Hare (surname)

Hare is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Politicians

 * Butler B. Hare (1875-1967), South Carolina politician
 * Darius D. Hare (1843-1897), member of the US House of Representative from Ohio
 * Jack Hare, Canadian politician
 * James Butler Hare (1918–1966), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina
 * John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham (1911-1982), British politician
 * Nicholas Hare, Speaker of the House of Commons between 1539-1540
 * Phil Hare (born 1949), American politician in Illinois
 * Silas Hare (1827- 1907), US representative from Texas
 * Thomas Hare (MP) (1686–1760) Member of Parliament for Truro (UK Parliament constituency)
 * William D. Hare (1834-1910), American politician from Oregon
 * William G. Hare, American politician from Oregon
 * William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel (1751–1837), Irish peer and Member of Parliament
 * William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel (1801–1856), grandson of the 1st Earl, peer and Member of Parliament
 * William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel (1833–1924), son of the 2nd Earl, Baron Hare, Liberal politician
 * William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (1906-1997), British politician

Athletes

 * Albert Hare (1887-1969), British athlete
 * Anne Hare, (born 1964), New Zealand athlete
 * Cecil Hare, (1919-1963), American football player
 * Charlie Hare (1871-1934), English soccer player
 * Cliff Hare, American football player
 * Darren Hare, English soccer player and coach
 * Dusty Hare (born 1952), English Rugby Union footballer
 * Frode Håre, Norwegian ski jumper
 * Pip Hare, British yachtswoman
 * Ray Hare (1917-1975) America footballer
 * Remon van de Hare, Dutch basketball player
 * Steriker Hare (1900-1977), English cricketer
 * Truxtun Hare early US decathlete and Olympic medalist

Artists

 * David Hare (artist) (1917-1992), U.S. sculptor and photographer
 * Jimmy Hare (1856–1946), photographer for Colliers

Entertainers

 * Doris Hare (1905-2000), Welsh actress
 * Ernie Hare (1883-1939), American singer
 * Ernest Hare (1900-?), English actor
 * John Hare (1844-1921), English actor
 * Katherine Hare, English theatre director
 * Pat Hare (1930-1980), U.S. singer and guitarist
 * Robertson Hare (1891-1979), English comedy actor
 * Will Hare (1916-1997), American actor

Writers

 * Augustus Hare (1834-1903), English writer
 * Cyril Hare (1900-1958), English crime writer
 * David Hare (dramatist) (born 1947), English dramatist

Clergymen and theologians

 * Augustus William Hare (1792-1834), English clergyman
 * George Emlen Hare (1808-1892), American clergyman
 * John Tyrrell Holmes Hare, Bishop of Bedford
 * Julius Charles Hare (1795-1855), English theologian
 * Richard Hare (bishop), Bishop of Pontefract
 * William Hobart Hare (1838-1909), American clergyman

Academics and scientists

 * Douglas R. A. Hare, American professor
 * John E. Hare (born 1949), U.S. moral philosopher
 * Kenneth Hare (1919-2002), Canadian meteorologist
 * Peter H. Hare (1935 - 2008), American philosopher
 * Raymond Allen Hare (born 1946), Australian wheat scientist
 * Richard Mervyn Hare (1919–2002), English moral philosopher
 * Robert Hare (chemist) (1781–1858), chemist
 * Robert D. Hare, Canadian criminal psychologist
 * Thomas Hare (political scientist), English barrister
 * Tom Hare, professor and Japanologist

Soldiers

 * Joseph Hare, U.S. Navy admiral
 * Luther Hare (1851-1929) officer in the U.S. Cavalry
 * Peter Hare (officer) (1748-1834), American soldier

Others

 * Cecil Greenwood Hare (1875–1932), English architect
 * Clayton Hare (1909-2001), Canadian teacher
 * David Hare (philanthropist) (1775-1842), Scottish philanthropist
 * Francis Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel
 * Henry Hare (architect) (1861-1921), English architect
 * Jon Hare (born 1966), British computer game designer
 * Joseph C. Hare, American lumberman from Oregon
 * Judith Hare, Countess of Listowel (1903-2003), British-Hungarian journalist
 * Michael Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham (1938–2018), British peer
 * Nathan Hare, American educationalist
 * Sid J. Hare (1860-1938), American landscape architect
 * William Hare (murderer) (1792-1859), Irish serial killer