Hawes (surname)

Hawes is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Politicians

 * Albert Gallatin Hawes, 19th-century U.S. Representative from Kentucky
 * Aylett Hawes, 19th-century American politician and planter from Virginia
 * Aylett Hawes Buckner, 19th-century U.S. Representative from Missouri
 * Sir Benjamin Hawes, 19th-century British Whig politician, known in UK parliament as "Hawes the Soap-Boiler"
 * Harry Bartow Hawes, 20th-century Democratic member of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate from Missouri
 * Richard Hawes, 19th-century United States Representative from Kentucky and second Confederate Governor of Kentucky
 * William Hawes (miller), business owner and member of the Maine House of Representatives

Directors

 * James Hawes, the director and producer
 * Stanley Gilbert Hawes, documentary film producer and director

Authors

 * Charles Boardman Hawes
 * James Hawes (author), British novelist
 * Louise Hawes
 * Mary Jane Holmes
 * Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune, wrote under the penname Marion Harland
 * Peter Hawes, New Zealand playwright, novelist, and scriptwriter
 * Stephen Hawes, English poet during the Tudor period

Sportspeople

 * Ben Hawes, English field hockey player
 * Emma Jean Hawes, American bridge player
 * Matthew Hawes, Canadian backstroke swimmer
 * Spencer Hawes, American basketball player
 * Steven Sherburne Hawes, American basketball player

Musicians

 * Hampton Hawes, African American jazz pianist
 * Patrick Hawes, British composer
 * William Hawes (composer), English musician

American soldiers

 * James Morrison Hawes, 19th century brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
 * Richard Ellington Hawes, 20th century United States naval officer

Other people

 * Harriet Boyd-Hawes, pioneering American archaeologist, nurse and relief worker
 * Jason Conrad Hawes, co-founder of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), based in Warwick, Rhode Island
 * Monsignor John Hawes, architect and priest
 * Keeley Hawes, English actress
 * Rodney A. Hawes, Jr., American business executive and philanthropist.