Moorer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Allison Moorer (born 1972), alternative country singer, sister of Shelby Lynne Cleamon Moorer, American entrepreneur, author, and scholar Jacob Moorer (1863–1935), South Carolina lawyer and civil rights activist James A. Moorer (born 1945), digital audio and computer music engineer Joseph P. Moorer (1922–2014), U.S. vice admiral Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer (1868–1936), South Carolina poet and teacher MC Lyte (born 1971), hip-hop artist with given name Lana Moorer Michael Moorer (born 1967), boxer and former WBA & IBF world champion Shelby Lynne (born Shelby Lynn Moorer, 1968), American singer and songwriter Stephen Moorer (born 1961), Californian actor, director and producer of live theatre Terry F. Moorer (born 1961), United States District Judge Thomas H. Moorer (1912–2004), U.S. admiral, Chief of Naval Operations, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

See also Drewry-Mitchell-Moorer House, a historic mansion in Eufaula, Alabama, U.S.