Spiers is an English

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Spiers (1807–1869), English lexicographer *

Bob Spiers Robert Alexander Spiers (27 September 1945 – 8 December 2008) was a Scottish television director and producer. He worked on many sitcoms, including ''Dad's Army'' and '' Are You Being Served?'', and won two British Academy Television Awards f ...

(1945–2008), British television director * Carson Spiers (born 1997), American baseball player * Cyril Spiers (1902–1967), former English professional footballer and manager * Dick Spiers (1937–2000), English footballer * Edward Louis Spiers, later Edward Spears (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''. Early life a ...

(born 1976), the founding editor of gossip blog Gawker.com and the Wall Street gossip site dealbreaker.com * Felix William Spiers (1832–1911), founder of Spiers & Pond, restaurateurs * Hetty Spiers (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. Early life Spiers was born in Birmingham but moved to Abingdon-on-Thames, Abingdon at an early age. His father is a Morris dancer. He ...

(born 1975), English squeezebox player, founder member of folk duo Spiers and Boden and Bellowhead * Reg Spiers (born 1941), Australian athlete known for traveling in a wooden box from England to Australia *

Richard Phené Spiers Richard Phené Spiers (19 May 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 sc ...

(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, Orange, New Jer ...

(1925–2021), former American ambassador-diplomat and member of Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change

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Stewart Spiers Stewart Spiers was a small but innovative firm of Plane (tool), 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 un ...

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

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