Speaker may refer to:

Society and politics

Speaker (politics) The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hunger ...

, the presiding officer in a legislative assembly *

Public speaker Public speaking, also called oratory or oration, has traditionally meant the act of speaking face to face to a live audience. Today it includes any form of speaking (formally and informally) to an audience, including pre-recorded speech deliver ...

, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In poetry, the literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character; see Character (arts)

Electronics

Loudspeaker A loudspeaker (commonly referred to as a speaker or speaker driver) is an electroacoustic transducer that converts an electrical audio signal into a corresponding sound. A ''speaker system'', also often simply referred to as a "speaker" or ...

, a device that produces sound **

Computer speakers Computer speakers, or multimedia speakers, are speakers sold for use with computers, although usually capable of other audio uses, e.g. for an MP3 player. Most such speakers have an internal amplifier and consequently require a power source, whic ...

, speakers sold for use with computers **

Speaker driver An electrodynamic speaker driver, often called simply a speaker driver when the type is implicit, is an individual transducer that converts an electrical audio signal to sound waves. While the term is sometimes used interchangeably with the ...

, the essential electromechanical element of the loudspeaker

Arts, entertainment and media

Los Speakers Los Speakers (the Speakers) from Bogotá, Colombia, were a beat and garage rock band active the 1960s. Their particular style was characterized by the influence of early Beatles and the Byrds, as well as other popular music of the era. Later, ...

(or "The Speakers"), a Colombian rock band from the 1960s * ''The Speaker'' (periodical), a weekly review published in London from 1890 to 1907 * ''The Speaker'' (TV series), a 2009 BBC television series * "Speaker" (song), by David Banner * "Speakers" (Sam Hunt song), 2014 * ''The Speaker'', the second book in Traci Chee's Sea of Ink and Gold trilogy, published in 2017

Places

* Speaker Township, Michigan, US * Speakers Bank, in the Indian Ocean * Speakers' Corner (disambiguation)

Ships

* HMS ''Speaker'' (D90), a 1943 World War II Royal Navy aircraft carrier * English ship ''Speaker'' (1650), frigate launched in 1650, renamed HMS ''Mary'' in 1660

People

Tris Speaker Tristram Edgar Speaker (April 4, 1888 – December 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", was an American professional baseball player. Considered one of the greatest players in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), he compiled a career ba ...