Voorhees (surname)

Voorhees is a surname. Its origins can be traced to Dutch settler Steven van Voorhees, who was from a village in Drenthe, Netherlands.^[1]

Notable people with the name include:

Real people[]

• Alan Voorhees (1922–2005), American transportation engineer
• Charles Stewart Voorhees (1853–1909), American lawyer and politician
• Clark Voorhees (1871–1933), American landscape painter
• Steven van Voorhees (1637-1702), early settler of Kings County, New York
• Daniel Voorhees (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Daniel W. Voorhees (1827–1897), American lawyer and Senator from Indiana
  • Daniel S. Voorhees (1913-possibly 2004), confessed to the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short
  • Daniel Spader Voorhees (1852–1935), New Jersey State Treasurer
• Debi Sue Voorhees (born 1961), American actress
• Donald Voorhees (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Donald Voorhees (conductor) (1903–1989), American composer and conductor
  • Donald E. Voorhees (born 1930), American politician from Iowa
  • Donald S. Voorhees (1916–1989), U.S. federal judge
• Ellen Voorhees (born 1958), American computer scientist
• Erik Voorhees (born 1985), American entrepreneur
• Foster McGowan Voorhees (1856–1927), American politician, governor of New Jersey
• Lark Voorhees, American actress known for portraying Lisa on Saved by the Bell
• Lida Voorhees (1864–1934), American tennis player
• Richard Lesley Voorhees (born 1941), U.S. federal judge
• Steven C. Voorhees (born c. 1955), American business executive
• Steven Van Voorhees (1600–1684), Dutch colonial magistrate, founder of a Dutch Reformed Church
• Vern Voorhees (1878-1934), American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives
• Tracy Voorhees (1890–1974), American Under Secretary of the U.S. Army

Fictional characters[]

• Jason Voorhees, a killer in the Friday the 13th franchise
• Pamela Voorhees, Jason's mother and a killer in the Friday the 13th franchise
• Klaus Voorhees, Marvel Comics supervillain
• Curtis Vorhees, from The Passage
• Nitia Vorhees, from The Passage
• Jacqueline Voorhees, from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Megan Voorhees, a minor character in Scary Movie 2
• Xanthippe Lannister Voorhees, from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

See also[]

• Voorhies (disambiguation)
• Voris

References[]

Surname list

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