Hayter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adrian Hayter (1914–1990), New Zealand soldier, sailor, Antarctic leader and author Alethea Hayter (1911–2006), English writer Arthur Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham (1835–1917), British politician Charles Hayter (1761–1835), English miniature painter Charles Hayter (secretary) (died 1948), Australian football club manager and secretary Charles Hayter, a minor character in the novel Persuasion by Jane Austen David Hayter (born 1969), Canadian-American actor and screenwriter Ernest Hayter (1913–2005), English cricketer Ethan Hayter (born 1998), British racing cyclist George Hayter (1792–1871), English painter Harrison Hayter (1825–1898), British engineer Henry Heylyn Hayter (1821–1895), Australian statistician Jack Hayter, British musician James Hayter (actor) (1907–1983), British actor James Hayter (footballer) (born 1979), English footballer James Hayter (rugby union) (born 1978), English former rugby union player Joanna Hayter, Australian gender equality advocate and humanitarian aid worker John Hayter (1800–1895), English painter John Hayter (antiquary) (1756–1818), English churchman and academic Kezia Hayter (1818–1885), Australian prison reformer Kristin Hayter (born 1986), American singer and multi-instrumentalist L. A. Hayter (1893–1917), English children's illustrator and writer Lou Hayter, British Musician Montague Hayter (1871–1948), English cricketer Paul Hayter (born 1942), senior British civil servant Sean Hayter, Australian musician with the band Lucius Hunt Stanley William Hayter (1901–1988), British painter Sir William Hayter, 1st Baronet (1792–1878), British barrister and politician William Hayter (diplomat) (1906–1995), British diplomat, ambassador to the Soviet Union and author William Hayter (priest) (1858–1935), British dean and teacher Alfie Hayter (2005 _ present) ‚a pro wrestler called king Alfie also from Portsmouth England
See also George Albert Bazaine-Hayter (1843–1914), French general