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Mercer is an English and Scottish surname.[1] It is an occupational name, derived from the Old French word "mercier" or "merchier", meaning a merchant: originally one trading in textiles (mercery).

People

Academics

Actors, performers, presenters and producers

Athletes and sports personalities

Literary figures

Musicians

Politicians and civil servants

Soldiers

  • General Cavalié Mercer, British artillery officer and author of Journal of the Waterloo Campaign
  • Hugh Mercer, physician, brigadier general in the Continental Army and a close friend to George Washington
  • Hugh W. Mercer, officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War
  • Malcolm Mercer, Canadian general, barrister and art patron
  • Major Mercer of the Worcestershire horse, who played a prominent part on the Parliamentary side at the Battle of Worcester in 1651

Others

Fictional characters

References

  1. ^ "Mercer surname". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2015-10-02.