Hoyt (name)

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.

Given name

 * Hoyt Axton (1938–1999), American country singer
 * Hoyt Curtin (1922–2000), American composer
 * Hoyt Ming (1902–1985), American old-time fiddler
 * Hoyt Sherman (1827–1904), American banker
 * Hoyt Patrick Taylor (1890–1964), American politician
 * Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr. (1924–2018), American politician
 * Hoyt Vandenberg (1899–1954), U.S. Air Force general
 * Hoyt Wilhelm (1922–2002), American hall of fame baseball pitcher
 * Hoyt Richard "Dick" Murdoch (1946–1996), American professional wrestler

Surname

 * Adelia M. Hoyt (1865–1966), American librarian, author, and advocate for blind people
 * Beatrix Hoyt (1880–1963), American amateur golfing champion
 * Clegg Hoyt (1910–1967), American film and television actor
 * Daniel Hoyt (1681–1764), member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut (1734)
 * Dick and Rick Hoyt, Team Hoyt American duo, with Dick pushing, pulling or carrying his son Rick, who has cerebral palsy, in athletic competitions
 * Edith Hoyt (1894–1971), American painter
 * Erich Hoyt (born 1950), American-Canadian author and conservationist
 * George Henry Hoyt (1837–1877), American attorney who defended John Brown (abolitionist)
 * Homer Hoyt (1895–1984), American economist
 * Huested W. R. Hoyt (1842–1894), American politician
 * James Henry Hoyt (1809–1873), American railroad entrepreneur and member of the Connecticut Senate from 1857 to 1858
 * James Hoyt (baseball) (born 1986), American major league baseball pitcher
 * Jesse Hoyt (1792–1867), New York politician
 * John Hoyt (1905–1991), American 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 (1955–2021), American baseball player
 * Lance Hoyt (born 1977), American professional wrestler
 * Martha Seavey Hoyt, American biographer, newspaper correspondent, businesswoman
 * Matt Hoyt, American film director
 * Nicholas Hoyt (1620-?), British member of the Connecticut General Assembly (1673)
 * Norris Hoyt, (1935-2013), American lawyer and politician
 * Oliver Hoyt (1823–1887), American politician
 * Sam Hoyt (born 1962), American politician
 * Sarah Hoyt (born 1962), Portuguese-American award-winning fiction writer
 * Waite Hoyt (1899–1984), American hall of Fame baseball pitcher
 * Walter Hoyt (1618–1698), founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut
 * William Hoyt (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

 * Charles Hoyt, a fictional serial killer in the television series Rizzoli & Isles
 * Emma Hoyt, girlfriend of Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans played by Kate Bosworth
 * Lenar Hoyt, Jesuit Priest from the Hyperion cantos
 * Jake Hoyt, a detective in the movie Training Day portrayed by Ethan Hawke
 * Jaz Hoyt, a Nazi biker on the HBO drama Oz
 * Detective Woody Hoyt, on the show Crossing Jordan
 * Sheriff Hoyt, portrayed by R. Lee Ermey in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre films
 * Hoyt Fortenberry, on the HBO series True Blood
 * Hoyt Platter, brother of Peggy Hill in King of the Hill
 * Hoyt Thorpe, in Tom Wolfe's I am Charlotte Simmons
 * Hoyt Volker, in the video game Far Cry 3