Harkrider is a last name. Notable people with this last name include: John D. Harkrider, writer and director of the 2014 American documentary All the Beautiful Things John W. Harkrider, a director of the 1929 American musical comedy Glorifying the American Girl Kip Harkrider (born 1975), American Olympic baseball player Ryan Harkrider, lead singer of The Nightowls, an American soul musical group Colonel Harkrider, a character in Best Foot Forward, a 1943 American musical