Hoek (surname)

Hoek is a Dutch surname. It may have a patronymic origin, as Hoek was a West Frisian form of the name Hugo. It can also be a shortened form of names like Van den Hoek ("from the corner"). People with the surname include:

Hoek

 * Evert Hoek (1933-2024), South African-Canadian geotechnical engineer
 * Frans Hoek (born 1956), Dutch football goalkeeper and coach
 * (1878–1951), German pioneering ski mountaineer, namesake of the Hoek Glacier
 * Marga Hoek (born 1965), Dutch businesswoman
 * Martin Hoek (1834–1873), Dutch astronomer and experimental physicist
 * Milan Hoek (born 1991), Dutch football defender
 * (1851–1914), Dutch ichthyologist
 * Sylvia Hoeks (born 1983), Dutch film and television actress

Hoeck

 * Horst Hoeck (1904–1969), German Olympic rower
 * Johann Hoeck (1499–1553), German Lutheran theologian known as "Johannes Aepinus"
 * Karl Hoeck (1794–1877), German classical historian and philologist

Fictional characters

 * Ren Höek, chihuahua from The Ren & Stimpy Show