Spider is the nickname of:

• Edward Dawson Atkinson (1891–?), British First World War flying ace
• Woody Brown (surfer) (1912–2008), American surfer and watercraft designer
• Albert Buick (1875–1948), Scottish footballer
• Matthew Burton (Australian footballer) (born 1970), retired Australian rules footballer
• Panagiotis Fasoulas (born 1963), Greek politician and former basketball player
• Dallas Green (baseball) (1934–2017), American Major League Baseball pitcher, manager and executive
• Rachid Harkouk (born 1956), Anglo-Algerian former footballer
• Spider Johnson (1907–1966), American football player
• Zeljko Kalac (born 1972), Australian football goalkeeper and coach
• Billy Kelly (boxer) (1932–2010), boxer from Northern Ireland
• Jim Kelly (boxer) (1912–?), boxer from Northern Ireland
• John Koerner, American blues/folk musician
• Carl "Spider" Lockhart (1943–1986), American National Football League player
• Spider Matlock (1901–1936), American stuntman and racing mechanic
• William L. Nyland (born 1946), retired US Marine Corps four-star general
• Spider Robinson (born 1948), science fiction writer
• Spider Sabich (1945–1976), American alpine ski racer
• Anderson Silva (born 1975), Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
• Spider Stacy (born 1958), English musician and member of The Pogues
• Darius Watts (born 1981), American former National Football League and arena football player
• Travis Webb (1910–1990), American race car driver
• Mark Webster (darts player) (born 1983), Welsh darts player
• Julián Álvarez (footballer) (born 2000), Argentine former footballer

See also

• Donovan Mitchell (born 1996), American National Basketball Association player nicknamed "Spida"
• Louis XI of France (1423–1483), King of France known as "l'universelle aragne" ("the Universal Spider")
• Toni Kukoč (born 1968), Croatian retired National Basketball Association player nicknamed "the Spider from Split"
• Alain Robert (born 1962), French rock climber and urban climber nicknamed "the Human Spider"
• Roberto Vásquez (born 1983), Panamanian boxer nicknamed "La Araña" ("The Spider")
• Lev Yashin (1929–1990), Soviet-Russian football goalkeeper nicknamed "The Black Spider"
• Fabio Cudicini (born 1936), Italian retired football goalkeeper nicknamed "Ragno Nero" ("Black Spider")
• Cesare Maestri (born 1929), Italian mountaineer and writer nicknamed the "Spider of the Dolomites"
• Peter Everitt (born 1974), Australian rules footballer nicknamed "Spida"
• Spider-Man (nickname)
• Neil Giraldo (born 1955), American guitar musician nicknamed "Spyder"