Archer (surname)

For other uses, see Archer.

Archer

Pronunciation	/ˈɑːrtʃər/ ar-chər
Language(s)	Middle English
Origin
Meaning	Occupational name denoting an archer
Region of origin	England, Welsh
Other names
Related names	Bowman, Archier, Fletcher

Archer is a surname in the English language.

Etymology

"Archer" Welch in origin. The name 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 (for example, the French Archier).

People with the surname

• Aaron Archer (born 1972), American toy designer
• Kevin "Al" Archer (born 1958), English guitarist and songwriter
• Albert Ernest Archer (died 1949), Canadian physician and political activist
• Alex Archer (1908–1979), English ice hockey player
• Alfred Archer (1871–1935), English cricketer
• Andrew Archer (1659–1741), British landowner and Member of Parliament
• Andrew Archer (producer), British electronic music producer
• Anne Archer (born 1947), American actress
• Tony Archer (musician) (born 1938), English jazz double-bassist
• Arthur Archer (1874–1940), English footballer
• Barry Archer (born 1977), Irish cricketer
• Bert Archer (born 1968), Canadian author, journalist, essayist and critic
• Beverly Archer (born 1948), American actress
• Bill Archer (businessman), British businessman and founder of Focus DIY
• Bob Archer (1899–1982), English footballer
• Brandon Archer (born 1983), American football linebacker
• Brenda Archer (born 1942), retired Guyanese high jumper
• Brian Archer (1929–2013), Australian Liberal Party senator
• Brian Archer (1929–2013), Jamaican Music Producer
• Cam Archer (born 1981), American independent filmmaker and photographer
• Carl Archer (born 1948), Trinidad and Tobagan athlete
• Catherine Archer (born 19??), Canadian writer of historical romance novels
• Charles Archer (1861–1941), British Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan
• Chris Archer (born 1988), American baseball player
• Christopher Archer (born 1983), Australian vocalist of the band Backyard Mortuary
• Colin Archer (1832–1921), Scottish-born Norwegian naval architect
• Dale Archer, American medical doctor and television personality
• Dan Archer (born 1944), American football player
• Dave Archer (painter) (born 1941), American reverse glass painter and sculptor
• David Archer (quarterback) (born 1962), American football player
• David Archer (umpire) (1931–1992), West Indian cricketer and umpire
• David Archer (scientist), American computational ocean chemist
• Dennis Archer (born 1942), American lawyer and politician
• Dennis Archer (cricketer) (born 1963), Bermudan cricketer
• Edward Archer (disambiguation), multiple people
• Elise Archer (born 1971), Australian lawyer and politician
• Ernest Archer (1910–1990), British art director
• Fred Archer (writer) (1915–1999), English farmer and author
• Fred V. Archer (1888–1971), American college football coach
• Frederic Archer (1838–1901), British, composer, conductor and organist
• Frederick J. Archer (1857–1886), English flat race jockey
• Frederick Scott Archer (1813–1857), British pioneer of photography
• Fred W. Archer (1859-19??), Canadian politician
• Garath Archer (born 1974), English rugby union footballer
• Gem Archer (born 1966), English musician
• Geoffrey Archer (writer), British author of military thrillers
• Geoffrey Francis Archer (1882–1964), British colonial administrator
• George Archer (1939–2005), American golfer
• Gleason Archer, Sr. (1880–1966), founder of Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Gleason Archer, Jr. (1916–2004), American theologian
• Glenn Archer (born 1973), Australian rules footballer
• Glenn L. Archer (1906–2002), founder of the Americans United for Separation of Church and State
• Glenn Leroy Archer, Jr. (1929–2011), American judge
• Graeme Archer (born 1940), English cricketer
• Graeme Archer (bowls) (born 1967), Scottish lawn bowler
• Harry Archer (born 1932), American graphic designer
• Henry Archer (1799–1863), Irish businessman, lawyer, railway pioneer and inventor
• Iain Archer, Northern Irish singer-songwriter musician
• Jack Archer (sprinter) (1921–1997), English sprinter
• James Archer (Jesuit) (1550–1620), Irish Jesuit
• James Archer (artist) (1823–1904), Scottish painter
• James Archer (stock trader) (born 1974), English businessman and stockbroker
• James J. Archer (1817–1864), American Civil War Confederate general
• James T. Archer (1819–1859), American lawyer and politician
• Jeffrey Archer (born 1940), British author, former politician
• Jennifer Archer (born 1957), American author
• Jim Archer (born 1932), American pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Jimmy Archer (1883–1958), Irish-born American catcher in Major League Baseball
• Joey Archer (born 1938), American middleweight boxer
• John Archer (Maryland) (1741–1810), American congressman
• John Archer (actor) (1915–1999), American movie and television actor
• John Archer (British Army officer) (1924–1999), former Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces
• John Archer (basketball) (died 1998), American basketball coach
• John Archer (magician), British comedy magician
• John Archer (footballer) (born 1941), English footballer
• John Hall Archer (1914–2004), Canadian historian, and first President of the University of Regina
• John Archer (politician) (1865–1949), New Zealand politician
• John Lee Archer (1791–1852), Australian architect and engineer
• John Archer (British politician) (1863–1932), British race and political activist
• John Stuart Archer (1943–2007), Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University 1997–2006
• Johnny Archer (born 1968), American professional pool player
• Jules Archer (1915–2008), American author
• Ken Archer (born 1928), Australian cricketer
• Laurence Archer, English guitarist
• Lee Archer (footballer) (born 1972), English footballer
• Lee Archer (pilot) (1919–2010), American fighter pilot
• L. Bruce Archer (1922–2005), British mechanical engineer and Professor of Design Research
• Leonie Archer (born 1955), British author and historian
• Les Archer, Jr. (born 1929), English motorcycle racer
• Malcolm Archer (born 1952), British composer, organist, and conductor
• Margaret Archer (born 1943), British sociologist
• Mark Archer (born 1973), American film producer, director and writer
• Mary Archer (born 1944), British solar power scientist
• Meghan Archer (born 1987), Australian footballer
• Melissa Archer (born 1979), American actress
• Michael Eugene Archer, American singer-songwriter known as D'Angelo
• Mike Archer (paleontologist) (born 1945), Australian palaeontologist
• Mike Archer (American football) (born 1953), American football coach
• Mildred Archer (1911–2005), English art historian
• Nicolas Archer (born 1955), English cricketer
• Nuala Archer (born 1955), Irish American poet
• Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell (1926–2012), British peer
• Phillip Archer (born 1972), English professional golfer
• Philip Edward Archer (born 1925), former Chief Justice of Ghana
• Ralph Archer, American college football coach
• Raymond LeRoy Archer (1887–1970), American bishop of the Methodist Church
• Renato Archer (1922–1996), Brazilian naval officer and politician
• Renato Archer (born 1984), Suriname Entrepreneur. Founder of Archer Business Group
• Richard Archer (born 1977), English singer/songwriter, frontman of UK band Hard-Fi
• Robyn Archer (born 1948), Australian singer and actress
• Ron Archer (1933–2007), Australian cricketer
• Ruby Archer (1873–1961), American poet
• Shelley Archer (born 1958), Australian Labor Party politician
• Simon Archer (born 1973), English badminton player
• Simon Archer (antiquary) (1581–1662), English antiquary and politician
• Steve Archer (born 1953), American singer-songwriter and producer
• Stevenson Archer (1786–1848), American congressman
• Stevenson Archer (1827–98) (1827–1898), American congressman, son of the above
• Tasmin Archer (born 1963), English soul/pop/rock singer
• Thomas Archer (died 1685) (1619–1685), English soldier and politician
• Thomas Archer (1668–1743), English Baroque architect
• Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer (1695–1768), English politician and nobleman
• Thomas Archer (pastoralist) (1823–1905), pioneer pastoralist and Agent General for Queensland, Australia
• Tommy Archer (born 1954), American racing car driver
• Tony Archer (referee) (born 1969), Australian rugby league referee
• Troy Archer (1955–1979), American footballer
• Violet Archer (1913–2000), Canadian composer
• Wes Archer (born 1961), American television animation director
• William Archer (architect) (1820–1874), botanist and architect and member of the local Archer family
• William Archer (naturalist) (1830–1897), Irish naturalist and microscopist
• William Archer (critic) (1856–1924), Scottish critic
• William Archer (Toronto politician) (1919–2005), Canadian politician and lawyer
• William Reynolds Archer, Jr. (born 1928), American politician and lawyer
• William S. Archer (1789–1855), Virginian politician

Fictional characters

See also: List of The Archers characters § The Archer family

• Cate Archer, the main character in No One Lives Forever, a computer game
• 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
• Nancy Archer, title character of the film Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
• Newland Archer, in Edith Wharton's 1920 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
• Danny Archer, main character in Blood Diamond (film), a 2006 film