Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968, American author, b. Hamilton, Ohio, grad. Washington Univ., 1909. She is noted for her sympathetic, sentimental novels including Lummox (1923), Back Street (1930), Imitation of Life (1933), and God Must Be Sad (1961).

Hurst in English toponyms refers to a woodland hill or a grove, from Middle English hyrst, cognate with Low German horst, a wooded height.

Hurst may refer:

People

• Alan Hurst (cricketer)
• Alan Hurst (politician), British politician
• Andrew Hurst
• Brian Desmond Hurst
• Bruce Hurst
• Charles Angas Hurst
• Fannie Hurst
• Geoff Hurst, English footballer
• Glynn Hurst
• Greg Hurst
• Harold Edwin Hurst (1880-1978), British hydrologist
• James Hurst
• John Fletcher Hurst
• Jonny Hurst
• Kevan Hurst
• Lee Hurst (comedian)
• Lee Hurst (footballer)
• Lillian Hurst
• Michael Hurst
• Mike Hurst, Canadian politician
• Mike Hurst (producer), British singer and record producer
• Murray Hurst
• Nathan Hurst
• Pat Hurst
• Paul Hurst
• Paul Hurst (actor)
• Rick Hurst
• Robert Hurst
• Ryan Hurst

Places

• Hurst, Berkshire, England
• Hurst, Cumbria, England
• Hurst, Dorset, England
• Hurst, Greater Manchester, England
• Hurst, Illinois, USA
• Hurst, North Yorkshire, England
• Hurst, Somerset, England
• Hurst, Texas, USA
• Hurst Castle and the surrounding coast, Hampshire, England
• Hurst Hill, Lancashire, England
• Hurst Hill, Oxfordshire, England
• Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, the location of the Hindenburg Disaster

Other uses

• Hurst exponent
• Hurst Performance, products for automobiles

See also

• Hearst
• Hirst
• Horst
• Hurt