Hay (surname)

Hay is an English and Scottish surname shortened from the Scoto-Norman de la Haye. Notable people with the surname Hay include:

Alexander Hay (disambiguation), multiple people
Andrew Leith Hay, Scottish soldier, politician and author
Barry Hay, Dutch musician
Bill Hay, Canadian ice hockey player
Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian musician
Cody Hay, Canadian figure skater
Dennis Hay, Scottish field hockey player and coach
Danny Hay, New Zealand soccer player
David Hay (diplomat), Australian diplomat and public servant
Denys Hay, British historian
Douglas Hay, New Zealand cricket player and administrator
Edward Norman Hay, British composer
Elizabeth Hay (disambiguation), multiple people
Erin Hay, American country singer
Garry Hay, Scottish footballer
George Hay (disambiguation), multiple people
Gilbert Hay (disambiguation), multiple people
Harry Hay, American gay rights activist
Henry Hay, Australian swimmer
Ian Hay, pen name of John Hay Beith
James Hay (disambiguation), multiple people
Jocelyn Hay (c. 1927 – 2014), British journalist
John Hay (disambiguation), various including:
- John Hay, American politician
- John Hay, British politician
- John MacDougall Hay, Scottish novelist
- John Charles Dalrymple Hay, British admiral
- Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet (1788–1838), British baronet and MP
- Lord John Hay (disambiguation), multiple people
Kathryn Hay, Australian politician
Keith Hay, New Zealand businessman
Louise Hay, American New Age writer
Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle
Mary Hay (b. Mary Hay Caldwell), Ziegfeld girl, stage and screen actress
Merle Hay, American soldier
Oliver Perry Hay, American palaeontologist
Robert Hay (Egyptologist), Scottish traveller and Egyptologist
Robert Hay (furniture manufacturer) (1808–1890), Canadian furniture manufacturer and politician
Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York
Robert William Hay (1786-1861), the Permanent Under Secretary for Colonies from 1825 to 1836 .
Roy Hay (horticulturalist), (1910–1977) English horticultural journalist and broadcaster
Roy Hay (musician), British keyboard player
Samuel Ross Hay, American Methodist bishop
Wellington Hay, Canadian politician
Will Hay, British comic actor
William Hay (police commissioner), British police commissioner
William Howard Hay, American physician and writer on diet
William Perry Hay, crustaceologist

As aristocratic Scottish family name (see Clan Hay):

John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester (c. 1450-1508)
John Hay, 2nd Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1513)
John Hay, 3rd Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1543)
John Hay, 4th Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1557)
William Hay, 5th Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1586)
William Hay, 6th Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1591)
James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1609)
John Hay, 8th Lord Hay of Yester (1593-1653) (became Earl of Tweeddale in 1646)
John Hay, 2nd Earl of Tweeddale (1626-1697) (became Marquess of Tweeddale in 1694)
John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale (1645-1713)
Charles Hay, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale (1670-1715)
John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (1695-1762)
George Hay, 5th Marquess of Tweeddale (1758-1770)
George Hay, 6th Marquess of Tweeddale (1700-1787)
George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale (1753-1804)
George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale (1787-1876)
Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (1824-1878)
William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale (1826-1911)
William George Montagu Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale (1884-1967)
David George Montagu Hay, 12th Marquess of Tweeddale (1921-1979)
Edward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale (1947-2005)
David Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale (b. 1947)

George Hay, 1st Earl of Kinnoull (d. 1634)
George Hay, 2nd Earl of Kinnoull (d. 1644)
George Hay, 3rd Earl of Kinnoull (d. 1650)
William Hay, 4th Earl of Kinnoull (d. 1677)
George Hay, 5th Earl of Kinnoull (d. 1687)
William Hay, 6th Earl of Kinnoull (d. 1709)
Thomas Hay, 7th Earl of Kinnoull (d. 1719)
George Henry Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull (1689-1758)
Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull (1710-1787)
Robert Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull (1751-1804)
Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull (1785-1866)
George Hay-Drummond, 12th Earl of Kinnoull (1827-1897)
Archibald Hay, 13th Earl of Kinnoull (1855-1916)
George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull (1902-1938)
Arthur Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnoull (1935-2013)
Charles Hay, 16th Earl of Kinnoull (b. 1962)

James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (1580-1636)
James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (1612-1660)

William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll (d. c. 1462)
Nicholas Hay, 2nd Earl of Erroll (d. 1470)
William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll (d. 1507)
William Hay, 4th Earl of Erroll (d. 1513)
William Hay, 5th Earl of Erroll (d. 1541)
William Hay, 6th Earl of Erroll (c. 1521-1541)
George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll (d. 1573)
Andrew Hay, 8th Earl of Erroll (d. 1585)
Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll (d. 1615)
William Hay, 10th Earl of Erroll (d. 1636)
Gilbert Hay, 11th Earl of Erroll (d. 1675)
John Hay, 12th Earl of Erroll (d. 1704)
Charles Hay, 13th Earl of Erroll (d. 1717)
Mary Hay, 14th Countess of Erroll (d. 1758)
James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll (1726-1778)
George Hay, 16th Earl of Erroll (1767-1798)
William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll (1772-1819)
William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll (1801-1846)
William Harry Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll (1823-1891)
Charles Gore Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll (1852-1927)
Victor Alexander Sereld Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll (1876-1928)
Josslyn Victor Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll (1901-1941)
Diana Denyse Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll (1926-1978)
Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Moncreiffe, 24th Earl of Erroll (b. 1948)

Hay (surname)

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