Hayward (surname)

Hayward is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• A. E. Hayward (1884–1939), American cartoonist
• Abraham Hayward (1801–1884), English writer and essayist
• Adam Hayward (born 1984), American football player
• Alvinza Hayward (1822–1904), gold mining millionaire
• Basil Hayward (1928–1989) English footballer and manager
• Bill Hayward (1868–1947), American track and field coach
• Bob Hayward (1927–1961), Canadian powerboat racer
• Brian Hayward, Canadian ice hockey player
• Brooke Hayward, American actress and author
• Byron Hayward, Welsh international rugby union player
• Captain Hayward, English sailor
• Carolyn Hayward, Canadian bullfighter and artist
• Chard Hayward, Welsh actor
• Charles Hayward (musician), 25th mayor of Victoria, British Columbia (1900–1902)
• Charles Hayward (musician), English musician
• Charles William Hayward (1892–1983), British entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Charlie Hayward, American bass guitarist
• Charlotte Hayward (Charlotte Oelschlagel, 1898–1984), professional German skater
• Chris Hayward (1925–2006), American television writer and producer
• Chuck Hayward (1920–1998), American actor and stuntman
• Daniel Hayward (1808–1852), English cricketer
• Don Hayward (1925–1999), Welsh international rugby union player
• Edward Hayward (1903–1983), Australian businessman
• Eric Hayward, English professional footballer
• Evan Hayward (1876–1968), English Liberal M.P. for South East Durham (1910–1918)
• Ferd Hayward (1911–1988), Canadian long-distance walker
• George Hayward (rugby union), Welsh international rugby union player
• George S. L. Hayward (1894–1924), British World War I aviator and Military Cross recipient
• George W. Hayward (1840–1870), British explorer
• George Simpson-Hayward, English cricketer
• Gordon Hayward (born 1990), American basketball player
• Harry T. Hayward (1865–1895), American gambler and suspected serial killer
• Sir Isaac Hayward, leader of London County Council (1947–1965)
• Sir Jack Hayward, English property developer
• Jack Hayward (academic), English writer and academic
• James Hayward, English military historian
• James Hayward (artist), born 1943
• Jimmy Hayward, American animation director
• Jocquim Hayward Stocqueler (1801–1886), British journalist
• Joel Hayward, New Zealand-born academic and poet
• John Hayward (historian) (c. 1560 – 1627), English historian
• John Davy Hayward (1906–1965), English editor, critic and anthropologist
• John Warburton (producer) (John Hayward-Warburton), British television producer
• Julia Sampson Hayward, American tennis player
• Justin Hayward, an English singer/songwriter (The Moody Blues)
• Ken Hayward, an Australian politician
• Kenneth John Hayward (1891-1972), an English entomologist
• Lance Hayward (1916–1991), Bermudan jazz pianist
• Lawrence Hayward, English musician
• Lazar Hayward (born 1986), American basketball player
• Leland Hayward, Hollywood and Broadway agent and theatrical producer
• Lillie Hayward (1891–1971), American silent film actress
• Louis Hayward, British actor
• Maurice Hayward (Governor of Bombay) (1923)
• Mary Hayward Weir (1915–1968), American steel heiress
• Max Hayward (1924–1975), British lecturer and Russian translator
• Monroe Hayward (1840–1899), U.S. senator
• Nantie Hayward, South African cricketer
• Nathaniel Hayward (1808–1865), inventor
• Nelson Hayward (1810–1857), 6th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
• Paul Hayward, Australian rugby league player
• Rachel Hayward, Canadian actress
• Ray Hayward, American baseball player
• Reggie Hayward, American football player
• Reginald Frederick Johnson Hayward (1891–1978), South African Victoria Cross recipient
• Richard Arthur Hayward, tribal chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe (1975–1998)
• Richie Hayward (1946–2010), American drummer (Little Feat)
• Rick Hayward, chairman of English professional football club Wolverhampton Wanderers (2004–2006)
• Robert Hayward, English Conservative M.P. for Kingswood (1983–1992)
• Roger Hayward (1899–1979), American artist and architect
• Roland Hayward (1865–1906), American entomologist, binomial authority of species such as Amara coelebs
• Rowland Hayward (c. 1520 – 1593), English merchant and Lord Mayor of London
• Rudall Hayward (1900–1974), New Zealand film pioneer
• Ruxton Hayward, British eccentric
• Sidney Hayward (1897–1961), British barrister
• Steve Hayward, English footballer
• Steven Hayward, Canadian novelist
• Steven F. Hayward, American writer
• Susan Hayward, American actress
• Thomas Hayward (cricketer) (1835–1876), English cricketer
• Thomas Hayward (Royal Navy officer) (1767–1798), Royal Navy Officer
• Thomas Hayward (tenor), American tenor
• Thomas B. Hayward, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (1978–1982)
• Tom Hayward (1871–1939), English cricketer
• Tony Hayward, Former Chief Executive of BP Group
• Victor Hayward (1888–1916), English explorer
• Wally Hayward (1908–2006), South African endurance athlete
• Walter Hayward-Young (1868–1920), British artist
• William Hayward (disambiguation), several people
• William Hayward Pickering (1910–2004), New Zealand rocket scientist