Hoyt is an English medieval surname, sometimes used as a given name. It is a topographical surname for someone who lived high, or on a hill.
People
Given name
Hoyt Axton (1938–1999), Country singer
Hoyt Curtin (1922–2000), American composer
Hoyt Ming (1902–1985), old-time fiddler
Hoyt Sherman (1827–1904), American banker
Hoyt Patrick Taylor (1890–1964), American politician
Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr. (1924–2018), American politician
Hoyt Vandenberg (1899–1954), U.S. Air Force general
Hoyt Wilhelm (1922–2002), Hall of fame baseball pitcher
Hoyt Richard "Dick" Murdoch (1946–1996), American professional wrestler
Surname
Adelia M. Hoyt (1865–1966), American librarian, author, and advocate for blind people Beatrix Hoyt (1880–1963), amateur golfing champion Clegg Hoyt (1910–1967), American film and television actor Daniel Hoyt (1681–1764), member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut (1734) Dick and Rick Hoyt, Team Hoyt, with Dick pushing, pulling or carrying his son Rick, who has cerebral palsy, in athletic competitions Erich Hoyt (born 1950), American-Canadian author and conservationist George Henry Hoyt (1837–1877), attorney who defended John Brown (abolitionist) Homer Hoyt (1895–1984), economist Huested W. R. Hoyt (1842–1894), American politician James Henry Hoyt (1809–1873), railroad entrepreneur and member of the Connecticut Senate from 1857 to 1858 James Hoyt (baseball) (born 1986), major league baseball pitcher Jesse Hoyt (1792–1867), New York politician John Hoyt (1905–1991), actor John Philo Hoyt (1841–1926), Governor of Arizona Territory (1877-8) and Justice of the Washington Supreme Court (1889-97) John Wesley Hoyt (1831–1910), Territorial Governor of Wyoming (1878−1882) LaMarr Hoyt (1955–2021), American baseball player Lance Hoyt (born 1977), professional wrestler Matt Hoyt, American film director Nicholas Hoyt (1620-?), member of the Connecticut General Assembly (1673) Norris Hoyt, (1935-2013), American lawyer and politician Oliver Hoyt (1823–1887), American politician Sam Hoyt (born 1962), American politician Sarah Hoyt (born 1962), award-winning fiction writer Waite Hoyt (1899–1984), Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Walter Hoyt (1618–1698), founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut William Hoyt (disambiguation), several people
Fictional characters
Charles Hoyt, a fictional serial killer in the television series Rizzoli & Isles
Emma Hoyt, girlfriend of Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans played by Kate Bosworth Lenar Hoyt, Jesuit Priest from the Hyperion cantos Jake Hoyt, a detective in the movie Training Day portrayed by Ethan Hawke Jaz Hoyt, a Nazi biker on the HBO drama Oz Detective Woody Hoyt, on the show Crossing Jordan Sheriff Hoyt, portrayed by R. Lee Ermey in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre films Hoyt Fortenberry, on the HBO series True Blood Hoyt Thorpe, in Tom Wolfe's I am Charlotte Simmons Hoyt Volker, in the video game Far Cry 3 Hoyt, play "The Invasion of the Earth as it Began in Grover's Mill, New Jersey" by J.R. Mimbs