Spann is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alexi Spann
Alexandra ("Alexi") Spann (born October 21, 1986) is a female breaststroke swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the women's 200m breaststroke event at the 2003 Pan American Games.
Spann is a native of Austin, Texas. Her fath ...
, American breaststroke swimmer
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Antwain Spann
Antwain Joquan Spann (born February 22, 1983) is a former American football safety. He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Louisiana–Lafayette.
Spann has also been a member of th ...
, American football player
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Gloria Carter Spann
Gloria Carter Spann ('' née'' Carter; October 22, 1926 – March 5, 1990) was a motorcyclist and activist. Spann was a sister of former President Jimmy Carter. She was noted as one of the first women inducted into Harley-Davidson’s 100,000 Mi ...
, sister of former American president Jimmy Carter
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James Spann
James Max Spann Jr. (born June 6, 1956) is a television meteorologist and podcast host based in Birmingham, Alabama. He currently works for WBMA-LD (''ABC 33/40''), Birmingham's ABC affiliate. Spann has worked in the field since 1978, and is often ...
, American meteorologist
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Johnny Micheal Spann
Johnny Micheal "Mike" Spann (March 1, 1969 – November 25, 2001) was an American paramilitary officer in the Central Intelligence Agency's Special Activities Division. Spann was the first American killed in action, killed in combat during th ...
, Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary operations officer
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Othmar Spann
Othmar Spann (1 October 1878 – 8 July 1950) was a conservative Austrian philosopher, sociologist and economist whose radical anti-liberal and anti-socialist views, based on early 19th century Romantic ideas expressed by Adam Müller et al. ...
, Austrian philosopher
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Otis Spann
Otis Spann (March 21, 1924 or 1930April 24, 1970) was an American blues musician, whom many consider to be the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.
Early life
Sources differ over Spann's early years. Some state that he was born in Jackson, Miss ...
, American blues musician
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Pervis Spann
Pervis Spann (August 16, 1932 – March 14, 2022) was an American broadcaster, music promoter, and radio personality. He was a disc jockey on WVON and was influential in the development of blues music in Chicago, Illinois.
Early life
Spann was ...
, American radio broadcaster
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Scott Spann (swimmer)
Scott Spann Jr. (born May 11, 1988) is an American competition swimmer and Pan American Games medalist.
Career
At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, Spann won the 200m breaststroke in 2:09.97, earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team roster. Spann a ...
, American swimmer
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Silvio Spann, Trinidad and Tobagonian footballer
Antoine Spann American Podcaster and social commentator
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