Hays is an English and Irish surname, a variant to the name Hayes. Notable people with the surname include:

Alexander Hays (1819–1864), general in the Federal army during the American Civil War Anna Mae Hays (1920–2018), first woman in the U.S. Army to be promoted to general Arthur Garfield Hays (1881–1954), attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union Austin Hays (born 1995), American baseball player Brooks Hays (1898–1981), United States Congressman from Arkansas Butch Hays (born 1962), American-Australian basketball player Charles Melville Hays (1856–1912), American railroad executive who perished on the Titanic Dan Hays (born 1939), Canadian politician Daniel P. Hays (1854–1923), American lawyer David Hays (cricketer) (born 1944), English-born Scottish cricketer David G. Hays (1928–1995), linguist, computer scientist and social scientist Ethel Hays (1892–1989), American syndicated cartoonist Frank Kerr Hays (1896–1988), American World War I flying ace Frank L. Hays (1922–2003), 35th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, United States George Price Hays (1892–1978), Lt. General, Commander of the 10th Mountain Division in the European Theater of Operations in World War II. George Washington Hays (1863–1927), governor of the state of Arkansas Harry Hays (1909–1982), Canadian senator Harry T. Hays (1820–1876), general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War Helen Hays (1931–2025), American ornithologist and conservationist Irene Hays (born 1954), British civil servant and businesswoman Isaac Hays (1796–1879), American ophthalmologist and naturalist John Coffee Hays (1817–1883), Texas Ranger and sheriff in the Old West Judith Salzedo Hays, married name of Judith Salzedo Peixotto (1823–1881), American teacher and principal Kathleen Hays, American economics reporter Kathryn Hays (1934–2022), American actress Kevin Hays (born 1968), American jazz pianist Larry Hays, American college baseball coach Lee Hays (1914–1981), American folk singer and songwriter Maud Callaway Hays (b. 1906), American clubwoman and genealogist Moses Judah Hays (1799–1861), Canadian businessman and municipal leader Paul Hays, Reading Clerk for the U.S. House of Representatives Richard B. Hays (1948–2025), American New Testament scholar, college professor at Duke University Robert Hays (born 1947), American actor Robert Hays (Tennessee) (c. 1758–1819), brother-in-law of U.S. president Andrew Jackson Samuel Hays (disambiguation), several people Spencer Hays (1936–2017), American businessman and art collector Stockley D. Hays (1788–1831), American soldier, lawyer, nephew of Andrew Jackson Todd Hays (born 1969), American Olympic bobsledder Tim Hays (1917–2011), American newspaper editor and publisher Wayne Hays (1911–1989), United States Congressman from Ohio William B. Hays (1844–1912), Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Will H. Hays (1879–1954), American politician and Postmaster General William Shakespeare Hays (1837–1907), American poet and lyricist

See also Hayes (surname)