Hawking may refer to:

People

Stephen Hawking Stephen William Hawking (8January 194214March 2018) was an English theoretical physics, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between ...

(1942–2018), English theoretical physicist and cosmologist * Hawking (surname), a family name (including a list of other persons with the name)

Film

* ''Hawking'' (2004 film), about Stephen Hawking * ''Hawking'' (2013 film), about Stephen Hawking

Animals

Hawking (birds) Hawking is a feeding strategy in birds involving catching flying insects in the air. The term usually refers to a technique of sallying out from a perch to snatch an insect and then returning to the same or a different perch, though it also app ...

, in birds, catching flying insects *

Hawking (falconry) Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and rabbits often fall prey to these birds. Two traditional terms are used to describe a person ...

, the sport of hunting with hawks

Outer space

* 7672 Hawking, a minor planet *

Hawking radiation Hawking radiation is black-body radiation released outside a black hole's event horizon due to quantum effects according to a model developed by Stephen Hawking in 1974. The radiation was not predicted by previous models which assumed that onc ...

, thermal radiation emitted outside a black hole

Music

* Hawking (band), a Canadian alternative rock band

Trade