Hawks (surname)

Hawks is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Annie Hawks (1836–1918), American poet, gospel hymnist
• Bill Hawks (born 1944), American politician, former civil servant, and an agricultural businessman
• Charles Hawks, Jr. (1899–1960), Wisconsin politician
• Francis L. Hawks (1798–1866), American priest of the Episcopal Church, and a politician in North Carolina.
• Frank Hawks (1897–1938), American aviator, served in the U.S. Army in World War I, and record breaking aviator in 1920s and 1930s
• Eli Hawks (1829-1900), American politician
• Howard Hawks (1896–1977), American film director, producer and screenwriter
• John D. Hawks, anthropologist
• John Twelve Hawks, author of the 2005 dystopian novel The Traveler and its sequels
• Nelson Hawks (1840–1929), American typographer, notable for creating the 12-points-per-inch pica typographical standard
• Tony Hawks (born 1960), British comedian and author