Haack

Haack is a German and Dutch occupational surname, deriving from a maker or seller of tools or implements.^[1] Haacke is a variant form.^[2] They are derived from the Old German word haak, meaning "hook" or "crook",^[3] or the Old German word hak, meaning a hoe or mattock. The name is first recorded in the 14th century, in the area around present-day Saxony and Thuringia.^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Bruce Haack (1931–1988), Canadian musician and composer
• Dieter Haack (born 1934), German politician
• Fred C. Haack (c. 1873–1944), American politician
• Günther Haack (1929–1965), German actor
• Matt Haack (born 1994), American football player
• Morton Haack (1924–1987), American costume designer
• Käthe Haack (1897–1986), actress
• Susan Haack (born 1945), English philosopher
• Wolfgang Haack (1902–1994), German aerodynamicist
• Christina Hall, née Haack (born 1983), American TV personality

See also

• Sears-Haack body
• Vilsmeier-Haack reaction