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

 * 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.