# Hogg (surname)

Hogg is a Scottish, English or Irish surname.

## Authors and journalism

* James Hogg (1770–1835), Scottish poet and novelist
* Thomas Jefferson Hogg (1792–1862), English biographer
* Ian V. Hogg (1926–2002), British military author
* Min Hogg (1939–2019), English journalist and magazine editor

## Entertainment

* Viola Wilson Hogg known as Viola Wilson (1911–2002), Scottish soprano
* Ian Hogg (actor) (born 1937), English actor
* Michael Lindsay-Hogg (born 1940), American-born television and stage director
* Joanna Hogg, (born 20 March 1960) English film director and screenwriter
* BJ Hogg (1955–2020) Northern Irish actor and writer
* Joanne Hogg, Irish singer and songwriter

## Politics and government

* Samuel E. Hogg (1783–1842), American congressman
* Sir James Hogg, 1st Baronet (1790–1876) Irish-born businessman, lawyer and politician
* James McGarel-Hogg, 1st Baron Magheramorne (1823–1890), British politician born in India
* Sir Stuart Saunders Hogg (1833–1921), Indian-born British civil servant
* Alexander Hogg (1841–1920), New Zealand politician
* Jim Hogg (1851–1906), governor of Texas
* Charles E. Hogg (1852–1935), West Virginia congressman
* James McGarel-Hogg, 2nd Baron Magheramorne (1861–1903), Anglo-Irish Peer
* Dudley McGarel-Hogg, 3rd Baron Magheramorne (1863–1946), Anglo-Irish peer
* Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham (1872–1950), English barrister and Conservative Party politician
* Norman Hogg (politician, born 1907) (1907–1975), Scottish Labour Councillor and Lord Provost of Aberdeen
* Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1907–2001), English barrister and Conservative Party politician
* Norman Hogg, Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld (1938–2008), Scottish Labour Party politician
* Caroline Hogg (born 1942), Australian Labor Party politician
* Bob Hogg (born ?, ex-husband of Caroline Hogg), Australian Labor Party politician
* Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham (born 1945), English barrister and Conservative Party politician
* Sarah Hogg, Baroness Hogg (born 1946), English journalist, economist and Conservative/Crossbench politician
* Ron Hogg CBE (1951–2019) - Police and Crime Commissioner of Durham and Labour Party politician
* John Hogg (born 1949), Australian Labor Party politician
* Rob Hogg (born 1967), Iowa State Senator
* David Hogg (born 2000), American gun control advocate
* Lauren Hogg (born 2003), American gun control advocate

## Scholars and scientists

* Robert Hogg (biologist) (1818–1897), Scottish botanist
* Arthur Robert Hogg (1903–1966), Australian physicist and astronomer
* Frank Scott Hogg (1904–1951), Canadian astronomer
* Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905–1993), Canadian astronomer
* Henry Roughton Hogg (1846–1923), English arachnologist
* J. Bernard Hogg (1908–1994), American labour historian
* Robert V. Hogg (1924–2014), American professor of statistics (University of Iowa)
* Peter Hogg (1939–2020), Canadian constitutional scholar
* Richard M. Hogg (1944–2007), Scottish linguist
* Michael Hogg (born 1954), Indian-born British professor of social psychology specialising in social identity theory

## Sports

* George Hogg (footballer) (born 1869), Scottish footballer with Heart of Midlothian
* Robert Hogg (footballer) (1877–1963), English footballer with Sunderland and Blackpool
* Billy Hogg (1879–1937), English footballer with Sunderland, Glasgow Rangers, Dundee, and Raith Rovers
* Jack Hogg (1881–1944), English footballer with Southampton
* Bobby Hogg (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1975), Scottish footballer and manager (Celtic, West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City)
* Sonja Hogg (born 1945), American basketball coach
* Rodney Hogg (born 1951), Australian cricketer
* Vincent Hogg (born 1952), Zimbabwean cricketer
* Graeme Hogg (born 1964), Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Portsmouth, Heart of Midlothian)
* Jeff Hogg (born 1966), Australian rules footballer
* Brad Hogg (born 1971), Australian cricketer
* Ally Hogg (born 1983), Scottish rugby union player
* Kyle Hogg (born 1983), English cricketer
* Steven Hogg (born 1985), English midfield footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Gretna, York City, Salford City)
* Chris Hogg (born 1985), English footballer (Ipswich Town, Hibernian, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Needham Market)
* Jonathan Hogg (born 1988), English footballer (Aston Villa, Watford, Huddersfield Town)
* Stuart Hogg (born 1992), Scottish rugby union player
* Jessica Hogg (born 1995), Welsh artistic gymnast
* Russell Hogg (1968–2012), Scottish badminton player

## Others

* Caroline Hogg, Scottish victim of serial killer Robert Black
* Sir Christopher Hogg (1936–2021), British business executive
* David R. Hogg (born 1958), United States Army officer
* George Hogg (adventurer) (1914–1945), British adventurer in China
* Sir Ian Hogg (Royal Navy officer) (1911–2003), British Navy officer
* Ima Hogg (1882–1975), American philanthropist
* James R. Hogg (1934–2025), United States Navy four star admiral
* John Hogg (martyr) (died 1590), English Catholic priest and martyr
* Joseph L. Hogg, officer in the Confederate States Army
* Margaret Hogg (died 1976), British murder victim
* Dame Mary Hogg (born 1947), English High Court judge
* Pam Hogg, Scottish fashion designer
* Quintin Hogg (merchant) (1845–1903), English philanthropist