Hayes
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Hayes is the popular name for Hayes Communications (named after Dennis Hayes, founder), creator of the original self-dialing "smart" modem. It is also often used as a short form when referring to the Hayes command set (named after the company), originally pioneered in Hayes modems.
Hayes is also the name of two places in London, England:
- Hayes in the London Borough of Bromley (south east London)
- Hayes in the London Borough of Hillingdon (north west London)
Hayes (or Hays) is the most common variation of a surname generally derived from various Irish family names, as the anglicization of Irish names introduced many errors and faulty phoenetic spellings. The most common Irish version is O'Hay, although the Irish O'hAodh or O'hAodha also has overlaps with Hughes or Hughs.
People named Hayes:
- Rutherford B. Hayes- served as President of the United States from 1877-1881
- Dennis Hayes- founder of Hayes Communications
- Helen Hayes- legendary American actress
- Ira Hayes- Native American hero of World War II's Battle of Iwo Jima.
- Janet Gray Hayes- Mayor of San Jose, California from 1975-1983.
- Maria Hayes - former weekend news anchor for the CH affiliate, then CHCH in Hamilton in the 1990s
- Darren Hayes - singer with Savage Garden from 1996 - 2001
- J. Milton Hayes
- Patricia Hayes British actress
Companies named Hayes: