Hays is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander Hays (1819–1864), general in the Federal army during the American Civil WarAnna Mae Hays (born 1920), first woman in the U.S. Army to be promoted to generalArthur Garfield Hays (1881–1954), attorney for the American Civil Liberties UnionBrooks Hays (1898–1981), former United States Congressman from ArkansasCharles Melville Hays (1856–1912), American railroad executive who perished on the TitanicDan Hays (born 1939), Canadian politicianDavid Hays (born 1944), English-born Scottish cricketerEthel Hays (1892–1989), American syndicated cartoonistGeorge Price Hays (1892–1978), Lt. General, Commander of the 10th Mountain Division in the European Theater of Operations in World War II.George Washington Hays (1863–1927), former governor of the state of ArkansasHarry Hays (1909–1982), Canadian SenatorHarry T. Hays (1820–1876), general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil WarJohn Coffee Hays (1817–1883), Texas Ranger and sheriff in the Old WestKathleen Hays, American economics reporterKathryn Hays (born 1933), American actressKevin Hays (born 1968), jazz pianistLauren Hays, American actressLarry Hays, American college baseball coachPaul Hays, Reading Clerk for the U.S. House of RepresentativesRichard B. Hays, American college professor at Duke UniversityRobert Hays (born 1947), American actorSamuel Hays (1783–1868), Pennsylvanian Democratic politicianSamuel Lewis Hays (1794–1871), Virginian politicianSpencer Hays (born c. 1936), American businessman and art collectorTodd Hays (born 1969), American Olympic bobsledderWayne Hays (1911–1989), former United States Congressman from OhioWilliam B. Hays (1844–1912), Mayor of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaWill H. Hays (1879–1954), American politician and Postmaster GeneralWilliam Shakespeare Hays (1837–1907), American poet and lyricist