# Heath (surname)

Heath is an English surname derived from the Old English word hǣþ, or heath. It referred to a person who lived on heathland. The name is also a given name.
It may refer to:

## Surname

* Adrian Heath (born 1961), English football player and manager
* Anne-Louise Heath, New Zealand nutritionist
* Anthony Heath (born 1942), British sociologist
* Benjamin Heath (1704–1766), British scholar
* Billy Heath (1869 – after 1895), English footballer
* Brandon Heath (born 1978), American musician
* Charles Heath (1785–1848), English engraver
* Christopher Heath (disambiguation), multiple people
* Chris Heath, British writer
* Cuthbert Eden Heath (1859–1939), British insurer
* Darren Heath (born 1968), motor sports photographer
* David Martin "Dave" Heath (1931–2016), American documentary, humanist and street photographer
* David Heath (born 1954), British politician
* Deunte Heath (born 1985), American professional baseball player
* David Heath (wrestler) (born 1969), American professional wrestler
* Don Heath (born 1944), English football (soccer) player
* Earline Heath King (1913–2011), American sculptor
* Edward Heath (1916–2005), British politician; prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974
* Edward Heath (New Orleans) (1819–1892), mayor of New Orleans from 1867 to 1868
* Edward Bayard Heath (1888–1931), American aircraft engineer
* Elliott Heath (born 1989), American distance runner
* Eric Heath (disambiguation), multiple people
* Frederick Heath-Caldwell (born Heath, 1858–1945), British Army officer and RAF general
* Garrett Heath (born 1985), American distance runner
* George M. Heath, American scientist
* The Heath Brothers, American jazz musicians:
** Albert Heath (1935–2024)
** Jimmy Heath (1926–2020)
** Percy Heath (1923–2005)
* Hollis Heath, American playwright and actress
* Iona Heath, English medical doctor
* Jeff Heath (1915–1975), Canadian baseball player
* James Heath (disambiguation), multiple people
* Joel Heath (born 1993), American football player
* John Heath (1922-1987), English entomologist
* John Heath-Stubbs (1918–2006), English poet and translator
* Joseph Heath (born 1967), Canadian philosopher
* Josiah Marshall Heath (died 1851), English ornithologist, metallurgist and businessman
* Kenneth Heath (1919–1977), principal cellist with the London Symphony Orchestra
* Larry Heath, Australian entrepreneur and publisher, founder of the National Live Music Awards
* Lewis Heath (1885–1954), British general
* Liam Heath, British sprint kayaker
* Lillian Heath (1865–1962), American doctor
* Malik Heath (born 2000), American football player
* Lady Mary Heath (1896–1939), Irish aviator
* Mary Jo Heath (born 1954), American radio host\
* Matthew Heath (disambiguation), multiple people
* Michael Heath (disambiguation), multiple people
* Monroe Heath (1827–1894), American politician
* Neville Heath (1917–1946), British murderer
* Nicholas Heath (c. 1501–1578), archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor
* Nicholas Heath (director) (born 1959), British opera director
* Percy Heath, (1923–2005), American jazz musician
* Robert Heath (1575–1649), Attorney General of England, and founder of North Carolina
* Robert Galbraith Heath (1915–1999), psychiatrist who experimented on the brains of animals and patients
* Rodney Heath (1884–1936), Australian tennis player
* Rodney Heath (American football)
* Roy Heath (1926–2008), Guyanese writer
* Russ Heath (1926–2018), American artist
* Samantha Heath (born 1960), British politician
* Stan Heath (born 1964), American basketball coach
* Susannah Heath (1795–1878), American diarist
* T. L. Heath, Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861–1940), British mathematician and historian of classical Greek mathematics
* Ted Heath (bandleader) (1902–1969), British musician
* Tobin Heath (born 1988), American football (soccer) player
* Virginia Heath (born 1959), London-based New Zealand film director and academic
* Westby Heath (1891–1961), English footballer
* William Heath (1737–1814), American soldier and politician
* William Heath (artist) (1795–1840), British artist and caricaturist