Hayter (surname)

Hayter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adrian Hayter (1914–1990), New Zealand soldier, sailor, Antarctic leader and author
 * Alethea Hayter (1911–2006), English writer
 * Arthur Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham (1835–1917), British politician
 * Charles Hayter (1761–1835), English miniature painter
 * Charles Hayter (secretary) (died 1948), Australian football club manager and secretary
 * Charles Hayter, a minor character in the novel Persuasion by Jane Austen
 * David Hayter (born 1969), Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
 * Ernest Hayter (1913–2005), English cricketer
 * George Hayter (1792–1871), English painter
 * Harrison Hayter (1825–1898), British engineer
 * Henry Heylyn Hayter (1821–1895), Australian statistician
 * Jack Hayter, British musician
 * James Hayter (actor) (1907–1983), British actor
 * James Hayter (footballer) (born 1979), English footballer
 * James Hayter (rugby union) (born 1978), English former rugby union player
 * Joanna Hayter, Australian gender equality advocate and humanitarian aid worker
 * John Hayter (1800–1895), English painter
 * John Hayter (antiquary) (1756–1818), English churchman and academic
 * Kezia Hayter (1818–1885), Australian prison reformer
 * Kristin Hayter (born 1986), American singer and multi-instrumentalist
 * L. A. Hayter (1893–1917), English illustrator, draughtsman and writer
 * Montague Hayter (1871–1948), English cricketer
 * Paul Hayter (born 1942), senior British civil servant
 * Sean Hayter, Australian musician with the band Lucius Hunt
 * Stanley William Hayter (1901–1988), British painter
 * Sir William Hayter, 1st Baronet (1792–1878), British barrister and politician
 * William Hayter (diplomat) (1906–1995), British diplomat, ambassador to the Soviet Union and author
 * William Hayter (priest) (1858–1935), British dean and teacher