Minor is a surname shared by several notable people:
Benjamin Blake Minor (1818-1905), American educator and writer
Charles Landon Carter Minor (1835-1903), American educator
Claudie Minor (born 1951), American professional football player
Edward S. Minor (1840-1924), American politician
Ethel Minor (born 1922), American civil rights activist
George Minor (1845-1904), American composer
Halsey Minor (born 1964), American technology entrepreneur
John B. Minor (1813-1895), American law professor
Robert Minor (1882-1952), American cartoonist and radical
Robert Crannell Minor (1839-1904), American artist
Robert Lee Minor (born 1944), American actor and stuntman
Shane Minor (born 1968), American country music singer-songwriter
Virginia Minor (1824-1894), American women's suffrage activist
William Chester Minor (1834–1920), American surgeon; contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary