Hayward is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
A. E. Hayward (1884–1939), American cartoonistAbraham Hayward (1801–1884), English writer and essayistAdam Hayward (born 1984), American football playerAlvinza Hayward (1822–1904), gold mining millionaireBasil Hayward (1928–1989) English footballer and managerBill Hayward (1868–1947), American track and field coachBob Hayward (1927–1961), Canadian powerboat racerBrian Hayward, Canadian ice hockey playerBrooke Hayward, American actress and authorByron Hayward, Welsh international rugby union playerCaptain Hayward, English sailorCarolyn Hayward, Canadian bullfighter and artistChard Hayward, Welsh actorCharles Hayward (musician), 25th mayor of Victoria, British Columbia (1900–1902)Charles Hayward (musician), English musicianCharles William Hayward (1892–1983), British entrepreneur and philanthropistCharlie Hayward, American bass guitaristCharlotte Hayward (Charlotte Oelschlagel, 1898–1984), professional German skaterChris Hayward (1925–2006), American television writer and producerChuck Hayward (1920–1998), American actor and stuntmanDaniel Hayward (1808–1852), English cricketerDon Hayward (1925–1999), Welsh international rugby union playerEdward Hayward (1903–1983), Australian businessmanEric Hayward, English professional footballerEvan Hayward (1876–1968), English Liberal M.P. for South East Durham (1910–1918)Ferd Hayward (1911–1988), Canadian long-distance walkerFlorence Hayward (1858–1939), a South Australian poet, pen name "Firenze"George Hayward (rugby union), Welsh international rugby union playerGeorge S. L. Hayward (1894–1924), British World War I aviator and Military Cross recipientGeorge W. Hayward (1840–1870), British explorerGeorge Simpson-Hayward, English cricketerGordon Hayward (born 1990), American basketball playerHarry T. Hayward (1865–1895), American gambler and suspected serial killerSir Isaac Hayward, leader of London County Council (1947–1965)Sir Jack Hayward, English property developerJack Hayward (academic), English writer and academicJames Hayward, English military historianJames Hayward (artist), born 1943Jimmy Hayward, American animation directorJocquim Hayward Stocqueler (1801–1886), British journalistJoel Hayward, New Zealand-born academic and poetJohn Hayward (historian) (c. 1560 – 1627), English historianJohn Davy Hayward (1906–1965), English editor, critic and anthropologistJohn Warburton (producer) (John Hayward-Warburton), British television producerJulia Sampson Hayward, American tennis playerJustin Hayward, an English singer/songwriter (The Moody Blues)Ken Hayward, an Australian politicianKenneth John Hayward (1891-1972), an English entomologistLance Hayward (1916–1991), Bermudan jazz pianistLawrence Hayward, English musicianLazar Hayward (born 1986), American basketball playerLeland Hayward, Hollywood and Broadway agent and theatrical producerLillie Hayward (1891–1971), American silent film actressLouis Hayward, British actorMaurice Hayward (Governor of Bombay) (1923)Mary Hayward Weir (1915–1968), American steel heiressMax Hayward (1924–1975), British lecturer and Russian translatorMonroe Hayward (1840–1899), U.S. senatorNantie Hayward, South African cricketerNathaniel Hayward (1808–1865), inventorNelson Hayward (1810–1857), 6th mayor of Cleveland, OhioPaul Hayward, Australian rugby league playerRachel Hayward, Canadian actressRay Hayward, American baseball playerReggie Hayward, American football playerReginald Frederick Johnson Hayward (1891–1978), South African Victoria Cross recipientRichard Arthur Hayward, tribal chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe (1975–1998)Richie Hayward (1946–2010), American drummer (Little Feat)Rick Hayward, chairman of English professional football club Wolverhampton Wanderers (2004–2006)Robert Hayward, English Conservative M.P. for Kingswood (1983–1992)Roger Hayward (1899–1979), American artist and architectRoland Hayward (1865–1906), American entomologist, binomial authority of species such as Amara coelebsRowland Hayward (c. 1520 – 1593), English merchant and Lord Mayor of LondonRudall Hayward (1900–1974), New Zealand film pioneerRuxton Hayward, British eccentricSidney Hayward (1897–1961), British barristerSteve Hayward, English footballerSteven Hayward, Canadian novelistSteven F. Hayward, American writerSusan Hayward, American actressThomas Hayward (cricketer) (1835–1876), English cricketerThomas Hayward (Royal Navy officer) (1767–1798), Royal Navy OfficerThomas Hayward (tenor), American tenorThomas B. Hayward, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (1978–1982)Tom Hayward (1871–1939), English cricketerTony Hayward, Former Chief Executive of BP GroupVictor Hayward (1888–1916), English explorerWally Hayward (1908–2006), South African endurance athleteWalter Hayward-Young (1868–1920), British artistWilliam Hayward (disambiguation), several peopleWilliam Hayward Pickering (1910–2004), New Zealand rocket scientist