Spooner

Spooner

The name Spooner is an English surname of either Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Danish origin (Spøner), which can refer to certain people or places:;People
*Ernest John Spooner (1887-1942), Rear-Admiral Malaya, commander of UK Naval forces in Singapore
*Henry J. Spooner, Rhode Island Congressman
*John C. Spooner, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
*Karl Spooner, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher
*Lysander Spooner, American individualist anarchist
*Nicky Spooner, English footballer
*Reginald Herbert Spooner, English cricketer
*Richard Spooner (disambiguation)
*William Archibald Spooner, English clergyman and scholar, for whom spoonerisms are named
*The Spooners of Porthmadog, railway engineers;Places
*Spooner (village), Wisconsin, USA
*Spooner (town), Wisconsin, USA
*Spooner Row, Norfolk, England
*Spooner Township, Minnesota, USA;Popular Culture
*Bert Spooner, character on the television show "Are You Being Served?" played by Mike Berry
*Arthur Spooner, character on the television show "The King of Queens" played by Jerry Stiller
*Dil Spooner, detective in the hollywood adaptation/conglomeration of Isaac Asimov's collection of stories represented as "I, Robot"
*Spooner (band), rock band from the late 1970s / early 1980s; included guitarist Duke Erikson and drummer Butch Vig, who were later part of Garbage
*Spooner (comic strip), comic strip by Ted Dawson and titular character of same
*Spooner Street, where the Griffins live in the cult cartoon series Family Guy
*Spooner (film), a 2008 US movie directed by Drake Doremus


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