Richard Hooker (1554–1600), Anglican theologian

a colloquial term for a prostitute

The former name of rock band Aerosmith

Thomas Hooker (1586–1647), Puritan leader

John Lee Hooker (1917–2001), American blues singer and guitarist

Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), English botanist (son of William Jackson Hooker)

Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), American Civil War General

John Jay Hooker

Title of Lou Thesz's book on Professional Wrestling

an expert practitioner of catch wrestling who has an expanded knowledge of joint locks and muscle holds and can end a fight in seconds if needed to.

T.J. Hooker, a 1980s crime drama

Stanley George Hooker (1907–1984), English aero-engine designer

The 100 inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory

Evelyn Hooker, Dr. (1907–1996), American psychologist who showed in the 1950s that gay people cannot be distinguished from straight ones by their mental state or capacity

William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865), English botanist

Earl Hooker

Reginald Hawthorn Hooker, English statistician (son of Joseph Dalton Hooker)

Hooker Island in the Franz Josef Land, Russia

Brian Hooker

Galway Hooker, a traditional sailing vessel from the west coast of Ireland

Hooker, Oklahoma

Isabella Beecher Hooker

Richard Hooker, pseudonym of H. Richard Hornberger (1924–1997), Author of M*A*S*H

Morna Hooker

William Hooker (musician)

Jake Hooker

John Hooker (English constitutionalist)

Hooker Glacier, a glacier close to the slopes of Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand

Worthington Hooker, American physician

a position in rugby union or rugby league