Spector (disambiguation)
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Spector
Spector
Spector is an American based company that manufacturers bass guitars. Founded in 1974 by self-taught luthier Stuart Spector, Spector's first few instruments were essentially crude experiments in instrument design and craftsmanship...

is a company producing bass guitars.
Spector (UK band)
Spector (UK band)
Spector is a five-piece alternative rock band from London. comprising Fred Macpherson , Christopher Burman , Thomas Shickle , Jed Cullen and Danny Blandy who have been described as "somewhere between Roxy Music and the Strokes, the Killers and Kanye West, Pulp and R&B and Frank Sinatra" and have...

 is a five-piece band from London.

Spector (also Spektor or Specter) is a surname derived from the Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

 inspektor (Cyrillic: инспектор), meaning 'inspector
Inspector
Inspector is both a police rank and an administrative position, both used in a number of contexts. However, it is not an equivalent rank in each police force.- Australia :...

'. Also derived from the Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) occupational name from szpektor 'teacher's assistant in a Jewish school', a derivative of Polish inspektor, 'supervisor'.

People with the surname include:

Spector

  • Alfred Spector
    Alfred Spector
    Alfred Z. Spector has been Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives at Google since November 2007. Prior to that he was a researcher and software executive at IBM...

    , Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives at Google
  • Dave Spector
    Dave Spector
    Dave Spector is a gaijin tarento in Japan.Spector, a Jewish American, was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied abroad at Sophia University in 1972. He has lived in Japan since 1983...

    , a US-born celebrity in Japan
  • David Spector, a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital
  • Douglas Spector, plaintiff in Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.
    Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.
    Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd., 545 U.S. 119 , was a United States Supreme Court decision that determined that the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to foreign cruise ships in American waters...

  • Jonathan Spector
    Jonathan Spector
    Jonathan Michael Paul Spector is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Birmingham City. He started his professional career in England when he was signed by Manchester United as a teenager, but rarely appeared for the club...

    , American soccer player
  • Maurice Spector
    Maurice Spector
    Maurice Spector was the Chairman of the Communist Party of Canada for much of the 1920s and an early follower of Leon Trotsky after his split from the Communist International....

    , former chairman of the Communist Party of Canada
  • Norman Spector
    Norman Spector
    Norman Spector is a Canadian journalist, diplomat, civil servant, and newspaper publisher.- Early life and career :Born in Montreal, Quebec, Spector received a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Political Science, from McGill University in 1970...

    , Canadian journalist, diplomat, civil servant, and newspaper publisher
  • Phil Spector
    Phil Spector
    Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....

    , record producer, credited with popularizing the "girl groups" of the early 1960s and for creating the "wall of sound"
  • Ronnie Spector
    Ronnie Spector
    Veronica Yvette "Ronnie" Spector is an American rock and roll and popular music vocalist, and was the lead singer of the 1960s hit-making girl group, The Ronettes, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. She is known as the "original bad girl of rock and roll."-Personal...

    , lead singer of The Ronettes and ex-wife of producer Phil Spector
  • Stuart Spector, founder of Spector
    Spector
    Spector is an American based company that manufacturers bass guitars. Founded in 1974 by self-taught luthier Stuart Spector, Spector's first few instruments were essentially crude experiments in instrument design and craftsmanship...

     bass guitars
  • Warren Spector
    Warren Spector
    Warren Spector is a role-playing game designer and a video game designer. He is known for having worked to merge elements of role-playing games and first-person shooters. He currently resides in Austin, Texas with his wife, fantasy writer Caroline L. Spector...

    , computer game designer
  • Yiftah Spector, former Israeli Brigadier General.

Spektor

  • Regina Spektor
    Regina Spektor
    Regina Ilyinichna Spektor is a Russian American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centered in New York City's East Village.-Early life:...

    , Russian-American singer-songwriter
  • Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
    Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
    Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor was a Russian rabbi, Posek and Talmudic sage of the 19th century.- Early struggles :...

    , an orthodox rabbi
  • Doctor Spektor
    Doctor Spektor
    Doctor Spektor is a fictional comic book "occult detective" that appeared in Western Publishing's Gold Key Comics. Created by writer Donald Glut and artist Dan Spiegle, he first appeared in Mystery Comics Digest #5 -Publication history:...

    , comic book character

See also

  • Spectre (disambiguation)
    Spectre (disambiguation)
    Spectre or specter usually refers to a ghost or other apparition. In particular, it may refer to an optical illusion called a brocken spectre...

  • Spectra (disambiguation)
  • Spectrum (disambiguation)
    Spectrum (disambiguation)
    A spectrum is a condition or value that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary infinitely within a continuum.Spectrum may also refer to:-Physical science:* Electromagnetic spectrum...

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