People
- A member of the London guild of the Worshipful Company of Mercers
- Bill Mercer, American sportscaster
- George Mercer, rapist
- Henry Chapman Mercer, Pennsylvania archeologist, tile-maker, and designer of poured-concrete structures such as the Mercer Museum
- John Francis Mercer, American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland
- Owen Mercer, fictional character in the DC Universe
- Phil Mercer, radio presenter on the BBC
- Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, television personality and political satirist
- Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer, quadriplegic and American disability rights activist
- Sam Mercer, film producer
- Wilbur Mercer, fictional character in Philip K. Dick's Science Fiction novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?', central figure of 'Mercenarism', the religion practised at the time the story takes place
- William (Rosko) Mercer (1927–2000), known as Rosko, American news announcer and disc jockey
- A Major Mercer of the Worcestershire horse played a prominent part on the parliamentary side at the Battle of Worcester in 1651
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