# Hilliard (name)

Hilliard is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* Asa Grant Hilliard III (1933–2007), African American professor of educational psychology
* Benjamin C. Hilliard (1868–1951), U.S. Representative from Colorado
* Bob Hilliard (1918–1971), American lyricist
* Brent Hilliard (born 1970), American volleyball player
* Colm Hilliard (1936–2002), Irish Fianna Fáil Party politician
* Corey Hilliard (born 1985), American football offensive tackle
* Dalton Hilliard (born 1964), former American football player
* Daniel Hilliard (died 1888), Ontario merchant and political figure
* Darrun Hilliard (born 1993), American basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
* David Hilliard (1942-), Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party
* David Hilliard (photographer) (born 1964), American photographer
* Dontrell Hilliard (born 1995), American football player
* Earl F. Hilliard (born 1942), American politician and former congressman
* Edward Hilliard (MP) (c. 1754–1815), English barrister and Member of Parliament
* Edward Hilliard (1851–1936, American Seventh-day Adventist missionary
* Ernest Hilliard (1890–1947), American actor
* George Hilliard (1827–1892), Canadian businessman and politician
* Harry Hilliard (cricketer) (1826–1914), Australian cricketer
* Henry Washington Hilliard (1808–1892), U.S. Representative from Alabama
* Ike Hilliard (born 1976), professional American football player, nephew of Dalton Hilliard
* Irwin Foster Hilliard (1863–1948), Ontario lawyer and political figure
* Isaac H. Hilliard (1811–1868), American planter and cotton factor in the Antebellum South
* John Hilliard (artist) (born 1945), London-based conceptual artist, photographer and academic
* John Kenneth Hilliard (1901–1989), American acoustic and electrical engineer, loudspeaker designer
* John Northern Hilliard (1872–1935), American author of a best-selling book on magic
* John S. Hilliard (1947–2019), American composer
* Justin Hilliard (born 1998), American football player
* Lawrence Hilliard (1582–1640), English miniature painter (son of Nicholas Hilliard)
* Lex Hilliard (born 1984), American football running back
* Mary Ann Hilliard (1860–1950), Irish nurse and suffragette
* Michael Hilliard (1903–1982), Irish politician
* Nicholas Hilliard (1537–1619), English miniature painter (father of Lawrence Hilliard)
* Nicholas Hilliard (judge) (born 1959), British judge
* Olive Mary Hilliard (1925–2022), South African botanist and taxonomist
* Randy Hilliard (born 1967), American football defensive back
* Robert Hilliard (1904–1937), Irish boxer
* Sam Hilliard (born 1994), American baseball player
* William A. Hilliard (1927–2017), American journalist

## Given name

* Hilliard Brooke Bell (1897–1960), Canadian World War I flying ace
* Hilliard Beyerstein (1907–1990), Canadian politician
* Hilliard Gates (1915–1996), American radio sports announcer
* Hilliard P. Jenkins (1922–1992), American farmer, philanthropist, and civic leader
* Hilliard Lyle (1879–1931), Canadian lacrosse player
* Hilliard Mitchell (1852–1923), Canadian politician
* Hilliard A. Wilbanks (1933–1967), United States Air Force officer and Medal of Honor recipient