Hilliard (name)

Hilliard is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Asa Grant Hilliard III (1933–2007), African American professor of educational psychology
• Benjamin C. Hilliard (1868–1951), U.S. Representative from Colorado
• Bob Hilliard (1918–1971), American lyricist
• Brent Hilliard (born 1970), American volleyball player
• Colm Hilliard (1936–2002), Irish Fianna Fáil Party politician
• Corey Hilliard (born 1985), American football offensive tackle
• Dalton Hilliard (born 1964), former American football player
• Daniel Hilliard (died 1888), Ontario merchant and political figure
• Darrun Hilliard (born 1993), American basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
• David Hilliard (1942-), Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party
• David Hilliard (photographer) (born 1964), American photographer
• Dontrell Hilliard (born 1995), American football player
• Earl F. Hilliard (born 1942), American politician and former congressman
• Edward Hilliard (MP) (c. 1754–1815), English barrister and Member of Parliament
• Edward Hilliard (1851–1936, American Seventh-day Adventist missionary
• Ernest Hilliard (1890–1947), American actor
• George Hilliard (1827–1892), Canadian businessman and politician
• Harry Hilliard (cricketer) (1826–1914), Australian cricketer
• Henry Washington Hilliard (1808–1892), U.S. Representative from Alabama
• Ike Hilliard (born 1976), professional American football player, nephew of Dalton Hilliard
• Irwin Foster Hilliard (1863–1948), Ontario lawyer and political figure
• Isaac H. Hilliard (1811–1868), American planter and cotton factor in the Antebellum South
• John Hilliard (artist) (born 1945), London-based conceptual artist, photographer and academic
• John Kenneth Hilliard (1901–1989), American acoustic and electrical engineer, loudspeaker designer
• John Northern Hilliard (1872–1935), American author of a best-selling book on magic
• John S. Hilliard (1947–2019), American composer
• Justin Hilliard (born 1998), American football player
• Lawrence Hilliard (1582–1640), English miniature painter (son of Nicholas Hilliard)
• Lex Hilliard (born 1984), American football running back
• Mary Ann Hilliard (1860–1950), Irish nurse and suffragette
• Michael Hilliard (1903–1982), Irish politician
• Nicholas Hilliard (1537–1619), English miniature painter (father of Lawrence Hilliard)
• Nicholas Hilliard (judge) (born 1959), British judge
• Olive Mary Hilliard (1925–2022), South African botanist and taxonomist
• Randy Hilliard (born 1967), American football defensive back
• Robert Hilliard (1904–1937), Irish boxer
• Sam Hilliard (born 1994), American baseball player
• William A. Hilliard (1927–2017), American journalist

Given name

• Hilliard Brooke Bell (1897–1960), Canadian World War I flying ace
• Hilliard Beyerstein (1907–1990), Canadian politician
• Hilliard Gates (1915–1996), American radio sports announcer
• Hilliard P. Jenkins (1922–1992), American farmer, philanthropist, and civic leader
• Hilliard Lyle (1879–1931), Canadian lacrosse player
• Hilliard Mitchell (1852–1923), Canadian politician
• Hilliard A. Wilbanks (1933–1967), United States Air Force officer and Medal of Honor recipient