What is "voorhees"

Voorhees may refer to:

Voorhees is a hardcore punk band formed in Durham, England. From early 1990 until late 2001 they released records on international record labels and toured Europe and the USA. Although essentially disbanded, the group reformed for rare shows in 2004, 2010 and have reformed again in 2012 and will be playing several shows.

Voorhees is a surname. Its origins can be traced to Dutch settler Steven Van Voorhees, who was named after a village in Drente, Netherlands. Notable people with the name include:

• Alan Voorhees (1922–2005), American transportation engineer
• Charles Stewart Voorhees (1853–1909), American lawyer and politician
• Clark Voorhees (1871–1933), American landscape painter
• Daniel Voorhees (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Daniel W. Voorhees (1827–1897), American lawyer and Senator from Indiana
  • Daniel S. Voorhees (born 1913), confessed to the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short
  • Daniel Spader Voorhees (1852–1935), New Jersey State Treasurer
• Debi Sue Voorhees (born 1961), American actress
• Donald Voorhees (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Donald Voorhees (conductor) (1903–1989), American composer and conductor
  • Donald E. Voorhees (born 1930), American politician from Iowa
  • Donald S. Voorhees (1916–1989), U.S. federal judge
• Erik Voorhees, American entrepreneur
• Foster McGowan Voorhees (1856–1927), American politician, governor of New York
• Lida Voorhees (1864–1934), American tennis player
• Richard Lesley Voorhees (born 1941), U.S. federal judge
• Steven Van Voorhees (1600–1684), Dutch magistrate, founder of the Dutch Reformed Church
• Tracy Voorhees (1890–1974), American Under Secretary of the U.S. Army
• Vern Voorhees (died 1934), American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives