Hersh (Yiddish: הערש) is a given name and surname. People with the name include:
Given name
edit- Hersh Leib Sigheter (1829-1930), Hungarian Yiddish writer
- Hersh Wolch (1940-2017), Canadian lawyer
Surname
edit- Arek Hersh, concentration camp survivor and writer (born 1928)
- Kristin Hersh, American singer-songwriter (born 1966)
- Mayer Hersh, Polish concentration camp survivor (1926–2016)
- Patricia Hersh, American mathematician (born 1973)
- Peter Hersh, American ophthalmologist
- Reuben Hersh, American mathematician (1927–2020)
- Seymour "Sy" Hersh, American journalist (born 1937)