title: Belcher (surname)
text: # 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
  * J. R. Belcher, Canadian diplomat
  * 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
  
  ## Sports
  
  ### 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
  
  ### 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 (born 1932), 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
  