Fred or Frederick Archer may refer to:

Fred Archer (jockey) (1857–1886), English jockey Fred R. Archer (1889–1963), photographer and co-inventor of the photographic Zone System Frederick Scott Archer (1813–1857), inventor of the photographic collodion process Fred Archer (writer) (1915–1999), English farmer and author Fred Archer (baseball) (1910–1981), American baseball player Fred V. Archer (1888–1971), American college football head coach Fred W. Archer (1859–1936), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1913–1917 Frederic Archer (1838–1901), British composer and organist Frederick Archer (cricketer) (1888–1937), Barbadian cricketer