Hooker
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People
- Brad Hooker, English philosopher, rule-consequentialist
- Earl Hooker (1929–1970), American blues musician
- Evelyn Hooker (1907–1996), American psychologist
- James Hooker (1792–1858), NY politician
- John Lee Hooker (1917–2001), American blues musician
- Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), American Civil War Major General
- Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), English botanist (son of William Jackson Hooker)
- Reginald Hawthorn Hooker (1867–1944), English statistician (son of Joseph Dalton Hooker)
- Richard Hooker (theologian) (1554–1600), Anglican theologian
- Richard Hooker (author) (1924–1997), pseudonym of H. Richard Hornberger
- Stanley Hooker (1907–1984), English aero-engine designer
- Steven Hooker (born 1982), Australian pole vaulter
- Thomas Hooker (1586–1647), Puritan leader
- William Hooker (musician) (born 1946), American jazz drummer and composer
- William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865), English botanist
- Worthington Hooker (1806–1867), American physician
- Hooker (Kent cricketer), 18th century English cricketer
Places
- Hooker County, Nebraska
- Hooker Glacier, a glacier close to the slopes of Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand
- Hooker Island in the Franz Josef Land, Russia
- Hooker Township, Dixon County, Nebraska
- Hooker Township, Gage County, Nebraska
- Hooker, South Dakota
- Hooker, Oklahoma
See also Mount Hooker (disambiguation) for a list of mountains of this name
Sport
- Hooker (rugby league), a playing position in rugby league football
- Hooker (rugby union), a playing position in rugby union football
- In cricket, a batsman who plays the Hook shot
- an expert practitioner of catch wrestling
- Title of Lou Thesz's book on professional wrestling (1916–2002)
Other
- A colloquial term for a prostitute
- "Hooker", a song by Pink from the album Try This
- Galway hooker, a traditional sailing vessel from the west coast of Ireland
- Galway Hooker Beer, a pale ale brewed in Galway on the west coast of Ireland
- Thomas Hooker Brewing Company (1586–1647), Hartford, CT brewer, named for the founder of Hartford
- The 100-inch (2,500 mm) Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory
- T. J. Hooker, a 1980's television crime drama
- The Hooker Emerald, a 75-carat (15 g) emerald on display by the Smithsonian Institution as of 2010
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