Haynes (surname)
Haynes is a Welsh surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alex Haynes, American football player
- Abner Haynes, American football player
- Adrian Haynes, Native American leader
- Arden Haynes , Canadian businessman and university administrator
- Arthur Haynes, English comedian
- Billy Jack Haynes, American former professional wrestler
- Colton Haynes, American actor
- Cornell Haynes Jr., American rapper, better known as Nelly
- D. E. L. Haynes, English classical scholar, archaeologist and curator
- Danny Haynes, English footballer
- Deborah Haynes, British journalist
- Desmond Haynes, West Indian cricketer and cricket coach
- Elwood Haynes, American inventor and co-founder of the Haynes-Apperson Company
- Elizabeth Ross Haynes, African American social worker, sociologist, and author
- Gibby Haynes, American musician
- Fred Haynes, Canadian politician
- James Haynes , American football player
- Jerry Haynes, American actor and children's television host
- Jimmy Haynes, American baseball player
- Joe Haynes , American baseball player
- Joe M. Haynes, American lawyer and politician
- John Haynes , English colonial magistrate, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Connecticut Colony
- John Henry Haynes, American archaeologist and pioneering early photographer
- John Earl Haynes, American historian
- Johnny Haynes, English football player
- Jordan Haynes, Canadian soccer player
- Lemuel Haynes, American preacher and abolitionist
- Marquis Haynes, American football player
- Martin Alonzo Haynes, US Representative
- Michael Haynes , American football player
- Michael Haynes III, American professional wrestler better known as Prince Iaukea
- Michael E. Haynes, American Baptist minister and politician
- Mike Haynes , American football player
- Mitzi Haynes, American actress better known as Mitzi Gould.
- Nicole Haynes, Canadian-American heptathlete
- O.H. Haynes, Jr., Louisiana sheriff
- Phil Haynes , American football player
- Robert Haynes, Canadian geneticist and biophysicist
- Roberta Haynes, American actress
- Roy Haynes, American jazz musician
- Stephen Haynes, American politician, builder and businessman
- Stephen Haynes, English actor
- Terrence Haynes, Barbadian freestyle swimmer
- Todd Haynes, American film director
- Warren Haynes, American rock and blues guitarist
- Williams Haynes, American journalist and historian
Distribution
As a surname, Haynes is the 249th most common surname in Great Britain with 33,812 bearers. It is most common in the West Midlands where it is the 89th most common surname with 4,937 bearers. Other concentrations include East Sussex,, Cambridgeshire,, Hampshire,, Tyne & Wear,, West Yorkshire,, Cheshire, and Essex. Other notable concentrations include, Gwynedd, Merseyside, Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Greater London.
Fictional characters:
- Mr. Haynes, character in the novel Minty Alley by C. L. R. James
- Gus Haynes, a character in the fifth season of The Wire
