Worcester (surname)

Worcester is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alec Worcester (1887-1952), British stage and silent film actor
 * Alfred Worcester (1855-1951), American medical doctor, pioneer in patient care, appendicitis, Caesarean section
 * Bevan Worcester (1925-1969), Australian sailor
 * Dean Conant Worcester (1866–1924), American zoologist, public official, and businessman
 * Donald E. Worcester (1915-2003), historian of the American Southwest
 * Henry Aiken Worcester (1802-1841), American Swedenborgian minister and vegetarian
 * Jane Worcester (died 1989), American biostatistician and epidemiologist
 * Joseph Emerson Worcester (1784–1865), American lexicographer
 * Kent Worcester (born 1959), political scientist, historian, critic, and songwriter
 * Maud Worcester Makemson (1891-1977), astronomer
 * Noah Worcester (1758–1837), American peace activist
 * Robert Worcester (born 1933), founder of Market and Opinion Research International Ltd.
 * Samuel Worcester (1798–1859), American missionary to the Cherokees
 * Samuel Worcester (theologian) (1770–1821), Unitarian controversialist
 * Samuel T. Worcester (1804–1882), American politician
 * Samuel Worcester Rowse (1822-1901), illustrator
 * Thomas Worcester Hyde (1841-1899), Union brigadier general
 * Thomas Worcester, American Jesuit academic
 * Tracy Worcester (born 1958), English actress and environmental activist
 * Wayne Worcester (born 1947), American journalist, author, and professor
 * William Worcester (c. 1415 – c. 1482), English chronicler and antiquary