This is a list of people from Hayward, California. People from Hayward who are strongly associated with the city include founder William Dutton Hayward, and the Ukrainian patriot and Greek Orthodox priest Agapius Honcharenko, who created a farm whose location is now a historic landmark. High-profile people from Hayward include football coach Bill Walsh, figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, wrestler and film star Dwayne Johnson, and Treasurer of the United States Rosa Gumataotao Rios. Charles Plummer, prior to becoming Alameda County Sheriff, was the Police Chief of Hayward.
People born (b), raised (r) (including attending high school in Hayward), or who have lived as adults (a) in Hayward (bold names are current residents):
Born Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper, Saweetie grew up moving around the Bay Area: Union City, Hayward, San Jose, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto.
Silva was born on May 8, 1876, in the tiny farm and resort town then called Haywards.
A sixth generation Californian, Professor Snyder was born November 3, 1929, in Hayward.
A few months after he was demobilized in 1906, he and his wife, Tome Sasaki, followed his teacher Sokatsu to the United States to help found the first Zen community in America, on a small parcel of land in Heyward, California.