Minor (surname)

Minor is a surname shared by several notable people:

A

• Anne Rogers Minor (1864–1947), American clubwoman

B

• Barbara Haviland Minor, American chemical engineer
• Benjamin Blake Minor (1818–1905), American lawyer and academic
• Bill Minor (1922–2017), American journalist
• Billy Minor (born 1970), American football player
• Blas Minor (born 1966), American baseball player
• Brandon Minor (born 1988), American football player
• Brienne Minor (born 1997), American tennis player
• B. Pagels-Minor (born 1985), American business consultant and activist

C

• Charles Minor (1835–1903), American academic
• Charles Minor (Arkansas politician) (1841–1881), American lawyer and politician from Arkansas
• Charles A. Minor (born 1942), Liberian diplomat
• Claudie Minor (born 1951), American football player
• Clorinda S. Minor (1806–1855), American settler in Palestine

D

• Damon Minor (born 1974), American baseball player and coach
• Dan Minor (1909–1982), American jazz musician
• Dave Minor (1922–1998), American basketball player
• Deon Minor (born 1973), American track and field athlete

E

• Edward S. Minor (1840–1924), American politician from Wisconsin
• Ethel Minor, American civil rights activist

F

• Flor Minor (born 1961), Mexican sculptor
• Florence Minor (1949–2024), American writer and film editor
• Francis Minor (1820–1892), American lawyer and suffragist, husband of Virginia Minor
• Fred Hawthorne Minor (1888–1976), American politician and lawyer

G

• George Minor (1845–1904), American naval officer and composer
• George Minor (baseball) (1919–1973), American baseball player
• Gerry Minor (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player
• Grace Minor (born 1942), Liberian politician
• Greg Minor (born 1971), American basketball player
• Gregory Minor (died 1999), American engineer and activist

H

• Halsey Minor (born 1964), American businessman
• Harold B. Minor (1902–1984), American diplomat
• Harry Minor (1928–2017), American baseball player and manager
• Henry Minor (1783–1839), American judge

I

• Ilka Minor (born 1975), Austrian rally co-driver
• Inge Minor (born 1929), German figure skater

J

• Jacqueline Minor, British European Commission official
• Jakob Minor (1855–1912), Austrian literary historian
• James T. Minor, American sociologist and academic administrator
• Jane Minor (c.1792–1858), African-American healer and slave emancipator
• Janet E. Minor, Canadian barrister
• Jason Temujin Minor (born 1971), American comic book artist
• Jerry Minor, American actor and comedian
• John Minor (politician) (1761–1816), American lawyer and politician from Virginia
• John B. Minor (1813–1895), American jurist and academic
• Jordan Minor (born 2000), American basketball player
• José Pablo Minor, Mexican actor, TV host and model

K

• Keija Minor (born 1972), American lawyer and magazine editor
• Kobee Minor (born 2002), American football player
• Kory Minor (born 1976), American football player
• Kyle Minor (born 1976), American writer

L

• Lazar Solomonovich Minor (1855–1942), Russian neurologist
• Lewis J. Minor (1914–2002), American chef and businessman
• Lloyd B. Minor (born 1957), American surgeon and academic

M

• Mark Minor (born 1950), American basketball player
• Melissa Minor-Brown (born 1984), American politician from Delaware
• Michael Minor (1940–1987), American illustrator and art director
• Mike Minor (actor) (1940–2016), American actor
• Mike Minor (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player
• Mike Minor (snowboarder) (born 1990), American Paralympic snowboarder

N

• Nannie Jacquelin Minor (1871–1934), American public health nurse

O

• Osip Minor (1861–1932), Russian revolutionary

P

• Pauline Oberdorfer Minor (c.1885–1963), American singer

R

• Raleigh Colston Minor (1869–1923), American legal scholar
• Rickey Minor (born 1957), American bassist and composer
• Robert Minor (1884–1952), American cartoonist
• Robert Crannell Minor (1839–1904), American artist
• Robert Lee Minor (born 1944), American stuntman and actor
• Ross Minor (born 1998), American accessibility content creator
• Rüdiger Rainer Minor (1939–2017), German bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Ryan Minor (1974–2023), American baseball player

S

• Shane Minor (born 1968), American singer-songwriter
• Shanika Minor (born 1991), American criminal
• Sheila Minor (born 1946/7), American environmental technician
• Sheri Minor, American politician from New Hampshire
• Solomon Zalkind Minor (1826/7–1900), Lithuanian-Russian rabbi and writer
• Stephen Minor (1760–1815), American governor and banker

T

• Ted Minor (born 1974), American stock racing driver
• Thomas Minor (1608–1690), Early New England settler
• Thomas T. Minor (1844–1889), American politician in Washington State
• Travis Minor (born 1979), American football player

V

• Vic Minor (born 1958), American football player
• Virginia Minor (1824–1894), American suffragist

W

• Wesley Lyng Minor (1851–1935), American architect
• William Chester Minor (1834–1920), American surgeon and lexicographer
• William J. Minor (1808–1869), American enslaver and banker
• William T. Minor (1815–1889), American judge and politician from Connecticut
• William Minor (poet) (born 1969), American poet
• Wilma Frances Minor, American writer and literary forger
• Wladek Minor (born 1946), Polish-American structural biologist

See also

• Audax Minor (1887–1979), pen name of Canadian writer George F. T. Ryall
• Miner (surname)