Hayter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adrian Hayter (1914–1990), New Zealand soldier, sailor, Antarctic leader and authorAlethea Hayter (1911–2006), English writerArthur Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham (1835-1917), British politicianCharles Hayter (1761–1835), English miniature painterCharles Hayter (secretary) (died 1948), Australian football club manager and secretaryCharles Hayter, a minor character in the novel Persuasion by Jane AustenDavid Hayter (born 1969), Canadian-American actor and screenwriterErnest Hayter (1913-2005), English cricketerGeorge Hayter (1792–1871), English painterHarrison Hayter (1825–1898), British engineerHenry Heylyn Hayter (1821–1895), Australian statisticianJack Hayter, British musicianJames Hayter (actor) (1907–1983), British actorJames Hayter (footballer) (born 1979), English footballerJames Hayter (rugby union) (born 1978), English former rugby union playerJohn Hayter (1800–1895), English painterJohn Hayter (antiquary) (1756–1818), English churchman and academicMontague Hayter (1871–1948), English cricketerPaul Hayter (born 1942), senior British civil servantSean Hayter, Australian musician with the band Lucius HuntStanley William Hayter (1901–1988), British painterSir William Hayter, 1st Baronet (1792–1878), British barrister and politicianWilliam Hayter (diplomat) (1906–1995), British diplomat, ambassador to the Soviet Union and authorWilliam Hayter (priest) (1858–1935), British dean and teacher