Hawley (surname)
Appearance
Hawley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Academics
- Amos Hawley (1910–2009), American sociologist
- Anne Hawley, American museum director
- Florence M. Hawley, Mexican anthropologist
- James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965), Canadian geologist
- Katherine Hawley, British philosopher
- Ken Hawley (1927–2014), British tool specialist
- Owen Hawley (1930–2006), American literature professor and historian
- William Hawley (1851–1941), British archaeologist
Artists
- Carl Tracy Hawley (1873–1945), American painter
- Margaret Foote Hawley (1880–1963), American painter
- Michael Hawley (b. 1961), American artist and researcher in digital media
Businesspeople
- Jesse Hawley (merchant), American backer of the Erie Canal
- Kip Hawley, American businessman and administrator
Clergy
- Gideon Hawley (1727–1807), American missionary to the Iroquois Indians
- William Dickinson Hawley (1784–1845), American clergyman
Military people
- David Hawley (1741–1807), Stratfield, Connecticut, captain and privateer during the American Revolution
- Henry Hawley (c. 1679–1759), British army officer
- Nero Hawley (1742–1817), Trumbull, Connecticut, slave who fought in American Revolution to earn his freedom
- Richard E. Hawley (born 1942), American Air Force general
- Robert Hawley, (1729–1799), Trumbull, Connecticut, captain and privateer during American Revolutionary War
- William Hawley (general) (1824–1873), American Union Army general
Performers
- C. B. Hawley (1858–1915), American musician and composer
- Graeme Hawley (born 1973), English actor
- Ida Hawley (1876–1908), Canadian actress and singer
- Ormi Hawley (1889–1942), American actress
- Richard Hawley (born 1967), English musician
- Ryan Hawley (born 1985), English actor
- Wanda Hawley (1895–1963), American actress
Politicians
- Charles Hawley (1792–1866), American politician
- Donald Hawley (1921–2008), British colonial lawyer, diplomat and writer
- Dwight Hawley (1896–1981), American politician
- George Douglas Hawley (1841–1934), Canadian politician
- Henry Hawley (governor) (fl.1630), British governor of Barbados
- Jack Hawley (1920–1999), American politician
- James H. Hawley (1847–1929), governor of Idaho
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (1826–1905), American journalist and politician, governor of Connecticut
- Josh Hawley (b 1979), American politician
- Robert B. Hawley (1849–1921), American businessman and politician
- Spencer Hawley (b. 1953), American politician
- Stephen Hawley (born c.1947), American businessman and politician
- Willis C. Hawley, American politician and co-sponsor of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930
Space exploration
- Steven Hawley (born 1951), NASA mission-specialist astronaut
- Todd B. Hawley (1961–1995), American co-founder of the International Space University
Sportspeople
- Chuck Hawley (1915–1992), American baseball and basketball player
- Colin Hawley (born 1987), American rugby union player
- David Hawley (rugby league), British rugby league footballer
- Frank Hawley (born 1954), Canadian drag-racing driver
- Frank Hawley (cricketer) (1877–1913), English cricketer
- Fred Hawley (1890–1954), English footballer
- Jesse Hawley (American football) (1887–1946), American college football coach
- Karl Hawley (born 1981), English footballer
- Kevin Hawley (born 1980), Anguillan footballer
- Pink Hawley (1872–1938), American baseball player
- Sandy Hawley, (born 1949), Canadian jockey
Writers
- Alix Hawley (born 1975), Canadian author
- Cameron Hawley (1905–1969), American fiction writer
- Caroline Hawley (born 1967), British journalist
- Elizabeth Hawley (1923–2018), American journalist
- Noah Hawley, American film and television producer, screenwriter, composer, and author