Hemenway is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Augustus Hemenway (1853–1931), philanthropist and public servant in Boston; son of E.A.H. Hemenway and M.T. Hemenway David Hemenway, professor of Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health Edward Augustus Holyoke Hemenway, merchant; husband of M.T. Hemenway Harriet Hemenway (1858–1960) was a Boston socialite who founded the Massachusetts Audubon; wife of August Hemenway James Alexander Hemenway (1860–1923), United States Representative John Francis Hemenway, founder of the Smith & Hemenway tool company Mary Tileston Hemenway, philanthropist and wife of E.A.H. Hemenway Robert Emery Hemenway, 16th chancellor of the University of Kansas See also Hemenway, Indiana, a community in the United States Silas Hemenway Jennison Hemenway Furniture Co. Building Hemenway, a Japanese rock band.