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The surname Hecht comes from house shields (cf. herald) of Jewish communities such as Frankfurt/Main. Yiddish (Hebrew: העכט‎‎) der hekht means spear, arms. In modern German Der Hecht is the fish known in English as pike.

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Hecht is the surname of a number of people including:

Politicians

  • Burton Hecht (born 1927), New York politician and judge
  • Chic Hecht, former U.S. Senator from Nevada and U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas
  • Greg Hecht, American politician, former member of the Georgia General Assembly
  • Michael Hecht, birth name of Michael Howard, British politician and leader of the Conservative Party from 2003 until 2005
  • Nathan Hecht, senior justice on the Texas Supreme Court
  • Sue Hecht, member of the Maryland House of Delegates

    • Academics

  • Michael Hecht, researcher in human communication
  • Tobias Hecht, American anthropologist, ethnographer, and translator (descendant of Samuel Hecht, Jr)
  • Robert Hecht-Nielsen, artificial intelligence and cognition theorist

    • Literature

  • Anthony Hecht, American poet
  • Daniel Hecht, American novelist
  • Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet, historian, philosopher, and author

    • Entertainment

  • Albie Hecht, former president of Spike TV and Nickelodeon
  • Ben Hecht, prolific Hollywood screenwriter
  • Erik Hecht, real name of German musician Eric Fish
  • Gina Hecht (born 1953), American actress
  • Jessica Hecht, American actress
  • Harold Hecht, film producer
  • Paul Hecht, Canadian actor

    • Sports

  • Duvall Hecht, American Olympic champion row
  • Gerhard Hecht (1923-2005), German boxer
  • Jochen Hecht, German ice hockey player
  • Ladislav Hecht, professional tennis player
  • Raymond Hecht, German javelin throwerer
  • Jeff Hecht, Canadian football player

    • Business

  • Ernest Hecht, British publisher
  • Robert E. Hecht, American antiquities dealer
  • Reuben Hecht, Israeli industrialist.
  • Sam Hecht, British industrial designer
  • Samuel Hecht, Jr., American retailer, founder of Hecht's

    • Other

  • Abraham Hecht, American Orthodox rabbi, Rabbi Emeritus of Cong. Shaarei Zion (largest Syrian community besides Israel).
  • Anton Hecht, English artist and filmmaker
  • Hans-Joachim Hecht, German chess grandmaster
  • Jacob J. Hecht, American rabbi
  • Joan Hecht, American writer and activist
  • Kenneth Hecht, American public interest attorney, health and nutrition advocate
  • Kenneth Hecht (disambiguation)
  • Lina Frank Hecht (1848-1920), Boston philanthropist
  • Nathan Hecht, Texas Supreme Court Justice
  • Sigmund Hecht (1849-1925), Hungarian-born Reform rabbi in Montgomery, Alabama; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Los Angeles, California.

    • Hechtmann

  • Gideon Gechtman (1942, Cairo - 2008), an Israeli artist, sculptor
  • Ken Hechtman (born ?), a Jewish Canadian freelance journalist

    • References

    Hecht (surname) Wikipedia
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