Hershey (name)

Hershey is a surname, masculine given name and nickname. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Alfred Hershey (1908–1997), American Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist and geneticist
• Almira Hershey (1843–1930), American hotel proprietor and property developer, daughter of Benjamin Hershey
• Amos Shartle Hershey (1867–1933), American professor of political science
• Arthur D. Hershey (born 1937), American politician
• Barbara Hershey (born 1948), American actress
• Benjamin Hershey (1813–1893), American lumber and farming magnate
• Frank Hershey (1907–1997), American automobile designer
• Harry B. Hershey (1885-1967), American jurist and politician, Illinois Supreme Court justice
• Laura Ann Hershey (1962–2010), American poet, journalist, speaker, feminist and disability rights activist and consultant
• Lewis Blaine Hershey (1893–1977), US Army general
• Milton S. Hershey (1857–1945), American confectioner and philanthropist, founder of the Hershey Company
• Sara Hershey-Eddy (1837–1911), née Sarah Hershey, American musician, pianist, contralto vocalist, vocal instructor, musical educator and founder of the Hershey School of Musical Art
• Stephen S. Hershey Jr. (born 1964), Maryland State Senator
• Therese Tartlon Hershey (1923–2017), American conservationist and environmentalist
• Zeola Hershey Misener, suffragist and one of the first women elected to the Indiana General Assembly

Given name

• Hershey Felder, (born 1968), pianist, actor, playwright, composer and producer
• Hershey Friedman (born 1950), Canadian businessman and philanthropist
• Hershey Strosberg, American retired soccer coach

Nickname

• Hiroshi H. Miyamura (1925–2022), US Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Bill Nershi (born 1961), a founding member and acoustic guitarist for the American band The String Cheese Incident