Haig may refer to:

Places

Haig Avenue Haig Avenue (originally known as Ash Lane) is a football stadium in Blowick, Southport, Merseyside, England, that holds 6,008 people (1,537 seated, 4,471 standing). Since its opening in 1905 it has been the home ground of Southport. Location T ...

, football stadium in Southport, England *

Haig, British Columbia Haig is a settlement in British Columbia. It was named for Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he com ...

, settlement in British Columbia, Canada * Haig, Nebraska, a community in the United States *

Haig Point Club Haig Point is a private community on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, in the United States. Commonly referred to just as Haig Point, it is legally known as The Haig Point Club and Community Association Inc. Founded in 1986 by International Pape ...

, private community on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina *

Haig-Thomas Island Haig-Thomas Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Massey Sound, between Amund Ringnes Island and Axel Heiberg Island. It is also a member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and the Arctic Arc ...

, one of the Sverdrup Islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada * Mount Haig-Brown, mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia *

The Haig The Haig Dinners was a jazz club located at 638 South Kenmore Avenue in the Wilshire Distric, Los Angeles, California. Along with the Tiffany Club it was one of Los Angeles's premier jazz venues in the 1950s and strongly associated with West Co ...

, a jazz club in Hollywood

Companies and organizations

Haig Fund The Haig Fund (more properly the Earl Haig Fund, also called Haig's Fund) is a charity set up in 1921 by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. History In response to the poem '' In Flanders Field'' by John McCrae, Moina Michael started sel ...

, British charity set up in 1921 more properly the Earl Haig Fund charity *

Haig Homes Haig Housing is a charity established to provide housing for ex-servicemen in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands. History Haig Housing was founded by Mrs Willie James as The Housing Association for Officers' Families (HAOF) in 1916. In 1995 ...

, a British charity founded in 1928 to provide housing for ex-servicemen *

Earl Haig Fund Scotland The Earl Haig Fund Scotland, trading as poppyscotland, is a Scottish charity for veterans of the British Armed Forces and their dependants. It was founded in 1921 by Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig as part of the broader British Haig Fund. Its mai ...

, Scottish charity founded in 1921

People

Mononym

Hayk Hayk (, ), also known as Hayk Nahapet (, , ), is the legendary patriarch and founder of the Armenian nation. His story is told in the ''History of Armenia'' attributed to the Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi and in the ''Primary History'' ...

(also transliterated as Haik or Haig or Haig Nahabed), Armenian Patriarch

Given name

Haig Acterian Haig Acterian (; also known under his pen name Mihail ; March 5, 1904– August 8, 1943) was a Romanian film and theater director, critic, dramatist, poet, journalist, and fascist political activist. Alongside Mihail Sebastian and Camil Petre ...

, pen name Mihail (1904–c. 1943), Romanian-Armenian film and theater director, critic, dramatist, poet, journalist, and fascist political activist * Haig H. Kazazian Jr. (1937-2022), American professor *

Haig Mardirosian Haig Mardirosian (born 1947 in New York City) is Dean Emeritus of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Tampa, Professor Emeritus at American University in Washington, DC, a concert organist, composer, and conductor. He has perform ...

(born 1947), American-Armenian academician and Dean Emeritus *

Haig Oundjian Haig Bertrand Oundjian (born 16 May 1949) is an English former figure skater. He is the 1971 European bronze medalist and a three-time British national champion. He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, placing 17th, and at the 1972 ...

(born 1949), English-Armenian figure skater *

Haig Papazian Haig Papazian (, ) is a Lebanese-Armenian multidisciplinary artist, composer, and architect born in Beirut and currently based out of New York. He is a founding member and violinist of Lebanese pop band Mashrou' Leila. Papazian has been featured ...

, Lebanese-Armenian multidisciplinary artist, composer, and architect *

Haig Patigian Haig Patigian (, ; January 22, 1876 – September 19, 1950), was an Ottoman Empire-born American sculptor, of Armenians, Armenian heritage. He spent most of his life in San Francisco, California. Biography Haig Patigian was born on January 22, ...

(1876–1950), Armenian-American sculptor *

Haig Sare Haig Sare (born 25 March 1982) is a former Australian rugby union player. He played as centre or winger for the Western Force in the Super Rugby competition. He played schoolboy rugby for the Shore School in Sydney; represented Australia "A" and ...

(born 1982), Australian rugby union player *

Haig Tchamitch Haig Tchamitch (born 1951) is an American bridge player. Haig is an Armenian, who was born and grew up in Lebanon, lived for a few years in Canada and currently lives in Arizona. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Herman Trophy (1) 1992 Wins * No ...

, American bridge player *

Haig Tiriakian Haig (Hrach) Tiriakian (1871–1915) was an Ottoman Armenian politician and a member of the Armenian National Assembly. Tiriakian played an important role during the Ottoman Bank takeover in 1896. A member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federat ...

(1871–1915), Armenian politician and a member of the Armenian National Assembly *

Haig Yazdjian Haig Yazdjian is a Syrian-Greek composer, vocalist, Oud player, and producer. He was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1959. His parents are Armenians from Kayseri and Nevşehir in modern-day Turkey. For much of his life he has lived in Greece, which is whe ...

, Armenian-Syrian composer, vocalist and oud player, producer *

Haig Young Douglas Haig Young (April 13, 1928 – March 14, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Harbour Grace in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1972 to 1989. He was a member of the Progressive Cons ...

(born 1928), Canadian politician

Middle name

Ben-hur Haig Bagdikian Ben-hur Haig Bagdikian (January 30, 1920 – March 11, 2016) was an American journalist, news media critic and commentator, and university professor. An Armenian genocide survivor, he moved to the United States as an infant and began a journalis ...

(1920-2016), Armenian-American journalist *

William Haig Brown William Haig Brown (1823–1907) was an English cleric and reforming headmaster of Charterhouse School. Life Born at Bromley by Bow, Middlesex, on 3 December 1823, he was third son of Thomas Brown of Edinburgh and his wife Amelia, daughter of J ...

(1823–1907), English cleric and reforming headmaster *

James Haig Ferguson James Haig Ferguson (18 December 1862 – 2 May 1934) was a Scottish obstetrician and gynaecologist. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1929 to 1931 and was president of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Societ ...

(1862–1934), Scottish gynaecologist

Surname

Haig (surname) Haig is a surname of Old English origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Al Haig (1922–1982), American jazz pianist *Alice Haig (born 1985), English actress *Alan Haig-Brown (born 1941), Canadian novelist * Alan Haig-Brown (footballer) ( ...

Titles

Earl Haig Earl Haig is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. During the First World War, he served as commander of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in France and B ...

, Peerage of the United Kingdom *

Clan Haig Clan Haig is a Lowlands Scottish clan. History Origins The 13th century poet, Thomas the Rhymer, made the prophecy ''Tyde what may, what'er betyde, Haig shall be Haig of Bemersyde''.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Fam ...

Other uses

* Haig-Simons income, measure of economic income also known as Schanz-Haig-Simons income *

Haig Point Range Lights The Haig Point Range Lights were range lights on Calibogue Sound at the northeastern end of Daufuskie Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina. The Haig Point Range Lights were built in 1873 and were maintained as an official aid to navigati ...

, navigational range lights on Calibogue Sound at Daufuskie Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina *

Haig (whisky) Haig () is a brand of Scotch whisky, produced by Diageo in Scotland. It was originally manufactured by John Haig & Co Ltd. since the early 1720s. History Kane McKenzie Haig founded a distillery in the early 1720s in the Kennetpans in Clack ...

, a brand of Scotch whisky * The Haigs, a 1960's Dutch band that featured

Barry Hay Barry Andrew Hay (born 16 August 1948) is an Indian-born Dutch musician; he was the lead vocalist and frontman of Dutch rock band Golden Earring from 1967 until their disbandment in 2021. He has also released three solo albums. Early life and ...