Spiers is an English

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Spiers Alexander Spiers (1807–1869), was an English lexicographer. Life Spiers, was born at Gosport in Hampshire in 1807. He studied in England, in Germany, and in Paris and graduated doctor of philosophy at the University of Leipzig. Acting under th ...

(1807–1869), English lexicographer *

Bob Spiers Robert Alexander Spiers (27 September 1945 – 8 December 2008) was a Scottish television comedy director and producer. He worked on many sitcoms and won two British Academy Television Awards for ''Fawlty Towers'' and ''Absolutely Fabulous''. He ...

(1945–2008), British television director *

Cyril Spiers Cyril Henry Spiers (4 April 1902 – 21 May 1967) was an English association football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who played for Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wandere ...

(1902–1967), former English professional footballer and manager * Dick Spiers (1937–2000), English footballer * Edward Louis Spiers, later

Edward Spears Major-General Sir Edward Louis Spears, 1st Baronet, (7 August 1886 – 27 January 1974) was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament noted for his role as a liaison officer between British and French forces in two world wars. Spears was a ...

(1886–1974), British Army officer and politician *

Elizabeth Spiers Elizabeth Spiers (born December 11, 1976) is an American web publisher and journalist, the founding editor of Gawker, a media gossip blog. From February 2011 until August 2012 she was the editor of ''The New York Observer''.

(born 1976), the founding editor of gossip blog Gawker.com and the Wall Street gossip site dealbreaker.com *

Felix William Spiers Felix William Spiers (born London, England 1832, died Paris, France 1911) was a British restaurateur and hotelier. Spiers' family originated in Glasgow, Scotland in the very early 18th century. One of the family moved to France, where he dealt ...

(1832–1911), founder of Spiers & Pond, restaurateurs *

Hetty Spiers Henrietta Elizabeth Spiers (6 August 18811973) was a British costume designer for the theatre and silent films, a screenwriter, and an author. Columbia University's Women Film Pioneers Project counts her among those on its list of 'Unhistoricized ...

(1881–1973), theatre and film costumier and screenwriter *

John Spiers John Spiers (born 1975) is an English diatonic button accordion, melodeon, concertina and bandoneon player. He is widely recognised as one of the leading English melodeon players of his generation. Career file:Purbeck_Valley_Folk_Festival_2 ...

(born 1975), English squeezebox player, founder member of folk duo Spiers and Boden and Bellowhead *

Reg Spiers Reginald James "Reg" Spiers (born 14 December 1941) is an Australian former athlete who competed in the javelin throw at the 1962 Commonwealth Games, before his later conviction on drug smuggling charges. He is best known for successfully post ...

(born 1941), Australian athlete known for traveling in a wooden box from England to Australia *

Richard Phené Spiers Richard Phené Spiers (1838 – 3 October 1916 London) was an English architect and author. He occupied a unique position amongst the English architects of the latter half of the 19th century, his long mastership of the architectural school at ...

(1838–1916), English architect and author *

Ronald I. Spiers Ronald Ian "Ron" Spiers (July 9, 1925 – June 24, 2021) was an American diplomat who served as an Ambassador to several countries during the 1970s and 1980s. Early life and military career Spiers was born in Orange, New Jersey in July 1925 but ...

(1925–2021), former American ambassador-diplomat and member of Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change *Sarah Spiers, victim of the

Claremont serial killings The Claremont serial killings is the name given by the media to a case involving the disappearance of an Australian woman, aged 18, and the killings of two others, aged 23 and 27, in 1996–1997. After attending night spots in Claremont, a wea ...

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Stewart Spiers Stewart Spiers was a small but innovative firm of plane-makers in Scotland, founded first of all in Ayr in Ayrshire and continuing under the registered name of Stewart Speirs Ltd 'sic''in Paisley, Renfrewshire, from c. 1933 until its demise in ...

, Scottish firm of plane-makers, founded in 1840, later Stewart Speirs Ltd 'sic''

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