Nance is a Cornish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Albinus Nance (1848–1911), American 4th governor of Nebraska
Eric Nance (1960–2005), American murderer
Greg Nance (born 1988), American entrepreneur, mountaineer, and endurance athlete
Jack Nance (1943–1996), American actor
James J. Nance (1900–1984), American industrialist and president of Studebaker Packard Motor Co.
Jim Nantz (born 1959), American sportscaster for CBS Sports
Jim Nance (1942–1992), American AFL player
John J. Nance (born 1946), American pilot, attorney, aviation- and healthcare safety analyst, and author
Kenneth Nance (1941–2013), American politician
Larry Nance (born 1959), American former NBA player
Larry Nance Jr. (born 1993), American son of the above, NBA player
Lynn Nance (born 1942), American former college basketball coach
Malcolm Wrightson Nance (born 1961), American author and counter-terrorism intelligence consultant
J. Milton Nance (1913–1997), American historian and educator at Texas A&M University
Ray Nance (1913–1976), American jazz trumpeter, violinist, and singer
Robert Morton Nance (1873–1959), British writer and leading authority on the Cornish language, nautical archaeologist, and joint founder of the Old Cornwall Society
Sarafina Nance, American science communicator and astrophysicist
Tommy Nance (born 1991), American MLB pitcher
Walter Nance (born 1933), American medical geneticist and evolutionary biologist
Middle name
John Nance Garner (1868–1967), United States Vice President