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 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 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.
See also
Hájek (disambiguation), the original Czech form of the name
Haik (disambiguation)