Hatcher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Allen Hatcher (born 1944), U.S. mathematician
• Anna Granville Hatcher (1905–1978), U.S. linguist
• Edwin Starr (born Charles Edwin Hatcher, 1942–2003), U.S. soul singer
• Chris Hatcher (disambiguation), several people
• Claude A. Hatcher (1876–1933), U.S. pharmacist and soft drink developer (R.C. Cola)
• Derian Hatcher (born 1972), U.S. hockey player
• Gene Hatcher (born 1959), U.S. boxer
• Harlan Hatcher (1898–1998), American academic who served as the eighth President of the University of Michigan from 1951 to 1967
• Jade Hatcher (born 1990), Australian dancer
• Jason Hatcher (born 1982), U.S football player
• Jeffrey Hatcher, U.S. playwright
• John Bell Hatcher (1861–1904), U.S. paleontologist, discoverer of Triceratops
• Julian Hatcher (1888–1963), U.S. general, firearms expert and author
• Kevin Hatcher (born 1966), U.S. hockey player
• Layne Hatcher (born 1999), American football player
• Leigh Hatcher (born 1955), Australian journalist and news presenter
• Lillian Hatcher (1915–1998), African American riveter and union organizer
• Mickey Hatcher (born 1955), American baseball player
• Ragen Hatcher, American politician
• Richard G. Hatcher (1933–2019), American politician and lawyer
• Teri Hatcher (born 1964), American actress
• Wiley Ward Hatcher (1828–???), American politician in Wisconsin
• William S. Hatcher (1935–2005), mathematician and philosopher