Hawes is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arts and Entertainment Hampton Hawes (1928–1977), African American jazz pianist James Hawes, the director and producer John Hawes (1876–1956), architect and priest Keeley Hawes (b. 1976), English actress Patrick Hawes (b. 1958), British composer Stanley Hawes (1905–1991), British documentary film producer and director William Hawes (1785–1846), English musician
Authors Charles Boardman Hawes (1889–1923), American writer Gilbert Ray Hawes (1854–1923), American lawyer, academic, and writer James Hawes (b. 1960), British novelist Louise Hawes, American academic and author Mary Jane Holmes (1825–1907), American novelist Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune (1830–1922), wrote under the penname Marion Harland Peter Hawes (1947–2018), New Zealand playwright, novelist, and scriptwriter Stephen Hawes ( – 1523), English poet during the Tudor period
Military James Morrison Hawes (1824–1889), 19th century brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War Richard E. Hawes (1894–1968), 20th century United States naval officer
Politicians Albert Gallatin Hawes, 19th-century U.S. Representative from Kentucky Aylett Hawes, 19th-century American politician and planter from Virginia Aylett Hawes Buckner, 19th-century U.S. Representative from Missouri Sir Benjamin Hawes, 19th-century British Whig politician, known in UK parliament as "Hawes the Soap-Boiler" Harry Bartow Hawes, 20th-century Democratic member of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate from Missouri Richard Hawes, 19th-century United States Representative from Kentucky and second Confederate Governor of Kentucky William Hawes (1772 - after 1850), business owner and member of the Maine House of Representatives
Sportspeople Ben Hawes (born 1980), English field hockey player Emma Jean Hawes (1912–1987), American bridge player Jackson Hawes (born 2000), American football player Matthew Hawes (born 1986), Canadian backstroke swimmer Spencer Hawes (born 1988), American basketball player Steven Sherburne Hawes (born 1950), American basketball player
Other people Harriet Boyd Hawes (1871–1945), pioneering American archaeologist, nurse and relief worker Jason Hawes (b. 1971), co-founder of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), based in Warwick, Rhode Island Rodney A. Hawes Jr. (b. 1939), American business executive and philanthropist.