Hayek is a surname:

• It is a variant spelling of the Czech surname Hájek, meaning 'small grove'. It also occurs among Polish Jews in a Polish language spelling as Chajek.

• The family name Hayek, Hayeck, Haiek or Haick (Levantine Arabic: حايك, from Classical Arabic: حائك) is a Lebanese Christian last name, meaning 'tailor', 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 Hayek (1899–1992), Austrian-British economist and political philosopher, Nobel Memorial Prize winner

• Heinrich von Hayek (1900–1969), Austrian anatomist

  Frank Forest (born Frank Hayek, 1896–1976), American singer and actor

• Julie Hayek (born 1960), American beauty queen and actress

• Peter Hayek (born 1957), American ice hockey player

• Tadeáš Hájek (Latinized Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hayek, 1525–1600), Czech naturalist 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

• Ignace Antoine II Hayek (Antun Hayek, 19102007), 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

• 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)

• Haik (disambiguation)