Hecht (surname)

The German surname Hecht comes from (cf. herald). In Yiddish (Yiddish: העכט) der hekht means spear, arms. In modern German Der Hecht is the fish known in English as a pike.

Notable people with the surname include:

Politics and Law[]

Burton Hecht (born 1927), New York politician and judge
Chic Hecht, former U.S. Senator from Nevada and U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas
Daryl Hecht (1952–2019), American judge
Evelyn Hecht-Galinski (born 1949), Jewish-German activist
Greg Hecht, American politician
Jon Hecht (born 1958), Massachusetts legislator, attorney and China law expert
Michael Hecht, birth name of Michael Howard, British politician and leader of the Conservative Party from 2003 until 2005
Nathan Hecht, American judge
Sue Hecht, American politician

Academics[]

Daniel Friedrich Hecht (1777–1833), German mathematician
Eugene Hecht (born 1931), American physicist
Friedrich Hecht (1903–1980), Austrian chemist and writer
, American pediatrician, medical geneticist and teacher (descendant of Sam Hecht, Jr, co-founder of Hecht's)
Michael Hecht, researcher in human communication
Selig Hecht, American physiologist and atomic energy expositor
Stefan Hecht, German chemist, professor at Humboldt University of Berlin
Tobias Hecht, American anthropologist, ethnographer, and translator (descendant of Sam Hecht, Jr, co-founder of Hecht's)
Robert Hecht-Nielsen, artificial intelligence and cognition theorist

Literature[]

Anthony Hecht (1923–2004), American poet
Daniel Hecht, American novelist
Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965), American poet, historian, philosopher, and author

Entertainment[]

Albie Hecht, former president of Spike TV and Nickelodeon
Ben Hecht, prolific Hollywood screenwriter
Erik Hecht, real name of German musician Eric Fish
Gina Hecht (born 1953), American actress
Harold Hecht, film producer
Jessica Hecht, American actress
Larry Hecht (1918-2008), better known as Larry Haines, American actor
Paul Hecht, Canadian actor

Sports[]

Duvall Hecht, American Olympic champion row
Gerhard Hecht (1923-2005), German boxer
Jeff Hecht, Canadian football player
Jochen Hecht, German ice hockey player
Ladislav Hecht (1909–2004), Czech professional tennis player
Michael Hecht, German soccer player
Raymond Hecht, German javelin throwerer

Business[]

Ernest Hecht (1929–2018), British publisher
Lotte Irene Hecht (1919-1983), German-Canadian entrepreneur, founder of "The 1945 Foundation", a Canadian charity organization
Robert E. Hecht (1919–2012), American antiquities dealer
Reuben Hecht (1909–1993), Israeli industrialist.
Sam Hecht (born 1969), British industrial designer
Sam Hecht, Jr., American retailer, co-founder of Hecht's

Other[]

Abraham Hecht (1922–2013), American Orthodox rabbi, Rabbi Emeritus of Cong. Shaarei Zion (largest Syrian community besides Israel).
Anton Hecht, English artist and filmmaker
Erwin Hecht, O.M.I. (1933–2016), German Roman Catholic bishop
Estelle Hecht, Canadian artist and gallery owner
Hans-Joachim Hecht, German chess grandmaster
Jacob J. Hecht (1924–1990), American rabbi
John Rudolf Hecht (1911-1988), Austrian-Canadian entrepreneur and Austrian Honorary Consul in Kanada, founder of "The 1945 Foundation", a Canadian charity organization
Joan Hecht, American writer and activist
Józef Hecht (1891–1951), also known as Joseph Hecht, Polish printmaker and painter
Kenneth Hecht, American public interest attorney, health and nutrition advocate (descendant of Sam Hecht, Jr., co-founder of Hecht's)
Kenneth Hecht (disambiguation)
Lina Frank Hecht (1848–1920), Boston philanthropist
Nathan Hecht (born 1949), Texas Supreme Court Justice
Sigmund Hecht (1849–1925), Hungarian-born Reform rabbi in Montgomery, Alabama; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Los Angeles, California.

Hechtman[]

Gideon Gechtman (1942, Cairo - 2008), an Israeli artist, sculptor
Ken Hechtman (born 1967), a Jewish Canadian freelance journalist