Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: H

Selected Biographies A to Z

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• Walter A. Haas, business executive
• B. J. Habibie, Indonesian political leader
• Joseph Hachem, poker player
• Gene Hackman, actor
• Sammy Hagar, singer
• Jessica Hagedorn , novelist, poet, and performance artist
• Chuck Hagel, politican, U.S. Senator
• H. Rider Haggard, writer
• Merle Haggard, country singer, songwriter
• Paul Haggis, filmmaker
• Larry Hagman, actor
• Alexander Haig, military Leader, presidential advisor
• Corey Haim, actor
• Alan Hale , actor, director
• Alex Haley, writer
• Bill Haley, singer, bandleader
• Anthony Michael Hall, actor, singer
• Donald Hall, poet, editor
• Huntz Hall, actor
• Lloyd Augustus Hall, chemist
• Michael C. Hall, actor
• Prince Hall, clergyman, abolitionist
• Geri Halliwell, singer
• Lasse Hallström, director, screenwriter, producer
• Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer, civil rights activist
• Mark Hamill, actor
• George Hamilton, actor
• Henry Hamilton , British officer and governor
• Lisa Gay Hamilton, actor
• Margaret Hamilton, actor
• Tom Hamilton, bassist
• Marvin Hamlisch, composer
• John Hamm, actor
• Mia Hamm, soccer player
• Armand Hammer, industrialist, art collector, philanthropist
• Dashiell Hammett, writer
• Kirk Hammett, lead guitar
• Jupiter Hammon, poet
• Lionel Hampton, jazz musician
• Herbie Hancock, jazz musician
• Chelsea Handler, comedien, TV personality, writer
• W.C. Handy, songwriter, bandleader, blues musician
• Charles Handy, management educator, writer
• Michael Haneke, filmmaker
• Tom Hanks, actor
• Jack Hanna, TV personality, zoologist
• William Hanna, cartoonist
• Daryl Hannah, actor
• Alyson Hannigan, actor
• Sean Hannity, TV and radio personailty
• Hanson, musicians
• Curtis Hanson, filmmaker
• Daniela Hantuchova, tennis player
• Marcia Gay Harden, actor
• Florence Kling Harding, U.S. First Lady
• Tonya Harding, figure skater
• Harriet Hardy, specialist in occupational medicine
• Laurel and Hardy, comedians
• Oliver Hardy, actor
• Thomas Hardy, writer
• Keith Haring, artist
• Ashley Harkleroad, tennis player
• Jean Harlow, actor
• Shalom Harlow, model, TV personality
• Mark Harmon, actor
• Elisabeth Harnois, actor
• Ben Harper, musician
• Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, politician
• Valerie Harper, actor
• Woody Harrelson, actor
• Edward H. Harriman, financier, railroad executive
• Charlaine Harris, writer
• Ed Harris, actor
• Julie Harris, actor
• Katherine Harris, Florida's secretary of state
• Neil Patrick Harris, actor
• Paul Percy Harris, lawyer, founder of Rotary International
• Richard Harris, actor
• Anna Harrison, U.S. first lady
• Caroline Scott Harrison, U.S. first lady
• George Harrison, rock musician, movie producer
• Sir Rex Harrison, actor
• Deborah Harry, singer, actor
• Prince Harry, royalty
• Ray Harryhausen, filmmaker
• John Charles Harsanyi, economist, educator
• Johnny Hart, cartoonist
• Kevin Hart, comedian, actor
• Melissa Joan Hart, actor
• George Huntington Hartford, retailer
• George Ludlum Hartford, food merchant
• John Augustine Hartford, food merchant
• Phil Hartman, comedian, actor
• Josh Hartnett, actor
• Harun al-Rashid, Caliph of the Abbasid Empire
• PJ Harvey, musician
• Paul Harvey, radio personality
• Nidal Malik Hasan, soldier, murder suspect
• Sheeraz Hasan, TV personality
• David Hasselhoff, actor, beefcake, singer
• Robert Hass, poet and translator
• William Henry Hastie, U.S. government official; civil rights advocate
• Orrin Hatch, U.S. senator
• Richard Hatch, TV personality
• Richard Gordon Hatcher, politician, law professor
• Teri Hatcher, actor
• Anne Hathaway, actor
• Rutger Hauer, actor
• Václav Havel, playwright, political leader
• Olivia De Havilland, actor
• Black Hawk , Sauk leader
• Tony Hawk, skateboarder
• Ethan Hawke, actor
• John Hawkes, actor
• Stephen Hawking, physicist
• Coleman Hawkins, saxophonist, bandleader, jazz musician
• David Hawkins, philosopher of science and historian
• Sally Hawkins, actor
• Howard Hawks, director
• Goldie Hawn, actor, movie producer
• S. I. Hayakawa, former U.S. Senator
• Tom Hayden, political activist
• Salma Hayek, actor
• Helen Hayes, actor
• Isaac Hayes, singer, actor
• Lucy Hayes, U.S. First Lady
• Elwood Haynes, inventor
• Todd Haynes, filmmaker
• Tony Hayward, business personality
• Susan Hayward, actor
• Rita Hayworth, actor
• Anna Hazare, activist
• Michel Hazanavicius, director
• Edith Head, fashion designer
• Amber Heard, actor
• Patty Hearst, kidnapping victim, writer, actor
• William Randolph Hearst, publisher
• Erin Heatherton, model
• Anne Heche, actor
• Ben Hecht, writer, screenwriter
• Jon Heder, actor
• Tippi Hedren, actor
• Van Heflin, actor
• Hugh Hefner, publisher
• Tim Hetherington, photographer, filmmaker
• Mike Heidorn, drummer
• Katherine Heigl, actor
• Henry Heimlich, physician, inventor
• Robert A. Heinlein, writer
• Howard Heinz, business executive, philanthropist
• H. J. Heinz, food manufacturer
• Tricia Helfer, model, actor
• Brian Helgeland, screenwriter
• Lillian Hellman, playwright
• Leona Helmsley, business personality
• Richard Helms, CIA director and ambassador
• Sally Hemings, political relative
• Margaux Hemingway, actor, model
• Mariel Hemingway, actor
• Liam Hemsworth, actor
• Chris Hemsworth, actor
• Florence Henderson, actor, singer
• Christina Hendricks, actor
• Jimi Hendrix, rock musician, guitarist
• Sonja Henie, figure skater, actor
• Justine Henin-Hardenne, tennis player
• Hilary Henkin, screenwriter
• Doug Henning, magician
• Lance Henriksen, actor, screenwriter
• Henry I, royalty
• Henry V of England, royalty
• Theirry Henry, professional soccer player (France)
• Jim Henson, puppeteer
• Matthew Henson, explorer
• Taraji P. Henson, actor
• Audrey Hepburn, actor
• Katharine Hepburn, actor
• Heraclitus, philosopher
• Frank Herbert, writer
• Hercules, mythical figure
• Pee-Wee Herman, actor, comedian, writer
• Aaron Hernandez, murder suspect, football player
• Jaime Hernandez, cartoonist
• Joseph Marion Hernandez, U.S. Congressman
• Thomas Herrion, football player
• James Herriot, author
• Seymour Hersh, journalist
• Barbara Hershey, actor
• Milton Hershey, chocolatier, philanthropist
• Eva Herzigova, model, actor
• Werner Herzog, filmmaker
• Charlton Heston, actor
• Sandra Hess, actor, pinup
• Jayms, lead singer
• Don Hewitt, former producer of 60 Minutes
• Jennifer Love Hewitt, actor
• Lleyton Hewitt, tennis player
• William Hewlett, electronics entrepreneur
• Bono, singer
• Thor Heyerdahl, explorer, anthropologist
• William Hickey, film, television and stage actor
• Ana Hickmann, model
• "Wild Bill" Hickok, law officer
• Sir John Richard Hicks, economist
• Leon A. Higginbotham, judge, historian
• Pattillo Higgins, Texas oil pioneer
• Peter Ware Higgs, physicist
• Patricia Highsmith, writer
• Oscar Hijuelos, Writer
• Ally Hilfiger, TV personality
• Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer
• Anita Hill, lawyer, educator, author, activist
• Benny Hill, comedian
• Faith Hill, country singer
• Joe Hill, writer
• Jonah Hill, actor
• Lauryn Hill, singer
• Sir Edmund Hillary, mountain climber
• Maurice Hilleman, inventor
• Laura Hillenbrand, writer
• Harriet Hilliard, actor
• Conrad Hilton, business personality
• Nicky Hilton, socialite
• Paris Hilton, socialite, TV personality
• Perez Hilton, internet celebrity
• Heinrich Himmler, Military leader, World War II figure
• John Hinckley, Jr., attempted assassin
• Connie Hines, actor
• Earl Hines, pianist, bandleader, jazz musician
• Gregory Hines, dancer, actor
• Martina Hingis, tennis player
• Pat Hingle, actor
• Maria Hinojosa, Journalist
• S.E. Hinton, writer
• Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi, activist
• Al Hirschfeld, artist
• Emile Hirsch, actor
• Alger Hiss, actor
• Alfred Hitchcock, filmmaker
• Christopher Hitchens, writer
• Dee Ward Hock, financial services pioneer
• David Hockney, artist
• David Ho, AIDS researcher
• Don Ho, Hawaiian entertainer
• Jimmy Hoffa, missing person, political figure, criminal
• Abbie Hoffman, activist, writer
• Dustin Hoffman, actor
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor
• Hulk Hogan, pro wrestler, TV personality
• Mike Hogan, guitarist
• Noel Hogan , guitarist
• Paul Hogan, actor
• Helen Hokinson, cartoonist
• Hal Holbrook, actor
• Richard Holbrooke, diplomat
• William Holden, actor
• Eric Holder, lawyer
• Hole, rock group
• Billie Holiday, jazz singer
• Francois Hollande, President of France
• John Hollander, poet, critic
• Herman Hollerith, engineer, computer inventor
• Mary Austin Holley, author, early settler
• John Henry "Doc" Holliday, gunfighter, dentist
• Buddy Holly, rock musician
• Lauren Holly, actor
• Holly Holm, martial artist, boxer
• Katie Holmes, actor
• Ian Holm, actor
• Rupert Holmes, composer, writer
• Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective
• Winslow Homer, artist
• Mike Honda, U.S. Congressman
• Honey Boo Boo, TV personality, beauty contestant
• Leroy Hood, inventor
• Robin Hood, fictional outlaw
• John Lee Hooker, blues musician
• Bell Hooks, writer, activist
• Tom Hooper, filmmaker
• Hootie & the Blowfish, rock group
• Larry Hoover, murderer, gangster
• Lou Hoover, First Lady
• William Hoover, industrialist
• Bob Hope, comedian, actor
• Anthony Hopkins, actor
• Mark Hopkins, merchant, railroad developer
• Dennis Hopper, actor, filmmaker
• Edward Hopper, artist
• Grace Hopper, rear admiral; computer scientist
• Hedda Hopper, actor, gossip columnist
• George A. Hormel, meatpacker
• Jay Catherwood Hormel, food industry executive
• Nick Hornby, writer
• Lena Horne, singer, actor
• John R. Jack Horner, Paleontologist
• Elmyr de Hory, fraud
• Johnny Horton, country singer
• Bob Hoskins, actor
• Katinka Hosszú, swimmer
• Harry Houdini, magician
• Nicholas Hoult, actor
• Godfrey Hounsfield, inventor
• John Houseman, actor
• Charles Hamilton Houston, civil-rights attorney
• Sam Houston, military Leader, political figure
• Whitney Houston, singer, actor
• Wu Hou, first woman to rule China
• Curly Howard, comedian
• Leslie Howard, actor
• Moe Howard, comedian
• Ron Howard, actor, filmmaker
• Shemp Howard, comedian
• Terrence Howard, actor
• Elias Howe, inventor
• Julia Ward Howe, poet, activist
• Howlin' Wolf, singer
• Oscar De La Hoya, boxer
• Edmond Hoyle, writer
• Sir Fred Hoyle, astrophysicist
• Kelly Hu, model, actor
• Shi Huangdi, first Chinese emperor
• L. Ron Hubbard, writer, religious figure
• Edwin Hubble, astronomer
• Mike Huckabee, state governor
• Kate Hudson, actor
• Rock Hudson, actor
• Dolores Huerta, Labor leader
• Felicity Huffman, actor
• Catherine Elizabeth Cathy Hughes , radio personality, executive
• Howard Hughes, business personality, aviator
• John Hughes, writer, director
• Langston Hughes, poet, writer
• Sarah Hughes, figure skater
• Ted Hughes, poet
• Tom Hulce, actor
• The Incredible Hulk, fictional superhero
• David Hume, philosopher, historian
• Kirsty Hume, model
• William Hung, talent show contestant, singer
• Charlie Hunnam, actor
• Bonnie Hunt, actor, filmmaker
• Helen Hunt, actor
• Linda Hunt, actor
• Richard Morris Hunt, architect
• Holly Hunter, actor
• Kim Hunter, actor
• Rachel Hunter, model
• Tab Hunter, actor
• Collis P. Huntington, railroad executive
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, model, actor
• Jon Huntsman, former governor of Utah
• Isabelle Huppert, actor
• Elizabeth Hurley, actor
• John Hurt, actor
• William Hurt, actor
• King Hussein I, political Leader
• Anjelica Huston, actor
• John Huston, filmmaker, actor
• Walter Huston, film and stage actor
• Josh Hutcherson, actor
• Betty Hutton, actor, singer
• Lauren Hutton, model, actor
• Timothy Hutton, actor
• David Henry Hwang , playwright
• Glen and Bessie Hyde, adventurers, missing persons
• Chrissie Hynde, rock musician

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