Hawley (surname)

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

• Alan Ramsay Hawley, early American aviator
• Amos Hawley (1910–2009), American sociologist
• Cameron Hawley, American fiction writer
• Caroline Hawley, BBC war correspondent
• David Hawley (1741–1807), Stratfield, Connecticut, captain and privateer during the American Revolution
• Sir Donald Hawley (1921–2008), British colonial lawyer, diplomat and writer
• Elizabeth Hawley, American journalist
• Frank Hawley, Canadian drag-racing driver
• Gideon Hawley (1727–1807), Yale graduate, missionary to the Iroquois Indians at Mashpee, Massachusetts
• Graeme Hawley, British actor
• Henry Hawley (c. 1679–1759), British army officer
• Jack Hawley, American Republican politician
• James Edwin Hawley, Canadian geologist
• James H. Hawley, governor of Idaho
• Jesse Hawley (football), American college football coach
• Jesse Hawley (merchant), backer of the Erie Canal
• John F. Hawley, American astrophysicist
• Joseph Hawley (Captain) (1603–1690), Stratford, Connecticut, shipbuilder, first Town Clerk, long-time Representative and Yeoman
• Joseph Roswell Hawley (1826–1905), American political leader
• Karl Hawley, English footballer who plays for Notts County
• Michael Hawley (born 1961), artist and researcher in digital media
• Nero Hawley (1742–1817), Trumbull, Connecticut, slave who fought in American Revolution to earn his freedom
• Ormi Hawley, American actress
• Paul Hawley, member of the band Hot Hot Heat
• Richard Hawley, English guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer
• Robert Hawley, (1729–1799), Trumbull, Connecticut, captain and privateer during American Revolutionary War
• Sandy Hawley, (born 1949), Hall of Fame jockey
• Steven Hawley (born 1951), NASA mission-specialist astronaut
• Thomas Hawley (died 1557), English officer of arms
• Wanda Hawley, silent film actress
• Colonel William Hawley (1861–1941), British archaeologist
• Willis C. Hawley, American politician and co-sponsor of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930