Voorhees is a surname. Its origins can be traced to Dutch settler Steven van Voorhees, who was from a village in

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Nov ...

, Netherlands. Notable people with the name include: *

Alan Voorhees Alan Manners Voorhees (December 17, 1922 – December 18, 2005) was an American transportation engineer and urban planner who designed many large public works in the United States. Voorhees was born in Highland Park, New Jersey. Early life Du ...

(1922–2005), American transportation engineer * Andrew Vorhees (born 1999), American football player * Charles Stewart Voorhees (1853–1909), American lawyer and politician *

Clark Voorhees Clark Greenwood Voorhees (1871 – 1933) was an American Impressionist and Tonalist landscape painter and one of the founders of the Old Lyme Art Colony. Biography The son of a stockbroker, Voorhees was born on May 29, 1871, in New York City. ...

(1871–1933), American landscape painter * Daniel Voorhees (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **

Daniel W. Voorhees Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the History of the United States Dem ...

(1827–1897), American lawyer and politician from Indiana ** Daniel S. Voorhees (1913–possibly 2004), confessed to the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short ** Daniel Spader Voorhees (1852–1935), American politician from New Jersey *

Debi Sue Voorhees Deborah Sue Voorhees (born July 28, 1961) is an American director, actress and writer. She is best known for her role as Tina in the 1985 movie '' Friday the 13th: A New Beginning''. Voorhees directed and portrays a fictionalized version of hers ...

(born 1961), American actress * Donald Voorhees (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **

Donald Voorhees (conductor) Donald Voorhees (July 26, 1903– January 10, 1989)Flint, Peter B ''The New York Times'', January 11, 1989. Accessed September 18, 2017. "Donald Voorhees, for 28 years the conductor and musical director of the ''Bell Telephone Hour,'' one o ...

(1903–1989), American composer and conductor ** Donald E. Voorhees (1930–2001), American politician from Iowa **

Donald S. Voorhees Donald S. Voorhees (July 30, 1916 – July 7, 1989) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Education and career Born in Leavenworth, Kansas, Voorhees received an Artium Bac ...

(1916–1989), American judge *

Ellen Voorhees Ellen Marie Voorhees (born March 13, 1958) is an American computer scientist known for her work in document retrieval, information retrieval, and natural language processing. She works in the retrieval group at the National Institute of Standards ...

(born 1958), American computer scientist * Erik Voorhees (born 1985), American entrepreneur *

Foster McGowan Voorhees Foster McGowan Voorhees (November 5, 1856 – June 14, 1927) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 30th governor of New Jersey from 1899 to 1902. Biography Voorhees represented Union County in the New Jersey Senate from ...

(1856–1927), American politician, governor of New Jersey *

Lark Voorhies Lark Voorhies (born Lark Holloway; March 25, 1974) is an American actress, singer, spokeswoman and model. Voorhies rose to fame playing Lisa Marie Turtle on the NBC sitcom ''Saved by the Bell'' (1989–1993). Voorhies was nominated for the Young ...

, American actress *

Lida Voorhees Eliza Day 'Lida' Voorhees (July 3, 1864 – February, 1934) was an American female tennis player who was active in the late 19th century. Career Voorhees reached the challenge round of the 1889 women's singles U.S. National Championships at t ...

(1864–1934), American tennis player * Richard Lesley Voorhees (born 1941), American judge * Steven C. Voorhees (born c. 1955), American business executive * Steven van Voorhees (1600–1684), Dutch colonial magistrate, founder of a Dutch Reformed Church *

Tracy Voorhees Tracy Stebbins Voorhees (June 30, 1890 – September 25, 1974) served as Under Secretary of the United States Army from August 1949 to April 1950. He held numerous positions within the U.S. Government as a civilian. A practicing attorney, Voorhee ...

(1890–1974), American Under Secretary of the U.S. Army *

Vern Voorhees Vern Voorhees (1878-1934) was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was one of six members of the state House killed in the Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing on December 11, 1934. Also killed were representatives Charles D. Parker, T ...

(1878–1934), American politician from Michigan

Fictional characters

Jason Voorhees Jason Voorhees () is a character (arts), character from the Friday the 13th (franchise), ''Friday the 13th'' series. He first appeared in ''Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th'' (1980) as the young son of camp-cook-turned-killer Pamel ...

, a killer in the ''Friday the 13th'' franchise *

Pamela Voorhees Pamela Voorhees () is a character (arts), fictional character and the overarching antagonists, antagonist of the Friday the 13th (franchise), ''Friday the 13th'' series of horror films. She was created by Victor Miller (writer), Victor Miller, ...

, Jason's mother 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 ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' is an American streaming television sitcom created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, starring Ellie Kemper in the title role. It premiered on March 6, 2015, on Netflix and ran for four seasons, ending on January 25, 20 ...

'' * Megan Voorhees, a minor character in ''

Scary Movie 2 ''Scary Movie 2'' is a 2001 American supernatural parody film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It is the sequel to ''Scary Movie'' and the second film in the ''Scary Movie'' film series. The film stars Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Shawn Wayans and M ...

'' * Xanthippe Lannister Voorhees, from ''

'' * Dr. Voorhees in ''

The Thing from Another World ''The Thing from Another World'', sometimes referred to as just ''The Thing'', is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction-horror film, directed by Christian Nyby, produced by Edward Lasker for Howard Hawks' Winchester Pictures Corporati ...

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