Hayek

Hayek is a surname:

  • As a variant spelling of the Czech name Hájek, which originally meant "a grove", it commonly occurs in Czech place names. It occurs among Polish Jews in a Polish language spelling as Chajek.
  • The family name Hayek, Hayeck, Haiek or Haick is a Lebanese Christian last name, and can be found in other parts of the Levant.

Notable people with the surname include:

European surname

  • Gustav von Hayek (1836–1911), Czech-born Austrian naturalist, father of botanist August von Hayek
    • August von Hayek (1871–1928), Austrian botanist, father of economist Friedrich Hayek
      • Friedrich A. Hayek (1899–1992), Austrian-British, Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist and political philosopher
      • Heinrich von Hayek (1900–1969), Austrian anatomist
  • Frank Forest (born Frank Hayek, 1896–1976), American singer and actor
  • Julie Hayek (born 1960), American beauty queen and actress
  • Peter Hayek (born 1957), retired American ice hockey player
  • Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hayek (1525–1600), Czech physician and astronomer

Levantine surname

  • Antoine Hayek (1928–2010), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baniyas of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church 1989–2006
  • Dina Hayek (born Collet Bou Gergis, 1982), popular Lebanese singer
  • Gebran Hayek (1927–1992), Lebanese journalist and editor in chief of Lisan-al-Hal the oldest Lebanese daily newspaper
  • Ignace Antoine II Hayek (Antun Hayek, 1910–2007), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriac Catholic Church 1968–1998
  • Nicolas Hayek (1928–2010), Lebanese–Swiss co-founder of the Swatch Group
  • Renée Hayek, Lebanese writer and novelist
  • Rita Hayek (born 1987), Lebanese actress
  • Salma Hayek (born 1966), Mexican actress of Lebanese descent
  • Sami Hayek (born 1972), Mexican furniture designer of Lebanese descent, brother of Salma
  • Samuel Hayek (born 1953), Israeli real-estate businessman of Iraqi-Jewish descent
  • Hossam Haick (born 1975), Israeli-Arab scientist and engineer.

See also

  • Hájek (disambiguation), the original Czech form of the name
  • Haik (disambiguation)
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Surnames associated with the occupation of weaving
Germanic
  • English: Weaver, Webb, Webber, Webster
  • Dutch: Wever
  • Danish: Væver [da]
  • German: Fitzer, Textor, Waber, Weber, Waeber, Weeber, Schinzel
Romance
Slavic
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Surname list
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