Hays (surname)
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- Alexander HaysAlexander HaysAlexander Hays was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, killed in the Battle of the Wilderness.-Early life and career:...
(1819–1864), general in the Federal army during the American Civil War - Anna Mae HaysAnna Mae HaysBrigadier General Anna Mae Hays was the first woman in the U.S. Military to be promoted to a general officer rank.-Biography:...
(born 1920), first woman in the U.S. Army to be promoted to general - Arthur Garfield HaysArthur Garfield HaysArthur Garfield Hays was a lawyer born in Rochester, New York. His father and mother, both of German descent, belonged to prospering families in the clothing manufacturing industry...
(1881–1954), attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union - Brooks HaysBrooks HaysLawrence Brooks Hays was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Arkansas....
(1898–1981), former United States Congressman from Arkansas - Charles Melville HaysCharles Melville HaysCharles Melville Hays was an American railway executive of the Grand Trunk Railway. He died at sea on the RMS Titanic.-Early years:...
(1856–1912), American railroad executive who perished on the Titanic - Dan HaysDan HaysDaniel Phillip Hays, PC is a Canadian politician. He was Speaker of the Canadian Senate from 2001 to 2006, when he became Liberal Leader in the Senate...
(born 1939), Canadian politician - George Price HaysGeorge Price HaysGeorge Price Hays was a United States Army general who served during World War I and World War II. He earned the Medal of Honor as a young artillery officer during the Second Battle of the Marne in World War I...
(1892–1978), Lt. General, Commander of the 10th Mountain Division in the European Theater of Operations in World War II. - George Washington HaysGeorge Washington HaysGeorge Washington Hays was the 24th Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.George Washington Hays was born in Camden, Arkansas. He attended public schools in Camden and worked as a farmer. Hays studied law at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.Hays was probate and county judge...
(1863–1927), former governor of the state of Arkansas - Harry HaysHarry HaysHarry William Hays, PC was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister in the government of Lester Pearson....
(1909–1982), Canadian Senator - Harry T. HaysHarry T. HaysHarry Thompson Hays was an American Army officer serving in the Mexican-American War and a general who served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War....
(1820–1876), general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War - John Coffee HaysJohn Coffee HaysCol. John Coffee "Jack" Hays was a Texas Ranger captain and military officer of the Republic of Texas. Hays served in several armed conflicts, including the Indian and the Mexican-American War.-Biography:...
(1817–1883), Texas Ranger and sheriff in the Old West - Kathleen Hays, American economics reporter
- Kathryn HaysKathryn HaysKathryn Hays is an American actress. She was born in Princeton, Illinois and grew up in Joliet, Illinois.In the 1966-1967 television season, Hays appeared as Elizabeth Reynolds Pride in the NBC western series The Road West, with co-stars Barry Sullivan, Andrew Prine, Kelly Corcoran, and Glenn...
(born 1933), American actress - Kevin HaysKevin HaysKevin Hays is a jazz pianist. He was raised in Greenwich, ConnecticutHe is known for the Kevin Hays Trio and being in the Bill Stewart Trio....
(born 1968), jazz pianist - Lauren HaysLauren HaysLauren Hays is American actress. who acted in a number of erotic films in the 1990s and early 2000s, before becoming a country music artist....
, American actress - Larry HaysLarry HaysLarry Hays was the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team from 1987 to 2008, and currently coaches women's softball at Lubbock Christian University.-Early life:...
, American college baseball coach - Paul HaysPaul HaysPaul Hays was one of two reading clerks of the United States House of Representatives, a face familiar to viewers of C-SPAN, the network which covers House proceedings. The reading clerk reads bills, motions, and other papers before the House and keeps track of changes to legislation made on the...
, Reading Clerk for the U.S. House of Representatives - Richard B. HaysRichard B. HaysRichard B. Hays is Dean and George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. His service as dean is for an intentional interim period while a national search is conducted. Hays received his B.A in English literature from Yale College and Master...
, American college professor at Duke University - Robert HaysRobert HaysRobert Hays is an American actor and is arguably most well known for his role in the movie Airplane!-Life and career:...
(born 1947), American actor - Wayne HaysWayne HaysWayne Levere Hays was an American politician whose strong rule of the House Administration Committee extended to even the smallest items. In the mid-1970s, lawmakers avoided crossing Hays for fear that he would shut off the air conditioning in their offices...
(1911–1989), former United States Congressman from Ohio - Will H. HaysWill H. HaysWilliam Harrison Hays, Sr. , was the namesake of the Hays Code for censorship of American films, chairman of the Republican National Committee and U.S. Postmaster General from 1921 to 1922....
(1879–1954), American politician and Postmaster General - William Shakespeare HaysWilliam Shakespeare HaysWilliam Shakespeare Hays , was an American poet and lyricist. He wrote some 350 songs over his career and sold as many as 20 million copies of his works. These pieces varied in tone from low comedy to sentimental and pious; his material was sometimes confused with that of Stephen Foster as a result...
(1837–1907), American poet and lyricist - Samuel HaysSamuel HaysSamuel Hays was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel Hays was born in County Donegal, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States with his mother, and settled in Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1792. He served as treasurer of Venango County, Pennsylvania...
(1783–1868), Pennsylvanian Democratic politician - David HaysDavid HaysDavid Leslie Hays was an English-born Scottish cricketer.David Hays was educated at Highgate and the University of Cambridge. He represented Cambridge University and Scotland in 25 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper between 1965 and 1980...
(born 1944), English-born Scottish cricketer - Samuel Lewis HaysSamuel Lewis HaysSamuel Lewis Hays was a nineteenth century politician in Virginia. Hays was born in Harrison County near Clarksburg in what later became the state of West Virginia. He was married to Roanna Arnold in 1817 and moved to Lewis County to pursue agriculture in 1833...
(1794–1871), Virginian politician - Todd HaysTodd HaysTodd Hays and raised in Del Rio, Texas is an American bobsledder who competed from 1994 to 2006. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002....
(born 1969), American Olympic bobsledder - Ethel HaysEthel HaysEthel Hays was an American syndicated cartoonist specializing in flapper-themed comic strips in the 1920s and 1930s. She drew in an art deco style. In the later part of her career, during the 1940s and 1950s, she became one of the country's most accomplished children's book illustrators.-Early...
(1892–1989), American syndicated cartoonist