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

Alvin Peterson Hovey Alvin Peterson Hovey (September 6, 1821 – November 23, 1891) was a Union general during the American Civil War, an Indiana Supreme Court justice, congressman, and the 21st governor of Indiana from 1889 to 1891. During the war he played an imp ...

(1821–1891), American Civil War Union general, governor of Indiana and Indiana Supreme Court justice *

Charles Edward Hovey Charles Edward Hovey (April 26, 1827 – November 17, 1897) was an educator, college president, pension lobbyist and a brevet major general in the United States Army during the American Civil War. Early life Hovey was born in Thetford, Vermont ...

(1827–1897), educator, college president and general in the U.S. Army *

Charles Fox Hovey Charles Fox Hovey (1807–1859) was a businessman in Boston, Massachusetts who established C.F. Hovey and Co., a department store on Summer Street. Through the years Hovey's business partners included Washington Williams, James H. Bryden, Richard ...

(1807–1859), businessman in Boston, Massachusetts *

Charles Mason Hovey Charles Mason Hovey (October 26, 1810 - 1887) was an American nurseryman, seed merchant, journalist and author of horticultural books best known for his two-volume large quarto, ''The Fruits of America'' published between 1848 and 1856 and contain ...

(1810–1887), American nurseryman, seed merchant, journalist and author *

Charles Hovey (naval officer) Charles Emerson Hovey (10 January 1885 – 24 September 1911) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Philippine–American War. He wrote the first edition of the ''Watch Officer's Manual'', published in 1911 and kept in print in ...

(1885–1911), U.S. Navy officer *

Chester Ralph Hovey Chester Ralph Hovey (January 21, 1872 – November 9, 1953) was a justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1921 to 1923. Early life, education, and career Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Hovey attended public high school in Durand, Wisconsin, ...

(1872–1953), Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court *

Elliot Hovey Elliot Meyer Hovey (born 17 February 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American rower who participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. During his youth in New England, Hovey's athletic focus was primarily on downhill ski ...

(born 1983), American Olympic rower *

Frederick Hovey Frederick Howard Hovey (October 7, 1868 – October 18, 1945) was a male tennis player from the United States. Biography Frederick Howard Hovey was born on October 7, 1868 in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. His brother was George Rice Hovey, and ...

(1868–1945), American tennis player *

George Rice Hovey Rev. George Rice Hovey (January 17, 1860 – January 17, 1943) was an American university president, professor, minister, and author. He served as the President of Wayland Seminary from 1897 to 1899; and as the President of Virginia Union Universi ...

(1860–1943), American university president, minister, professor and author *

Natasha Hovey Natasha Hovey (born August 14, 1967) is a Lebanese-Italian-French former film and television actress and a radio-hostess. Hovey was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the daughter of an American musician father and a Dutch graphologist mother. She moved ...

(born 1967), Italian actress *

Richard Hovey Richard Hovey (May 4, 1864 – February 24, 1900) was an American poet. Graduating from Dartmouth College in 1885, he is known in part for penning the school Alma Mater, '' Men of Dartmouth''. Biography Hovey was born in Normal, Illinois, the ...

(1864–1900), American poet, songwriter and playwright *

Serge Hovey Serge Hovey (1920 – 5 May 1989) was a composer and ethnomusicologist. Life Hovey was born in New York City in 1920. He studied piano with Edward Steuermann and composition with Hanns Eisler and Arnold Schoenberg. He was musical director fo ...

(1920–1989), American composer and ethnomusicologist

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