title: HEK
text: # HEK
  
  Hek or HEK may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Alexander Laloo Hek, Indian 21st century politician
  * František Vladislav Hek (1769–1847), Czech writer
  * Hek Wakefield (1899–1962), American football player
  * Hugh Keough (1864–1912), American sports journalist
  * van 't Hek, a Dutch surname
  
  ## Places
  
  * Hek, West Azerbaijan, Iran, a village
  * Hek, Yazd, Iran, a village
  
  ## Acronym
  
  * Halo Editing Kit, a software development kit
  * HEK cell (human embryonic kidney cell), a cell line used for transfection experiments
  * Hunsrück-Eifel culture (German: Hunsrück-Eifel-Kultur), an Iron Age cultural group of what is now western Germany
  * Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler, an exoplanet search program
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * HEK, IATA code for Heihe Aihui Airport, Heilongjiang Province, China
  * Hektoen enteric agar, a microbial agent
  * Councilor Vay Hek, an officer of the Grineer Empire in the online game Warframe
  