Hecht (surname)
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Der Hecht in German is the fish known in English as a pike (Esox lucius). This surname came from house shield (cf.herald) from Jewish communities like as Frankfurt/Main.
Yiddish העכט der hekht means spear, arms. The meanings of Yiddish are older than Modern German, like the English word "pike".
Hecht is the surname of a number of people including:
- Alexander Hecht, American musician/artist
- Anthony Hecht, American poet
- Anton Hecht, controversial North-east English artist and visionary, poet and philosopher
- Ben Hecht, prolific Hollywood screenwriter
- Chic Hecht, former U.S. Senator from Nevada and U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas
- Chris Hecht, financial manager
- Daniel Hecht, American novelist
- David Hecht, designer of board games
- Erik Hecht, German musician Eric Fish
- Frederick Hecht, American physician, scientist, writer and editor
- Greg Hecht, American politician
- Hans-Joachim Hecht, German chess grandmaster
- Harold Hecht, film producer, partner of Burt Lancaster
- Howard Hecht, high-tech executive, experimental music producer, founder of Unschooled Records
- Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet, historian, philosopher, and author
- Jessica Hecht, America actress
- Jochen Hecht, German icehockey player
- Kenneth Hecht (disambiguation)
- Kenneth Hecht, American songwriter, composer, author, writer and publisher
- Kenneth Hecht, American public interest attorney, health and nutrition advocate
- Matthew Hecht, American Artist and Animator, owner of HTW Animation Studios
- Michael Hecht, former name of Michael Howard, British politician and leader of the Conservative Party from 2003 until 2005.
- Nathan Hecht, Texas Supreme Court Justice
- Paul Hecht, Canadian actor
- Raymond Hecht, German javelin thrower
- René Hecht, former captain of the both the GDR and the (united) German volleyball national teams.
- Reuben & Edith Hecht, the namesakes of the Reuben & Edith Hecht Museum
- Robert Hecht Jr., American antiquities dealer
- Robert Hecht-Nielsen, artificial intelligence & cognition theorist
- Selig Hecht, Polish-born American biophysisict
- Werner Hecht, literary scholar
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[edit] Hechtman
- Brandon Hechtman, see Silver Knight Awards
- Dov Hechtman, see Robert Patrick (playwright)
- Ken Hechtman
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