Spector or Spektor may refer to:

People with the surname

Alfred Spector Alfred Zalmon Spector is an American computer scientist and research manager. He is a visiting scholar in the MIT EECS Department and was previously CTO of Two Sigma Investments. Before that, he was Vice President of Research and Special Initiat ...

(born 1954), Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives at Google *

Art Spector Arthur Edward Spector (nicknamed "Speed"; 17 October 1920 – 18 June 1987) was an American basketball player. He played as a forward for the Boston Celtics from 1946 to 1950. Biography Spector was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and West Ph ...

(1920–1987), American basketball player *

Baylon Spector Baylon Spector (born October 20, 1998) is an American football linebacker for the Buffalo Bills in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson Tigers football, Clemson. College career Spector was a member of the Cl ...

(born 1998), American football player *

David Spector (disambiguation) David Spector may refer to: * David L. Spector (born 1952), cell and molecular biologist * David Avraham Spector (1955–2013), Dutch-born Israeli rabbi * Dave Spector, American ''gaijin tarento'' (foreign TV personality) and TV producer who live ...

, multiple people * Douglas Spector, plaintiff in ''

Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. ''Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.'', 545 U.S. 119 (2005), was a United States Supreme Court decision that determined (in a 6–3 decision) that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to foreign cruise ships in American waters. Ba ...

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Iftach Spector Iftach Spector (born 20 October 1940) is a retired Israeli brigadier general, a former fighter pilot and commander of the airbases at Tel Nof and Ramat David. He serves on the Israel Advisory Council of the Israel Policy Forum. Biography Spe ...

(born 1940), Israeli brigadier general *

Jonathan Spector Jonathan Michael Paul Spector (born March 1, 1986) is an American former soccer player who played as a defender. In his 16-year career playing first-team soccer he played over 400 games for club and country, and helped the United States win th ...

(born 1986), American soccer player *

Maurice Spector Maurice Spector (March 19, 1898 – August 1, 1968) was a Canadian politician who served as the chairman of the Communist Party of Canada and the editor of its newspaper, '' The Worker'', for much of the 1920s. He was an early follower of Leon Tro ...

, former chairman of the Communist Party of Canada *

Morgan Spector Morgan Michael Spector (born October 4, 1980) is an American actor. Spector has appeared in the TV series ''Allegiance'' (2015), '' The Mist'' (2017), ''Homeland'' (2018), and '' Pearson'' (2019), as well as the films '' The Drop'' (2014), '' Chr ...

, American actor *

Norman Spector Norman Spector (born March 6, 1949) is a Canadian journalist and former diplomat, civil servant, and newspaper publisher. Early life and career Born in Montreal, Quebec, Spector received a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Political Science, fro ...

, Canadian journalist, diplomat, civil servant, and newspaper publisher *

Phil Spector Harvey Phillip Spector (born Harvey Philip Spector; December 26, 1939January 16, 2021) was an American record producer and songwriter, best known for his innovative recording practices and entrepreneurship in the 1960s, followed decades later by ...

(1939–2021), American music producer *

Regina Spektor Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (russian: Регинa Ильинична Спектор, ; born February 18, 1980) is a Russian–born American singer, songwriter, and pianist. After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in ...

, Russian-American singer-songwriter *

Ronnie Spector Veronica Yvette Greenfield (; August 10, 1943 – January 12, 2022) was an American singer who co-founded and fronted the girl group The Ronettes. She is sometimes referred to as the original "bad girl of rock and roll". Ronnie formed the ...

(1943–2022), American singer from the Ronettes *

Tim Spector Timothy David Spector (born 1958) is a British epidemiologist, medical doctor, and science writer. Biography Spector was born in North London in July 1958. He trained in medicine and rose to the position of consultant rheumatologist, before t ...

(born 1958), British epidemiologist and science writer *

Warren Spector Warren Evan Spector (born October 2, 1955) is an American role-playing and video game designer, director, writer, producer and production designer. He is known for creating immersive sim games, which give players a wide variety of choices in ho ...

, American computer game designer *

Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor or Isaac Elhanan Spector ( he, יצחק אלחנן ספקטור; 1817 - March 6, 1896) was a Russian rabbi, ''posek'' and Talmudist of the 19th century. Early life Spektor was born in Ros', Belarus ( Yiddish: Rosh), ...

, Russian orthodox rabbi

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;Art, entertainment, and media *

Spector (band) Spector are a British indie rock band from London, composed of Frederick Macpherson (vocalist previously of Les Incompétents and Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man), Jed Cullen (guitar), Nicolas Py (drums) and Danny Blandy (keyboard, formerly drums). They’ve ...

, an indie-rock band from London * Spector (company), a company producing bass guitars *

Doctor Spektor Doctor Spektor is a fictional comic book " occult detective" that appeared in Western Publishing's Gold Key Comics.Plowright, Frank ''The Slings and Arrows Comic Guide''. Great Britain : Slings & Arrows, 2003 (p.189) Created by writer Donald F. ...

, a comic book character * Marc Spector, the alias of Marvel Comics character Moon Knight *Paul Peter (aka Peter Baldwin), Sally Ann, Olivia, and Liam Spector; fictitious characters on the BBC crime series '' The Fall'' ;Computing and technology * Veriato, formerly known as SpectorSoft, a company that develops spyware

People with the surname

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