Hooker may refer to:

People

Hooker (surname) Hooker is a surname, originally indicating someone who made hooks or an agricultural worker who used hooks. Notable people with the surname include: * Amani Hooker (born 1998), American football player *Brad Hooker (born 1957), English philosopher ...

Places

Antarctica

* Mount Hooker (Antarctica) *

Cape Hooker (Antarctica) Cape Hooker () is a cape on the northeastern portion of the peninsula which includes Davis Ice Piedmont, on the north coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica.Cape Dayman lies situated to the immediate east-southeast, forming an outer entrance point to ...

Cape Hooker (South Shetland Islands) Cape Hooker is the south-eastern point of Low Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The feature was roughly charted by nineteenth century sealers; it was further charted by Commander Henry Foster in 1829 but shown as the north-eas ...

New Zealand

* Hooker River *

Hooker Valley Track The Hooker Valley Track is the most popular short walking track within the Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand. At only length and gaining only about in height, the well formed track can be walked by tourists with a wide range of ...

* Mount Hooker (New Zealand) in the Southern Alps * Hooker Glacier (New Zealand), in the Southern Alps

United States

Hooker, California Hooker is an unincorporated community in Tehama County, in the U.S. state of California. History A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providi ...

, an unincorporated community *

Hooker, Georgia Hooker is an unincorporated community in Dade County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History A post office called Hooker was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1896. The community was named after Joseph Hooker Joseph Hooker ( ...

, an unincorporated community *

Little Goose Creek (Kentucky) Little Goose Creek is a tributary of Goose Creek river in Clay County with headwaters in Laurel County in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is long with its confluence with Goose just south of Manchester, Tributaries and post offices The tributa ...

, location of Hooker post office and river branch *

Hooker, Missouri Hooker is a ghost town in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States, along the former U.S. Route 66 (now Missouri Supplemental Route Z). The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. Built on a new alignment of US 66 (which bypassed the town of Devil ...

, a ghost town *

Hooker, Ohio Hooker is an unincorporated community in Fairfield County, Ohio, Fairfield County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History A post office called Hookers Station was established in 1869, the name was changed to Hooker in 1882, and the post office closed ...

, an unincorporated community *

Hooker, Oklahoma Hooker is a city in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,918. It is located approximately 20 miles northeast of Guymon on US Route 54 highway. Toponymy The city name honors local cattle fo ...

, a city *

Hooker, South Dakota Hooker is an unincorporated community in Turner County, South Dakota, Turner County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. History Hooker was founded in 1894, and named for John Hooker, a pioneer settler. The post office in Hooker closed in 1954. Ho ...

, an unincorporated community * Hooker County, Nebraska *

Hooker Township, Dixon County, Nebraska Hooker Township is one of thirteen townships in Dixon County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 186 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 184. See also *County government in Nebraska County governmen ...

Hooker Township, Gage County, Nebraska Hooker Township is one of twenty-four townships in Gage County, Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, ...

Hooker Dam Hooker Dam was a proposed dam on the Gila River in New Mexico, planned as a major component of the Central Arizona Project. Located near the mouth of the river's canyon upstream from the confluence of the Gila with Mogollon Creek and below Turkey ...

, a proposed dam on the Gila River in New Mexico *

Hooker Falls {{Infobox waterfall , photo = HookerFalls.JPG , photo_caption = Hooker Falls, Mar 2007 , name = Hooker Falls , location = DuPont State Forest, Transylvania County, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina , type = Block, Cascade , height ...

, North Carolina *

Mount Hooker (Wyoming) Mount Hooker () is located in the Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Mount Hooker was named for Joseph Dalton Hooker, the prominent 19th-century British botanist and explorer. The north and east slopes of Mount Hooker present some of t ...

Elsewhere

Mount Hooker (Canada) Mount Hooker is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. It was named in 1827 by David Douglas after William Jackson Hooker. Until the turn of the century, Mount Hooker and the nearby Mount Brown were thought to be the high ...

, a mountain on the Continental Divide and border between British Columbia and Alberta, Canada *

Hooker and Brown Hooker and Brown are two mythical mountains, once reputed to lie on the great Divide of the Canadian Rockies in Jasper National Park, bordering the Athabasca Pass, the old passage for the fur trade. These two peaks were reputed to be the highest mo ...

, mythical mountains alleged to exist in the Canadian Rockies * Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia

In sport

* Hooker (rugby league), one of the positions in rugby league football * Hooker, one of the positions in rugby union football * In cricket, a batsman who plays the hook shot * An expert practitioner of catch wrestling * ''Hooker'', book by Lou Thesz on professional wrestling * A boxer who is particularly known for throwing hooks

Other uses

Prostitute Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penet ...

, colloquially called a "hooker" * Galway hooker, a traditional Irish fishing boat *

Hooker Telescope The Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO) is an astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The MWO is located on Mount Wilson, a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, northeast of Los Angeles. The observat ...

, a 100-inch telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory * Hooker Emerald, a emerald owned by the Smithsonian Institution * The title character of ''

T. J. Hooker ''T. J. Hooker'' is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982, on ABC and ran on the network un ...

'', an American police drama television program, played by William Shatner * "Hooker", a song by Pink from the album '' Try This'' * Hooker's Green, a particular mixture of green and blue