Haig (surname)
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Haig is a surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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- Al HaigAl HaigAlan Warren Haig was an American jazz pianist, best known as one of the pioneers of bebop.Haig was born in Newark, New Jersey...
, jazz musician - Alan Haig-BrownAlan Haig-BrownAlan Roderick Haig-Brown is a Canadian novelist and non-fiction writer. He specializes in commercial marine and commercial fishing writing and photography.He lives in New Westminster, British Columbia and Bangkok, Thailand....
, Canadian novelist - Alexander HaigAlexander HaigAlexander Meigs Haig, Jr. was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...
, (1924–2010), U.S. Army general, White House Chief of Staff and U.S. Secretary of State - Alexander Haig, Viscount Dawick, heir to 2nd Earl Haig
- Brian HaigBrian HaigBrian Haig is an American thriller author and Fox News military analyst.-Early life and family:Haig's father was former U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig ; his mother is Patricia . He has a brother Alexander and a sister Barbara.-Military life:Haig graduated from West Point in 1975 and was...
(born 1953), novelist, son of General Alexander Haig - David HaigDavid HaigDavid Haig is an Olivier Award-winning English actor and FIPA Award-winning writer. He is known for his versatility, having played dramatic, serio-comic and comedic roles, playing characters of varied social classes...
, British actor - David Haig (biologist)David Haig (biologist)David Haig, is an Australian evolutionary biologist and geneticist, professor in Harvard Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. He is interested in intragenomic conflict, genomic imprinting and parent-offspring conflict, and wrote the book Genomic Imprinting and Kinship...
, Australian biologist - Derek Haig, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Douglas Haig (actor)Douglas Haig (actor)Douglas Haig was an American child actor appearing in films in the 1920s and 1930s. His career began at age two in silent films and continued into sound films . From 1928 onward he appeared in at least 14 films. As a small child he was placid and pleasant-looking...
, child actor in silent and sound films - Douglas Haig, 1st Earl HaigDouglas Haig, 1st Earl HaigField Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC, was a British senior officer during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force from 1915 to the end of the War...
, senior British commander during World War I - George Haig, 2nd Earl HaigGeorge Haig, 2nd Earl HaigGeorge Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig OBE KStJ RSA DL succeeded to the Earldom of Haig on 29 January 1928, at the age of nine, upon the death of his father, Field Marshal the 1st Earl Haig. Until then he was styled Viscount Dawick...
, soldier and artist - Jack HaigJack HaigJack Haig was a British actor who specialised in supporting roles, mainly in TV comedy.Haig was the son of music hall actors Bertha Baker and Charles Coppin, whose act went under the name "Haig and Esco". He was seen in a long list of British TV favourites: Hugh and I, Dad's Army, Are You Being...
, British actor - John Thomas HaigJohn Thomas HaigJohn Thomas Haig, PC was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as parliamentary leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party in 1921-22....
, Canadian politician - Ned HaigNed HaigNed Haig was a butcher and rugby union player notable for founding the sport of rugby sevens. He moved to Melrose when he was young. There he took up rugby and joined Melrose Rugby Football Club in 1880...
, rugby union player - Nigel HaigNigel HaigNigel Esme Haig was a cricketer who played for Middlesex and England.Tall, stringy and deceptively frail in appearance, Haig played regularly from 1912 to 1934 as an amateur batsman who could open the innings or bat further down the order and as a tireless swing bowler somewhat above medium pace...
, British cricketer - Paul HaigPaul HaigPaul Haig is a Scottish indie composer, musician and singer. He was originally a member of 1980s post-punk band Josef K who were signed to the Postcard record label...
, British musician - Richard HaigRichard HaigRichard Neil Haig is a Welsh former professional footballer, who is currently manager of Welsh Football League Division One side Cambrian & Clydach Vale.-Playing career:...
, Welsh footballer - Roderick Haig-BrownRoderick Haig-BrownRoderick Haig-Brown was a Canadian writer and conservationist.-Early life:Born in Lancing, Sussex, England his father, Alan Haig-Brown, was a teacher and a prolific writer who published hundreds of articles and poems on sports, the military and educational issues in various periodicals...
, Canadian writer and conservationist - Shirley HaigShirley HaigShirley Ethel Haig is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was born in East Gore.-References:*...
, New Zealand hockey player - Sid HaigSid HaigSid Haig is a American actor. His roles have included acting in Jack Hill's blaxploitation films of the 1970s as well as his role as Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie's horror films House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects...
, American actor