Hy (name)

Hy is a name used as a given name, nickname, or surname. It most commonly appears as a masculine given name, or as a nickname for people with given names such as Hyman or Henry. It is also a Vietnamese surname. Notable people with this name include:

First name

Arts

• Hy Eisman (born 1927), American cartoonist
• Hy Hintermeister, pseudonym of:
  • John Henry Hintermeister (1869–1945), Swiss-born American artist, father of Henry
  • Henry Hintermeister (1887–1970), American painter and illustrator, son of John Henry
• Hy Mayer (1868–1954), German-American cartoonist and animator
• Hy Sandham (1842–1910), Canadian painter and illustrator

Entertainment

• Hy Anzell (1923–2003), American actor
• Hy Averback (1920–1997), American actor, producer and director
• Hy Brown (1910–2010), American producer of radio and television programs
• Hy Gardner (1908–1989), American entertainment reporter and syndicated columnist
• Hy Hazell (1919–1970), British actress
• Hy Heath (1890–1965), American entertainer, songwriter, composer and author
• Hy Hollinger (1918–2015), American trade journalist and studio publicist
• Hy Kraft (1899–1975), American screenwriter, playwright, and theatrical producer
• Hy Lit (1934–2007), American disc jockey
• Hy Pyke (1935–2006), American character actor
• Hy Weiss (1923–2007), American record producer
• Hy Zaret (1907–2007), American lyricist and composer

Photography

• Hy Hirsh (1911–1961), American photographer
• Hy Peskin (1915–2005), American photographer

Sports

• Hy Buller (1926–1968), Canadian-born ice hockey player
• Hy Cohen (1931–2021), American baseball pitcher
• Hy Gotkin (1922–2004), American basketball player
• Hy Gunning (1888–1975), American baseball player
• Hy Myers (1889–1965), American baseball player
• Hy Turkin (1915–1955), American sportswriter, co-editor of the first baseball encyclopedia
• Hy Vandenberg (1906–1994), American baseball player

Other

• Hy Kloc (1947-2022), American politician in Idaho
• Hy Larner (1913–2002), American gangster
• Hy Spinrad (1934–2015), American astronomer

Last name

• Michael Hồ Đình Hy (1808–1857), Vietnamese martyr
• Patricia Hy-Boulais (born 1965), Cambodian-born former tennis player who represented Hong Kong and Canada