Spooner

Spooner is an English surname of either Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Danish origin (Spøner), which can refer to certain people or places:

People

• Ernest John Spooner (1887-1942), Rear-Admiral Malaya, commander of UK Naval forces in Singapore
• Henry J. Spooner, Rhode Island Congressman
• John C. Spooner, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
• Karl Spooner, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher
• Lysander Spooner, American individualist anarchist
• Nicky Spooner, English footballer
• Reggie Spooner, English cricketer
• Richard Spooner (equestrian), American show jumping rider
• Richard T. Spooner, former United States Marine Corps officer
• Richard Spooner (MP), (1783–1864), MP and ecclesiastical writer
• Dick Spooner, cricketer
• William Archibald Spooner, English clergyman and scholar, after whom spoonerisms are named
• Bill Spooner (politician), Australian politician
• The Spooners of Porthmadog, railway engineers

Places

• Spooner (village), Wisconsin, USA
• Spooner (town), Wisconsin, USA
• Spooner Row, Norfolk, England
• Spooner Township, Minnesota, USA

Popular Culture

• Bert Spooner, character on the television show Are You Being Served? played by Mike Berry
• Arthur Spooner, character on the television show The King of Queens played by Jerry Stiller
• Del Spooner, detective in the hollywood adaptation/conglomeration of Isaac Asimov's collection of stories represented as "I, Robot"
• Spooner (band), rock band from the late 1970s / early 1980s; included guitarist Duke Erikson and drummer Butch Vig, who were later part of the band Garbage
• Spooner Street, where the Griffins live in the cartoon series Family Guy
• Spooner (film), a 2009 US movie directed by Drake Doremus
• Spooner (film), a 1989 US movie starring Robert Urich