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