# 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
* Ashton Hayward 58th mayor of Pensacola, president of the Andrews Research and Education Foundation
* 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
* Bronwyn Hayward, New Zealand political scientist
* Brooke Hayward, American actress and author
* Bruce W. Hayward (born 1950), New Zealand geologist, marine ecologist, and author
* Byron Hayward, Welsh international rugby union player
* Carolyn Hayward, Canadian bullfighter and artist
* Chard Hayward, Welsh actor
* Charles Hayward (politician), 25th mayor of Victoria, British Columbia (1839–1919)
* 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
* Sir Edward Waterfield Hayward a.k.a. Sir Bill Hayward (1903–1983), South Australian store owner, businessman, and art collector
* 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
* Florence Hayward (1858–1939), a South Australian poet, pen name "Firenze"
* Florence Hayward (writer), St. Louis author
* Francesca Hayward, Kenyan-born English ballet dancer and actress
* 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
* Gordon Hayward (cricketer), (1926–2014), English cricketer
* Harry T. Hayward (1865–1895), American gambler and suspected serial killer
* Hilda Hayward (1898 - 1970), New Zealand pioneer filmmaker
* 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 (artist), 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)
* Katy Hayward, Northern Irish academic
* Ken Hayward, an Australian politician
* 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
* Mary E. Smith Hayward (1842–1938), American businesswoman
* 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 (disambiguation), several people
* Roger Hayward (1899–1979), American artist and architect
* 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)
* Tim Hayward (born 1963), English food writer and restaurateur
* Tim Hayward (political scientist), British academic
* Tom Hayward (1871–1939), English cricketer
* Tony Hayward, Former Chief Executive of BP Group
* Victor Hayward (1888–1916), English explorer
* Victoria Hayward (b. 1992), Canadian softball player
* Victoria Hayward (1876-1956), Bermudan-born travel writer and journalist
* Wally Hayward (1908–2006), South African endurance athlete
* Walter Hayward-Young (1868–1920), British artist
* William Hayward (disambiguation), several people
* William Hayward, English sailor and captain
* William Hayward Pickering (1910–2004), New Zealand rocket scientist