List of Famous people with last name Heke

Princess Heke of the Second Rank, was a Chinese princess, ninth daughter of Qianlong Emperor and second daughter of Empress Xiaoyichun. She was given the title of a second rank in 1772 as she married Jalantai from the Uya clan which was the same clan as were her great-grandmother Empress Xiaogongren came from.

Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai, born Heke Pōkai and later often referred to as Hōne Heke, was a highly influential Māori rangatira (chief) of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) and a war leader in northern New Zealand; he was affiliated with the Ngati Rahiri, Ngai Tawake, Ngati Tautahi, Te Matarahurahu and Te Uri-o-Hau hapu (subtribes) of Ngāpuhi. Hōne Heke fought with Hongi Hika, an earlier war leader of the Ngāpuhi, in the Musket Wars. Hōne Heke is considered the principal instigator of the Flagstaff War in 1845–46.