Hawley (surname)

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 (1961-2020), 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 the American Revolutionary War
• William Hawley (general) (1824–1873), American Union Army general
• Willis Nichols Hawley (1875–1898), American soldier during the Spanish–American War

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 (colonial administrator) (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 and current US Senator
• 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

Others[]

• Alan Hawley (disambiguation)
• John Hawley (disambiguation)
• Joseph Hawley (disambiguation)
• Justice Hawley (disambiguation)
• Nancy Miriam Hawley, activist
• Thomas Hawley (disambiguation)

Surname list

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