Phil Spector, record producer, credited with popularizing the "girl groups" of the early 1960's and for creating the "wall of sound"

Arlen Specter, senator, Pennsylvania, USA

Regina Spektor, Russian-American singer-songwriter

Yiftah Spector, Israeli Brigadier General - see Refusal to serve in the Israeli military

Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, an orthodox rabbi

Jonathan Spector, American soccer player

Warren Spector, computer game designer

Maurice Spector, former chairman of the Communist Party of Canada

Dave Spector, a US-born celebrity in Japan.

Stuart Spector, founder of Spector bass guitars

Doctor Spektor, comic book character

Douglas Spector, plaintiff in Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.

Norman Spector, Canadian journalist, diplomat, civil servant, and newspaper publisher

Michael Specter, American journalist

Spector is a company producing bass guitars. Spector (also Spektor or Specter) is a surname derived from the Russian inspektor (Cyrillic: инспектор), meaning inspector. People with the surname include:

Ronnie Spector, lead singer of The Ronettes and ex-wife of producer Phil Spector