Packer (surname)

Packer is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:

Business

• Asa Packer (1805–1879), American businessman and founder of Lehigh University
• Frank Packer (1906–1974), Australian media proprietor
• James Packer (born 1967), Australian businessman and investor
• Kerry Packer (1937–2005), Australian media magnate
• R. C. Packer (1879–1934), Australian businessman

Entertainment

Acting

• David Packer (actor) (born 1962), American actor
• Doris Packer (1904–1979), American actress
• John Hayman Packer (1730–1806), English actor
• Suzanne Packer (born 1962), Welsh actress
• Tina Packer (1938–2026), British stage director and actress

Music

• Charles Sandys Packer (1810–1883), Australian composer
• Erica Packer (born 1977), Australian singer and model
• Frederick Augustus Packer (1839–1902), Australian composer
• Ruth Packer (1910–2005), English opera singer

Other

• Fred L. Packer (1886–1956), American illustrator and cartoonist
• Wes Packer (born 1977), Welsh comedian
• Will Packer (born 1974), American film producer

Military

• Albert G. Packer (fl. 1870s), American brigadier general, state senator, and Adjutant-General of Mississippi
• Herbert Annesley Packer (1894–1962), British naval officer
• William Packer (Major-General) (fl. 1644–1662), English soldier, preacher and politician

Politics

• Clyde Packer (1935–2001), Australian businessman and politician
• Horace B. Packer (1851–1940), American politician from Pennsylvania
• John B. Packer (1824–1891), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Kelley Packer (fl. 2012–2018), American politician from Idaho
• Richard Packer (politician) (1794–1872), New Zealand politician
• Robert Packer (politician, died 1682) (1614–1692), English politician
• Robert Packer (died 1731) (1678–1731), British politician
• Winchcomb Packer (1702–1746), British politician
• William F. Packer (1807–1870), American politician from Pennsylvania

Religion

• Boyd K. Packer (1924–2015), American religious leader and educator
• J. I. Packer (1926–2020), British-born Canadian theologian
• John Packer (born 1946), British Anglican bishop

Sports

Association football (soccer)

• Andrew Packer (born 1980), Australian footballer
• Dick Packer (fl. 1953–1968), American soccer player
• Douglas Packer (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
• Gabi Packer (fl. 1984–1997), Israeli footballer
• Mick Packer (born 1950), English footballer

Cricket

• Charles Packer (1877–1958), Barbadian cricketer
• Edward Packer (1855–1932), Barbadian cricketer
• James Packer (cricketer) (1847 – after 1866), Barbadian cricketer

Rugby

• Harry Packer (1868–1946), Wales international rugby union player
• Lucy Packer (born 2000), Anglo-Welsh rugby union player
• Marlie Packer (born 1989), British rugby union player
• Russell Packer (born 1989), New Zealand rugby league player

Other

• Ann Packer (born 1942), English sprinter, hurdler and long jumper
• Anya Packer (born 1991), American ice hockey player
• Billy Packer (1940–2023), American college basketball commentator
• Brian Packer (1944–2021), British boxer
• Chris Packer (c. 1953 – 2013), Australian sport sailor
• Donald Packer (born 1948), Canadian water polo player
• Madison Packer (born 1991), American ice hockey player
• Walter Packer (born 1955), American gridiron football player

Writing

• Ann Packer (author) (born 1959), American novelist
• George Packer (born 1960), American journalist and novelist
• Joy Packer (1905–1977), South African author
• Juliet Law Packer (born c. 1952), American television writer
• Mez Packer (born 1966), English novelist
• Mike Packer (fl. 1980s–2007), English dramatist, actor and poet
• Nancy Huddleston Packer (1925–2025), American writer of short fiction and memoir
• Vin Packer, pseudonym of the American author Marijane Meaker (1927–2022)
• ZZ Packer (born 1973), American author

Other

• Alferd Packer (1842–1907), American prospector and confessed cannibal
• Craig Packer (born 1950), American biologist
• David Packer (artist) (born 1960), American and English artist
• Earl L. Packer (1894–1993), American diplomat
• Graynella Packer (fl. 1910s), American author and attorney, and early radiotelegraph operator
• Greg Packer (born 1963), American highway maintenance worker known for being quoted as a "man on the street" in periodicals and television broadcasts
• Gretel Packer (born 1965), Australian billionaire investor and philanthropist
• Herbert L. Packer (1925–1972), American legal scholar and criminologist
• Jane Packer (1959–2011), British florist
• Jennifer Packer (born 1984), American painter and educator
• Kenneth John Packer (1938–2021), British nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scientist
• Milton Packer (born c. 1951), American cardiologist
• Nicki Packer, Australian college professor and researcher
• Phil Packer (born 1972), British charity activist
• Philip Packer (1618–1686), English barrister and architect
• Richard Packer (civil servant), British civil servant
• Roslyn Packer (born 1937), Australian philanthropist
• Sue Packer (born 1942), Australian paediatrician and advocate for the rights of children
• Toni Packer (1927–2013), German-American Buddhist educator
• Trevor Packer, American academic

See also

• Packer (disambiguation)
• Packer family, an Australian media and political family
• The Packers, an American soul group
• Todd Packer, fictional character in the American television series The Office
• Knife and Packer (Duncan McCoshan and Jem Packer), English illustrators/writers of children's books and cartoonists
• Parker (surname)