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 also 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
[edit]- 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
- August von Hayek (1871–1928), Austrian botanist, father of economist Friedrich Hayek
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Hájek (disambiguation), the original Czech form of the name
- Haik (disambiguation)