Hayek
Hayek is a surname, the Germanised form of the Czech name Hájek, which originally meant "a grove" and commonly occurs in Czech place names.
The family name Hayek or Hayyek (Arabic: حايك) is also found in the Levant.
Notable people with this name
- Antoine Hayek (1928–2010), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baniyas of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church 1989–2006
- August von Hayek (1871–1928), Austrian botanist, father of economist Friedrich Hayek
- Dina Hayek (born Collet Bou Gergis, 1982), popular Lebanese singer
- Frank Forest (born Frank Hayek, 1896–1976), American singer and actor
- Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992), Austrian-British economist and political philosopher
- Ignace Antoine II Hayek (Antun Hayek, 1910-2007), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriac Catholic Church 1968–1998
- Julie Hayek (born 1960), American beauty queen and actress
- Nicolas Hayek (1928–2010), Swiss-Lebanese co-founder of the Swatch Group
- Peter Hayek (born 1957), retired American ice hockey player
- Renée Hayek, Lebanese writer and novelist
- Rita Hayek (born 1987), Lebanese actress
- Salma Hayek (born 1966), Mexican actress
- Samuel Hayek (born 1953), Israeli real-estate businesman
- Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hayek (1525–1600), Czech physician and astronomer
See also