Hawes (surname)

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

Politicians

• Albert Gallatin Hawes, 19th-century U.S. Representative from Kentucky
• Aylett Hawes, 19th-century American politician and planter from Virginia
• Aylett Hawes Buckner, 19th-century U.S. Representative from Missouri
• Harry Bartow Hawes, 20th-century Democratic member of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate from Missouri
• Richard Hawes, 19th-century United States Representative from Kentucky and second Confederate Governor of Kentucky

Directors

• James Hawes, the director and producer
• Stanley Gilbert Hawes, documentary film producer and director

Authors

• Charles Boardman Hawes
• James Hawes (author), British novelist
• Louis Hawes Jr. Art historian and professor
• Louise Hawes
• Mary Jane Holmes
• Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune, wrote under the penname Marion Harland
• Stephen Hawes, English poet during the Tudor period

Sportspeople

• Ben Hawes, English field hockey player
• Emma Jean Hawes, American bridge player
• Matthew Hawes, Canadian backstroke swimmer
• Spencer Hawes, American basketball player
• Steven Sherburne Hawes, American basketball player

Musicians

• Hampton Hawes, African American jazz pianist
• Patrick Hawes, British composer
• William Hawes, English musician

American soldiers

• James Morrison Hawes, 19th century brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
• Richard Ellington Hawes, 20th century United States naval officer

Other people

• Harriet Boyd-Hawes, pioneering American archaeologist, nurse and relief worker
• Jason Conrad Hawes, co-founder of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), based in Warwick, Rhode Island
• Monsignor John Hawes, architect and priest
• Keeley Hawes, English actress
• Rodney A. Hawes, Jr., American business executive and philanthropist.