Nance is a Cornish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Albinus Nance Albinus Roberts Nance (March 30, 1848 – December 7, 1911) was an American politician. He served as a soldier during the American Civil War, and as the fourth governor of Nebraska. Nance was born in La Fayette, Illinois on March 30, 1848. He w ...

(1848–1911), 4th governor of Nebraska *

Eric Nance Eric Randall Nance (January 9, 1960 – November 28, 2005) was an American man who was convicted of murder in the state of Arkansas. Nance was executed in 2005. Murder On October 11, 1993, 18-year-old Julie Heath (June11, 1975–October11, 199 ...

(1960–2005), American murderer *

Greg Nance Greg Nance (born September 29, 1988) is an American entrepreneur, mountaineer, and ultramarathon runner. Nance is the co-founder and Board Chairman of Moneythink, the founder and CEO of Dyad Mentorship, an Advisory Board Member at the Chicago Pr ...

, American entrepreneur, mountaineer, and endurance athlete *

Jack Nance Marvin John Nance (December 21, 1943 – December 30, 1996), known professionally as Jack Nance, was an American actor. A longtime collaborator of filmmaker David Lynch, Nance portrayed the lead in Lynch's directorial film debut ''Eraserhead'' (1 ...

(1943–1996), actor *

James J. Nance James John Nance (19 February 1900 – 21 July 1984) was an American industrialist who became president of the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. Later, he was chief executive of the Central National Bank of Cleveland, chairman of the executive co ...

(1900–1984), president of Studebaker Packard Motor Co. *

Jim Nantz James William Nantz III (born May 17, 1959) is an American sportscaster who has worked on telecasts of the National Football League (NFL), NCAA Division I men's basketball, the NBA and the PGA Tour for CBS Sports since the 1980s. He has anchor ...

, American sportscaster for CBS Sports *

Jim Nance James Solomon "Big Jim" Nance (December 30, 1942 – June 17, 1992) was an American professional football player who was a fullback with the Boston Patriots during their days in the American Football League (AFL). He was inducted into the Pat ...

, professional football player *

John J. Nance John J. Nance (born July 5, 1946) is an American pilot, attorney, aviation and healthcare safety analyst, and author. Biography Nance was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from the St. Mark's School of Texas. He earned Bachelor of ...

, pilot, author * Kenneth Nance (1941–2013), American politician *

Larry Nance Larry Donnell Nance Sr. (born February 12, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. A forward from Clemson University, Nance played 13 seasons (1981–1994) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Phoe ...

(born 1959), American basketball player *

Larry Nance Jr. Larry Donnell Nance Jr. (born January 1, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wyoming Cowboys, where he was considered ...

(born 1993), son of the above, American basketball player *

Lynn Nance Lynn Sanford Nance (born September 3, 1942) is an American former college basketball coach. He also served as head coach at Iowa State, Central Missouri State, Saint Mary's, Washington, and Southwest Baptist. Early life and education Nance ...

, NCAA Basketball Coach *

Malcolm Wrightson Nance Malcolm Wrightson Nance (born September 20, 1961) is an American author and media pundit. He is a former United States Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer specializing in Cryptologic technician, naval cryptology. Nance is an intelligence and foreig ...

, counter-terrorism intelligence consultant * J. Milton Nance, historian at Texas A&M University *

Ray Nance Ray Willis Nance (December 10, 1913 – January 28, 1976) was an American jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. He is best remembered for his long association with Duke Ellington and his orchestra. Early years Nance was the leader of his ow ...

, musician *

Robert Morton Nance Robert Morton Nance (1873–1959) was a British writer and leading authority on the Cornish language, a nautical archaeologist, and joint founder of the Old Cornwall Society. Nance wrote many books and pamphlets on the Cornish language, inclu ...

, Cornish language expert * Sarafina Nance, American science communicator and astrophysicist *

Tommy Nance Thomas Andrew Nance (born March 19, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs. Early life and amateur career Nance attended Wood ...

(born 1991), American baseball player * Walter Nance (born 1933), American medical geneticist

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John Nance Garner John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and lawyer from History of Texas, Texas who ...

(1868–1967), United States Vice President {{surname, Nance English-language surnames