Hora is a surname. The Czech and Slovak surname Hora (feminine: Horová) means 'mountain' and originated as a designation for someone who comes from the mountains or from a place called Hora. In some dialects, the word also meant 'forest' and the surname could refer to a person living near a forest. Notable people with the surname include:
Carlos Hora (born 1945), Peruvian sport shooter
Ioan Hora (born 1988), Romanian footballer
Jakub Hora (born 1991), Czech footballer
Jan Hora (1900–1953), Czech police chief and water polo player
John Hora (1940–2021), American cinematographer
Josef Hora (1891–1945), Czech poet, literary critic and translator
Sunder Lal Hora (1896–1955), Indian ichthyologist
Heinrich Hora (born 1931), German-Australian theoretical physicist
Thomas Hora (1914–1995), American psychiatrist
Tomio Hora (1906–2000), Japanese historian