Minor (surname)

Minor is a surname shared by several notable people:

• Anne Rogers Minor (1864–1947), American clubwoman and artist
• Audax Minor (1887–1979), pen name of Canadian writer George F. T. Ryall
• Barbara Haviland Minor, American chemical engineer
• Benjamin Blake Minor (1818–1905), American writer, educator, legal scholar, and university administrator
• Bill Minor (1922–2017), American journalist
• Billy Minor (born 1970), American football player
• Brandon Minor (born 1988), American football player
• Brienne Minor (born 1997), American tennis player
• Charles Minor (1835–1903), American college administrator
• Charles A. Minor (born 1942), Liberian diplomat
• Clorinda S. Minor (1806–1855), American expatriate to Palestine
• Dan Minor (1909–1982), American jazz trombonist
• Dave Minor (1922–1998), American basketball player
• Deon Minor (born 1973), American track and field athlete
• Edward S. Minor (1840–1924), American businessman and politician
• Ethel Minor (1922–2012), American civil rights activist
• Flor Minor (born 1961), Mexican artist
• Florence Minor (1949–2024), American children's author
• Francis Minor (1820–1892), American women's suffrage advocate and husband of Virginia Minor
• George Minor (1845–1904), American composer
• George Minor (baseball) (1919–1973), American baseball player
• Grace Minor (born 1942), Liberian politician
• Greg Minor (born 1971), American basketball coach and player
• Gregory Minor (died 1999), American nuclear whistleblower
• Halsey Minor (born 1964), American businessman
• Harold B. Minor (1902–1984), American diplomat
• Ilka Minor (born 1975), Austrian rally co-driver
• Jacqueline Minor, British European Commission representative
• Jakob Minor (1855–1912), Austrian literary historian and Germanist
• James T. Minor, American academic administrator and sociologist
• Jane Minor (c. 1792–1858), American enslaved healer and emancipator
• Janet E. Minor, Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada
• Jerry Minor (born 1969), American actor, comedian and writer
• John Minor (politician) (1761–1816), American politician from Virginia
• John B. Minor (1813–1895), American law professor
• Jordan Minor (born 2000), American basketball player
• José Pablo Minor (born 1991), Mexican actor
• Keija Minor (born 1972), American magazine editor
• Kobee Minor (born 2002), American football player
• Kyle Minor (born 1976), American writer
• Lazar Solomonovich Minor (1855–1942), Russian neurologist
• Lewis J. Minor (1914–2002), American chef, food scientist, and businessman
• Mark Minor (born 1950), American basketball player
• Michael Minor (1940–1987), American illustrator
• Mike Minor (disambiguation), various people
• Nannie Jacquelin Minor (1871–1934), American nurse
• Osip Minor (1861–1932), Russian revolutionary
• Pauline Oberdorfer Minor (c. 1885–1963), American teacher, composer, and sorority founder
• Rickey Minor (born 1957), American musician
• Robert Minor (disambiguation), various people
• Ross Minor (born 1998), American blind para swimmer
• Shanika Minor (born 1991), American criminal
• Sheila Minor (born 1946/7), American environmental scientist
• Solomon Zalkind Minor (1826/7–1900), Lithuanian-Russian rabbi and writer
• Stephen Minor (1760–1815), American plantation owner and banker
• Ted Minor (born 1974), American stock car racing driver
• Thomas Minor (1608–1690), American city founder and diarist
• Thomas T. Minor (1844–1889), Mayor of Seattle
• Travis Minor (born 1979), American football player
• Virginia Minor (1824–1894), American women's suffrage activist
• Wesley Lyng Minor (1851–1935), American architect
• William Minor (disambiguation), various people
• Wilma Frances Minor, 20th century American novelist and short story writer, forger of letters involving Abraham Lincoln
• Wladek Minor (born 1946), Polish-American biophysicist