Hecht (surname)

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The surname Hecht comes from house shields (cf. herald) of Jewish communities such as Frankfurt/Main. Yiddish (Hebrew: העכט‎‎) der hekht means spear, arms. In modern German Der Hecht is the fish known in English as pike.

Hecht is the surname of a number of people including:

Politicians

Burton Hecht (born 1927), New York politician and judge
Chic Hecht, former U.S. Senator from Nevada and U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas
Greg Hecht, American politician, former member of the Georgia General Assembly
Michael Hecht, birth name of Michael Howard, British politician and leader of the Conservative Party from 2003 until 2005
Nathan Hecht, senior justice on the Texas Supreme Court
Sue Hecht, member of the Maryland House of Delegates

Academics

Michael Hecht, researcher in human communication
Tobias Hecht, American anthropologist, ethnographer, and translator (descendant of Samuel Hecht, Jr)
Robert Hecht-Nielsen, artificial intelligence and cognition theorist

Literature

Anthony Hecht, American poet
Daniel Hecht, American novelist
Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet, historian, philosopher, and author

Entertainment

Albie Hecht, former president of Spike TV and Nickelodeon
Ben Hecht, prolific Hollywood screenwriter
Erik Hecht, real name of German musician Eric Fish
Gina Hecht (born 1953), American actress
Jessica Hecht, American actress
Harold Hecht, film producer
Paul Hecht, Canadian actor

Sports

Duvall Hecht, American Olympic champion row
Gerhard Hecht (1923-2005), German boxer
Jochen Hecht, German ice hockey player
Ladislav Hecht, professional tennis player
Raymond Hecht, German javelin throwerer
Jeff Hecht, Canadian football player

Business

Ernest Hecht, British publisher
Robert E. Hecht, American antiquities dealer
Reuben Hecht, Israeli industrialist.
Sam Hecht, British industrial designer
Samuel Hecht, Jr., American retailer, founder of Hecht's

Other

Abraham Hecht, American Orthodox rabbi, Rabbi Emeritus of Cong. Shaarei Zion (largest Syrian community besides Israel).
Anton Hecht, English artist and filmmaker
Hans-Joachim Hecht, German chess grandmaster
Jacob J. Hecht, American rabbi
Joan Hecht, American writer and activist
Kenneth Hecht, American public interest attorney, health and nutrition advocate
Kenneth Hecht (disambiguation)
Lina Frank Hecht (1848-1920), Boston philanthropist
Nathan Hecht, Texas Supreme Court Justice
Sigmund Hecht (1849-1925), Hungarian-born Reform rabbi in Montgomery, Alabama; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Los Angeles, California.

Hechtmann

Gideon Gechtman (1942, Cairo - 2008), an Israeli artist, sculptor
Ken Hechtman (born ?), a Jewish Canadian freelance journalist