Hooker
Hooker is a family name for the following people:
- Bill Hooker (born 1949), Australian middle-distance runner, sprinter and hurdler
- Cameron Hooker , American criminal
- Charles E. Hooker (1825–1914), American politician
- Destinee Hooker (* 1987), American volleyball player
- Earl Hooker (1929 or 1930-1970), American blues musician
- Erica Hooker (* 1953), Australian long jumper and pentathlete
- Evelyn Hooker (1907-1996), American psychologist
- Harriet Ann Hooker (1854–1945), British botanical illustrator, daughter of Joseph Dalton Hooker
- J. Murray Hooker (1873-1940), American politician
- James Thomas Hooker (1931–1991), British classical philologist and mycenaean
- Janusz Hooker (* 1969), Australian rower
- John Lee Hooker (1917-2001), American blues musician
- John Lee Hooker Jr. (* 1952), American blues singer and son of John Lee Hooker
- Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), US Civil War general
- Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), British botanist
- Maurice Hooker (* 1989), American boxer
- Olivia Hooker (1915–2018), American psychologist and university professor
- Richard Hooker (1554–1600), Anglican theologian
- Richard Hooker , pseudonym of the American author H. Richard Hornberger (1924–1997)
- Samuel Cox Hooker (1864–1935), English chemist in the USA
- Sanford Burton Hooker (1888-1964), American immunologist
- Steve Hooker (* 1982), Australian pole vaulter
- Thomas Hooker (1586–1647), New England Puritan and co-founder of Connecticut
- Tom Hooker ( Thomas Beecher Hooker ; born 1957), American singer and actor
- Warren B. Hooker (1856-1920), American politician
- William Hooker (naturalist) (1779-1832), British naturalist and illustrator
- William Hooker (musician) (born 1946), American jazz musician
- William Dawson Hooker (1816–1840), British physician and botanist
- William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865), British botanist
- Zakiya Hooker (* 1948), American blues singer and daughter of John Lee Hooker
Geographical names in the United States:
- Hooker (Greene County, Arkansas)
- Hooker (Jefferson County, Arkansas)
- Hooker (Georgia)
- Hooker (California)
- Hooker (Kentucky)
- Hooker (Missouri)
- Hooker County, Nebraska
- Hooker (New York)
- Hooker, North Carolina
- Hooker (Ohio)
- Hooker, Oklahoma
- Hooker, Pennsylvania
- Hooker, South Dakota
- Hooker Corner, Indiana
- Hooker Point (Florida)
Others:
- TJ Hooker , American crime TV series from the 1980s, starring William Shatner
- Mount Wilson Observatory Hooker reflector
- Hooker in wrestling, term for a wrestler who cannot win predetermined fights, see list of wrestling terms # H
- Galway Hooker or Connemara Hooker is a specific type of Irish sailing ship
- English term for the position of the hooker in rugby union, also widespread in German, see Positions in Rugby Union # 2 Hakler
- English slang expression for prostitutes
- Hooker Glacier , glacier in New Zealand
- Hooker Glacier (Antarctica) , glacier in Victoria Land
See also:
- Hooker Township
- Hooker's oxidation , name reaction of organic chemistry
- Catcher
- Huker
- Cape Hooker
