Voorhees (surname)
Voorhees is a surname. Its origins can be traced to Dutch settler Stephan Albert Coerte Van Voorhees, who was from a village in Drenthe, Netherlands.
Notable people with the name include:Real people
- Alan Voorhees, American transportation engineer
- Charles Stewart Voorhees, American lawyer and politician
- Clark Voorhees, American landscape painter
- Stephan A. Coert Van Voorhees, early settler of Kings County, New York
- Daniel Voorhees, multiple people, including:
- *Daniel W. Voorhees, American lawyer and Senator from Indiana
- *Daniel S. Voorhees, confessed to the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short
- *Daniel Spader Voorhees, New Jersey State Treasurer
- Debi Sue Voorhees, American actress
- Donald Voorhees, multiple people, including:
- *Donald Voorhees , American composer and conductor
- *Donald E. Voorhees, American politician from Iowa
- *Donald S. Voorhees, U.S. federal judge
- Ellen Voorhees, American computer scientist
- Erik Voorhees, American entrepreneur
- Foster McGowan Voorhees, American politician, governor of New Jersey
- Lark Voorhees, American actress known for portraying Lisa on Saved by the Bell
- Lida Voorhees, American tennis player
- Richard Lesley Voorhees, U.S. federal judge
- Steven C. Voorhees, American business executive
- Steven Van Voorhees, Dutch colonial magistrate, founder of a Dutch Reformed Church
- Vern Voorhees, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- Tracy Voorhees, 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
