Lovejoy (surname)

Lovejoy is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Allen P. Lovejoy, American politician
• Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (1873–1962), American philosopher and intellectual historian
• Asa Lovejoy (1808–1882), American pioneer and politician, founder of Portland, Oregon
• Ben Lovejoy (born 1984), American ice hockey player
• Deirdre Lovejoy (born 1962), American actress
• Elijah Parish Lovejoy (1802–1837), American journalist and abolitionist, brother of Owen
• Esther Pohl Lovejoy (1869–1967), American physician and activist
• F. T. F. Lovejoy (1854–1932), American industrialist
• Frank Lovejoy (1912–1962), American actor
• George Lovejoy (died 2003), Australian rugby league commentator
• George A. Lovejoy (New Hampshire politician) (1931–2015), American politician and businessman
• George A. Lovejoy (Washington politician) (1879–1944)
• Ian Lovejoy, American politician from Virginia
• Lynda Lovejoy (born 1949), Navajo politician
• Owen Lovejoy (1811–1864), American congressman and abolitionist, brother of Elijah
• Owen Lovejoy (anthropologist) (born 1943), American evolutionary biologist
• Paul Lovejoy, Canadian historian
• Robin Lovejoy (1924-1985), Australian theatre director and actor
• Spencer Lovejoy (born 1998), American squash player
• Terry Lovejoy, Australian amateur astronomer
• Thomas Lovejoy (1941–2021), American biologist
• Tim Lovejoy (born 1968), British television presenter

Fictional characters:

• Reverend Timothy Lovejoy, a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons
• Helen Lovejoy, wife of the above
• Lovejoy, a fictional antiques dealer of eponymous novels and television