Hovey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alvin Peterson Hovey (1821–1891), American Civil War Union general, governor of Indiana and Indiana Supreme Court justice Ann Hovey (1911–2007), American chorus girl and film actress Anna Moncrieff Hovey (1902–1995), Canadian pianist and educator Ced Hovey (1918–2014), Australian rules footballer Charles Edward Hovey (1827–1897), educator, college president and general in the U.S. Army Charles Fox Hovey (1807–1859), businessman in Boston, Massachusetts Charles Mason Hovey (1810–1887), American nurseryman, seed merchant, journalist and author Charles Hovey (naval officer) (1885–1911), U.S. Navy officer Chester Ralph Hovey (1872–1953), Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court DebraLee Hovey (born 1954), American politician from Connecticut Edmund Otis Hovey (1862–1924), American geologist Edmund Otis Hovey (Wabash College) (1801–1877), American Presbyterian minister and college founder Elliot Hovey (born 1983), American Olympic rower Ethel May Hovey (1871–1953), British campaigner for women's education and maternity care Frederick Hovey (1868–1945), American tennis player George Rice Hovey (1860–1943), American university president, minister, professor and author Jay Hovey, American politician from Alabama Jim Hovey (1922–1995), Australian rules footballer Marcia Hovey-Wright (born 1946), American politician from Michigan Natasha Hovey (born 1967), Italian actress Nilo Hovey (1906–1986), American clarinetist Richard Hovey (1864–1900), American poet, songwriter and playwright Ron Hovey (1932–2015), Australian rules footballer Serge Hovey (1920–1989), American composer and ethnomusicologist Tim Hovey (1945–1989), American child actor and musician Wayne Hovey (born 1956), Australian rules footballer William Hovey (1786–1855), early American industrialist and inventor; builder in 1824 of the "Upper and Lower Mills" and of the Hovey Dam in North Grafton, MA, which dam supplied water to the nascent Blackstone Canal
See also Justice Hovey (disambiguation)