Hooker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Brad Hooker, English philosopher
Cameron Hooker, American man sentenced to prison for 105 years for the kidnapping of Colleen Stan
Charles E. Hooker (1825–1914), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
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
George Hooker, Australian rugby league footballer
George Hooker, English cricketer
H. Lester Hooker (1921–1999), American college sports coach
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 (1792–1858), New York politician
James Benjamin Hooker (1910–1984), Canadian politician
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
Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), American Civil War major general
Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), English botanist
Marjorie Hooker (1908–1976), American geologist
Morna Hooker (born 1931), British theologian and New Testament scholar
Philip Hooker (1766–1836), American architect
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 (born 1935), 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
William Hooker (musician) (born 1946), American jazz drummer and composer
William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865), English botanist
Worthington Hooker (1806–1867), American physician
Hooker (Kent cricketer), 18th century English cricketer
