Hein is a Dutch and Low German masculine given name, a short version of Hendrik/Heinrich, a derivative surname most common in Germany. Given name Hein van Aken (c. 1250 – c. 1325), Flemish poet Hein de Baar (born 1949), Dutch oceanographer Hein van Breenen (1929–1990), Dutch racing cyclist Hein Boele (born 1939), Dutch voice actor Hein Donner (1927–1988), Dutch chess grandmaster Hein du Toit (born 1926), South African Army officer Hein van Garderen (born 1969), South African fencer Hein van de Geyn (born 1956), Dutch jazz bassist, composer and band leader Hein Frode Hansen (born 1972), Norwegian heavy metal drummer Hein Heckroth (1901–1970), German art director of stage and film productions Hein van der Heijden (born 1958), Dutch actor Hein Heinsen (born 1935), Danish artist Hein ten Hoff (1919–2003), German boxer Hein Hoyer (c. 1380–1447), German statesman and mayor of Hamburg Hein Kever (1854–1922), Dutch genre and still-life painter Hein de Kort (born 1956), Dutch cartoonist Hein Kötz (born 1935), German jurist Hein-Arne Mathiesen (born 1971), Norwegian ski jumper Hein-Direck Neu (1944–2017), German discus thrower Hein van der Niet (1901–1975), Dutch actor known in Hollywood as "Philip Dorn" Hein Odendaal (born 1942), South African medical doctor Hein Otterspeer (born 1988), Dutch speed skater Hein Potgieter (born 1982), South African rugby player Hein ter Poorten (1887–1968), Dutch military officer in the Dutch Indies Hein Riess (1913–1993), German actor and folk singer Hein Roethof (1921–1996), Dutch journalist and politician Hein Schreuder (born 1951), Dutch economist and business executive Hein Seyerling, South African paralympic high jumper Hein Simons (born 1955), Dutch singer and actor Hein van Suylekom (1904–1982), Dutch rower Hein Vanhaezebrouck (born 1964), Belgian football coach Hein Verbruggen (born 1941), Dutch sports executive Hein Vergeer (born 1961), Dutch speed skater Hein Vos (1903–1972), Dutch politician Hein Wellens (born 1935), Dutch cardiologist Hein-Peter Weyher (born 1935), German Navy officer Hein Willemse (born 1957), South African academic, literary critic, activist and author Hein van der Zee (1929–1991), Dutch boxer Burmese name Ba Hein (1917–1946), Burmese politician Hein Thiha Zaw (born 1995), Burmese footballer Hein Zar Aung (born 1990), Burmese footballer Ko Ko Hein (born 1994), Burmese footballer Kyaw Hein (born 1947), Burmese film actor, film director, and singer Moe Hein (1942–2010), Burmese poet and philanthropist Myat Hein (born 1955), Burmese general Surname Birgit Hein (born 1942), German film director, producer and screenwriter Brandon Hein (born 1977), American convicted murderer Carl Christian Hein (1868–1937), American