# 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

* Channing Hare (1899–1976), American painter
* 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