Belcher (surname)

Belcher is an English surname of Norman origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Acting

• Charles Belcher (actor) (1872–1943), American film actor
• Laurence Belcher (born 1995), English actor
• Marjorie Celeste Belcher (1919–2020), birth name of Marge Champion, American dancer and actress
• McKinley Belcher III (born 1984), American actor
• Patricia Belcher (born 1954), American film and television actress

Military

• Douglas Walter Belcher (1889–1953), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Edward Belcher (1799–1877), British naval officer and explorer
• Ted Belcher (1924–1966), American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Thomas Belcher (1834–1898), American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor

Music

• Daniel Belcher (fl. 1990s–2010s), American operatic baritone
• Diane Meredith Belcher (born 1960), American concert organist, teacher, and church musician
• Supply Belcher (1751–1836), American composer, singer, and compiler of tune books

Politics

• Andrew Belcher (merchant, born 1706) (1706–1771), American merchant and Governor's Council member in the province of Massachusetts Bay
• Andrew Belcher (merchant, born 1763) (1763–1841), British North American merchant and politician in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Benjamin Belcher (1743–1802), British merchant and politician
• Cornell Belcher, American pollster and political strategist
• Helen Belcher (born 1963), British politician
• Hiram Belcher (1790–1857), American politician in Maine
• Jennifer Belcher (1944–2022), American politician in Washington
• John Belcher (politician) (1905–1964), British politician
• Jonathan Belcher (1682–1757), American merchant, businessman, and politician from colonial Massachusetts
• Jonathan Belcher (jurist) (1710–1776), American-Canadian lawyer and politician
• Larry Belcher (1947–2008), American politician in Kentucky, spouse of Linda
• Linda H. Belcher (born 1948), American politician in Kentucky, spouse of Larry
• Louis Belcher (born 1939), American mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Nathan Belcher (1813–1891), American politician in Connecticut
• Page Belcher (1899–1980), American politician in Oklahoma
• Robin Belcher (born 1976), American politician in Ohio
• Taylor G. Belcher (1920–1990), American diplomat who served as ambassador to Cyprus and Peru

Religion

• John Belcher (Methodist preacher) (fl. 1721–1763), Welsh Methodist preacher
• Joseph Belcher (1699–1723), American minister in Dedham, Massachusetts
• Wilfrid Belcher (1891–1963), Anglican bishop

Sport

Australian rules football

• Allan Belcher (1824–1921), Australian rules footballer
• Norman Belcher (1879–1947), Australian rules footballer
• Vic Belcher (1888–1977), Australian rules football player

Baseball

• Kevin Belcher (baseball) (born 1967), American baseball player
• Tim Belcher (born 1961), American baseball player

Basketball

• Cookie Belcher (born 1978), American basketball player
• Earl Belcher (born 1958), American basketball player

Cricket

• Charles Belcher (cricketer) (1872–1938), English cricketer
• Gordon Belcher (1885–1915), English cricketer
• Samuel Belcher (1834–1920), Australian cricketer
• Thomas Belcher (cricketer) (1847–1919), English cricketer

Football (gridiron)

• Jovan Belcher (1987–2012), American football player
• Kevin Belcher (center) (1961–2003), American football player
• Kevin Belcher (offensive tackle) (1961–1997), American football player
• Val Belcher (1954–2010), American player of Canadian football

Rugby league

• Gary Belcher (born 1962), Australian rugby league footballer

Rugby union

• Liam Belcher (born 1996), Welsh rugby union player

Water sports

• David Belcher (born 1967), Australian rower
• Friederike Belcher (born 1982), German sports sailor
• Lani Belcher (born 1989), British canoeist
• Mathew Belcher (born 1982), Australian sailor

Other

• Alan Belcher (born 1984), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Christopher Belcher (born 1994), American sprint athlete
• Fred Belcher (1887–1957), American racecar driver
• James Belcher (1781–1811), English bare-knuckle boxer
• Jimmy Belcher (1932–2023), English footballer
• Kelvin Belcher (1961–2017), American tennis player
• Rod Belcher (1920–2014), American radio play-by-play announcer
• Simon Belcher (born 1973), British racing driver

Other

• Angela Belcher, American biochemist and materials scientist
• Brian Belcher, Canadian social scientist
• Charles Belcher (disambiguation), multiple people
• Sir Charles Frederic Belcher (1876–1970), Australian ornithologist and British colonial jurist
• Clement Horton Belcher (1801–1869), Canadian bookseller and publisher from Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Cynthia Holmes Belcher (1827–1911), American journalist
• Donald D. Belcher (1938–2018), American business executive
• Ernest Belcher (1871–1949), British assistant general manager of the British Empire Exhibition
• George Belcher (1875–1947), English cartoonist, etcher, and painter
• Hilda Belcher (1881–1963), American artist
• Isaac S. Belcher (1825–1898), American attorney and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
• John Belcher (disambiguation), multiple people
• John Belcher (architect) (1841–1913), English architect and writer
• John E. Belcher, Irish-born Canadian civil engineer and architect
• John Winston Belcher, American physicist
• Margaret Belcher (1936–2016), New Zealand literary scholar
• Marian Belcher (1849–1898), English educator and school administrator
• Marta Belcher, American technology attorney
• Muriel Belcher (1908–1979), English nightclub owner and artist's model
• Ruth Belcher (1901–2000), birth name of Ruth Dyk, American suffragist, psychologist and author
• William Belcher (1860–1926), New Zealand seaman and unionist
• William J. Belcher (1883–1949), New Zealand and Fijian wildlife artist

See also

• Belcher (disambiguation)
• Belcher family, fictional main characters in the American animated series Bob's Burgers