Lance is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Albert Lance Albert Lance (12 July 192515 May 2013) was an Australian tenor, also holding French citizenship. He was Australia's principal tenor during the 1950s and later enjoyed a highly successful career in France.Bert Lance Thomas Bertram "Bert" Lance (June 3, 1931 – August 15, 2013) was an American businessman who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Jimmy Carter in 1977. He is known mainly for resigning from the Carter admini ...

(1931–2013), American businessman, advisor to President Jimmy Carter *

Dean Lance Dean Lance (born 4 April 1959) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach, and current football manager at the North Queensland Cowboys of the NRL. He played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership i ...

(born 1959), Australian rugby league footballer and coach * Donnie Cleveland Lance (1953–2020), American murderer * Ernesto Lance (born 1949), Brazilian footballer *

Herb Lance Herbert J. Lance (June 12, 1925 – November 7, 2006) was an American jazz, blues and gospel singer, songwriter, record producer, recording studio owner and radio DJ. As well as recording several hits himself in the late 1940s, he co-wrote ...

(1925-2006), American singer, songwriter and radio DJ * James Lance (born 1974), British actor *

James W. Lance James Waldo Lance AO, CBE (1926–2019), often referred to as James Lance and James W. Lance, was an Australian neurologist. He was the founder of the School of Neurology at the University of New South Wales and president of the International ...

(1926–2019), Australian neurologist *

Leonard Lance Leonard John Lance (born June 25, 1952) is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative for , from 2009 to 2019. He ran for re-election in 2018, but was defeated by Democrat Tom Malinowski. He is a member of the Rep ...

(born 1952), American politician * Major Lance (1939—1994), American soul singer *

Tiger Lance Herbert Roy "Tiger" Lance (6 June 1940 – 10 November 2010) was a South African cricketer. Tiger Lance was born in Pretoria, Transvaal. He played in 13 Tests matches between 1962 and 1970 as an all-rounder. He was a forceful middle order bat ...

(1940–2010), South African cricketer * Trey Lance (born 2000), American football player *

Wesley Lance Wesley Leonard Lance (November 21, 1908 – August 25, 2007) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as a member of both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate. Life and career Lance was born and raised in G ...

(1908–2007), American politician

Fictional characters

* Dinah Laurel Lance, also known as Black Canary, a superheroine in DC Comics **

Laurel Lance (Arrowverse) Dinah Laurel Lance is the name of several fictional characters in The CW's Arrowverse franchise based on the DC Comics character of the same name, created by writer-artist team of Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino, and adapted by Greg Berl ...

, also known as Black Canary, a character in the television series ''Arrow'' who was adapted from the DC comics character *

Larry Lance Larry Lance is a DC Comics character, a detective associated with the various incarnations of the superheroine Black Canary. His first appearance was in ''Flash Comics'' #92 (February 1948), created by Carmine Infantino and Robert Kanigher. When th ...

, a character in DC Comics who is the father of Dinah Laurel Lance *

Sara Lance Sara Lance, also known by her alter-ego White Canary, is a fictional character in The CW's Arrowverse franchise, first introduced in the 2012 pilot episode of the television series ''Arrow'', and later starring in ''Legends of Tomorrow''. The c ...

, also known as White Canary, a character from the Arrowverse television franchise

Fictional characters

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