Hank Frederic Gregson Wayland (January 21, 1906 in Fall River, Massachusetts – March 27, 1983 in California) was an American swing jazz double-bassist.
His credits in the 1930s include time with Benny Goodman (1934), Red Norvo (1934), Artie Shaw (1936), Bunny Berigan (1937–39), and Larry Clinton (1939–41).
Wayland married Hazel Watts in 1929 and they had two sons, Noel, and Ronald, and later a daughter, Dianne.
During The Depression, Wayland was forced to send his sons to Florida to live with his wife's brother while be toured the US and in Europe, eventually relocating his family to Glendale California.
Wayland was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1978 and had a colectomy, and later that year he was suspected of suffering from Alzheimer's disease.