| G. H. Nayak | |
| Birth Name: | Govindaray H. Nayak |
| Native Name: | ಜಿ.ಎಚ್.ನಾಯಕ |
| Birth Date: | 1933 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Soorve, Ankola, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Death Place: | Mysore, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation: | Professor and writer in Kannada |
| Period: | 20th Century |
Govindaray Hammanna Nayak (18 September 1933 – 26 May 2023) was an Indian writer and academic. A professor of Kannada at University of Mysore, he was awarded the Central Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Sanskrit Chintana in 2014
Nayak was born in Soorve near Ankola, a village in coastal Karnataka, India. In 1951, Nayak earned his high school diploma from Peoples Multi-purpose High School, Ankola and a M. A. in Kannada from University of Mysore.
Nayak died on 26 May 2023, at the age of 89.[1]