Hewat is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Surname: Alexander Hewat (1739–1824), the first historian of South Carolina and Georgia Andrew Fergus Hewat FRSE (1884–1957), Scottish physician involved with mental health Brian Hewat (1894–1970), New Zealand politician Corrina Hewat (born 1970), Scottish harpist and composer, Music Tutor of the Year at Na Trads in 2013 David Hewat (1866–1959), New Zealand cricketer Elizabeth G. K. Hewat (1895–1968), PhD (University of Edinburgh), missionary, campaigner for women's equality, historian of Scottish missions Peter Hewat (born 1978), Australian rugby union player now playing in Japan's Top League for Suntory Sungoliath Reece Hewat (born 1995), South African-born Australian rugby union player Richard Alexander Hewat (1896–1918), American pursuit pilot who flew with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in World War I Robert Hewat (1863–1953), New Zealand cricketer Tim Hewat (1928–2004), Australian television producer and journalist William Hewat, Irish politician and company director
Given name: James Hewat McKenzie (1869–1929), British parapsychologist, founder of the British College of Psychic Science William Hewat McLeod (1932–2009), New Zealand scholar who helped establish Sikhism studies as a distinctive field outside India
See also Hewitt (name) Hewit, surname