There are several articles about different Spencers, first or surname, in the Wikipedia.

People

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• Spencer W. Kimball, 12th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• the Spencer family, including
  • The Earls Spencer
  • The Lady Diana Spencer (later Diana, Princess of Wales)
• Barbara J. Spencer - economist
• Christopher Spencer - U.S. inventor
• David W. Spencer - A Canadian department store founder
• Henry Spencer - The author, computer programmer and Usnet presence.
• Herbert Spencer - 19th century English philosopher and liberal thinker, founder of Social Darwinism
• John Spencer - English snooker player
• Richard Spencer RN (1779-1839) of the Royal Navy, Lyme Regis and Australia.
• Spencer Spencer - Person with two of the same names.
• Stanley Spencer - English painter
• Thomas Spencer - a co-founder of Marks & Spencer plc.
• William Robert Spencer - (1769-1834), English poet
• Spencer Tracy - an American film actor
• Spencer Tunick - American photographer
• Spencer Roberts - Astute vacuum cleaner salesman

The meaning of the name

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The name Spencer originated from the English word dispenser. Like the name smith would have been given to the blacksmith in olde England, the name Spencer would have been reserved for a dispenser of provisions.

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