Hayward is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- A. E. Hayward (1884âÂÂ1939), American cartoonist
- Abraham Hayward (1801âÂÂ1884), English writer and essayist
- Adam Hayward (born 1984), American football player
- Alvinza Hayward (1822âÂÂ1904), gold mining millionaire
- Ashton Hayward mayor of Pensacola, president of the Andrews Research and Education Foundation
- Basil Hayward (1928âÂÂ1989) English footballer and manager
- Bill Hayward (1868âÂÂ1947), American track and field coach
- Bob Hayward (1927âÂÂ1961), 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 rugby player
- Carolyn Hayward, Canadian bullfighter and artist
- Chard Hayward, Welsh actor
- Charles Hayward (politician) (1839âÂÂ1919), mayor of Victoria, British Columbia (1839âÂÂ1919)
- Charles Hayward (musician), English musician
- Charles William Hayward (1892âÂÂ1983), British entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Charlie Hayward, American bass guitarist
- Charlotte Hayward (Charlotte Oelschlagel, 1898âÂÂ1984), professional German skater
- Chris Hayward (1925âÂÂ2006), American television writer and producer
- Chuck Hayward (1920âÂÂ1998), American actor and stuntman
- Daniel Hayward (1808âÂÂ1852), English cricketer
- Don Hayward (1925âÂÂ1999), Welsh rugby player
- Sir Edward Waterfield Hayward a.k.a. Sir Bill Hayward (1903âÂÂ1983), South Australian store owner, businessman, and art collector
- Eric Hayward, English footballer
- Evan Hayward (1876âÂÂ1968), English Liberal M.P. for South East Durham (1910âÂÂ1918)
- Ferd Hayward (1911âÂÂ1988), Canadian long-distance walker
- Florence Hayward (1858âÂÂ1939), 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 rugby player
- George S. L. Hayward (1894âÂÂ1924), British World War I aviator and Military Cross recipient
- George W. Hayward (1840âÂÂ1870), British explorer
- George Simpson-Hayward, English cricketer
- Gordon Hayward (born 1990), American basketball player
- Gordon Hayward (cricketer), (1926âÂÂ2014), English cricketer
- Harry T. Hayward (1865âÂÂ1895), American gambler and suspected serial killer
- Hilda Hayward (1898 - 1970), New Zealand pioneer filmmaker
- Sir Isaac Hayward, leader of London County Council (1947âÂÂ1965)
- 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 (1801âÂÂ1886), British journalist
- Joel Hayward, New Zealand-born academic and poet
- John Hayward (historian) (c. 1560 â 1627), English historian
- John Davy Hayward (1906âÂÂ1965), English editor, critic and anthropologist
- John Hayward (artist) (1929-2007), English stained glass artist
- John Warburton (producer) (John Hayward-Warburton), British television producer
- Julia Sampson Hayward, American tennis player
- Justin Hayward, English singer/songwriter, The Moody Blues
- Katy Hayward, Northern Irish academic
- Ken Hayward, Australian politician
- Lance Hayward (1916âÂÂ1991), 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 (1891âÂÂ1971), American silent film actress
- Louis Hayward, British actor
- Maurice Hayward (Governor of Bombay) (1923)
- Mary Hayward Weir (1915âÂÂ1968), American steel heiress
- Mary E. Smith Hayward (1842âÂÂ1938), American businesswoman
- Max Hayward (1924âÂÂ1975), British lecturer and Russian translator
- Monroe Hayward (1840âÂÂ1899), American senator
- Nantie Hayward, South African cricketer
- Nathaniel Hayward (1808âÂÂ1865), inventor
- Nelson Hayward (1810âÂÂ1857), 6th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
- Paul Hayward, Australian rugby player
- Rachel Hayward, Canadian actress
- Ray Hayward, American baseball player
- Reggie Hayward, American football player
- Reginald Frederick Johnson Hayward (1891âÂÂ1978), South African Victoria Cross recipient
- Richard Arthur Hayward, tribal chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe (1975âÂÂ1998)
- Richie Hayward (1946âÂÂ2010), American drummer, Little Feat
- Rick Hayward, chairman of English professional football club Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Robert Hayward (disambiguation), several people
- Roger Hayward (1899âÂÂ1979), American artist and architect
- Rowland Hayward (c. 1520 â 1593), English merchant and Lord Mayor of London
- Rudall Hayward (1900âÂÂ1974), New Zealand film pioneer
- Ruxton Hayward, British eccentric
- Sidney Hayward (1897âÂÂ1961), British barrister
- Steve Hayward, English footballer
- Steven Hayward, Canadian novelist
- Steven F. Hayward, American writer
- Susan Hayward, American actress
- Thomas Hayward (cricketer) (1835âÂÂ1876), English cricketer
- Thomas Hayward (Royal Navy officer) (1767âÂÂ1798), Royal Navy Officer
- Thomas Hayward (tenor), American tenor
- Thomas B. Hayward, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations
- Tim Hayward (born 1963), English food writer and restaurateur
- Tim Hayward (political scientist), British academic
- Tom Hayward (1871âÂÂ1939), English cricketer
- Tony Hayward, Former Chief Executive of BP Group
- Victor Hayward (1888âÂÂ1916), English explorer
- Victoria Hayward (b. 1992), Canadian softball player
- Victoria Hayward (1876âÂÂ1956), Bermudan-born travel writer and journalist
- Wally Hayward (1908âÂÂ2006), South African endurance athlete
- Walter Hayward-Young (1868âÂÂ1920), British artist
- William Hayward (disambiguation), several people
- William Hayward, English sailor and captain
- William Hayward Pickering (1910âÂÂ2004), New Zealand rocket scientist
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