Haack
Haack is a German and Dutch occupational surname, deriving from a maker or seller of tools or implements. Haacke is a variant form. They are derived from the Old German word haak, meaning "hook" or "crook", 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.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Bruce Haack, Canadian musician and composer
- Dieter Haack, German politician
- Fred C. Haack, American politician
- Günther Haack, German actor
- Matt Haack, American football player
- Morton Haack, American costume designer
- Käthe Haack, actress
- Susan Haack, English philosopher
- Wolfgang Haack, German aerodynamicist
- Christina Hall, née Haack, American TV personality