Hays (surname)

Hays is an English and Irish surname, a variant to the name Hayes. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alexander Hays (1819–1864), general in the Federal army during the American Civil War
 * Anna Mae Hays (1920–2018), first woman in the U.S. Army to be promoted to general
 * Arthur Garfield Hays (1881–1954), attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union
 * Austin Hays (born 1995), American baseball player
 * Brooks Hays (1898–1981), United States Congressman from Arkansas
 * Butch Hays (born 1962), American-Australian basketball player
 * Charles Melville Hays (1856–1912), American railroad executive who perished on the Titanic
 * Dan Hays (born 1939), Canadian politician
 * Daniel P. Hays (1854–1923), American lawyer
 * David Hays (cricketer) (born 1944), English-born Scottish cricketer
 * David G. Hays (1928–1995), linguist, computer scientist and social scientist
 * Ethel Hays (1892–1989), American syndicated cartoonist
 * George Price Hays (1892–1978), Lt. General, Commander of the 10th Mountain Division in the European Theater of Operations in World War II.
 * George Washington Hays (1863–1927), governor of the state of Arkansas
 * Harry Hays (1909–1982), Canadian Senator
 * Harry T. Hays (1820–1876), general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
 * Irene Hays (born 1954), British civil servant and businesswoman
 * Isaac Hays (1796–1879), American ophthalmologist and naturalist
 * John Coffee Hays (1817–1883), Texas Ranger and sheriff in the Old West
 * Judith Salzedo Hays, married name of Judith Salzedo Peixotto (1823–1881), American teacher and principal
 * Kathleen Hays, American economics reporter
 * Kathryn Hays (1934–2022), American actress
 * Kevin Hays (born 1968), American jazz pianist
 * Larry Hays, American college baseball coach
 * Moses Judah Hays (1799–1861), Canadian businessman and municipal leader
 * Paul Hays, Reading Clerk for the U.S. House of Representatives
 * Richard B. Hays, American college professor at Duke University
 * Robert Hays (born 1947), American actor
 * Samuel Hays (disambiguation), several people
 * Spencer Hays (1936–2017), American businessman and art collector
 * Todd Hays (born 1969), American Olympic bobsledder
 * Wayne Hays (1911–1989), United States Congressman from Ohio
 * William B. Hays (1844–1912), Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 * Will H. Hays (1879–1954), American politician and Postmaster General
 * William Shakespeare Hays (1837–1907), American poet and lyricist