Hershey (name)
Hershey is a surname, given name and nickname. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Alfred Hershey, American Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist and geneticist
- Almira Hershey, American hotel proprietor and property developer, daughter of Benjamin Hershey
- Amos Shartle Hershey, American professor of political science
- Arthur D. Hershey, American politician
- Barbara Hershey, American actress
- Benjamin Hershey, American lumber and farming magnate
- Frank Hershey, American automobile designer
- Harry B. Hershey, American jurist and politician, Illinois Supreme Court justice
- John W. Hershey, American agroforester
- Laura Ann Hershey, American poet, journalist, speaker, feminist and disability rights activist and consultant
- Lewis Blaine Hershey, US Army general
- Milton S. Hershey, American confectioner and philanthropist, founder of the Hershey Company
- Sara Hershey-Eddy, née Sarah Hershey, American musician, pianist, contralto vocalist, vocal instructor, musical educator and founder of the Hershey School of Musical Art
- Steve Hershey, Maryland State Senator
- Therese Tartlon Hershey, American conservationist and environmentalist
Given name
- Hershey Felder,, pianist, actor, playwright, composer and producer
- Hershey Friedman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist
- Hershey Misener, suffragist and one of the first women elected to the Indiana General Assembly
- Hershey Strosberg, American retired soccer coach
Nickname
- Hiroshi H. Miyamura, US Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Bill Nershi, a founding member and acoustic guitarist for the American band The String Cheese Incident