# 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.

## People
### 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
* Ryan Hoyt (born 1979), American murderer
* 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