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Hoyt is an English medieval surname, sometimes used as a given name. It is a topographical surname for someone who lived high, or on a hill.

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Given name

  • Hoyt Axton (1938–1999), country singer
  • Hoyt Ming, old-time fiddler
  • Hoyt Wilhelm (1922–2002), Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
  • Hoyt Vandenberg (1899–1954), U.S. Air Force general
  • Hoyt Curtin (1922–2000), American Composer

    • Surname

  • Beatrix Hoyt (1880–1963), amateur golfing champion
  • Clegg Hoyt (1910-1967), American actor
  • Daniel Hoyt (1681–1764), member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut (1734) from Norwalk
  • Homer Hoyt (1895–1984), economist
  • Huested W. R. Hoyt (1842 – 1894), member of the Connecticut Senate from 1869 to 1870 and from 1873 to 1874; member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1886 to 1889, and Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1887 to 1889
  • James Henry Hoyt (1809 – 1873), railroad entrepreneur and member of the Connecticut Senate from 1857 to 1858
  • Jesse Hoyt (1792–1867), New York politician
  • John Hoyt (1905–1991), actor
  • John Philo Hoyt (1841–1926), Governor of Arizona Territory (1877-8) and Justice of the Washington Supreme Court (1889-97)
  • John Wesley Hoyt (1831–1910), Territorial Governor of Wyoming (1878−1882)
  • LaMarr Hoyt (born 1955), baseball player
  • Lance Hoyt (born 1977), professional wrestler
  • Nicholas Hoyt (born 1620), member of the Connecticut General Assembly (1673) from Norwalk
  • Norris Hoyt, (1935-2013), American lawyer and politician
  • Oliver Hoyt (1823–1887), member of the Connecticut Senate from 1877 to 1881, President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate from 1877 to 1879
  • Sam Hoyt (born 1962), New York State Assembly
  • Sarah Hoyt (born 1962), award winning fiction writer
  • Team Hoyt, athletic team consisting of Dick and Rick Hoyt
  • Waite Hoyt (1899–1984), Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
  • Walter Hoyt (1618 – 1698), founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut and ancestor of many Americans with the last name Hoyt

    • Fictional people

  • Jake Hoyt, a detective in the movie Training Day portrayed by Ethan Hawke
  • Jaz Hoyt, a Nazi biker on the HBO drama Oz
  • Sheriff Hoyt, a fictional character portrayed by R. Lee Ermey in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre films
  • Detective Woody Hoyt, a fictional character on the show Crossing Jordan
  • Hoyt Thorpe, A fictional character in Tom Wolfe's I am Charlotte Simmons
  • Hoyt Fortenberry, a fictional character portrayed by Jim Parrack, on the HBO series True Blood
  • Hoyt Volker, a fictional character in the videogame Far Cry 3
  • Emma Hoyt, girlfriend of Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans played by Kate Bosworth
  • Lenar Hoyt, Jesuit Priest from the Hyperion cantos
  • Charles Hoyt, a fictional serial killer, played by Michael Massee in TNT Television Series Rizzoli & Isles

    • References

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