Family name Hardesty (Hardesty 
) , worldwide, is a common surname. The family name Hardesty is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, Ireland, where it is a rare surname, and New Zealand. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
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| Hardesty | Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States |
| richard hardesty (b. 1751) |
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| edmond hardesty (b. 1766) |
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| william howard hardesty (born 1867) (b. 1867) |
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| scott hardesty American baseball player, US (b. 1870) |
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| hardesty gillmore maratta US (b. 1864) |
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herbert hardesty American musician, US (b. 1925) |
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| harold l. hardesty (1900-1952) (b. 1900) |
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jo ann hardesty American politician, US (b. 1957) |
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| eleanor francis hardesty (1921-2003) (b. 1921) |
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| harold lee hardesty (born 1926) (b. 1926) |
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| iona l. hardesty (born 1927) (b. 1927) |
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sue hardesty American writer |
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| richard hardesty (1930-1994) (b. 1930) |
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| bob hardesty American educator and speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson; university president, US (b. 1931) |
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| estella hardesty (born 1937) (b. 1937) |
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