Hawker
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Hawker can refer to several things:
Business
- Hawker Aviation (later Hawker-Siddeley) was a British aircraft manufacturing company, manufacturer of the Fury, Hurricane, Hunter and Harrier.
Places
- Hawker, Australian Capital Territory - a suburb of Canberra
- Hawker, South Australia in the Flinders Ranges
- The Division of Hawker was an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia
People
- Charles Hawker (1894-1938), Member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1929-1938
- David Hawker (1949-) member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1983
- George Charles Hawker - 19th century South Australian politician and pastoralist
- Harry Hawker (1889–1921) - founder of Hawker Aviation
- Robert Stephen Hawker Clergyman and writer
Entomology
Occupation
- A hawker is someone who hunts with hawks. See falconry.
- A hawker is an itinerant trader of goods. See peddler.