cricketer
- Dri Archer, football player
- Fred V. Archer, American college football coach
- Frederick J. Archer, English flat race jockey
- Garath Archer, English rugby union footballer
- Glenn Archer, Australian rules footballer
- George Archer, American golfer
- Graeme Archer, English cricketer
- Graeme Archer , Scottish lawn bowler
- Jack Archer , English sprinter
- Jim Archer, American baseball pitcher
- Jimmy Archer, Irish-born American baseball catcher
- Joey Archer, American middleweight boxer
- Jofra Archer, Barbadian born English cricketer
- John Archer , American basketball coach
- John Archer, English footballer
- Johnny Archer, American professional pool player
- Ken Archer, Australian cricketer
- Lee Archer , English footballer
- Les Archer, Jr., English motorcycle racer
- Meghan Archer, Australian footballer
- Mike Archer , American football coach
- Nicolas Archer, English cricketer
- Phillip Archer, English professional golfer
- Ralph Archer, American college football coach
- Ron Archer, Australian cricketer
- Simon Archer, English badminton player
- Tommy Archer, American racing car driver
- Tony Archer , Australian rugby league referee
- Troy Archer, American footballer
Television and film production
- Cam Archer, American independent filmmaker and photographer
- Mark Archer, American film producer, director and writer
- Wes Archer, American television animation director
Writers
- Bert Archer, Canadian author, journalist, essayist and critic
- Catherine Archer, Canadian writer of historical romance novels
- Fred Archer , English farmer and author
- Geoffrey Archer, British author of military thrillers
- Jeffrey Archer, British author, former politician
- Jennifer Archer, American author
- Jules Archer, American author
- Maria Archer, a translator of numerous books, such as Voltaire's Cândido
- Martin Archer, a pseudonym of Raymond Casey's and prolific author of military fiction
- Nuala Archer, Irish American poet
- Ruby Archer, American poet
- William Archer , Scottish critic
Fictional characters
- Cate Archer, the main character in No One Lives Forever, a computer game
- Danny Archer, main character in the film Blood Diamond
- Frank Archer, a soldier in the Fullmetal Alchemist anime
- Jonathan Archer, in the television show Star Trek: Enterprise
- Lew Archer, a private detective in series of novels by Ross MacDonald
- Miles Archer, in the Dashiell Hammett novel The Maltese Falcon
- Nancy Archer, title character of the film Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
- Newland Archer, in the Edith Wharton novel The Age of Innocence
- Obadiah Archer, a main character in the Valiant Comics comic book series Archer & Armstrong
- Sean Archer, portrayed by John Travolta/Nicolas Cage in the movie Face/Off
- Sterling Archer, main character in the animated television series Archer
- Several related characters in the Philip K. Dick novel The Transmigration of Timothy Archer