Hooker is a surname, originally indicating someone who made hooks or an agricultural worker who used hooks. Notable people with the surname include:
Amani Hooker (born 1998), American football player Brad Hooker (born 1957), English philosopher Cameron Hooker (born 1953), American man sentenced to prison for 105 years for the kidnapping of Colleen Stan Charles E. Hooker (1825–1914), U.S. Representative from Mississippi Dan Hooker (born 1990), New Zealand mixed martial artist Destinee Hooker (born 1987), American volleyball player Earl Hooker (1929–1970), American blues guitarist Elon Huntington Hooker (1869–1938), American entrepreneur Evelyn Hooker (1907–1996), American psychologist Fair Hooker (born 1947), American professional football player Frank A. Hooker (1844–1911), American jurist Gary Hooker (1957–2024), American basketball player George Hooker (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer George Hooker (cricketer) (1836–1877), English cricketer George W. Hooker (1838–1902), American military officer and politician H. Lester Hooker (1921–1999), American college sports coach Hendon Hooker (born 1998), American football player Henrietta Hooker (1851–1929), American botanist Henry Hooker (1828–1907), American Old West rancher Isabella Beecher Hooker (1822–1907), American suffragette leader Jake Hooker (journalist) (born 1973), American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Hooker (disambiguation) Janusz Hooker (born 1969), Australian businessman Jeff Hooker (born 1965), American retired soccer player and current coach John Hooker (English constitutionalist) (c. 1527 – 1601), English writer, solicitor, antiquary, civic administrator and advocate of republican government John Daggett Hooker (1838–1911), social leader, amateur scientist and astronomer, donor of Hooker Telescope John Lee Hooker (1917–2001), American blues musician Johnny Hooker (born 1987), Brazilian rock/MPB musician Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), American Civil War major general Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), English botanist, son of William Jackson Hooker Katharine Putnam Hooker (1849–1935), American writer, philanthropist and socialite Leslie Joseph Hooker (1903–1976), Australian property entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist Malik Hooker (born 1996), American football player Marjorie Hooker (1908–1976), American geologist Morna Hooker (born 1931), British theologian and New Testament scholar Olivia Hooker (1915–2018), United States Coast Guard officer and psychologist Philip Hooker (1766–1836), American architect Quinton Hooker (born 1995), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Reginald Hawthorn Hooker (1867–1944), English statistician, son of Joseph Dalton Hooker Richard Hooker (1554–1600), Anglican theologian Richard Hooker (author), pseudonym of H. Richard Hornberger (1924–1997), American writer and surgeon Robbie Hooker (born 1967), Australian footballer and football manager Ron Hooker (1935–2019), English former cricketer S. Percy Hooker (1860–1915), American politician from New York and New Hampshire Stanley Hooker (1907–1984), English aviation engineer Steve Hooker (born 1982), Australian pole vaulter Thomas Hooker (1586–1647), Puritan leader T J Hooker fictional character portrayed by William Shatner William Hooker (musician) (born 1946), American jazz drummer and composer William Hooker (botanical illustrator) (1779–1832), known for Hooker's Green William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865), English botanist, father of Joseph Dalton Hooker Worthington Hooker (1806–1867), American physician Hooker (Kent cricketer), 18th century English cricketer