Hayek, Hayki or AlHayki is a

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Hájek Hájek () is a Czech surname, which means "a person from a grove". Its feminine equivalent is Hájková. The surname may refer to: * Alena Hájková (1924-2012), Czech Communist resistance fighter, Righteous among the Nations and historian * Andr ...

, which originally meant "a grove", it commonly occurs in Czech place names. It occurs among

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spelling as ''Chajek''. * The family name AlHayki, Haiki, Hayek, Hayeck, Haiek or Haick ( ar, حايك or ar, الحايكي ), variants of Howayek ( ar, حوايك ), is also common in the Arab world, primarily among Lebanese Christians. The name means "weaver" in Arabic. Notable people with the surname include:

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Gustav von Hayek Gustav von Hayek (21 March 1836 in Brno – 11 January 1911 in Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist. He was the father of botanist August von Hayek (1871–1928) and the grandfather of economist Friedrich von Hayek (1899–1992). He studied natural ...

(1836–1911), Czech-born Austrian naturalist, father of botanist August von Hayek *

August von Hayek August von Hayek (14 December 1871 – 11 June 1928) was an Austrian physician and botanist born in Vienna. He was the son of naturalist Gustav von Hayek and the father of economist Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992). In 1895 he obtained his ...

(1871–1928), Austrian botanist, father of economist Friedrich Hayek *

Friedrich A. Hayek Friedrich August von Hayek ( , ; 8 May 189923 March 1992), often referred to by his initials F. A. Hayek, was an Austrian–British economist, legal theorist and philosopher who is best known for his defense of classical liberalism. Hayek ...

(1899–1992), Austrian-British,

Nobel Memorial Prize The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ( sv, Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award administered ...

winning economist and political philosopher *

Frank Forest Frank Forest (1896–1976) was an American operatic tenor and actor who enjoyed success in the 1930s and 1940s. Biography Frank Forest was born Frank Hayek (meaning forest in Czech) in St. Paul, Minnesota on October 17, 1896. He began the study ...

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

Julie Hayek Julie Lynne Hayek (born October 4, 1960) is an American actress, model, charity worker and beauty queen who won Miss USA 1983. Early life Hayek is of Czech and German descent on her father's side and Norwegian, Scottish, Irish, and English on h ...

(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 *

Peter Hajek Peter Hajek is a British psychologist. He is professor of clinical psychology and director of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine's Tobacco Dependence Research Unit at Queen Mary University of London. He is known for his research into smok ...

, British psychologist

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Antoine Hayek Antoine Hayek (26 August 1928 – 1 May 2010) was an Eastern Catholic bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and was archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Baniyas. Life Antoine Hayek joined the Congregation of the Basilians ...

(1928–2010), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baniyas of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church 1989–2006 *

Dina Hayek Dina Hayek ( ar, دينا حايك; born Collet Bou Gergis ( ar, كوليت بوجرجس) on June 10, 1982) is a Lebanese actress and singer. She gained popularity by the release of her second album, '' Katabtillak''. Her father is Lebanese an ...

(born Collet Bou Gergis, 1982), popular Lebanese singer *

Gebran Hayek Gibran Khalil Gibran ( ar, جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان, , , or , ; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced ), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist ...

(1927–1992), Lebanese journalist and editor in chief of ''Lisan-al-Hal'' the oldest Lebanese daily newspaper *

Ignace Antoine II Hayek Ignatius Antony II Hayyek (or ''Antun Hayek'', September 14, 1910 – February 21, 2007) was the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians of the Syriac Catholic Church from 1968 to 1998. Antun Hayyek was born at Aleppo in 1910 an ...

(Antun Hayek, 1910–2007), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriac Catholic Church 1968–1998 * Nicolas Hayek (1928–2010), Lebanese–Swiss co-founder of the Swatch Group *

Renée Hayek Renée Hayek (Arabic: رينيه الحايك) is a Lebanese writer and novelist. She was born in Sarba and studied philosophy at the Lebanese University in Beirut. She has published a number of books, including short story collections and novels ...

, Lebanese writer and novelist *

Rita Hayek Rita Elie Hayek ( ar, ريتا حايك; born 9 October 1987 in Beirut) is a Lebanese actress and television presenter. Biography Hayek studied acting at the Institut National des Beaux Arts (National Institute Of Fine Arts or INBA), at the Leb ...

(born 1987), Lebanese actress *

Salma Hayek Salma Hayek Pinault ( , ; born Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez; September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico with starring roles in the telenovela ''Teresa'' (1989–1991) as well as the ...

(born 1966), Mexican actress of Lebanese descent *

Sami Hayek Acronyms * SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft * Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company * South African Malaria Initiative, a virtual expertise net ...

(born 1972), Mexican furniture designer of Lebanese descent, brother of Salma *

Samuel Hayek Samuel Hayek (born 1953) is a British-Israeli businessman who has been chairman of JNF-UK since August 2008. Hayek was chairman of the Likud youth department. Biography Born in Kfar Saba, Israel, Hayek is a British citizen and splits his time be ...

(born 1953), Israeli real-estate businessman of Iraqi-Jewish descent *

Hossam Haick Hossam Haick ( ar, حسام حايك; he, חוסאם חאיק; born 1975) is an Arab-Israeli scientist and engineer, and the current dean of undergraduate studies at the Israel Institute of Technology. He is a pioneer known for inventing the N ...

(born 1975), Israeli-Arab scientist and engineer.

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