Hauck is a German patronymic family name, derived from the Germanic given name and surname Hugo,[1] meaning "Bright in Mind and Spirit" or "intelligence".[2] It may refer to the following notable persons:
- Albert Hauck (1845–1918), German theologian and church historian
- Alexander Hauck (born 1988), German international rugby union player
- Bobby Hauck (born 1964), American college football coach
- Emma Hauck (1878–1920), German outsider artist
- Frederick Hauck (born 1941), retired captain in the United States Navy, a former fighter pilot and NASA astronaut
- Guenther Hauck (born 1941), known as "Tatunca Nara", a German-Brazilian jungle guide and self-styled Indian chieftain
- John Hauck (1829–1896), German-born American brewer, bank president, and baseball executive
- Katharina Hauck, economist
- Minnie Hauk (1851–1929), American operatic soprano
- Rainer Hauck (born 1978), German association football (soccer) player
- Rebecca Hauck (born 1969), American conwoman, accomplice to Matthew Cox
- Tim Hauck (born 1966), American former gridiron football player
In Russian variation, Gauk:
- Alexander Gauk (1893–1963), Russian conductor and composer
Other uses
edit- Hauck House Museum, a historic house museum in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Hauck, a German brand of baby equipment
- The Hauck Brewery, a historic brewery in Harrison, New Jersey, from 1881 to 1920
References
edit- ^ Konrad Kunze (1998), "Bodenerhebungen", dtv-Atlas Namenkunde (in German), vol. dtv-Band 2490 (1 ed.), München: dtv, p. 97, ISBN 3-423-03266-9
- ^ fr:Albert Dauzat, Les noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse, 1980, foreword by fr:Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 333.