Editing Haack

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'''Haack''' is a German and Dutch [[occupational surname]], deriving from a maker or seller of tools or implements.<ref name=census>{{cite web | title=Haack last name popularity, history, and meaning | website=Name Census | date=29 May 2025 | url=https://namecensus.com/last-names/haack-surname-popularity/ | access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref> [[Haacke]] is a variant form.<ref>{{cite web | title=Haacke Surname Meaning & Haacke Family History| website=Ancestry | date=15 June 2021 | url=https://www.ancestry.com/last-name-meaning/haacke | access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref> They are derived from the [[Old German]] word ''haak'', meaning "[[hook]]" or "crook",<ref>{{cite web | title=Haacke last name popularity, history, and meaning | website=Name Census | date=29 May 2025 | url=https://namecensus.com/last-names/haacke-surname-popularity/ | access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref> or  the Old German word ''hak'', meaning a [[Hoe (tool)|hoe]] or [[mattock]]. The name is first recorded in the 14th century, in the area around present-day [[Saxony]] and [[Thuringia]].<ref name=census/>

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]]

==References==
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[[Category:German-language surnames]]
[[Category:Surnames from nicknames]]