Hildreth (name)

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

Surname:

• Ellen Hildreth, co-inventor of the Marr–Hildreth algorithm in machine vision.
• Horace A. Hildreth, governor of Maine, 1945–1949
• James Hildreth, cricketer
• Lee Hildreth, footballer
• Lou Wills Hildreth (1928–2019), American Southern gospel performer, songwriter, talent agent and television host
• Mark Hildreth, wrestler, known as Van Hammer
• Mark Hildreth (actor)
• Richard Hildreth, journalist, historian
• Sam Hildreth, racehorse trainer
• Samuel Hildreth (American Revolution) (1750–1823), a surgeon in the Massachusetts militia and aboard Massachusetts naval privateers during the American Revolutionary War
• Samuel Prescott Hildreth (1783–1863), a pioneer physician, scientist, and historian in Ohio and the Northwest Territory
• Wes Hildreth, or E. W. Hildreth, a notable USGS geologist

Given name:

• Hildreth Frost, Colorado National Guardsman and lawyer
• Hildreth Glyn-Jones (1895–1980), British barrister
• Hildreth Meière, artist