Dancer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Eric Dancer (born 1940), Lord-Lieutenant of Devon 1998–2015 Barry Dancer (born 1952), Australian former field hockey player Daniel Dancer (1716–1794), English miser David Dancer (1896–1982), American politician Edward Norman Dancer (born 1946), Australian mathematician Faye Dancer (1925–2002), player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League John Benjamin Dancer (1812–1887), scientific instrument maker and inventor of microphotography Ronald S. Dancer (1949–2022), American politician Stanley Dancer (1927–2005), American harness racing driver and trainer Thomas Dancer (c.1750–1811), British physician and botanist