Voorhees (surname)

Voorhees is a surname. Its origins can be traced to Dutch settler Steven van Voorhees, who was from a village in Drenthe, Netherlands. ^[1]

People

Notable people with the name include:

• Alan Voorhees (1922–2005), American transportation engineer
• Andrew Vorhees (born 1999), American football player
• Charles Stewart Voorhees (1853–1909), American lawyer and politician
• Clark Voorhees (1871–1933), American landscape painter
• Daniel Voorhees (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Daniel W. Voorhees (1827–1897), American lawyer and politician from Indiana
  • Daniel S. Voorhees (1914–1953), confessed to the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short
  • Daniel Spader Voorhees (1852–1935), American politician from New Jersey
• Debi Sue Voorhees (born 1961), American actress
• Donald Voorhees (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Donald Voorhees (conductor) (1903–1989), American composer and conductor
  • Donald E. Voorhees (1930–2001), American politician from Iowa
  • Donald S. Voorhees (1916–1989), American judge
• Ellen Voorhees (born 1958), American computer scientist
• Erik Voorhees (born 1985), American entrepreneur
• Foster McGowan Voorhees (1856–1927), American politician, governor of New Jersey
• Jeffrey Voorhees (born 22 August 1962) ^[2] , American former child actor, played the shark's second victim, Alex Kintner, in the feature film Jaws ^[3]
• Lark Voorhies (born 1974), American actress
• Lida Voorhees (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 (1890–1974), American Under Secretary of the U.S. Army
• Vern Voorhees (1878–1934), American politician from Michigan

Fictional characters

• Jason Voorhees, a killer in the Friday the 13th franchise
• Pamela Voorhees, 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
• Megan Voorhees, a minor character in Scary Movie 2
• Xanthippe Lannister Voorhees, from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Dr. Voorhees in The Thing from Another World

See also

• Voorhies (disambiguation)
• Voris

References

1. "Map of Hees near Ruinen, Netherlands" . Retrieved 2015-10-26.
2. "Jeffrey Voorhees," IMDb.com, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0903386/
3. Reed, Betsy, "‘You’re gonna need a bigger bank account’: how a Jaws child actor turned a fleeting appearance into a fortune," The Guardian, August 18, 2025, https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/18/youre-gonna-need-a-bigger-bank-account-how-a-jaws-child-actor-turned-a-fleeting-appearance-into-a-fortune