Hotchkiss is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Avis Hotchkiss Avis and Effie Hotchkiss, mother and daughter from Brooklyn, New York, were pioneering motorcyclists who completed a round trip ride from New York to San Francisco and back on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle-sidecar combination in 1915. Effie Hotc ...

, early American motorcycle traveler with her daughter Effie *

Benjamin B. Hotchkiss Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss (October 1, 1826 – February 14, 1885) was one of the leading American ordnance engineers of his day. American career Hotchkiss was born in Watertown, Connecticut, and moved to Sharon, Connecticut in childhood; ...

(1826–1885), 19th-century American engineer * E.H. Hotchkiss, an inventor of the

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* Effie Hotchkiss, pioneering American motorcyclist with her mother Avis * George Hotchkiss (1906–1989), American professional basketball coach * George W. Hotchkiss (1831–1926), American businessman * Giles W. Hotchkiss (1815–1878), American politician *

Harley Hotchkiss Harley Norman Hotchkiss, (July 12, 1927 – June 22, 2011) was a Canadian business and community leader who was best known for his contributions to health and sports development in Canada. He was part of the consortium that brought the Atlanta ...

(1927–2011), Canadian businessman * Herman Hotchkiss (1765–1836), American settler *

Jedediah Hotchkiss Jedediah Hotchkiss (November 30, 1828 – January 17, 1899), known most frequently as Jed, was a teacher and the most famous cartographer and topographer of the American Civil War. His detailed and accurate maps of the Shenandoah Valley are c ...

(1828–1899), cartographer for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War *

Julius Hotchkiss Julius Hotchkiss (July 11, 1810 – December 23, 1878) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of Woodward and Polly (Castle) Hotchkiss, Prospect farmers.John R. Guevin. '' View from ...

(1810–1878), American politician *

L. D. Hotchkiss Loyal Durand Hotchkiss (November 25, 1893 – April 15, 1964) was an American newspaper journalist who served as the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. The son of Willis M. and Jan Margaret (Ritchie) Hotchkiss, he was born in Bloomfield, I ...

(1893–1964), American journalist *

Maria Bissell Hotchkiss Maria (Harrison) Bissell Hotchkiss (August 14, 1827 – November 10, 1901) was an American educator, heiress, and philanthropist. She was married to wealthy munitions maker Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, though long estranged. Upon receiving his inherit ...

(1827–1901), wife of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss and founder of The Hotchkiss School and Hotchkiss Library * Merritt Hotchkiss, Canadian politician * Ralf Hotchkiss, American inventor * Rollin Hotchkiss (1911–2004), American biochemist * Sylvester Hotchkiss, American architect * William Horace Hotchkiss (1864–?), American writer * William O. Hotchkiss (1878–1954), American geologist * William Hotchkiss III (born 1943), former commanding general of the Philippine Air Force * W.R. Hotchkiss, founder of what would become the

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