Hershey (name)

Hershey is a surname, 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
  • John W. Hershey (1898–1967), American agroforester
  • 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
  • Steve Hershey (born 1964), Maryland State Senator
  • Therese Tartlon Hershey (1923–2017), American conservationist and environmentalist

Given name

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

See also

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