Packer or Packers may refer to:

People

* Packer (Middlesex cricketer) (c. 1765 – after 1795) *

Alferd Packer Alfred Griner Packer (January 21, 1842 – April 23, 1907), also known as "The Colorado Cannibal", was an American prospector and self-proclaimed professional wilderness guide who confessed to cannibalism during the winter of 1874. He and fi ...

(1842–1907), American prospector and confessed cannibal * Andrew Packer (born 1980), Australian footballer *

Ann Packer Ann Elizabeth Packer MBE (born 8 March 1942) is an English former sprinter, hurdler and long jumper. She won a gold medal in the 800 metres and a silver in the 400 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Early life In 1959 Packer won the Eng ...

(born 1942), English sprinter, hurdler and long jumper * Ann Packer (author) (born 1959), American novelist *

Asa Packer Asa Packer (December 29, 1805May 17, 1879) was an American businessman who pioneered railroad construction, was active in Pennsylvania politics, and founded Lehigh University. He was a conservative and religious man who reflected the image of th ...

(1805–1879), American businessman and founder of Lehigh University *

Billy Packer Anthony William Packer (born Anthony William Paczkowski,
Retr ...

(born 1940), American college basketball commentator * Boyd K. Packer (1924–2015), American religious leader and educator * Brian Packer (born 1944), British boxer *

Charles Sandys Packer Charles Sandys Stuart Shipley Packer (1810–1883), commonly referred to as Charles S. Packer, was an Australian classical music composer, born in Reading, Berkshire, England. He was a graduate of The Royal Academy of Music in London. Packer was ...

(1810–1883), Australian composer * Chris Packer (c. 1953 – 2013), Australian sailor *

Clyde Packer Robert Clyde Packer (22 July 19358 April 2001), usually known as Clyde Packer, was the son of Australian newspaper magnate Frank Packer and the elder brother of media baron Kerry Packer. From 23 April 1964 to 22 April 1976 he was a Member of th ...

(1935–2001), Australian businessman and politician *

Craig Packer Craig Packer (born 1950, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American biologist, zoologist, and ecologist chiefly known for his research on lions in Serengeti National Park. He is the founder and director of both the Lion Research Center and Whole Village ...

(born 1950), American biologist * David Packer (actor) (born 1962), American actor * David Packer (artist) (born 1960), American and English artist *

Dick Packer Dick Packer was a U.S. soccer center forward who was a member of the U.S. team at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was a two time First Team All American at Penn State and played over ten seasons in the American Soccer League. Biography Packer grew ...

(fl. 1953–1968), American soccer player * Doris Packer (1904–1979), American actress *

Douglas Packer Douglas Ricardo Packer (born 13 March 1987), better known as Packer, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, ...

(born 1987), Brazilian footballer *

Earl L. Packer Earl Le Noir Packer (November 19, 1894 – December 26, 1993) served as the first United States United States Ambassador to Burma, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Burma from September 19, 1947, when Embassy Rangoon was established, to October ...

(1894–1993), American diplomat * Erica Packer (born 1977), Australian singer and model *

Frank Packer Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer (3 December 19061 May 1974), was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine Network. He was a patriarch of the Packer family. Early life Frank Packer was born in ...

(1906–1974), Australian media proprietor * Fred L. Packer (1886–1956), American illustrator and cartoonist * Frederick Augustus Packer (1839–1902), Australian composer * Gabi Packer (fl. 1984–1997), Israeli footballer *

George Packer George Packer (born August 13, 1960) is a US journalist, novelist, and playwright. He is best known for his writings for ''The New Yorker'' and ''The Atlantic'' about U.S. foreign policy and for his book '' The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq'' ...

(born 1960), American journalist and novelist * Greg Packer (born 1963), American highway maintenance worker known for being quoted as a "man on the street" in periodicals and television broadcasts *

Harry Packer Harry Packer (9 September 1868 – 25 May 1946) was an English-born international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Newport and was capped seven times for Wales. Packer had a long association with rugby, as a player, selector, offic ...

(1868–1946), Wales international rugby player *

Herbert Annesley Packer Admiral Sir Herbert ("Bertie") Annesley Packer KCB, CBE (9 October 1894 – 23 September 1962) was an officer in the British Royal Navy and ended his career as an Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic. Family background The only son ...

(1894–1962), British naval officer *

Herbert L. Packer Herbert Leslie Packer (1925 – December 6, 1972) was an American law professor and criminologist. His key work is the book ''The Limits of the Criminal Sanction'' (1968), which proposed two models of the criminal justice system, the crime contro ...

(1925–1972), American legal scholar and criminologist * Horace Billings Packer (1851–1940), American politician from Pennsylvania *

J. I. Packer James Innell Packer (22 July 192617 July 2020) was an English-born Canadian evangelical theologian, cleric and writer in the low-church Anglican and Calvinist traditions. He was considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North Amer ...

(1926–2020), British-born Canadian theologian *

James Packer James Douglas Packer (born 8 September 1967) is an Australian billionaire businessman and investor. Packer is the son of Kerry Packer , a media mogul, and his wife, Roslyn Packer . He is the grandson of Sir Frank Packer. He inherited control ...

(born 1967), Australian businessman and investor *

Jane Packer Jane Packer (1959–2011) was a British florist. Life Jane Packer was born on 22 September 1959 in Chadwell St Mary in Essex.John Black Packer (1824–1891), American politician from Pennsylvania *

John Hayman Packer John Hayman Packer (12 March 1730 – 16 September 1806) was an actor for David Garrick's company at Drury Lane. Originally a saddler, he created the character Freeman in James Townley's '' High Life Below Stairs'' (1759). His parts were us ...

(1730–1806), English actor * John Packer (born 1946), British Anglican bishop * Joy Packer (1905–1977), South African author * Juliet Law Packer (born c. 1952), American television writer * Kelley Packer (fl. 2012–2018), American politician from Idaho *

Kerry Packer Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer (17 December 1937 – 26 December 2005) was an Australian media tycoon, and was considered one of Australia's most powerful media proprietors of the twentieth century. The Packer family company owned a controlling ...

(1937–2005), Australian media magnate *

Madison Packer Madison Packer (born June 25, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey forward, currently serving as captain of the Metropolitan Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation. One of the longest tenured players in PHF history, she is the lea ...

(born 1991), American ice hockey player * Marlie Packer (born 1989), British rugby union player *

Mez Packer Mez Packer is an English novelist. She is the author of ''Among Thieves'' and ''The Game Is Altered'' and lectures at Coventry University. Biography Packer was born in Essex, England and spent her early years amongst the Plymouth Brethren, ...

(born 1966), English novelist * Mick Packer (born 1950), English footballer * Mike Packer (fl. 1980s–2007), English dramatist, actor and poet * Milton Packer (born c. 1951), American cardiologist * Phil Packer (born 1972), British charity activist *

Philip Packer Philip Packer FRS (24 June 1618 Groombridge, Kent – 24 December 1686) was an English barrister and architect. He was a courtier to Charles II, and friend to Christopher Wren. He was educated at University College, Oxford where he matriculat ...

(1618–1686), English barrister and architect *

Randall Packer Randall Packer (born 1953) is an American contemporary multimedia artist. Biography Packer studied music composition with Mel Powell and Earle Brown at the California Institute of the Arts (MFA) and Richard Felciano at the University of Cali ...

(born 1953), American multimedia artist *

Richard Packer (civil servant) Sir Richard John Packer, KCB, (born 18 August 1944) is a former British civil servant. He was Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) from 1993 until 2000. He was knighted ( KCB) in 2000. Sir Richard Packer ...

, British civil servant *

Richard Packer (politician) Richard Packer (1794 – 27 July 1872) was a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament from 1856–1859 representing the Town of Christchurch electorate. He was also a member of the Canterbury Provincial Council, including its treasurer. ...

(1794–1872), New Zealand politician *

Robert Packer Robert Packer (12 September 1614 – 25 February 1682) of Shellingford, Berkshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1646 and 1679, as well as being Usher of the Exchequer. Packer was the eldest ...

(1614–1692), English politician * Robert Packer (died 1731) (1678–1731), British politician * Robert Clyde Packer (1879–1934), Australian businessman * Roslyn Packer (born 1937), Australian philanthropist *

Russell Packer Russell Packer (born 9 October 1989) is a former New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played as a for the Wests Tigers, St. George Illawarra Dragons and the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL, and the New Zealand Māori and N ...

(born 1989), New Zealand rugby league footballer *

Ruth Packer Ruth Packer (22 October 1910 – 12 January 2005) was an English operatic soprano. Packer was born in London. In 1939, she made her operatic debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in ''Die Walküre''. During World War Two, she appeared ...

(1910–2005), English opera singer * Suzanne Packer (born 1958), Welsh actress *

Toni Packer Toni Packer (April, 1927 – August 23, 2013) was a teacher of "meditative inquiry", and the founder of Springwater Center. Packer was a former student in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage of Zen Buddhism, and was previously in line to be the successor of ...

(1927–2013), German-American Buddhist educator * Vin Packer, pseudonym of the American author

Marijane Meaker Marijane Agnes Meaker (May 27, 1927 – November 21, 2022) was an American writer who, along with Tereska Torres, was credited with launching the lesbian pulp fiction genre, the only accessible novels on that theme in the 1950s. Under the name ...

(born 1927) * Walter Packer (born 1955), American football player * Wes Packer (born 1977), Welsh comedian * Will Packer (born 1974), American film producer * William F. Packer (1807–1870), American politician from Pennsylvania *

William Packer (Major-General) William Packer (fl. 1644–1662) was a religious radical and soldier who served with the Parliamentarian Army in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Under the Commonwealth, he was deputy administrator for Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire during the 16 ...

(fl. 1644–1662), English soldier, preacher and politician * ZZ Packer (born 1973), American author

Sports teams

Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. It is the th ...

, an American football team in Green Bay, Wisconsin *

Anderson Packers The Anderson Packers, also known as the Anderson Duffey Packers and the Chief Anderson Meat Packers, were a professional basketball team based in Anderson, Indiana, in the 1940s and 1950s. The team was founded and owned by brothers Ike Duffey, Ik ...

, a former professional basketball team that played for Anderson, Indiana in 3 different leagues, from 1946 to 1951 *

Chicago Packers The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays ...

, the former name of the NBA team the Washington Wizards, when they played in Chicago, Illinois for the 1961–62 NBA season * Kansas City Packers, a Federal League baseball team from 1914 to 1915

Occupations

* A

pack train A packhorse, pack horse, or sumpter refers to a horse, mule, donkey, or pony used to carry goods on its back, usually in sidebags or panniers. Typically packhorses are used to cross difficult terrain, where the absence of roads prevents the use o ...

operator (e.g.

outfitter An outfitter is a shop or person that sells specialized clothes (an '' outfit'' is a set of clothing). More specifically, it is a company or individual who provides or deals in equipment and supplies for the pursuit of certain activities. In North ...

) * A

meat packer The meat-packing industry (also spelled meatpacking industry or meat packing industry) handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of meat from animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock. Poultry is generally ...

* A household goods packer for moving, see

moving company A moving company, removalist or van line is a company that helps people and businesses move their goods from one place to another. It offers all-inclusive services for relocations, like packing, loading, moving, unloading, unpacking, and a ...

Places

* Packer, Arizona, a populated place situated in Yavapai County, Arizona, US *

Packer Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania Packer Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 998 at the 2010 census. Geography The township is in the western part of Carbon County and is bounded by Schuylkill County ...

, US

Other uses

* Production packer, a standard component of the completion hardware of oil or gas wells used to isolate a section of a borehole *

Cultipacker A cultipacker is a piece of agricultural equipment that crushes dirt clods, removes air pockets, and presses down small stones, forming a smooth, firm seedbed. Where seed has been broadcast, the roller gently firms the soil around the seeds, en ...

, an agricultural roller * A packer is a phallic object worn to simulate male genitals, see

packing (phallus) Packing is wearing padding or a phallic object in the front of the pants or underwear to give the appearance of having a penis or bulge. Packing is commonly practiced by trans men. People who cross-dress as male may also "pack". Packers T ...

* The

Packer Collegiate Institute The Packer Collegiate Institute is an independent college preparatory school for students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Formerly the Brooklyn Female Academy, Packer has been located at 170 Joralemon Street in the historic district of Br ...

* Runtime packer, a software component used to reduce executable sizes *

Todd Packer ''The Office'' is an American television series based on the British television comedy of the same name. The format of the series is a parody of the fly on the wall documentary technique that intersperses traditional situation comedy segments wi ...

, fictional character in the American television series ''The Office'' * Packer family, an Australian media and political family *

The Packers The Packers were an American soul group formed by tenor saxophonist Charles "Packy" Axton, who was the son of Stax Records part-owner Estelle Axton.Ron Wynn, The Packersat Allmusic Axton was a former member of the Mar-Keys, as was Steve Croppe ...

, an American soul group * '' The Packer'', newspaper and website covering the fresh produce industry * '' Chicago Packer'', a newspaper which catered to the interests of commercial growers, produce handlers, and poultry farmers

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