Hooker

Hooker may refer to:

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 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