Archer (surname)
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑːrtʃər/ AR-chər |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Middle English |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Occupational name denoting an archer |
| Region of origin | England, Welsh |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Bowman, Archier, Fletcher |
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Archer is a surname in the English language.[1]
Etymology[]
The name Archer is derived from the Middle English archere, and Old French archer, archier. The surname originated as an occupational name denoting an archer. By the 14th century, the mentioned Middle English and Old French words replaced the native English bowman. In North America, the surname Archer has absorbed many like-sounding names and cognates (for example, the French Archier).[2][3]
People with the surname[]
Some notable people surnamed Archer include:
Academics[]
- Allan Frost Archer (1908–1994), U.S. arachnologist, entomologist and malacologist
- Gleason Archer Sr. (1880–1966), founder of Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
- John Hall Archer (1914–2004), Canadian historian, and first President of the University of Regina
- John Stuart Archer (1943–2007), Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University 1997–2006
- Kellie Archer (born 1969), American biostatistician
- Leonie Archer (born 1955), British author and historian
- Mildred Archer (1911–2005), English art historian
- Thomas Andrew Archer (1853–1905), English historian
Architects[]
- Colin Archer (1832–1921), Scottish-born Norwegian naval architect
- the Archer brothers, of whom he was one
- John Lee Archer (1791–1852), Australian architect and engineer
- Thomas Archer (1668–1743), English Baroque architect
- William Archer (1820–1874), Australian architect, naturalist, grazier and politician
- the Archer family, of whom he was a member
Artists[]
- Aaron Archer (born 1972), American toy designer
- Dave Archer (painter) (born 1941), American reverse glass painter and sculptor
- Ernest Archer (1910–1990), British art director
- James Archer (artist) (1823–1904), Scottish painter
- Janet Archer (fl.1873–1916), British painter
- Val Archer (born 1946), British painter
Businesspeople[]
- Bill Archer (businessman), British businessman and founder of Focus DIY
- Henry Archer (1799–1863), Irish businessman, lawyer, railway pioneer and inventor
- James Archer (stock trader) (born 1974), English businessman and stockbroker
- Renato Archer (born 1984), Suriname Entrepreneur. Founder of Archer Business Group
Criminals[]
- Amy Archer-Gilligan (1873–1962), American serial killer
Judges[]
- Glenn L. Archer Jr. (1929–2011), American judge
- Philip Edward Archer (born 1925), former Chief Justice of Ghana
Military people[]
- James J. Archer (1817–1864), American Civil War Confederate general
- John Archer (British Army officer) (1924–1999), former Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces
- Lee Archer (pilot) (1919–2010), American fighter pilot
Musicians, singers, and composers[]
- Christopher Archer (born 1988), Australian vocalist of the band Backyard Mortuary
- Frederic Archer (1838–1901), British, composer, conductor and organist
- Gem Archer (born 1966), English musician
- Iain Archer, Northern Irish singer-songwriter musician
- Kevin "Al" Archer (born 1958), English guitarist and songwriter
- Laurence Archer, English guitarist
- Malcolm Archer (born 1952), British composer, organist, and conductor
- Michael Eugene Archer, American singer-songwriter known as D'Angelo
- Richard Archer (born 1977), English singer/songwriter, frontman of UK band Hard-Fi
- Robyn Archer (born 1948), Australian singer and actress
- Special Ed, hip-hop performer born Edward Archer
- Steve Archer (born 1953), American singer-songwriter and producer
- Tasmin Archer (born 1963), English soul/pop/rock singer
- Tony Archer (musician) (born 1938), English jazz double-bassist
- Violet Archer (1913–2000), Canadian composer
Performers[]
- Anne Archer (born 1947), American actress
- Beverly Archer (born 1948), American actress
- Dale Archer, American medical doctor and television personality
- John Archer (actor) (1915–1999), American movie and television actor
- John Archer (magician), British comedy magician
- Melissa Archer (born 1979), American actress
Politicians[]
- Andrew Archer (1659–1741), British landowner and Member of Parliament
- Albert Ernest Archer (died 1949), Canadian physician and political activist
- Archibald Archer (1820–1902), member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
- the Archer brothers, of whom he was one
- Brian Archer (1929–2013), Australian Liberal Party senator
- Caroline Archer (1922-1978), Australian Aboriginal activist
- Charles Archer (1861–1941), British Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan
- Dennis Archer (born 1942), American lawyer and politician
- Edward Archer (politician) (1871–1940), Australian politician
- Elise Archer (born 1971), Australian lawyer and politician
- Fred W. Archer (1859-19??), Canadian politician
- Geoffrey Francis Archer (1882–1964), British colonial administrator
- James T. Archer (1819–1859), American lawyer and politician
- John Archer (Maryland politician) (1741–1810), American congressman
- John Archer (New Zealand politician) (1865–1949), New Zealand politician
- John Archer (British politician) (1863–1932), British race and political activist
- Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell (1926–2012), British peer
- Renato Archer (1922–1996), Brazilian naval officer and politician
- Shelley Archer (born 1958), Australian Labor Party politician
- Simon Archer (antiquary) (1581–1662), English antiquary and politician
- Stevenson Archer (1786–1848), American congressman
- Stevenson Archer (1827–98) (1827–1898), American congressman, son of the above
- Thomas Archer (died 1685) (1619–1685), English soldier and politician
- Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer (1695–1768), English politician and nobleman
- Thomas Archer (pastoralist) (1823–1905), pioneer pastoralist and Agent General for Queensland, Australia
- the Archer brothers, of whom he was one
- William Archer (Toronto politician) (1919–2005), Canadian politician and lawyer
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. (born 1928), American politician and lawyer
- William S. Archer (1789–1855), Virginian politician
Religious figures[]
- Gleason Archer Jr. (1916–2004), American theologian
- Glenn L. Archer (1906–2002), founder of the Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- James Archer (Jesuit) (1550–1620), Irish Jesuit
- Raymond LeRoy Archer (1887–1970), American bishop of the Methodist Church
Scientists[]
- David Archer (scientist), American computational ocean chemist
- Edward Archer (physician) (1718–1789), English doctor associated with inoculation against smallpox
- Frederick Scott Archer (1813–1857), British pioneer of photography
- L. Bruce Archer (1922–2005), British mechanical engineer and Professor of Design Research
- Margaret Archer (born 1943), British sociologist
- Mary Archer (born 1944), British solar power scientist
- Mike Archer (paleontologist) (born 1945), Australian palaeontologist
- William Archer (architect) (1820–1874), botanist and architect and member of the local Archer family
- William Archer (naturalist) (1830–1897), Irish naturalist and microscopist
Sportspeople[]
- Alex Archer (1908–1979), English ice hockey player
- Alfred Archer (1871–1935), English cricketer
- Arthur Archer (1874–1940), English footballer
- Barry Archer (born 1977), Irish cricketer
- Bob Archer (1899–1982), English footballer
- Brandon Archer (born 1983), American football linebacker
- Brenda Archer (born 1942), retired Guyanese high jumper
- Carl Archer (born 1948), Trinidad and Tobagonian athlete
- Chris Archer (born 1988), American baseball player
- Dan Archer (born 1944), American football player
- David Archer (quarterback) (born 1962), American football player
- David Archer (umpire) (1931–1992), West Indian cricketer and umpire
- Dennis Archer (cricketer) (born 1963), Bermudan cricketer
- Dri Archer, football player
- Fred V. Archer (1888–1971), American college football coach
- Frederick J. Archer (1857–1886), English flat race jockey
- Garath Archer (born 1974), English rugby union footballer
- Glenn Archer (born 1973), Australian rules footballer
- George Archer (1939–2005), American golfer
- Graeme Archer (born 1940), English cricketer
- Graeme Archer (bowls) (born 1967), Scottish lawn bowler
- Jack Archer (sprinter) (1921–1997), English sprinter
- Jim Archer (1932–2019), American baseball pitcher
- Jimmy Archer (1883–1958), Irish-born American baseball catcher
- Joey Archer (born 1938), American middleweight boxer
- Jofra Archer (born 1995), Barbadian born English cricketer
- John Archer (basketball) (died 1998), American basketball coach
- John Archer (footballer, born 1941), English footballer
- Johnny Archer (born 1968), American professional pool player
- Ken Archer (born 1928), Australian cricketer
- Lance Archer (born 1977), ring name of professional wrestler Lance Hoyt
- Lee Archer (footballer) (born 1972), English footballer
- Les Archer Jr. (born 1929), English motorcycle racer
- Meghan Archer (born 1987), Australian footballer
- Mike Archer (American football) (born 1953), American football coach
- Nicolas Archer (born 1955), English cricketer
- Phillip Archer (born 1972), English professional golfer
- Ralph Archer, American college football coach
- Ron Archer (1933–2007), Australian cricketer
- Simon Archer (badminton) (born 1973), English badminton player
- Tommy Archer (born 1954), American racing car driver
- Tony Archer (referee) (born 1969), Australian rugby league referee
- Troy Archer (1955–1979), American footballer
Television and film production[]
- Cam Archer (born 1981), American independent filmmaker and photographer
- Mark Archer (born 1973), American film producer, director and writer
- Wes Archer (born 1961), American television animation director
Writers[]
- Bert Archer (born 1968), Canadian author, journalist, essayist and critic
- Catherine Archer (born 19??), Canadian writer of historical romance novels
- Fred Archer (writer) (1915–1999), English farmer and author
- Geoffrey Archer (writer), British author of military thrillers
- Jeffrey Archer (born 1940), British author, former politician
- Jennifer Archer (born 1957), American author
- Jules Archer (1915–2008), American author
- Maria Archer, a translator of numerous books, such as Voltaire's Cândido[4]
- Martin Archer, a pseudonym of Raymond Casey's and prolific author of military fiction[5]
- Nuala Archer (born 1955), Irish American poet
- Ruby Archer (1873–1961), American poet
- William Archer (critic) (1856–1924), Scottish critic
Fictional characters[]
- Cate Archer, the main character in No One Lives Forever, a computer game
- Danny Archer, main character in the film Blood Diamond
- Frank Archer, a soldier in the Fullmetal Alchemist anime
- Isabel Archer, the main character in the Henry James novel The Portrait of a Lady
- Jonathan Archer, in the television show Star Trek: Enterprise
- Lew Archer, a private detective in series of novels by Ross MacDonald
- Miles Archer, in the Dashiell Hammett novel The Maltese Falcon
- Nancy Archer, title character of the film Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
- Newland Archer, in the Edith Wharton novel The Age of Innocence
- Obadiah Archer, a main character in the Valiant Comics comic book series Archer & Armstrong
- Sean Archer, portrayed by John Travolta/Nicolas Cage in the movie Face/Off
- Sterling Archer, main character in the animated television series Archer
- Several related characters in the Philip K. Dick novel The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
See also[]
- Justice Archer (disambiguation)
- Archer (given name)
- Martin Archer Shee (1769–1850), Irish portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy
- George Archer-Shee (1895–1914), a son of Martin Archer-Shee; a Royal Navy cadet who successfully defended the charge of having stolen a five shilling postal order
- Martin Archer-Shee (1873–1935), a son of Martin Archer-Shee; a British army officer and Conservative Party politician
References[]
- ^ Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "Archer". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
- ^ "Maria Archer (Translator)". Goodreads.
- ^ "Martin Archer". Goodreads.
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