Every family has its share of famous (and sometimes infamous) persons among its ranks. The Hoyle families are no exception. The following articles and links to other sites discuss some of the better known people with the surname Hoyle. We will add additional names and mini-biopages as this website grows.
Editor’s Note: We welcome your recommendations of other notable members of the Hoyle families. Please feel free to also suggest spouses or children related to Hoyle families and any others that may have some historical or social significance but be better known by other surnames. We will also be listing some additional names of high achievers that do not yet have articles about them on this site, but we will provide external links whenever possible and more biographical information at a later day.
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Edmond Hoyle
(UK): Recognized authority on card and board games. Author, barrister, educator.
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Fred Hoyle
(UK): Famous British astronomer, scientist, and writer. Coined the term “Big Bang theory” even though he disagreed with it. Writer of science fiction novels and stories.
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Linda Adams Hoyle
(USA): First African-American woman to graduate from Virginia Tech University (1968).
