Hecht (surname)
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Der Hecht in German is the fish known in English as a pike. This surname came from house shield (cf. herald) from Jewish communities such as Frankfurt/Main.
Yiddish העכט der hekht means spear, arms. The meanings of Yiddish are older than modern German, like the English word "pike".
Hecht is the surname of a number of people including:
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[edit] Politicians
- Chic Hecht, former U.S. Senator from Nevada and U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas
- Greg Hecht, American politician, former member of the Georgia General Assembly
- Michael Hecht, birth name of Michael Howard, British politician and leader of the Conservative Party from 2003 until 2005
- Nathan Hecht, senior justice on the Texas Supreme Court
- Sue Hecht, member of the Maryland House of Delegates
[edit] Academics
- Michael Hecht, researcher in human communication
- Tobias Hecht, American anthropologist, ethnographer, and translator (descendant of Samuel Hecht, Jr)
- Robert Hecht-Nielsen, artificial intelligence and cognition theorist
- Selig Hecht, Polish-born American biophysicist
- Werner Hecht, literary scholar
- Eugene Hecht, American physicist, author, ceramics connoisseur
[edit] Literature
- Anthony Hecht, American poet
- Daniel Hecht, American novelist
- Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet, historian, philosopher, and author
- Jamey Adam Hecht, American poet, classicist, and author
[edit] Entertainment
- Albie Hecht, former president of Spike TV and Nickelodeon
- Ben Hecht, prolific Hollywood screenwriter
- Erik Hecht, real name of German musician Eric Fish
- Gina Hecht, American actress
- Jessica Hecht, American actress
- Harold Hecht, film producer
- Paul Hecht, Canadian actor
[edit] Sports
- Daniel Alan Hecht, Hungarian curling champion
- Duvall Hecht, American Olympic champion row
- Gerhard Hecht, German boxer
- Jochen Hecht, German ice hockey player
- Ladislav Hecht, professional tennis player
- Raymond Hecht, German javelin throwerer
[edit] Business
- Robert Hecht Jr., American antiquities dealer
- Reuben Hecht, Israeli industrialist an dphilanthropist.
- Sam Hecht, British industrial designer
- Samuel Hecht, Jr., American retailer, founder of Hecht's
[edit] Other
- Abraham Hecht, controversial American Orthodox rabbi
- Anton Hecht, English artist and filmmaker
- Frederick Hecht, American pediatrician and geneticist (descendant of Samuel Hecht, Jr.)
- Hans-Joachim Hecht, German chess grandmaster
- Jacob J. Hecht, American rabbi
- Joan Hecht, American writer and activist
- Kenneth Hecht, American public interest attorney, health and nutrition advocate
- Kenneth Hecht (disambiguation)
- Nathan Hecht, Texas Supreme Court Justice
- Todd Hecht, President, MilitaryStars, Expert in helping companies hire Military Veterans
- Donald Hecht, American philanthropist, university founder
- Amy Allison Hecht, American clinical psychologist
[edit] Hechter
- Iosif Hechter, known as "Mihail Sebastian" (1907, Brăila - 1945), a Jewish Romanian playwright, essayist, journalist and novelist
- Daniel Hechter (born 1938), a Jewish French fashion designer
[edit] Hechtmann
- Gideon Gechtman (1942, Cairo - 2008), an Israeli artist, sculptor
- Ken Hechtman (born ?), a Jewish Canadian freelance journalist
[edit] See also
- Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum, Haifa, Israel
- Jacob J. Hecht Sefer Torah
- 10484 Hecht, an asteroid
[edit] Hechter
- Daniel Hechter, French fashion designer
[edit] Hechtman
- Ken Hechtman, Canadian journalist
[edit] Hechtkopf
- Henryk Hechtkopf, a Polish-Israeli artist
- Kevin Hechtkopf
[edit] Similar names
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