Hynes

Hynes is an Irish surname, anglicised from the Gaelic Ó hEidhin. Notable people with surname include:

• Eidhean mac Cléireach, fl. 800, ancestor of the Ó hEidhin/Hynes family of south County Galway
• Andrew Hynes (1750–1800), founder of Elizabethtown, Kentucky
• Charles J. Hynes, former District Attorney of Kings County, New York
• Daniel Hynes (born 1968), Comptroller of the State of Illinois
• Devonte Hynes, musician known under the moniker Blood Orange, former member of the band Test Icicles
• Garry Hynes, award-winning Irish theatre director
• Jessica Hynes (born 1972), English actress and writer, most renowned as one of the stars of the UK sitcom Spaced
• James Hynes (born 1955), contemporary American novelist
• John Hynes (politician) (1897–1970), Massachusetts politician, mayor of Boston 1950-1960
• Jon Hynes, American classical concert pianist
• Laurence Hynes Halloran (1765–1831), pioneer schoolteacher and journalist in Australia
• Marc Hynes (born 1978), British race car driver
• Martin Hynes, American screenwriter, director, actor and producer of independent films
• Mary Hynes (broadcaster), Canadian radio and television broadcaster
• Peter Hynes (footballer) (born 1983), Irish footballer
• Peter Hynes (rugby union) (born 1982), Australian rugby union player
• Ron Hynes, Canadian folk singer-songwriter from Newfoundland
• Samuel Hynes (1924-2019), American historian and writer
• Thomas Hynes (1938–2019), American lawyer and politician
• Tyler Hynes (born 1986), Canadian actor

Fictional characters

• Joe Hynes, character in James Joyce's novel Ulysses

Places

• Hynes, California now part of Paramount, California