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'''Hayek''' is a [[surname]], a variant spelling of the [[Czech name]] [[Hájek]], which originally meant "a [[Grove (nature)|grove]]" and commonly occurs in Czech place names. The family name Hayek, Hayeck or Haiek, {{lang-ar| حايك }}, variants of [[Howayek]], is also found in the [[Levant]] and among [[Jews]]. The name means "weaver". Notable people with the surname include: |
'''Hayek''' is a [[surname]], a variant spelling of the [[Czech name]] [[Hájek]], which originally meant "a [[Grove (nature)|grove]]" and commonly occurs in Czech place names. The family name Hayek, Hayeck or Haiek, {{lang-ar| حايك }}, variants of [[Howayek]], is also found in the [[Levant]], and among [[Jews]] in the [[Polish language|Polish]] form of Chajek. The name means "weaver". Notable people with the surname include: |
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Revision as of 10:30, 2 February 2015
Hayek is a surname, a variant spelling of the Czech name Hájek, which originally meant "a grove" and commonly occurs in Czech place names. The family name Hayek, Hayeck or Haiek, Template:Lang-ar, variants of Howayek, is also found in the Levant, and among Jews in the Polish form of Chajek. The name means "weaver". Notable people with the surname include:
Czech 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, Nobel laureate economist and political philosopher
- August von Hayek (1871–1928), Austrian botanist, father of economist Friedrich Hayek
- Frank Forest (born Frank Hayek, 1896–1976), American singer and actor
- Julie Hayek (born 1960), American beauty queen and actress
- Peter Hayek (born 1957), retired American ice hockey player
- Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hayek (1525–1600), Czech physician and astronomer
Arabic 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, 1910-2007), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriac Catholic Church 1968–1998
- Nicolas Hayek (1928–2010), Swiss-Lebanese co-founder of the Swatch Group
- Nick Hayek, Jr. (born 1954), his son and successor
- 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 businessman
See also
- Hájek, the original Czech form of the name
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