| HaAm, Ahad (b. Asher Ginzberg) (Ukrainian-born Hebrew essayist) |
1856-1927 |
| Haar, Alfred (Hungarian mathematician) |
1885-1933 |
| Haas, Joseph (German composer) |
1879-1960 |
| Haas, Karl (German-born pianist, conductor, musicologist) |
1913-2005 |
| Haase, Hugo (German politician) |
1863-1919 |
| Haasse-Lelyveld, Helle Serafia van (Dutch writer) |
b.1918 |
| Haast, Sir John Francis Julius von (Ger.-born Brit. geologist) |
1824-1887 |
| Haavelmo, Trygve (Norwegian economist) |
b.1911 |
| Haavikko, Paavo (Finnish essayist, poet, writer, dramatist) |
b.1931 |
| Haba, Alois (Czech composer) |
1893-1972 |
| Habakkuk (Hebrew prophet) |
7th? cent. BC |
| Habeneck, Francois-Antoine (French conductor) |
1781-1849 |
| Haber, Fritz (German chemist; brother-in-law of Karl Bosch) |
1868-1934 |
| Haberl, Franz Xaver (German clergyman, musician) |
1840-1910 |
| Haberlandt, Gottlieb (Austrian botanist) |
1854-1945 |
| Haberlin, Paul (Swiss philosopher) |
1878-1960 |
| Habermas, Jurgen (German philosopher) |
b.1929 |
| Habibollah Khan (Amir of Afghanistan 1901-1919) |
1872-1919 |
| Habington, William (English poet) |
1605-1654 |
| Hacha, Emil (Czech jurist, politician) |
1872-1945 |
| Hachette, Louis-Christophe-Francois (French editor, publisher) |
1800-1864 |
| Hackenschmidt, George (Estonian wrestler) |
1877-1968 |
| Hackert, Jacob Philipp (German painter) |
1737-1807 |
| Hackett, James Henry (American actor) |
1800-1871 |
| Hackett, James Keteltas (Canadian actor; son of James Henry) |
1869-1926 |
| Hadamard, Jacques-Salomon (French mathematician) |
1865-1963 |
| Haddad, Malek (Algerian poet, writer, cultural adviser) |
1927-1978 |
| Haddon, Alfred Cort (English anthropologist) |
1855-1940 |
| Haden, Charles Edward "Charlie" (American musician, composer) |
b.1937 |
| Haden, Sir Francis Seymour (English surgeon, etcher) |
1818-1910 |
| Hadfield, Sir Robert Abbott (English metallurgist) |
1858-1940 |
| Hadi, al- (Islamic caliph 785-786) |
8th cent. |
| Hadik, Andreas (Count Hadik von Futak) (Austrian general) |
1710-1790 |
| Hadley, Arthur Twining (American economist, educator) |
1856-1930 |
| Hadley, George (English physicist, meteorologist) |
1685-1768 |
| Hadley, Henry Kimball (American composer) |
1871-1937 |
| Hadley, John (English mathematician, inventor) |
1682-1744 |
| Hadow, Sir William Henry (English educator, musicologist) |
1859-1937 |
| Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) (Roman emperor 117-138) |
AD 76-138 |
| Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August (German biologist) |
1834-1919 |
| Hafez (Mohammad Shams od-Din Hafez) (Persian poet) |
1325/26-1389/90 |
| Haffkine, Waldemar Mordecai Wolfe (Russian bacteriologist) |
1860-1930 |
| Hafiz (pen name of Shams-ud-din Muhammad) (Persian poet) |
c.1300-1388 |
| Hafiz-i Abru (Persian historian) |
d.1430 |
| Hafiz Ibrahim, Muhammad (Egyptian poet) |
1872-1932 |
| Hafstein, Hannes (Icelandic politician, poet) |
1861-1922 |
| Hagalin, Guthmundur Gislason (Icelandic writer, essayist) |
1898-1985 |
| Hage, Elwood Wayne (American rancher, activist) |
1936-2006 |
| Hagedorn, Friedrich von (German poet) |
1708-1754 |
| Hagen, Gotthilf Heinrich Ludwig (German engineer) |
1797-1884 |
| Hagen, Johann Georg (Austrian astronomer) |
1847-1930 |
| Hagen, Walter Charles (American golfer) |
1892-1969 |
| Hegenbeck, Karl (German animal trainer, circus director) |
1844-1913 |
| Hager, Paul (American engineer) |
b.1950 |
| Haggai (Hebrew prophet) |
6th cent. BC |
| Haggard, Sir Henry Rider (English novelist, farmer) |
1856-1925 |
| Haggard, Merle Ronald (American musician) |
b.1937 |
| Haggin, James Ben Ali (American businessman) |
1827-1914 |
| Hagiwara Sakutaro (Japanese poet) |
1886-1942 |
| Hague, Frank (American politician) |
1876-1956 |
| Hahn, Hermann (German sculptor) |
1868-1945 |
| Hahn, Otto (German physical chemist) |
1879-1968 |
| Hahn, Reynaldo (Venezuelan composer) |
1875-1947 |
| Hahnemann, (Christian Friedrich) Samuel (German physician) |
1755-1843 |
| Hahn-Hahn, Ida von née Hahn (German writer) |
1805-1880 |
| Hai ben Sherira (Talmudist) |
939-1038 |
| Haig, Alexander Meigs, Jr. (American politician) |
b.1924 |
| Haig, Douglas (1st Earl Haig) (British field marshal) |
1861-1928 |
| Haile Selassie (aka Ras Tafari) (Ethiopian emperor 1930-75) |
1892-1975 |
| Haines, Jackson (American dancer, ice skater) |
1840-1876 |
| Hainisch, Michael Arthur Josef Jakob (German economist, polit.) |
1858-1940 |
| Hajjaj, al- (Arab ruler) |
661-714 |
| Hajji Khalfah (b.Mustata ibn-Abdallah) (Turkish historian) |
1600?-1658 |
| Hajj 'Umar, al- (aka 'Umar ibn Sa'id Tal) (West African ruler) |
c.1797-1864 |
| Hake, Edward (English Puritan) |
fl. 1579 |
| Hakim, al- (Fatimid caliph of Egypt 996-1021?) |
985-1021? |
| Hakim, al-, Tawfiq Husayn (Egyptian writer, playwright) |
1898-1987 |
| Hakluyt, Richard (English geographer, historian) |
c.1552-1616 |
| Hakuin (Japanese religious, artist, writer) |
1685-1768 |
| Halabi, al- (Islamic jurist) |
c.1460-1549 |
| Halbe, Max (German playwright, novelist) |
1865-1944 |
| Halberstam, David (American journalist, writer) |
1934-2007 |
| Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson (Scot. reformer; sis. of Richard) |
1862-1937 |
| Haldane, James Alexander (Scot. clergyman; brother of Robert) |
1768-1851 |
| Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson (Scottish Marxist, researcher) |
1892-1964 |
| Haldane, John Scott (Scottish physiologist; father of J.B.S.H.) |
1860-1936 |
| Haldane, Richard Burdon (Scottish lawyer, philosopher, polit.) |
1856-1928 |
| Haldane, Robert (Scottish evangelist, writer; brother of James) |
1764-1842 |
| Haldeman-Julius, Emanuel (American publisher, writer) |
1889-1951 |
| Halder, Franz (German general; planned blitzkrieg campaigns) |
1884-1972 |
| Haldimand, Sir Frederick (Swiss-born British general) |
1718-1790 |
| Hale, Edward Everett (American Unitarian clergyman, author) |
1822-1909 |
| Hale, George Ellery (American astronomer) |
1868-1938 |
| Hale, Horatio Emmons (American anthropologist) |
1817-1896 |
| Hale, John Parker (American politician) |
1806-1873 |
| Hale, Lucretia Peabody (American writer) |
1820-1900 |
| Hale, Sir Matthew (English jurist) |
1609-1676 |
| Hale, Nathan (American Revolutionary hero) |
1755-1776 |
| Hale, Sarah Josepha née Buell (American writer, editor) |
1788-1879 |
| Halek, Vitezslav (Czech poet) |
1835-1874 |
| Hales, John (English clergyman) |
1584-1656 |
| Hales, Stephen (English clergyman, physiologist) |
1677-1761 |
| Halevy, Elie (French historian; son of Ludovic) |
1870-1937 |
| Halevy, Jacques-Francois-Fromental-Elie) (French composer) |
1799-1862 |
| Halevy, Ludovic (French librettist, writer) |
1834-1908 |
| HaLevi, Yehuda Judah (Andalusian Hebrew poet) |
fl.1075-1141 |
| Haley, Alex Palmer (American writer) |
1921-1992 |
| Haley, William John Clifton "Bill" (American musician) |
1925-1981 |
| Haliburton, Thomas Chandler (Canadian jurist, humorist) |
1796-1865 |
| Halibe Edib Adivar (Turkish reformer, writer) |
1883-1964 |
| Halid Ziya Usakligil (Turkish writer) |
1865-1945 |
| Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood (English statesman) |
1881-1959 |
| Halil (or Khalil), Patrona (Turkish revolutionist) |
d.1730 |
| Halim Pasa, Said (Ottoman politician) |
1863-1921 |
| Halkett, Hugh (Scottish-born Hanoverian general) |
1783-1863 |
| Hall, Abraham Oakey (American politician) |
1826-1898 |
| Hall, Asaph (American astronomer; discovered Deimos, Phobos) |
1829-1907 |
| Hall, Basil (British naval officer, writer; son of Sir James) |
1788-1844 |
| Hall, Carl Christian (Danish politician) |
1812-1888 |
| Hall, Charles Francis (American arctic explorer) |
1821-1871 |
| Hall, Charles Martin (American chemist, manufacturer) |
1863-1914 |
| Hall, Chester Moor (English scientist) |
1703-1771 |
| Hall, Donald Andrew Jr. (American poet, critic, editor) |
b.1928 |
| Hall (or Halle), Edward (English historian) |
c.1498-1547 |
| Hall, Edward N. (American aeronautical engineer, soldier) |
1914-2006 |
| Hall, Edwin Herbert (Am. physicist; discovered Hall effect) |
1855-1938 |
| Hall, Evelyn Beatrice (Eng. historian; pseud. S.G. Tallentyre) |
1868-1919 |
| Hall, Granville Stanley (American psychologist, educator) |
1844-1924 |
| Hall, Sir James (Scottish geologist, chemist) |
1761-1832 |
| Hall, James (American author) |
1793-1868 |
| Hall, James (American geologist, paleontologist) |
1811-1898 |
| Hall, James Norman (American writer) |
1887-1951 |
| Hall, Joseph (English prelate, writer) |
1574-1656 |
| Hall, Lyman (American Revolutionary leader) |
1724-1790 |
| Hall, Marshall (English physician, physiologist) |
1790-1857 |
| Hall, Radclyffe (Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall) (English writer) |
1880-1943 |
| Hall, Robert (English clergyman) |
1764-1831 |
| Hall, Samuel (English engineer, inventor) |
1781-1863 |
| Hall, Samuel Carter (Irish editor, writer) |
1800-1889 |
| Hall, Samuel Read (American clergyman, educator) |
1795-1877 |
| Hallaj, al- (Islamic mystic) |
c.858-922 |
| Hallam, Arthur Henry (English poet, essayist) |
1811-1833 |
| Hallam, Henry (English historian) |
1777-1859 |
| Hallam, Lewis (English actor) |
1714-1756 |
| Hallam, Lewis the Younger (Eng. actor, manager; son of Lewis) |
c.1740-1808 |
| Halle, Sir Charles (German-born British pianist, conductor) |
1819-1895 |
| Halleck, Fitz-Greene (American poet; Knickerbocker school) |
1790-1867 |
| Halleck, Henry Wager (American army officer) |
1815-1872 |
| Haller, Bertold (Swiss clergyman) |
1492-1536 |
| Haller de Hallenburg, Jozef (Polish soldier) |
1873-1960 |
| Haller, Victor Albrecht von (Swiss biologist) |
1708-1777 |
| Hallet, Etienne Sulpice (French-born American architect) |
1755-1825 |
| Halley, Edmond (or Edmund) (English astronomer) |
1656-1742 |
| Hallgrimsson, Jonas (Icelandic poet, writer) |
1807-1845 |
| Halliburton, Richard (American explorer, writer) |
1900-1939 |
| Hallidie, Andrew Smith (English-born Am. engineer, inventor) |
1836-1900 |
| Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard (English scholar) |
1820-1889 |
| Hallwachs, Wilhelm Ludwig Franz (German physicist) |
1859-1922 |
| Halpern, Moyshe Leyb (Ukrainian-born American Yiddish poet) |
1886-1932 |
| Hals, Frans (Dutch painter) |
1581/85-1666 |
| Halsey, Albert (British writer, educator) |
b.1923 |
| Halsey, William Frederick Jr. "Bull" (American naval officer) |
1882-1959 |
| Halsman, Philippe (Latvian-born American photographer) |
1906-1979 |
| Halsted, William Stewart (American surgeon, morphine addict) |
1852-1922 |
| Hamadani (Persian mystic) |
1314-1385 |
| Hamadhani, al- (Arab writer) |
969-1008 |
| Hamaguchi Osachi (or Yuko) (Japanese politician) |
1870-1931 |
| Hamann, Johann Georg (German philosopher) |
1730-1788 |
| Hambro, Carl Joachim (Norwegian politician) |
1885-1964 |
| Hamdani, al- (Arab geographer, poet, scholar) |
893?-c.945 |
| Hamelin, Ferdinand-Alphonse (French naval officer) |
1796-1864 |
| Hamerik, Asger (orig. surname Hammerich) (Danish composer) |
1843-1923 |
| Hamerton, Philip Gilbert (English artist, essayist) |
1834-1894 |
| Hamilcar (Carthaginian general) |
d.480 BC |
| Hamilcar Barca (Carthaginian general; eponym of Barcelona) |
270?-229/228 BC |
| Hamilton, Alexander (West Indies-born American politician) |
1755-1804 |
| Hamilton, Alice (American toxicologist; sister of Edith) |
1869-1970 |
| Hamilton, Andrew (orig. surname Trent) (Scot.-born Am. lawyer) |
1676-1741 |
| Hamilton, Anthony Walter Patrick (English playwright, novelist) |
1904-1962 |
| Hamilton, Edith (German-born American scholar) |
1867-1963 |
| Hamilton, Lady Emma née Amy Lyon (Eng. mistress of Lord Nelson) |
1765-1815 |
| Hamilton, Gavin (Scottish painter) |
1723-1798 |
| Hamilton, Hamish (b. James Hamilton) (Am.-born Brit. publisher) |
1900-1988 |
| Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith (British soldier) |
1853-1947 |
| Hamilton, James (British educator) |
1769-1829 |
| Hamilton, William (Hamilton of Gilbertfield) (Scottish poet) |
c.1665-1751 |
| Hamilton, William (Scottish poet) |
1704-1754 |
| Hamilton, Sir William (British diplomat, archaeologist) |
1730-1803 |
| Hamilton, William of Gilbertfield (Scottish writer) |
c.1665-1751 |
| Hamilton, William (Scottish philosopher) |
1788-1856 |
| Hamilton, William Gerard (English politician) |
1729-1796 |
| Hamilton, William Rowan (Irish mathematician) |
1805-1865 |
| Hamlin, Cyrus (American clergyman) |
1811-1900 |
| Hamlin, Hannibal (American politician; vice-president 1861-65) |
1809-1891 |
| Hammad ar-Rawiyah (Persian-Arabic anthologist, scholar) |
c.694-c.772 |
| Hammarskjold, Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl (Swedish statesman) |
1905-1961 |
| Hammarskjold, Knut Hjalmar Leonard (Swedish politician) |
1862-1953 |
| Hammer, Richard "Dick" (American fireman, actor; Marlboro Man) |
1930-1999 |
| Hammer, William Joseph (American electrical engineer) |
1858-1934 |
| Hammerling, Rupert (pseud. Robert Hamerling) (Austrian poet) |
1830-1889 |
| Hammerschmidt, Andreas (German organist, composer) |
1611/12-1675 |
| Hammerstein, Oscar (German-born American theater impresario) |
1846-1919 |
| Hammerstein, Oscar II (American lyricist; grandson of Oscar) |
1895-1960 |
| Hammett, Samuel Dashiell (American writer) |
1894-1961 |
| Hammid, Alexander (b.Alexandr Hackenschmied) (Am. filmmaker) |
1907-2004 |
| Hammond, Caleb Dean (American businessman: map maker) |
1915-2006 |
| Hammond Innes, Ralph (pseudonym Ralph Hammond) (English writer) |
b.1913 |
| Hammond, Henry (English clergyman) |
1605-1660 |
| Hammond, James Henry (American politician) |
1807-1864 |
| Hammond, John Hays (American mining engineer) |
1855-1936 |
| Hammond, John Hays Jr. (Am. electrical & radio eng., inventor) |
1888-1965 |
| Hammond, John Lawrence Le Breton (English journalist, hist.) |
1872-1949 |
| Hammond, Laurens (American inventor; developed Hammond organ) |
1895-1973 |
| Hammond, Lucy Barbara née Bradby (English writer; wife of J.L.) |
1873-1961 |
| Hammurabi (or Hammurapi) (Babylonian king 1792-1750 BC) |
d.1750 BC |
| Ham Nghi (orig. Ung Lich) (Vietnamese emperor 1884-1886) |
1870-c.1940 |
| Hampden, John (English politician) |
1594-1643 |
| Hampden, Walter (orig. Walter Hampden Dougherty) (Am. actor) |
1879-1955 |
| Hampson, William (English inventor) |
1854-1926 |
| Hampton, Lionel Leo (American musician) |
1909-2002 |
| Hampton, Wade (Am. general, politician; grandfather of Wade) |
1751?-1835 |
| Hampton, Wade (American politician, Confederate officer) |
1818-1902 |
| Hamsun, Knut (orig. Knut Pedersen Hamsund) (Norwegian writer) |
1859-1952 |
| Hamza, El Din (Nubian musician, composer, teacher) |
1929-2006 |
| Hamzah ibn 'Ali (aka az-Zuzani) (Arab religious leader) |
11th cent. |
| Han, Ulrich (aka Udalricus Gallus; Barbatus) (Austrian printer) |
d.1478 |
| Han Yong-un (aka Manhae) (Korean religious leader, poet) |
1879-1944 |
| Hanabusa Itcho (orig. Fujiwara Nobuka) (Japanese artist) |
1652-1724 |
| HaNagid, Shmuel Samuel (Spanish poet, patron) |
993-1056 |
| Hanbury Brown, Robert (English-born? Australian? physicist) |
b.1916 |
| Hancock, Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" (American musician) |
b.1940 |
| Hancock, John (American Revolutionary politician) |
1737-1793 |
| Hancock, Thomas (English inventor, manufacturer) |
1786-1865 |
| Hancock, Winfield Scott (American army officer, politician) |
1824-1886 |
| Hand, Billings Learned (American jurist) |
1872-1961 |
| Handel, Georg Friedrich (German-born British composer) |
1685-1759 |
| Handel-Mazzetti, Enrika von (Austrian novelist) |
1871-1955 |
| Handelsman, John Bernard "Bud" (Am. cartoonist, illustrator) |
1922-2007 |
| Handke, Peter (Austrian playwright, writer, poet, essayist) |
b.1942 |
| Handl, Jakob (aka Jacobus Gallus) (Slovenian composer) |
1550-1591 |
| Handler, Ruth (Am. businesswoman; co-fd.Mattel, cr.Barbie doll) |
1916-2002 |
| Handy, William Cristopher (American musician, composer) |
1873-1958 |
| Han-fei-tzu (Chinese philosopher) |
d.233 BC |
| Han Kan (Chinese painter) |
8th cent. |
| Hankel, Hermann (German mathematician; son of Wilhelm) |
1839-1873 |
| Hankel, Wilhelm Gottlieb (German physicist) |
1814-1899 |
| Hankey, Maurice Pascal Alers (British army officer) |
1877-1963 |
| Hanks, Nancy (American mother of Abraham Lincoln) |
1783-1818 |
| Hanley, James (Irish-born English writer) |
1901-1985 |
| Hann, Julius Ferdinand von (Austrian meteorologist) |
1839-1921 |
| Hanna, Marcus Alonzo "Mark" (American businessman, politician) |
1837-1904 |
| Hanna, William Denby "Bill" (Am. animator, director, producer) |
1910-2001 |
| Hannah, Barry (American writer, teacher) |
b.1942 |
| Hannay, James (Scottish novelist) |
1827-1873 |
| Hannay, James Owen (Irish clergyman, novelist) |
1865-1950 |
| Hannibal (Carthaginian general; son of Hamilcar Barca) |
247-183 BC |
| Hannington, James (British prelate) |
1847-1885 |
| Hanno (Carthaginian navigator) |
5th cent. BC |
| Hanno the Great (Carthaginian politician) |
3rd cent. BC |
| Hanotaux, (Albert-Auguste-) Gabriel (Fr. historian, politician) |
1853-1944 |
| Hanriot, Francois (French Revolutionary leader) |
1759-1794 |
| Hansard, Luke (English printer) |
1752-1828 |
| Hansard, Thomas Curson (English printer; son of Luke) |
1776-1833 |
| Hansberry, Lorraine Vivian (American playwright) |
1930-1965 |
| Hansen, Alvin Harvey (American economist) |
1887-1975 |
| Hansen, Anton (pseud. Anton H. Tammsaare) (Estonian writer) |
1878-1940 |
| Hansen, Emil Christian (Danish yeast botanist: Carlsberg brew.) |
1842-1909 |
| Hansen, Gerhard Henrik Armauer (Norwegian physician) |
1841-1912 |
| Hansen, Hans Christian Svane (Danish politician) |
1906-1960 |
| Hansen, Jens Andersen (Danish journalist, politician) |
1806-1877 |
| Hansen, Joseph (pseud. Rose Brock; James Colton) (Am. writer) |
b.1923 |
| Hansen, Marcus Lee (American historian) |
1892-1938 |
| Hansen, Martin Jens Alfred (Danish writer) |
1909-1955 |
| Hansen, Peter Andreas (Danish astronomer) |
1795-1874 |
| Hanslick, Eduard (Austrian music critic) |
1825-1904 |
| Hansom, Joseph Aloysius (English architect; source of "hansom") |
1803-1882 |
| Hanson, Howard Harold (American composer) |
1896-1981 |
| Hanson, John (American Revolutionary politician) |
1721-1783 |
| Hansson, Ola (Swedish poet, writer, critic) |
1860-1925 |
| Hansson, Per Albin (Swedish politician; prime minister 1932-46) |
1885-1946 |
| Hansteen, Christopher (Norwegian astronomer, physicist) |
1784-1873 |
| Han T'o-chou (Chinese politician) |
d.1207 |
| Hantzsch, Arthur Rudolf (German chemist) |
1857-1935 |
| Han Wu Ti (orig. Liu Ch'e) (Chinese emperor 140-87 BC) |
156-87 BC |
| Han Yu (aka Han Wen-kung) (Chinese poet, essayist, philosopher) |
768-824 |
| Hapgood, Hutchins (American journalist) |
1869-1944 |
| Hapgood, Norman (American editor, writer) |
1868-1937 |
| Hara Kei (aka Hara Takashi) (Japanese politician) |
1856-1921 |
| Haraszthy de Mokcsa, Agoston (Hungarian-born Am. viticulturist) |
1812?-1869 |
| Haraucourt, Edmond (French writer, playwright) |
1856/7-1941 |
| Haraway, Donna Jeanne (American science teacher, historian) |
b.1944 |
| Harbach, Otto Abels (American playwright, librettist) |
1873-1963 |
| Harbord, James Guthrie (American army officer, businessman) |
1866-1947 |
| Harburg, Edgar Yipsel "E.Y." or "Yip" (American lyricist) |
1896-1981 |
| Harcourt, Henri I d' (French soldier, diplomat) |
1654-1718 |
| Harcourt, Lewis (English politician; son of Sir William) |
1863-1922 |
| Harcourt, Sir William George Granville Venables V. (Eng. pol.) |
1827-1904 |
| Har Dayal (Indian revolutionary, scholar) |
1884-1939 |
| Hardecanute (or Hardicanute) (King of Denmark 1028-1042) |
c.1019-1042 |
| Hardee, William Joseph (American army officer) |
1815-1873 |
| Harden, Sir Arthur (English chemist) |
1865-1940 |
| Harden, Maximilian (orig. Felix Ernst Witkowski) (Ger. writer) |
1861-1927 |
| Hardenberg, Friedrich Leopold von (pseud. Novalis) (Ger. poet) |
1772-1801 |
| Hardenberg, Karl August von (Prussian politician) |
1750-1822 |
| Harder, Kelsie Brown (American onomastician, teacher) |
1922-2007 |
| Hardie, James Keir (Scottish-born British labor leader, polit.) |
1856-1915 |
| Harding, Chester (American painter) |
1792-1866 |
| Harding, Karl Ludwig (German astronomer) |
1765-1834 |
| Harding, Saint Stephen (English religious) |
c.1060-1134 |
| Harding, Warren Gamaliel (29th U.S. president, 1921-1923) |
1865-1923 |
| Hardinge, Charles (1st Baron of Penshurst) (British diplomat) |
1858-1944 |
| Hardinge, Henry (1st Viscount of Lahore) (British soldier) |
1785-1856 |
| Hardouin, Jean (French cleric, scholar) |
1646-1729 |
| Hardt, Ernst (German poet, novelist, playwright) |
1876-1947 |
| Hardwick, Elizabeth (American critic, essayist, editor) |
b.1916 |
| Hardwicke, Sir Cedric Webster (English actor) |
1893-1964 |
| Hardy, Alexandre (French playwright) |
1572?-1632? |
| Hardy, Godfrey Harold (English mathematician) |
1877-1947 |
| Hardy, Oliver Nowell (American film comedian) |
1892-1957 |
| Hardy, Thomas (English novelist, poet) |
1840-1928 |
| Hardy, Sir Thomas Masterman (British naval officer) |
1769-1839 |
| Hardyng, John (English chronicler) |
1378-1465? |
| Hare, Augustus William (English cleric, writer) |
1792-1834 |
| Hare, David (British playwright, director) |
b.1947 |
| Hare, James H. (English-born American photographer) |
1856-1946 |
| Hare, Sir John (orig. John Fairs) (Eng. actor, theater manager) |
1844-1921 |
| Hare, Julius Charles (English cleric, writer) |
1796-1855 |
| Hare, Maurice Evan (???) |
1886-1967 |
| Hare, Robert (American chemist) |
1781-1858 |
| Hare, Thomas (English reformer) |
1806-1891 |
| Hare, Trevor (American conservation biologist) |
b.c.1963 |
| Hargobind (Indian Sikh religious leader; began Sikh militancy) |
1595-1644 |
| Hargrave, Lawrence (Eng.-born Australian aeronautical pioneer) |
1850-1915 |
| Hargraves, Edward Hammond (Eng.-born Austral. gold prospector) |
1816-1891 |
| Hargreaves, James (English inventor; invented spinning jenny) |
d.1778 |
| Haribhadra (or Haribhadra Suri) (Indian writer) |
8th cent. |
| Hari Krishen (Indian Sikh religious leader; son of Hari Rai) |
1656-1664 |
| Haring, Georg Wilhelm (ps. Willibald Alexis) (Ger. journalist) |
1798-1871 |
| Haring, Keith (American artist) |
1958-1990 |
| Harington, Sir Charles Harington (British soldier) |
1872-1940 |
| Harington (or Harrington), Sir John (English courtier, writer) |
1561-1612 |
| Harington, John (1st Baron Harington of Exton) (Eng. nobleman) |
d.1613 |
| Hariri, al- (Arab scholar, poet, government official) |
1054-1122 |
| Harishchandra (aka Bharatendu) (Indian poet, dramatist, critic) |
1850-1885 |
| Harizi, Judah ben Solomon (Spanish man of letters) |
c.1170-c.1235 |
| Harjo, Joy (Am. poet, writer, academic, Native-Am. activist) |
b.1951 |
| Harkhuf (Egyptian official) |
fl. 2290-2270 BC |
| Harkins, William Draper (American chemist) |
1873-1951 |
| Harkness, Anna M. née Richardson (American philanthropist) |
1837-1926 |
| Harlan, John Marshall (Am. Supreme Court justice 1877-1911) |
1833-1911 |
| Harlan, John Marshall (American Supreme Court justice 1955-71) |
1899-1971 |
| Harland, Henry (Russia-born American writer) |
1861-1905 |
| Harlay de Champvallon, Francois de (French prelate) |
1625-1695 |
| Harley, Rufus (American musician) |
1936-2006 |
| Harley, Robert (1st Earl of Oxford) (English politician) |
1661-1724 |
| Harlow, Jean (orig. Harlean Carpenter) (American actor) |
1911-1937 |
| Harman, Martin Coles (British ruler) |
1885-1954 |
| Harmensen (or Hermansz), Jacob (Dutch clergyman, theologian) |
1560-1609 |
| Harmodius (Athenian tyrannicide: assassinated Hipparchus) |
d.514 BC |
| Harmon, Millard Fillmore (American army officer) |
1888-1945 |
| Harmsen, Dorothy (American businesswoman; co-cr. Jolly Rancher) |
1914-2006 |
| Harmsen, William (American businessman; co-cr. Jolly Rancher) |
1912-2002 |
| Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William (English publisher) |
1865-1922 |
| Harmsworth, Cecil Bisshopp (English politician) |
1869-1948 |
| Harmsworth, Harold Sidney (English publisher, politician) |
1868-1940 |
| Harnack, Adolf Karl Gustav von (Ger. theologian; son of Theo.) |
1851-1930 |
| Harnack, Theodosius (German theologian) |
1817-1889 |
| Harnett, William Michael (Irish-born American painter) |
1848-1892 |
| Harney, George Julian (English political leader) |
1817-1897 |
| Haro, Luis de (full surname Mendez de Haro y Guzman) (Sp. pol.) |
1598-1661 |
| Harold Gille (Harold IV) (Irish-born Norwegian pretender) |
c.1103-1136 |
| Harpagus (Median general) |
6th cent. BC |
| Harpalus (Macedonian aristocrat) |
c.355-323 BC |
| Harper, Fletcher (American publisher; brother of James) |
1806-1877 |
| Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins (Am. writer, social reformer) |
1825-1911 |
| Harper, James (American publisher, politician) |
1795-1869 |
| Harper, Jesse (American athletic coach) |
1884-1961 |
| Harper, John (American publisher; brother of James) |
1797-1875 |
| Harper, Joseph Wesley (American publisher; brother of James) |
1801-1870 |
| Harper, Michael Steven (American poet, teacher, editor) |
b.1938 |
| Harper, Robert Almer (American biologist) |
1862-1946 |
| Harper, Robert Goodloe (American politician) |
1765-1825 |
| Harper, William Rainey (American educator) |
1856-1906 |
| Harpignies, Henri-Joseph (French painter) |
1819-1916 |
| Harpocration, Valerius (Greek scholar of Alexandria) |
2nd cent. |
| Harpur, Charles (Australian poet) |
1813-1868 |
| Harraden, Beatrice (English novelist) |
1864-1936 |
| Har Rai (Indian Sikh religious leader; grandson of Hargobind) |
1630-1661 |
| Harrer, Heinrich (Austrian mountaineer) |
1912-2006 |
| Harrigan, Edward "Ned" (American actor) |
1845-1911 |
| Harriman, Edward Henry (American financier) |
1848-1909 |
| Harriman, Florence Jaffray née Hurst (American diplomat) |
1870-1967 |
| Harriman, William Averell (American businessman, diplomat) |
1891-1986 |
| Harrington, (Edward) Michael (American writer, activist) |
1928-1989 |
| Harrington (or Harington), James (English political theorist) |
1611-1677 |
| Harrington, Roy (American astronomer) |
b.1934 |
| Harriot (or Hariot), Thomas (English mathematician, astronomer) |
1560-1621 |
| Harriott, Arthurlin "Joe" (Jamaican musician) |
1928-1973 |
| Harris, Alexander (British writer) |
1805-1874 |
| Harris, Barbara Clementine (American Episcopal bishop) |
b.1930 |
| Harris, Benjamin (English publisher, journalist) |
fl. 1673-1716 |
| Harris, Chapin Aaron (American dentist) |
1806-1860 |
| Harris, Charles Kassell (American songwriter) |
1865-1930 |
| Harris, Frank (orig. James Thomas) (Irish journalist, writer) |
1856-1931 |
| Harris, George (1st Baron Harris) (English soldier) |
1746-1829 |
| Harris, George Washington (American humorist) |
1814-1869 |
| Harris, Howell (Welsh clergyman) |
1714-1773 |
| Harris, James (1st Earl of Malmesbury) (English diplomat) |
1746-1820 |
| Harris, James Thomas "Frank" (Irish-born Am. journalist,writer) |
1856-1931 |
| Harris, Joel Chandler (American writer; created Uncle Remus) |
1848-1908 |
| Harris, John (English theologian, scientist) |
c.1666-1719 |
| Harris, John Wyndham P.L.B. (pseud. John Wyndham) (Eng. writer) |
1903-1969 |
| Harris, Paul Percy (American lawyer) |
1868-1947 |
| Harris, Renatus (or Rene) (French-born English organ builder) |
c.1652-1724 |
| Harris, Roy Ellsworth (American composer) |
1898-1979 |
| Harris, Sam Henry (American theatrical producer) |
1872-1941 |
| Harris, Sydney Justin (English-born American columnist) |
1917-1986 |
| Harris, Theodore Wilson (Guyanese writer, literary critic) |
b.1921 |
| Harris, Thomas Lake (English-born American spiritualist) |
1823-1906 |
| Harris, Townsend (American diplomat) |
1804-1878 |
| Harris, William Torrey (American philosopher, educator) |
1835-1909 |
| Harris, W. Edward (American Unitarian minister) |
b.1935 |
| Harrison, Benjamin (American Revolutionary leader) |
1726?-1791 |
| Harrison, Benjamin (23rd U.S. president, 1889-1893) |
1833-1901 |
| Harrison, Francis Burton (Am. politician: H. Narcotics Tax Act) |
1873-1957 |
| Harrison, Frederic (English writer, philosopher) |
1831-1923 |
| Harrison, George (English musician) |
b.1943 |
| Harrison, James Thomas "Jim" (American writer, poet) |
b.1937 |
| Harrison, Jane Ellen (English scholar) |
1850-1928 |
| Harrison, John (English horologist, inventor) |
1693-1776 |
| Harrison, Lou (American composer) |
1917-2003 |
| Harrison, Peter (English-born American architect) |
1716-1775 |
| Harrison, Rex (orig. Reginald Carey Harrison) (British actor) |
1908-1990 |
| Harrison, Ross Granville (American biologist) |
1870-1959 |
| Harrison, Thomas (English Parliamentary soldier, regicide) |
1606-1660 |
| Harrison, Thomas Alexander (American painter) |
1853-1930 |
| Harrison, Wallace Kirkman (American architect) |
1895-1981 |
| Harrison, William (English topographer, clergyman) |
1534-1593 |
| Harrison, William Henry (9th U.S. president, 1941) |
1773-1841 |
| Harry (or Henry) the Minstrel (aka Blind Harry) (Scottish poet) |
fl. 1470-1492 |
| Harsa (aka Harsavardhana) (King of northern India 606-647) |
c.590-c.647 |
| Harsdorfer, Georg Philipp (German poet, theorist) |
1607-1658 |
| Hart, Albert Bushnell (American historian, editor) |
1854-1943 |
| Hart, Bruce (American songwriter, producer) |
1938-2006 |
| Hart, Charles (English actor) |
d.1683 |
| Hart, Heinrich (German writer, critic; brother of Julius) |
1855-1906 |
| Hart, John (American Revolutionary leader) |
1711?-1779 |
| Hart, John Lewis "Johnny" (Am. cartoonist; B.C., Wizard of Id) |
1931-2007 |
| Hart, Julius (German writer, critic; brother of Heinrich) |
1859-1930 |
| Hart, Lorenz Milton (American lyricist, songwriter) |
1895-1943 |
| Hart, Marvin (American boxer) |
1876-1931 |
| Hart, Moss (American playwright, librettist, director) |
1904-1961 |
| Hart, Sir Robert (Irish-born British diplomat) |
1835-1911 |
| Hart, Thomas Charles (American naval officer) |
1877-1971 |
| Hart, William Surrey (American actor) |
1872-1946 |
| Harte, Francis Brett "Bret" (American writer) |
1836-1902 |
| Hartleben, Otto Erich (German poet, dramatist, writer) |
1864-1905 |
| Hartley, David (English psychologist, philosopher) |
1705-1757 |
| Hartley, David (English politician; son of David) |
1731-1813 |
| Hartley, Leslie Poles (English writer, critic) |
1895-1972 |
| Hartley, Marsden (American painter) |
1877-1943 |
| Hartlib, Samuel (Prussian-born English reformer) |
c.1600-1662 |
| Hartline, Haldan Keffer (American biophysicist) |
1903-1983 |
| Hartman, Geoffrey H. (German-born Am. literary critic,theorist) |
b.1929 |
| Hartmann, Carl Sadakichi (Japan-born American writer) |
1869-1944 |
| Hartmann, Johann Peter Emilius (Danish composer) |
1805-1900 |
| Hartmann, Johannes Franz (German astronomer) |
1865-1936 |
| Hartmann, Karl Amadeus (German composer) |
1905-1963 |
| Hartmann, Karl Robert Eduard (German philosopher) |
1842-1906 |
| Hartmann, Moritz (German writer) |
1821-1872 |
| Hartmann, Nicolai (German philosopher) |
1882-1950 |
| Hartmann von Aue (Middle High German poet) |
fl. 1190-1210 |
| Hartness, James (American engineer, inventor) |
1861-1934 |
| Hartog (or Hartogszoon), Dirck (Dutch navigator) |
fl. 1616 |
| Hartog, Jan de (Dutch-born American writer, playwright) |
b.1914 |
| Hartree, Douglas Rayner (English physicist) |
1897-1958 |
| Hartung, Hans (German-born French painter) |
1904-1989 |
| Harty, Sir Herbert Hamilton (Irish-born Brit. conductor, comp.) |
1880-1941 |
| Hartzenbusch, Juan Eugenio (Spanish playwright, editor) |
1806-1880 |
| Harun ar-Rashid (Caliph of Baghdad 786-809) |
763/66-809 |
| Harunobu Suzuki (Japanese painter, printer) |
1724-1770 |
| Harvard, John (English-born American colonial clergyman) |
1607-1638 |
| Harvey, Edmund Newton (American physiologist) |
1887-1959 |
| Harvey, Frederick Henry (English-born American restaurateur) |
1835-1901 |
| Harvey, Gabriel (English poet, controversialist) |
1545?-1630? |
| Harvey, George Brinton McClellan (American journalist) |
1864-1928 |
| Harvey, Hayward Augustus (Am. steel manufacturer, inventor) |
1824-1893 |
| Harvey, Sir John Martin (English actor, theater manager) |
1863-1944 |
| Harvey, William (English physician, anatomist) |
1578-1657 |
| Harvey, William Hope "Coin Harvey" (American economist) |
1851-1936 |
| Harwood, Sir Henry Harwood (British naval officer) |
1888-1950 |
| Hasan (Islamic caliph; grandson of Muhammad) |
624-680 |
| Hasan, Moulay (Hasan ibn Muhammad) (Sultan of Morocco 1873-94) |
1857-1894 |
| Hasan, Sayyid Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah (Somali religious leader) |
1864-1920 |
| Hasan al-Banna (Egyptian political & religious leader) |
1906-1949 |
| Hasan al-Basri, al- (Islamic leader) |
642-728 |
| Hasan-e Sabbah (Iranian religious leader) |
d.1124 |
| Hasdeu, Bogdan Petriceicu (Romanian archivist, philologist) |
1836-1907 |
| Hasdrubal (Carthaginian general; son-in-law of Hamilcar Barca) |
d.221 BC |
| Hasdrubal (Carthaginian general; brother of Hannibal) |
d.207 BC |
| HaSeforim, Mendele Mokher (Hebrew and Yiddish writer) |
1835-1917 |
| Hasegawa Tatsunosuke (pseud. Futabatei Shimei) (Japanese nov.) |
1864-1909 |
| Hasegawa Tohaku (Japanese painter) |
1539-1610 |
| Hasek, Jaroslav (Czech writer, poet) |
1883-1923 |
| Haselwander, Friedrich August (German engineer) |
1859-1932 |
| Hasenauer, Karl von (Austrian architect) |
1833-1894 |
| Hasenclever, Walter (German poet, dramatist) |
1890-1940 |
| Hashim ibn Hakim "al-Muqanna'" (Muslim religious leader) |
d.779 |
| Haskins, Charles Homer (American educator) |
1870-1937 |
| Hasner, Leopold (Austrian economist, politician) |
1818-1891 |
| Haspinger, Joachim (Tyrolese patriot) |
1776-1858 |
| Hass, Robert (American poet, essayist, translator) |
b.1941 |
| Hassall, Christopher Vernon (English writer) |
1912-1963 |
| Hassam, Frederick Childe (American painter, etcher) |
1859-1935 |
| Hassan ibn Thabit (Arab poet) |
c.563-c.674 |
| Hassan I Sabbah (Iranian Shiite Muslim leader) |
d.1124 |
| Hasse, Ernst (German political leader) |
1846-1908 |
| Hasse, Johann Adolf (German composer) |
1699-1783 |
| Hassel, Odd (Norwegian chemist) |
1897-1981 |
| Hasselblad, Victor (Swedish inventor) |
1906-1978 |
| Hasselt, Andre-Henri-Constant van (Dutch-born Belgian poet) |
1806-1874 |
| Hassenpflug, Hans Daniel Ludwig Friedrich (German politician) |
1794-1862 |
| Hassler, Ferdinand Rudolph (Swiss-born American geodesist) |
1770-1843 |
| Hassler (or Hasler), Hans Leo (German composer) |
1562-1612 |
| Hassler (or Hasler), Jakob (German organist; brother of Hans) |
1569-1622 |
| Hassler (or Hasler), Kaspar (German organist; brother of Hans) |
1562?-1618 |
| Hastie, William Henry (American jurist) |
1904-1976 |
| Hastings, Francis Rawdon (British general, colonial admin.) |
1754-1826 |
| Hastings, Frank Abney (British naval officer) |
1794-1828 |
| Hastings, James (Scottish clergyman, editor) |
1852-1922 |
| Hastings, Warren (English colonial administrator in India) |
1732-1818 |
| Hata Shunroku (Japanese general) |
1879-1962 |
| Hata Sukehachiro (Japanese bacteriologist) |
1873-1938 |
| Hatano Seiichi (Japanese scholar) |
1877-1950 |
| Hatch, Carl Atwood (American jurist, politician) |
1889-1963 |
| Hatch, Edwin (English theologian) |
1835-1889 |
| Hatch, Orrin Grant (American politician) |
b.1934 |
| Hatch, William Henry (American politician) |
1833-1896 |
| Hatchett, Charles (English chemist) |
1765-1847 |
| Hathaway, Anne (aka Agnes Hathwey)(English wife of Shakespeare) |
c.1556-1623 |
| Hatlo, James Cecil (American cartoonist) |
1898-1963 |
| Hatoyama Ichiro (Japanese politician) |
1883-1959 |
| Hatshepsut (also Hatasu) (Queen of Egypt 1503-1482 BC) |
16-15th cent. BC |
| Hatto I (German prelate) |
c.850-913 |
| Hatton, Sir Christopher (English courtier, politician) |
1540-1591 |
| Hatton, John Liptrot (English composer) |
1808-1886 |
| Hattusilis I (King of Hittite Old Kingdom c.1650-c.1620 BC) |
17th cent. BC |
| Hattusilis III (King of Hittite New Kingdom c.1275-c.1250 BC) |
13th cent. BC |
| Hatzfeld, Adolphe (French linguist) |
1824-1900 |
| Hatzfeldt, Melchior (German general) |
1593-1658 |
| Hatzidakis (or Khatzidakis), George N. (Greek linguist) |
1848-1941 |
| Hauch, Johannes Carsten (Danish poet, playwright, novelist) |
1790-1872 |
| Hauck, Albert (German theologian) |
1845-1918 |
| Hauer, Franz von (Austrian geologist) |
1822-1899 |
| Hauff, Wilhelm (German novelist, poet) |
1802-1827 |
| Haug, Gustave-Emile (French geologist, paleontologist) |
1861-1927 |
| Hauge, Alfred (Norwegian writer, poet) |
1915-1986 |
| Hauge, Hans Nielsen (Norwegian religious leader) |
1771-1824 |
| Hauge, Jens Christian (Norwegian revolutionary, politician) |
1915-2006 |
| Haughey, Charles James (Irish politician; prime minister) |
b.1925 |
| Haughton, Percy Duncan (American football coach) |
1876-1924 |
| Haughton, William (English playwright) |
c.1575-1605 |
| Haugwitz, Christian August Heinrich Kurt von (Prus. politician) |
1752-1832 |
| Hauk, Minnie (American singer) |
1851?-1929 |
| Hauksbee (or Hawksbee), Francis (English physicist) |
c.1666-1713 |
| Haupt, Herman (American engineer) |
1817-1905 |
| Haupt, Moritz (German philologist) |
1808-1874 |
| Hauptman, Herbert Aaron (American biophysicist) |
b.1917 |
| Hauptmann, Gerhart Johann Robert (German dramatist, poet) |
1862-1946 |
| Hauptmann, Moritz (German composer, writer) |
1792-1868 |
| Haus, Hermann Anton (Yugoslavia-born Am. laser scientist) |
1925-2003 |
| Hausdorff, Felix (German mathematician) |
1868-1942 |
| Hauser, Kaspar (German foundling) |
1812-1833 |
| Haushofer, Karl Ernst (German army officer, geographer) |
1869-1946 |
| Hausmann, Raoul (Austrian painter, photographer) |
1886-1971 |
| Hausser, Ludwig (German historian, journalist) |
1818-1867 |
| Haussmann, Georges-Eugene (French administrator) |
1809-1891 |
| Hautefeuille, Jean de (French physicist) |
1647-1724 |
| Hauy, Rene-Just (French mineralogist) |
1743-1822 |
| Hauy, Valentin (French teacher of the blind) |
1745-1822 |
| Havas, Charles (French journalist) |
1785-1858 |
| Havel, Vaclav (Czech playwright, poet, statesman) |
b.1936 |
| Havell, Robert Jr. (English-born American engraver, painter) |
1793-1878 |
| Havelock, Sir Henry (British soldier) |
1795-1857 |
| Havelock-Allan, Sir Henry Marshman (Brit. soldier, politician) |
1830-1897 |
| Havers, Clopton (English physician, anatomist) |
c.1655-1702 |
| Haverschmidt, Francois (pseud. Piet Paaltjens) (Dutch preacher) |
1835-1894 |
| Havlicek, Karel (pseud. Havel Borovsky) (Czech journalist) |
1821-1856 |
| Hawes, Josiah Johnson (Am. photographer; part. A.S. Southworth) |
1808-1901 |
| Hawes, Harriet Ann née Boyd (American archaeologist) |
1871-1945 |
| Hawes, Stephen (Eng. poet, courtier; follower of John Lydgate) |
fl. 1502-1521 |
| Hawke, Edward (1st Baron Hawke) (English naval commander) |
1705-1781 |
| Hawke, Robert James Lee (Australian prime minister 1983-1991) |
b.1929 |
| Hawker, Robert Stephen (English poet) |
1803-1875 |
| Hawkes, Jaquetta Hopkins (English writer, archeologist) |
1910-1996 |
| Hawkes, John Clendennin Burne Jr. (American writer, teacher) |
b.1925 |
| Hawkesworth, John (English writer) |
1715?-1773 |
| Hawking, Steven William (British theoretical physicist) |
b.1942 |
| Hawkins, Anthony Hope (pseud. Anthony Hope) (Eng. nov., dram.) |
1863-1933 |
| Hawkins, Benjamin (American politician, Indian agent) |
1754-1816 |
| Hawkins, Coleman Randoph (American saxophonist) |
1904-1969 |
| Hawkins, Henry (1st Baron Brampton) (English judge) |
1817-1907 |
| Hawkins, Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" (American boxer, singer) |
1929-2000 |
| Hawkins (or Hawkyns), Sir John (English naval commander) |
1532-1595 |
| Hawkins, Sir John (English magistrate, writer) |
1719-1789 |
| Hawkins, Paula née Fickes (American politician) |
b.1927 |
| Hawkins (or Hawkyns), Sir Richard (English naval officer) |
c.1560-1622 |
| Hawks, Howard Winchester (American film director) |
1896-1977 |
| Hawkshaw, Sir John (English civil engineer) |
1811-1891 |
| Hawksmoor, Nicholas (English architect) |
c.1661-1736 |
| Hawkwood, Sir John de (aka G. Acuto) (Eng. soldier of fortune) |
c.1320-1394 |
| Hawley, Willis Chatman (American politician) |
1864-1941 |
| Haworth, Leland John (American physicist) |
1904-1979 |
| Haworth, Sir Walter Norman (English chemist) |
1883-1950 |
| Hawthorn, John Michael (British racing driver) |
1929-1959 |
| Hawthorne, Nathaniel (orig. surname Hathorne) (American writer) |
1804-1864 |
| Hawtrey, Sir Charles Henry (English actor) |
1858-1923 |
| Haxo, Francois-Nicolas-Benoit (French military engineer) |
1774-1838 |
| Hay, Sir Gilbert (Sir Gilbert of the Haye) (Scot. translator) |
fl. 1456 |
| Hay, John Milton (American diplomat, writer) |
1838-1905 |
| Hay, Lucy (Countess of Carlisle) (English courtier) |
1599-1660 |
| Hay, Oliver Perry (American paleontologist) |
1846-1930 |
| Haya de la Torre, Victor Raul (Peruvian political leader) |
1895-1979 |
| Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye (Can.-American linguist, politician) |
1906-1992 |
| Hayam Wuruk (known as Rajasanagara) (Javan ruler) |
1334-1389 |
| Hayashi Fumiko (orig. Miyata Fumiko) (Japanese novelist) |
1904-1951 |
| Hayashi Razan (orig. Hayashi Nobukatsu) (Japanese scholar) |
1583-1657 |
| Hayashi Senjuro (Japanese general, politician) |
1876-1943 |
| Hayashi Shihei (Japanese scholar) |
1738-1793 |
| Hayashi Tadasu (Japanese diplomat) |
1850-1913 |
| Hayden, Carl Trumbull (American politician) |
1877-1972 |
| Hayden, Charles (American banker, philanthropist) |
1870-1937 |
| Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer (American geologist) |
1829-1887 |
| Hayden, Horace H. (American dentist) |
1769-1844 |
| Hayden, Melissa (b. Mildred Herman) (Canadian dancer, teacher) |
1923-2006 |
| Hayden, Robert Earl (American poet) |
1913-1980 |
| Haydn, Johann Michael (Austrian Kapellmeister; bro. of Joseph) |
1737-1806 |
| Haydn, Franz Joseph (Austrian composer) |
1732-1809 |
| Haydon, Benjamin Robert (English painter) |
1786-1846 |
| Hayek, Friedrich August von (Austrian-born British economist) |
1899-1992 |
| Hayes Brown, Helen (American actor) |
1900-1993 |
| Hayes, Isaac Israel (American arctic explorer) |
1832-1881 |
| Hayes, Patrick Joseph (American prelate) |
1867-1938 |
| Hayes, Roland (American tenor) |
1887-1977 |
| Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (19th U.S. president, 1877-1881) |
1822-1893 |
| Hayford, John Fillmore (American civil engineer, geodesist) |
1868-1925 |
| Haygood, Amelia Da Costa née Stone (Am. businesswoman; Delos) |
1919-2007 |
| Hayley, William (English poet, biographer, patron of the arts) |
1745-1820 |
| Haym, Rudolf (German philosopher, literary historian) |
1821-1901 |
| Haymerle, Heinrich Karl von (Austrian diplomat) |
1828-1881 |
| Haynau, Julius Jacob von (Austrian general) |
1786-1853 |
| Hayne, Paul Hamilton (American poet, editor) |
1830-1886 |
| Hayne, Robert Young (American politician) |
1791-1839 |
| Haynes, Elwood (American inventor; built horseless carriage) |
1857-1925 |
| Hays, Arthur Garfield (American lawyer) |
1881-1954 |
| Hays, John Coffee (American soldier) |
1817-1883 |
| Hays, William Harrison "Will H." (American lawyer, politician) |
1879-1954 |
| Hayton (aka Haithon or Hethum) (King of Little Armenia 1224-69) |
d.1271 |
| Hayward, Abraham (English essayist) |
1801-1884 |
| Hayward, Sir John (English historian) |
c.1564-1627 |
| Haywood, Eliza née Fowler (English novelist, playwright) |
1693?-1756 |
| Haywood, William Dudley "Big Bill" (American labor leader) |
1869-1928 |
| Haza, Ofra (Israeli singer) |
1957-2000 |
| Hazael (King of Damascus) |
9th cent. BC |
| Hazard, Paul-Gustave-Marie-Camille (French literary historian) |
1878-1944 |
| Hazelius, Arthur Immanuel (Swedish philologist, ethnographer) |
1833-1901 |
| Hazeltine, Louis Alan (American electrical engineer) |
1886-1964 |
| Hazen, William Babcock (American army officer) |
1830-1887 |
| Hazlewood, Barton Lee (Am. songwriter, composer, singer, actor) |
1929-2007 |
| Hazlitt, William (English essayist, literary critic) |
1778-1830 |
| Hazzard, Shirley (Australian-born American writer) |
b.1931 |
| Head, Bessie (b. Bessie Amelia Emery) (South African writer) |
1937-1986 |
| Head, Edith (American costume designer) |
1898?-1981 |
| Head, Sir Edmund Walker (British colonial governor in Canada) |
1805-1868 |
| Headlam, Arthur Cayley (English prelate) |
1862-1947 |
| Headrick, Edward Early (Am. designer, inventor; Frisbee eng.) |
1924-2002 |
| Healy, George Peter Alexander (American painter) |
1813-1894 |
| Healy, Timothy Michael (Irish nationalist, politician) |
1855-1931 |
| Heaney, Seamus Justin (Irish poet, writer, teacher) |
b.1939 |
| Heard, Gerald (Anglo-Irish historian, philosopher, novelist) |
1889-1971 |
| Hearn, Patricio Lafcadio Tessima Carlos (Greek-born Am. writer) |
1850-1904 |
| Hearne, Samuel (English arctic explorer) |
1745-1792 |
| Hearne, Thomas (English historian, antiquarian) |
1678-1735 |
| Hearst, George (American mining magnate) |
1820-1891 |
| Hearst, Phoebe née Apperson (Am. philanthropist; wife of G.) |
1842-1919 |
| Hearst, William Randolph (American newspaper publisher) |
1963-1951 |
| Heath, Edward Bayard (American aviation engineer; Heathkit) |
1888-1931 |
| Heath, Edward Richard George (British prime minister 1970-1974) |
b.1916 |
| Heath, Nicholas (English prelate, politician) |
c.1501-1578 |
| Heath, William (American Revolutionary officer) |
1737-1814 |
| Heathcoat, John (English inventor) |
1783-1861 |
| Heath-Stubbs, John Francis Alexander (English poet, translator) |
1918-2006 |
| Heatter, Gabriel (American journalist) |
1890-1972 |
| Heaviside, Oliver (English physicist) |
1850-1925 |
| Heavysege, Charles (English-born Canadian poet) |
1816-1876 |
| Hebbel, Christian Friedrich (German poet, playwright) |
1813-1863 |
| Hebel, Johann Peter (German poet) |
1760-1826 |
| Heber, Reginald (English prelate, hymn writer) |
1783-1826 |
| Heberden, William (English physician) |
1710-1801 |
| Hebert, Anne (French-Canadian poet, writer, playwright) |
b.1916 |
| Hebert, Jacques-Rene (French journalist, politician) |
1757-1794 |
| Hebra, Ferdinand von (Austrian dermatologist) |
1816-1880 |
| Hecataeus of Miletus (Greek traveler, historian) |
6th-5th cent. BC |
| Hecht, Anthony (American poet) |
b.1923 |
| Hecht, Ben (American writer, journalist, playwright) |
1894-1964 |
| Heck, Barbara née Ruckle (Irish-born American religious leader) |
1734-1804 |
| Heckel, Erich (German painter) |
1883-1970 |
| Hecker, Friedrich Karl Franz (German political agitator) |
1811-1881 |
| Hecker, Isaac Thomas (American clergyman) |
1819-1888 |
| Heda, Willem Claesz (Dutch painter) |
c.1594-1680/82 |
| Hedayat, Sadeq (or Sadeq-e) (Iranian writer) |
1903-1951 |
| Hedberg, Hans (Swedish sculptor) |
1917-2007 |
| Hedberg, Olle (Swedish writer) |
1899-1974 |
| Hedelin, Francois (Abbe d'Aubignac) (French playwright, critic) |
1604-1676 |
| Hedin, Sven Anders (Swedish geographer, explorer) |
1865-1952 |
| Hedley, William (English coal mine operator, inventor) |
1779-1843 |
| Hedtoft, Hans Christian (Danish politician) |
1903-1955 |
| Hedwig, Saint (German religious) |
1174-1243 |
| Hedwig, Johann (German botanist) |
1730-1799 |
| Heem, Cornelis de (Dutch painter; son of Jan) |
1631-1695 |
| Heem, Jan Davidsz de (Dutch painter) |
1606-1683/84 |
| Heemskerck, Jacob van (Dutch explorer, admiral) |
1567-1607 |
| Heemskerck, Johan van (Dutch poet) |
1597-1656 |
| Heemskerck, Maerten van (Dutch painter) |
1498-1574 |
| Heenan, John Carmel (American boxer) |
1835-1873 |
| Heer, Oswald (Swiss botanist, paleontologist) |
1809-1883 |
| Heeren, Arnold Hermann Ludwig (German historian) |
1760-1842 |
| Hefele, Karl Joseph von (German prelate, historian) |
1809-1893 |
| Heffelfinger, William Walter "Pudge" (American football player) |
1867-1954 |
| Heffter, Arthur (German Pharmacologist) |
1886-1925 |
| Hefner, Hugh Marston (American publisher) |
b.1926 |
| Hefner-Alteneck, Friedrich Franz von (Ger. electrical engineer) |
1845-1904 |
| Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (German philosopher) |
1770-1831 |
| Hegesias of Magnesia (Greek rhetorician, historian) |
3rd cent. BC |
| Hegesippus, Saint (Greek historian) |
2nd cent. |
| Hegesippus (Latin writer) |
4th? cent. |
| Hegius, Alexander (German Humanist) |
c.1433-1498 |
| Heiberg, Gunnar (Norwegian playwright) |
1857-1929 |
| Heiberg, Johan Ludvig (Danish vaudeville writer; son of Peter) |
1791-1860 |
| Heiberg, Gunnar Edvard Rode (Norwegian playwright) |
1857-1929 |
| Heiberg, Peter Andreas (Danish poet, playwright, activist) |
1758-1841 |
| Heidegger, Johann Heinrich (Swiss theologian) |
1633-1698 |
| Heidegger, Martin (German philosopher) |
1889-1976 |
| Heidenberg, Johannes (Johannes Tritheim) (German abbot, hist.) |
1462-1516 |
| Heidenhain, Rudolf Peter Heinrich (German physiologist) |
1834-1897 |
| Heidenstam, Carl Gustaf Verner von (Swedish writer, poet) |
1859-1940 |
| Heifetz, Jascha (Russian-born American violinist) |
1901-1987 |
| Heijermans, Herman (Dutch writer, playwright, journalist) |
1864-1924 |
| Heilbroner, Robert Louis (American economist, writer) |
b.1919 |
| Heilbrun, Carolyn Gold (pseud. Amanda Cross) (American scholar) |
b.1926 |
| Heiler, Johann Friedrich (German theologian) |
1892-1967 |
| Heim, Albert (Swiss geologist) |
1849-1937 |
| Hein (or Heyn), Piet (orig. Pieter Pieterszoon) (Dutch admiral) |
1577-1629 |
| Heine, Heinrich (b. Chaim Harry Heine) (German poet, critic) |
1797-1856 |
| Heineken, Alfred Henry "Freddy" (Dutch businessman) |
1923-2002 |
| Heinemann, William (British publisher) |
1863-1920 |
| Heinesen, William (Danish poet, writer) |
1900-1991 |
| Heinicke, Samuel (German educator) |
1727-1790 |
| Heinkel, Ernst Heinrich (German airplane builder) |
1888-1958 |
| Heinlein, Robert Anson (American novelist) |
1907-1988 |
| Heinrich der Glichesaere (Middle High German poet) |
12th cent. |
| Heinrich Julius (German dramatist, Duke of Brunswick) |
1564-1613 |
| Heinrich von dem Turlin (Middle High German poet) |
fl. c.1215 |
| Heinrich von Freiburg (Middle High German poet) |
fl. c.1300 |
| Heinrich von Meissen "Frauenlob" (German poet) |
1250/60-1318 |
| Heinrich von Melk (Middle High German poet) |
fl. 1150 |
| Heinrich von Morungen (German Minnesinger) |
d.1222 |
| Heinrich von Mugeln (Middle High German poet) |
d.1369 |
| Heinrich von Veldeke (German poet) |
1140/50-1210? |
| Heinse, Johan Jakob Wilhelm (German writer, art critic) |
1746-1803 |
| Heinsius, Anthonie (Dutch politician) |
1641-1720 |
| Heinsius, Daniel (b.Daniel Heins) (Dutch philologist, poet) |
1580-1655 |
| Heinsius, Nicolaas (Dutch philologist; son of Daniel) |
1620-1681 |
| Heinsius, Nicolaas (Dutch physician; son of Nicolaas) |
1656-1718 |
| Heinz, Henry John (American food industrialist) |
1844-1919 |
| Heisenberg, Werner Karl (German physicist) |
1901-1976 |
| Heisman, John William (American football coach) |
1869-1936 |
| Hektorovic, Petar (Dalmatian poet, song collector) |
1487-1572 |
| Held, Alvin Jacob "Al" (American painter) |
1928-2005 |
| Held, Anna (Polish-born American entertainer) |
1865?-1918 |
| Held, John Jr. (American cartoonist) |
1889-1958 |
| Helena, Saint (Roman empress; wife of Constantius I Chlorus) |
c.248-c.328 |
| Helfferich, Karl (German economist, banker, politician) |
1872-1924 |
| Helfrich, Conrad Emil Lambert (Dutch naval officer) |
1886-1962 |
| Helgaud (or Helgaldus) (French religious) |
d.1048 |
| Helgesen, Paul (Paulus Helie or Eliae) (Danish Humanist) |
c.1485-c.1535 |
| Heliodorus of Emesa (Greek writer) |
3rd cent. |
| Helland-Hansen, Bjorn (Norwegian oceanographer) |
1877-1957 |
| Hellanicus of Lesbos (Greek historian) |
5th cent. BC |
| Heller, Hermann (German political scientist) |
1891-1933 |
| Heller, Joseph (American novelist, playwright) |
1923-1999 |
| Heller, Robert (English-born American magician) |
c.1830-1878 |
| Heller, Stephen (Hungarian pianist, composer) |
1813-1888 |
| Hellman, Lillian Florence (American playwright, screenwriter) |
1905-1984 |
| Hello, Ernest (French writer) |
1828-1885 |
| Hellriegel, Hermann (German agricultural chemist) |
1831-1895 |
| Hellstrom, Erik Gustaf (Swedish writer, journalist, critic) |
1882-1953 |
| Helmers, Jan Frederik (Dutch poet) |
1767-1813 |
| Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von (Ger. physicist, anat.) |
1821-1894 |
| Helmold of Bosau (German historian) |
c.1120-1177? |
| Helmont, Franciscus Mercurius (Flemish naturalist, philosopher) |
1614?-1699 |
| Helmont, Jan Baptista van (Flemish physicist, chemist) |
1579-1644 |
| Helms, Jesse Alexander (American politician) |
b.1921 |
| Helms, Richard McGarrah (American jounalist, CIA bureaucrat) |
1913-2002 |
| Heloise (French religious; wife of Peter Abelard) |
c.1098-1164 |
| Helper, Hinton Rowan (American writer) |
1829-1909 |
| Helps, Arthur (English historian) |
1813-1875 |
| Helst, Bartholomeus van der (Dutch painter) |
c.1613-1670 |
| Heltai, Gaspar (Hungarian Humanist, printer, reformer) |
c.1520-1574 |
| Helvetius, Claude-Adrien (French philosopher) |
1715-1771 |
| Helvidius Priscus (Roman philosopher) |
d.70/79 |
| Helwys, Thomas (English religious leader) |
c.1550-c.1616 |
| Helyot, Pierre "Le Pere Hippolyte" (Fr. religious, historian) |
1660-1716 |
| Hemacandra (Hemacandra Suri; Somacandra) (Indian religious) |
1088-1172 |
| Hemans, Felicia Dorothea née Browne (English poet) |
1793-1835 |
| Hembyze (or Imbize), Jan van (Dutch religious leader) |
1513-1584 |
| Heminge, John (also Heming, Hemming) (English actor, editor) |
c.1556-1630 |
| Hemingway, Ernest Miller (American writer) |
1899-1961 |
| Hemingway, Gerry (American musician) |
b.1955 |
| Hemon, Louis (French writer, journalist, farmhand) |
1880-1913 |
| Hemphill, Julius Arthur (American musician, composer) |
b.1940 |
| Hemsterhuis, Franz (Dutch philosopher, writer; son of Tiberius) |
1721-1790 |
| Hemsterhuis, Tiberius (Dutch philologist) |
1685-1766 |
| Henault, Charles-Jean-Francois (French jurist, writer) |
1685-1770 |
| Hench, Philip Showalter (American physician) |
1896-1965 |
| Hencke, Karl Ludwig (German astronomer) |
1793-1866 |
| Henckell, Karl (German writer) |
1864-1929 |
| Hendel, Samuel (American attorney, political scientist) |
1909-1984 |
| Henderson, Alexander (Scottish clergyman, diplomat) |
1583?-1646 |
| Henderson, Arthur (Scottish-born British labor leader, polit.) |
1863-1935 |
| Henderson, David Bremner (Scottish-born American politician) |
1840-1906 |
| Henderson, James Fletcher (American pianist, bandleader) |
1898-1952 |
| Henderson, Joseph A. "Joe" (American saxophonist) |
b.1937 |
| Henderson, Lawrence Joseph (American biochemist) |
1878-1942 |
| Henderson, Sir Nevile Meyrick (British diplomat) |
1882-1942 |
| Henderson, Richard (American colonizer) |
1735-1785 |
| Henderson, Thomas (Scottish astronomer) |
1798-1844 |
| Henderson, Yandell (American physiologist) |
1873-1944 |
| Hendra, Tony (English editor, actor) |
b.1941 |
| Hendrick, Burton Jesse (American writer) |
1870-1949 |
| Hendricks, Thomas Andrews (American vice-president 1885) |
1819-1885 |
| Hendrix, James Marshall "Jimi" (American musician) |
1942-1970 |
| Hengist (or Hengest) (British settler with Horsa) |
5th cent. |
| Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm (German theologian) |
1802-1869 |
| Henie, Sonja (Norwegian ice skater) |
1912-1969 |
| Henle, Friedrich Gustav Jakob (German pathologist, anatomist) |
1809-1885 |
| Henlein, Konrad (Sudeten-German politician) |
1898-1945 |
| Henley, Elizabeth Becker "Beth" (American playwright) |
b.1952 |
| Henley, John "Orator Henley" (English clergyman) |
1692-1756 |
| Henley, William Ernest (English editor, author, poet) |
1849-1903 |
| Henne am Rhyn, Otto (Swiss historian) |
1828-1914 |
| Hennebique, Francois (French engineer) |
1842-1921 |
| Hennepin, Louis (Belgian missionary, explorer in America) |
1626-1701? |
| Hennequin, Philippe-Augustin (French painter) |
1762-1833 |
| Henner, Jean-Jacques (French painter) |
1829-1905 |
| Henning, Douglas James "Doug" (Canadian magician, politician) |
1947-2000 |
| Henri, Robert (American painter; member of The Eight) |
1865-1929 |
| Henrici, Christian Friedrich (pseud. Picander) (German poet) |
1700-1764 |
| Henry of Blois (English prelate) |
c.1099-1171 |
| Henry of Ghent "Doctor Solemnis" (Belgian philosopher, theol.) |
c.1217-1293 |
| Henry of Huntington (English chronicler) |
1080/90-c.1155 |
| Henry the Navigator (Portuguese prince, patron of exploration) |
1394-1460 |
| Henry, Andrew (American explorer, fur trader) |
1775?-1833 |
| Henry, Hubert-Joseph (French army officer) |
1846-1898 |
| Henry, John Anthony (English toxicologist) |
1939-2007 |
| Henry, Joseph (American physicist; 1st dir. Smithsonian Inst.) |
1797-1878 |
| Henry, O. (William Sydney Porter) (American short-story writer) |
1862-1910 |
| Henry, Patrick (American Revolutionary leader, orator) |
1736-1799 |
| Henry, Paul-Pierre (French astronomer) |
1848-1905 |
| Henry, Pierre (French composer, musician) |
b.1927 |
| Henry, Prosper-Mathieu (French astronomer; brother of Paul) |
1849-1903 |
| Henry, William (English chemist; formulated Henry's law 1803) |
1774-1836 |
| Henry Frederick (English prince) |
1745-1790 |
| Henryson (or Henderson), Robert (Scottish poet) |
c.1425-c.1508 |
| Henschel, Georg Christian Carl (German locomotive manufacturer) |
1759-1835 |
| Henschel, Sir Isidore George (German-born Brit. singer, cond.) |
1850-1934 |
| Henschke, Alfred (pseudonym Klabund) (German poet, playwright) |
1890-1928 |
| Hensen, Christian Andreas Viktor (German physiologist) |
1835-1924 |
| Henshaw, James Ene (Nigerian playwright, physician) |
b.1924 |
| Henslow, John Stevens (English botanist) |
1796-1861 |
| Henslowe, Philip (English theater manager, diarist) |
c.1550-1616 |
| Henson, Herbert Hensley (English prelate) |
1863-1947 |
| Henson, Howard Keith (Am. anti-Scientology activist, engineer) |
b.1942 |
| Henson, James Maury "Jim" (American producer, muppeteer) |
1936-1990 |
| Henty, George Alfred (English writer) |
1832-1902 |
| Henzi (or Hentzi), Samuel (Swiss revolutionist) |
1701-1749 |
| Hepburn, Audrey (Belgian-born American actor) |
1929-1993 |
| Hepburn, James (4th Earl of Bothwell) (Scottish nobleman) |
1535?-1578 |
| Hepburn, Katharine Houghton (American actor) |
1907-2003 |
| Hepburn, William Peters (American politician) |
1833-1916 |
| Hephaestion (Macedonian general) |
d.c.324 BC |
| Hephaestion (Greek scholar) |
2nd cent. |
| Hepplewhite, George (English cabinetmaker, designer) |
d.1786 |
| Hepworth, Dame Jocelyn Barbara (English sculptor) |
1903-1975 |
| Heracleides Ponticus (Greek philosopher, astronomer) |
c.390-322? BC |
| Heracleitus (or Heraclitus) (Greek philosopher) |
c.540-c.480 BC |
| Heracleon (Italian Gnostic Christian) |
2nd cent. |
| Heraclian (Roman general) |
d.413 |
| Heraclius (Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 610-641) |
c.575-641 |
| Heraclonas (also Heracleonas) (Byzantine emperor 641) |
615-641? |
| Herald, John (American musician, songwriter) |
1939-2005 |
| Herault de Sechelles, Marie-Jean (French lawyer, politician) |
1759-1794 |
| Herbart, Johann Friedrich (German philosopher, educator) |
1776-1841 |
| Herbert, Sir Alan Patrick (English journalist, writer) |
1890-1971 |
| Herbert, Albert Francis Xavier (Australian writer) |
1901-1984 |
| Herbert, Donald Jeffry (b.D.H. Kemske)(Am. TV host: Mr. Wizard) |
1917-2007 |
| Herbert, Edward (English soldier, diplomat, philosopher) |
1583-1648 |
| Herbert, Frank Patrick (American novelist) |
1920-1986 |
| Herbert, George (English divine, poet) |
1593-1633 |
| Herbert, Victor (Irish-born American conductor, composer) |
1859-1924 |
| Herbert, William (English statesman, poet) |
1580-1630 |
| Herbert, Zbigniew (Polish poet, dramatist, essayist) |
b.1924 |
| Herculano de Carvalho e Araujo, Alexandre (Port. poet, hist.) |
1810-1877 |
| Herczeg, Ferenc (Hungarian writer, playwright; fd. Uj idok) |
1863-1954 |
| Herder, Johann Gottfried von (German philosopher, theologian) |
1744-1803 |
| Herdman, Sir William Abbott (Scottish naturalist) |
1858-1924 |
| Heredia, Jose Maria de (Cuban poet; cousin of Jose 1842-1905) |
1803-1839 |
| Heredia, Jose Maria de (Cuban-born French poet) |
1842-1905 |
| Herelle, Felix d' (Canadian microbiologist) |
1873-1949 |
| Herer, Jack (American writer, activist) |
b.1939 |
| Hereward "Hereward the Wake" (Anglo-Saxon rebel, outlaw) |
fl. 1070-1071 |
| Herford, Oliver (English-born American writer, illustrator) |
1863-1935 |
| Hergesheimer, Joseph (American writer, biographer, critic) |
1880-1954 |
| Heribert (German prelate; son of Hugo, Count of Worms) |
c.970-1021 |
| Herihor (Egyptian priest, ruler) |
11th cent. BC |
| Hering, Carl Ewald (Constantin) (German physiologist, psychol.) |
1834-1918 |
| Hering, Constantine (German-born American physician) |
1800-1880 |
| Heriot, George (Scottish goldsmith, philanthropist) |
1563-1624 |
| Herkimer, Nicholas (American Revolutionary officer) |
1728-1777 |
| Herkomer, Sir Hubert von (German-born British painter) |
1849-1914 |
| Herlin (or Herlein), Friedrich (German painter) |
d.1491 |
| Herling-Grudzinski, Gustaw (Polish writer) |
b.1919 |
| Hermagoras (Greek rhetorician) |
1st cent. BC |
| Herman de Valenciennes (French cleric, poet) |
12th cent. |
| Herman, Woodrow Charles "Woody" (American musician, bandleader) |
1913-1987 |
| Hermann, Eduard (German scholar) |
1869-1950 |
| Hermann, Johann Gottfried Jakob (German scholar) |
1772-1848 |
| Hermann von Reichenau "der Lahme" (German monk, hist., poet) |
1013-1054 |
| Hermans, Willem Frederik (Dutch writer, geologist) |
b.1921 |
| Hermes, Georg (German theologian, philosopher) |
1775-1831 |
| Hermesianax (Greek poet) |
fl. c.300-250 BC |
| Hermippus "the One-Eyed" (Athenian dramatist) |
5th cent. BC |
| Hermite, Charles (French mathematician) |
1822-1901 |
| Hermocrates (Syracusan general, politician) |
d.408/407 BC |
| Hermogenes (Greek rhetorician) |
2nd cent. |
| Hernandez, Felisberto (Uruguayan writer, musician) |
1902-1963 |
| Hernandez (or Fernandez), Gregorio (Spanish sculptor) |
c.1576-1636 |
| Hernandez, Jose (Argentinian poet) |
1834-1886 |
| Hernandez Martinez, Maximiliano (Salvadoran general, polit.) |
1882-1966 |
| Hernandez, Miguel (Spanish poet, dramatist) |
1910-1942 |
| Herndon, William Henry (American lawyer) |
1818-1891 |
| Herne, Chrystal Katharine (American actor; daughter of James) |
1882-1950 |
| Herne, James A. (orig. James Ahern) (Am. actor, playwright) |
1839-1901 |
| Herne, Julie (American actor; daughter of James) |
1881-1955 |
| Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria (Greek scientist) |
1st cent. |
| Herod I the Great (Roman king of Judea 37-4 BC) |
73-4 BC |
| Herod Agrippa I (Marcus Julius Agrippa) (King of Judea 41-44) |
c.10 BC-AD 44 |
| Herod Antipas (Roman tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC-AD 39) |
21 BC-AD 39 |
| Herodas (or Herondas) (Greek poet) |
3rd cent. BC |
| Herodes Atticus, Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus (Greek scholar) |
c.101-177 |
| Herodian (Herodianus) (Greek historian) |
3rd cent. |
| Herodianus, Aelius (Greek scholar of Alexandria) |
2nd cent. |
| Herodotus (Greek historian, traveler) |
c.484-430/420 BC |
| Heroet, Antoine "la Maisonneuve" (French ecclesiastic, poet) |
1492?-1568 |
| Herold, Louis-Joseph-Ferdinand (French composer) |
1791-1833 |
| Herophilus (Greek anatomist, surgeon) |
c.335-c.280 BC |
| Heroult, Paul-Louis-Toussaint (French metallurgist) |
1863-1914 |
| Herr, Herbert Thacker (American engineer) |
1876-1933 |
| Herr, John (American clergyman) |
1781-1850 |
| Herran, Pedro Alcantara (Colombian general, politician) |
1800-1872 |
| Herrera, Dionisio (Nicaraguan-born Central American politician) |
1783-1850 |
| Herrera, Fernando de "el Divino" (Spanish poet) |
1534?-1597 |
| Herrera, Francisco de "el Viejo" (Spanish painter) |
1576-1656? |
| Herrera, Francisco "el Mozo" (Span. painter; son of Francisco) |
1622-1685 |
| Herrera, Jose Joaquin (Mexican general, politician) |
1792-1854 |
| Herrera, Juan de (Spanish architect) |
c.1530-1597 |
| Herrera y Reissig, Julio (Uruguayan poet) |
1875-1910 |
| Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de (Spanish historian) |
1559-1625 |
| Herreshoff, James Brown (American inventor) |
1834-1930 |
| Herreshoff, John Brown (American yacht designer; bro. of James) |
1841-1915 |
| Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene (Am. manufacturer; bro. of John) |
1848-1938 |
| Herrick, Myron Timothy (American politician, diplomat) |
1854-1929 |
| Herrick, Robert (English cleric, poet) |
1591-1674 |
| Herrick, Robert Welch (American novelist) |
1868-1938 |
| Herriman, George Joseph (Am. cartoonist; cr. Krazy Kat 1910) |
1880-1944 |
| Herring, John Frederick (English painter) |
1795-1865 |
| Herriot, Edouard (French politician, writer) |
1872-1957 |
| Herschbach, Dudley Robert (American chemist) |
b.1932 |
| Herschel, Alexander Stewart (Eng. astronomer; son of Sir John) |
1836-1907 |
| Herschel, Caroline Lucretia (Eng. astronomer; dau. of Sir W.) |
1750-1848 |
| Herschel, Clemens (Austrian-born American hydraulic engineer) |
1842-1930 |
| Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (English astronomer) |
1792-1871 |
| Herschel, John (English astronomer; son of Sir John) |
1837-1921 |
| Herschel, Sir William (German-born British astronomer) |
1738-1822 |
| Hersent, Louis (French painter, lithographer) |
1777-1860 |
| Hersey, John Richard (Chinese-born Am. journalist, novelist) |
1914-1993 |
| Hershey, Alfred Day (American geneticist) |
b.1908 |
| Hershey, Lewis Blaine (American army officer) |
1893-1977 |
| Hershey, Milton Snavely (American candy industrialist) |
1857-1945 |
| Hersholt, Jean (Danish-born American actor) |
1886-1956 |
| Herskovits, Melville Jean (American anthropologist) |
1895-1963 |
| Herter, Christian Archibald (French-born American politician) |
1895-1966 |
| Hertling, Georg Friedrich von (German politician, philosopher) |
1843-1919 |
| Hertwig, Oskar Wilhelm August (German embryologist) |
1849-1922 |
| Hertwig, Richard Carl Wilhelm Theodor von (German zoologist) |
1850-1937 |
| Hertz, Gustav Ludwig (German physicist; nephew of H.R. Hertz) |
1887-1975 |
| Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph (German physicist) |
1857-1894 |
| Hertz, Henrik (b. Heyman Hertz) (Danish dramatist, poet) |
1797-1870 |
| Hertz, Joseph Herman (Hungarian-born British rabbi) |
1872-1946 |
| Hertzberg, Arthur (Polish-born Am. Jewish scholar, activist) |
1921-2006 |
| Hertzberg, Ewald Friedrich von (Prussian statesman) |
1725-1795 |
| Hertzberg, Hendrik "Rick" (American journalist) |
b.1943 |
| Hertzog, James Barry Munnik (South African soldier, politician) |
1866-1942 |
| Hertzsprung, Ejnar (Danish astronomer) |
1873-1967 |
| Herve, Aime-Marie-Edouard (pseud. Raoul Valnay)(Fr. journalist) |
1835-1899 |
| Hervey, John (Baron Hervey of Ickworth) (Eng. polit., writer) |
1696-1743 |
| Hervieu, Paul-Ernest (French novelist, playwright) |
1857-1915 |
| Herwegh, Georg (German poet, translator) |
1817-1875 |
| Herz, Henri (orig. Heinrich) (Austrian pianist, comp., teacher) |
1803-1888 |
| Herz, Henriette née de Lemos (German beauty, society leader) |
1764-1847 |
| Herz, Marcus (Ger. physician, philosopher; husb. of Henriette) |
1747-1803 |
| Herzberg, Gerhard (German-born Canadian physicist) |
b.1904 |
| Herzen, Aleksandr Ivanovich (Rus. writer, political agitator) |
1812-1870 |
| Herzl, Theodor (Hungarian Zionist leader) |
1860-1904 |
| Herzog, Emile-Salomon-Wilhelm (ps. Andre Maurois) (Fr. writer) |
1885-1967 |
| Herzog, Isaac Halevi (Polish rabbi) |
1888-1959 |
| Herzog, Johann Jakob (German theologian) |
1805-1882 |
| Heschel, Abraham Joshua (Polish-born American theologian) |
1907-1972 |
| Heseltine, Philip Arnold (pseud. Peter Warlock) (Eng. composer) |
1894-1930 |
| Hesilrige, Sir Arthur (English Parliamentarian soldier, polit.) |
d.1661 |
| Hesiod (Greek poet, philosopher) |
fl. c.800 BC |
| Hess, Germain Henri (Swiss-born Russian chemist) |
1802-1850 |
| Hess, Harry Hammond (American geophysicist) |
1906-1969 |
| Hess, Moses (orig. Moritz) (German Socialist) |
1812-1875 |
| Hess, Dame Myra (English pianist) |
1890-1965 |
| Hess, Victor Franz (Austrian-born American physicist) |
1883-1964 |
| Hess, Walter Rudolf (Swiss physiologist) |
1881-1973 |
| Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf (Egyptian-born German Nazi) |
1894-1987 |
| Hesse, Hermann (German-born Swiss writer, poet) |
1877-1962 |
| Hesseltine, William Best (American historian, teacher) |
1902-1963 |
| Hesseman, Howard (American actor) |
b.1940 |
| Hessen, Robert (American historian) |
b.1936 |
| Hessenberg, Gerhard (German set theorist) |
1874-1925 |
| Hessus, Helius Eobanus (orig. surname Koch) (German Humanist) |
1488-1540 |
| Hesychius of Alexandria (Greek grammarian) |
5th cent. |
| Hesychius of Jerusalem (Greek theologian) |
d.c.450 |
| Hesychius of Miletus (Greek historian, biographer) |
6th cent. |
| Hetepheres (Egyptian queen; daughter of Huni) |
27-26th cent. BC |
| Hettner, Alfred (German geographer) |
1859-1941 |
| Hetzel, Pierre-Jules (French publisher) |
1814-1886 |
| Hetzer (or Hatzer, Hatza), Ludwig (Swiss religious leader) |
c.1500-1529 |
| Heuglin, Theodor von (German traveler) |
1824-1876 |
| Heureaux, Ulises (or Ulysse) (Dominican soldier, politician) |
1845-1899 |
| Heusler, Andreas (German scholar) |
1865-1940 |
| Heuss, Theodor (German politician) |
1884-1963 |
| Heutsz, Johannes Benedictus van (Dutch soldier, colonialist) |
1851-1924 |
| Hevel, Johannes (Hevelius) (German-born Polish astronomer) |
1611-1687 |
| Hevesy, Georg Karl von (orig. Gyorgy) (Hungarian chemist) |
1885-1966 |
| Hewart, Gordon (1st Viscount Hewart of Bury) (English jurist) |
1870-1943 |
| Hewes, Joseph (American Revolutionary leader) |
1730-1779 |
| Hewish, Antony (British radio astronomer) |
b.1924 |
| Hewitt, Abram Stevens (American industrialist, politician) |
1822-1903 |
| Hewitt, Henry Kent (American naval officer) |
1887-1972 |
| Hewitt, John Harold (Irish poet, essayist, editor) |
1907-1987 |
| Hewitt, Peter Cooper (Am. electrical engineer; son of Abram) |
1861-1921 |
| Hewlett, Maurice Henry (English essayist, novelist, poet) |
1861-1923 |
| Hewlett, William Redington (American engineer, businessman) |
1913-2001 |
| Hewson, William (English physician) |
1739-1774 |
| Heydar, Sheykh (Persian religious leader) |
d.1488 |
| Heydebrand und der Lasa, Ernst von (German jurist, politician) |
1851-1924 |
| Heyden (or Heijden), Jan van der (Dutch painter) |
1637-1712 |
| Heydrich, Reinhard Tristan Eugen "the Hangman" (German polit.) |
1904-1942 |
| Heyer, Georgette (English novelist) |
1902-1974 |
| Heyerdahl, Thor (Norwegian anthropologist, explorer) |
b.1914 |
| Heylyn (or Heylin), Peter (English clergyman, historian) |
1600-1662 |
| Heym, Georg (German poet) |
1887-1912 |
| Heymans, Corneille-Jean-Francois (Belgian physiologist) |
1892-1968 |
| Heyrovsky, Jaroslav (Czech physical chemist) |
1890-1967 |
| Heyse, Paul Johann Ludwig von (German writer) |
1830-1914 |
| Heyward, Edwin DuBose (American writer, lyricist, poet) |
1885-1940 |
| Heyward, Thomas (American Revolutionary politician) |
1746-1809 |
| Heywood, Jasper (English cleric, poet; son of John Heywood) |
1535-1598 |
| Heywood, John (English playwright, epigrammatist) |
1497?-1580? |
| Heywood, Thomas (English actor, playwright) |
1574?-1641 |
| Hezekiah (Hizqiyya; Ezekias) (King of Judah c.715-c.686 BC) |
d.c.686 BC |
| Hiawatha (orig. Haionhwat'ha) (American Onondaga Indian leader) |
fl. c.1570 |
| Hibbert, Robert (Jamaican-born Brit. merchant, philanthropist) |
1770-1849 |
| Hickel, Water Joseph "Wally" (American politician) |
b.1919 |
| Hichens, Robert Smythe (English novelist) |
1864-1950 |
| Hickes, George (English nonjuring clergyman, scholar) |
1642-1715 |
| Hickok, James Butler "Wild Bill" (American scout, U.S. marshal) |
1837-1876 |
| Hicks, Edward (American painter) |
1780-1849 |
| Hicks, Elias (American religious leader) |
1748-1830 |
| Hicks, Granville (American writer, literary critic) |
1901-1982 |
| Hicks, Sir John Richard (British economist) |
1904-1989 |
| Hicks, William "Hicks Pasha" (British soldier) |
1830-1883 |
| Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel (Mexican priest, revolutionist) |
1753-1811 |
| Hiel (Palestinian ruler or priest; supposed founder of Jerico) |
9th cent. BC |
| Hiel, Emanuel (Flemish poet) |
1834-1899 |
| Hielm, Jonas Anton (Norwegian politician) |
1782-1848 |
| Hien Vuong (Nguyen ruler of southern Vietnam 1648-1687) |
d.1687 |
| Hiero I (Tyrant of Syracuse 478-467/66 BC; brother of Gelon) |
d.467/66 BC |
| Hiero II (Tyrant of Syracuse c.270-216/15 BC) |
308?-216/15 BC |
| Hierocles (Byzantine grammarian) |
fl. c.535 |
| Hierocles of Alexandria (Greek Neoplatonic philosopher) |
fl. c.430 |
| Hieronymus of Cardia (Green general, historian) |
4th-3rd cent. BC |
| Hierta, Jars Johan (Swedish journalist, politician) |
1801-1872 |
| Higden (or Higdon), Ranulf (English monk, chronicler) |
c.1280-1364 |
| Higgins, Alexander Pearce (English lawyer) |
1865-1935 |
| Higgins, Edward John (English Salvation Army leader) |
1864-1947 |
| Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow (Am. clergyman, writer) |
1823-1911 |
| Highmore, Joseph (English painter) |
1692-1780 |
| Highsmith, Patricia (b. Mary Patricia Plangman) (Am. writer) |
1921-1995 |
| Higuchi Ichiyo (orig. Natsuko) (Japanese novelist, poet) |
1872-1896 |
| Hijuelos, Oscar (American writer) |
b.1951 |
| Hikmet, Nazim (aka Nazim Hikmet Ran) (Turkish poet) |
1902-1963 |
| Hilarion, Saint (Palestinian hermit) |
c.291-371 |
| Hilarion of Kiev (Russian prelate) |
11th cent. |
| Hilarius (or Hilarus, Hilary), Saint (Pope 461-468) |
d.468 |
| Hilarius (French poet, scholar) |
fl. 1125 |
| Hilary, Saint (Hilarius) (French prelate; bishop of Poitiers) |
c.315-c.367 |
| Hilary, Saint (Hilarius) (French prelate; bishop of Arles) |
401-449 |
| Hilberseimer, Ludwig (German-born American city planner) |
1885-1967 |
| Hilbert, David (German mathematician) |
1862-1943 |
| Hilda (or Hild), Saint (Anglo-Saxon abbess) |
614-680 |
| Hildebert (French prelate; archbishop of Tours 1125) |
c.1055-1133 |
| Hildebrand, Adolf von (German sculptor) |
1847-1921 |
| Hildebrand, Alfred Prescott (American electro-optics physicist) |
1942-2005 |
| Hildebrandt, Gregory (American illustrator) |
b.1939 |
| Hildebrandt, Johann Lukas von (Austrian architect) |
1668-1745 |
| Hildebrandt, Timothy Allen Mark (American illustrator) |
1939-2006 |
| Hildegard von Bingen, Saint (German mystic, scholar) |
1098-1179 |
| Hildegarde (b. Hildegarde Loretta Sell) (American singer) |
1906-2005 |
| Hildesheimer, Wolfgang (German playwright, essayist) |
b.1916 |
| Hilferding, Rudolf (Austrian-born German statesman) |
1877-1941 |
| Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar (German-born American geologist) |
1833-1916 |
| Hill, Aaron (English poet, playwright, essayist) |
1685-1750 |
| Hill, Ambrose Powell (American army officer) |
1825-1865 |
| Hill, Andrew (American musician, composer) |
1931-2007 |
| Hill, Archibald Vivian (English physiologist) |
1886-1977 |
| Hill, Daniel Harvey (American army officer) |
1821-1889 |
| Hill, David Lee "Tex" (Korea-born Am. aviator: Flying Tiger) |
1915-2007 |
| Hill, David Octavius (Scottish painter, photographer) |
1802-1870 |
| Hill, George Birkbeck Norman (English educator) |
1835-1903 |
| Hill, George Washington (American tobacco businessman) |
1884-1946 |
| Hill, George William (American astronomer) |
1838-1914 |
| Hill, James Jerome (Canadian-born American financier) |
1838-1916 |
| Hill, Joe (orig. Joel Hagglund) (Swedish-born Am. labor leader) |
1879-1915 |
| Hill, John (English botanist) |
1707?-1775 |
| Hill, Matthew Davenport (English lawyer, penologist) |
1792-1872 |
| Hill, Mildred J. (Am. songwriter; comp. "Good Morning to All") |
1859-1916 |
| Hill, Norman Graham (English automobile race driver) |
1929-1975 |
| Hill, Octavia (English reformer) |
1838-1912 |
| Hill, Oliver White (b. Oliver White) (American lawyer) |
1907-2001 |
| Hill, Patty Smith (American educator; sister of Mildred) |
1868-1946 |
| Hill, Rowland (English evangelist) |
1744-1833 |
| Hill, Rowland (1st Viscount Hill) (British soldier) |
1772-1842 |
| Hill, Sir Rowland (English postal reformer) |
1795-1879 |
| Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival (New Zealand mountaineer, exp.) |
b.1919 |
| Hillebrand, Joseph (German philosopher, historian) |
1788-1871 |
| Hillebrand, Karl (German journalist, historian; son of Joseph) |
1829-1884 |
| Hillebrand, William Francis (American chemist) |
1853-1925 |
| Hillegas, Michael (American merchant) |
1729-1804 |
| Hillegass, Clifton Keith (Am. businessman; created Cliff Notes) |
1918-2001 |
| Hillel (Jewish sage) |
fl.c.30 BC-AD 10 |
| Hillel ben Samuel (Italian? Talmudist, physician) |
c.1220-c.1295 |
| Hiller, Ferdinand (German pianist, composer) |
1811-1885 |
| Hiller, Johann Adam (German composer) |
1728-1804 |
| Hilli, al- (Iraqi theologian) |
1250-1325 |
| Hilliard, Laurence (Eng. miniaturist painter; son of Nicholas) |
c.1582-1640 |
| Hilliard, Nicholas (English goldsmith, painter) |
1547-1619 |
| Hillis, William Daniel (Am. inventor, scientist, engineer) |
b.1956 |
| Hillman, Sidney (Lithuanian-born American labor leader) |
1887-1946 |
| Hillquit, Morris (Latvian-born Am. lawyer, Socialist leader) |
1869-1933 |
| Hilton, Conrad Nicholson (American hotelier) |
1887-1979 |
| Hilton, James Ernest Benn (English writer, screenwriter) |
1900-1956 |
| Hilton, James Glen Trevor (English writer, journalist) |
1900-1954 |
| Hilton, Walter (English religious, mystic) |
c.1340-1396 |
| Himes, Chester Bomar (American writer) |
1909-1984 |
| Himiko (aka Pimiko; Yamato-Hime-Mikoto) (Japanese ruler) |
1st cent. BC |
| Himilco (Carthaginian navigator) |
fl. c.450 BC |
| Himilco (Carthaginian general; son of Hanno) |
5th-4th cent. BC |
| Himmler, Heinrich (German Nazi politician) |
1900-1945 |
| Hincks, Sir Francis (Irish-born Can. journalist, politician) |
1807-1885 |
| Hincmar of Reims (French prelate; archbishop of Reims 845) |
c.806-882 |
| Hind, Henry Youle (English-born Canadian geologist, explorer) |
1823-1908 |
| Hindemith, Paul (German composer, theorist) |
1895-1963 |
| Hindenburg, Karl Friedrich (German mathematician) |
1741-1808 |
| Hindenburg, Paul von (German general, polit.; pres. 1925-34) |
1847-1934 |
| Hine, Lewis Wickes (American photographer) |
1874-1940 |
| Hines, Duncan (American food critic, writer) |
1880-1959 |
| Hines, Frank Thomas (American army officer, administrator) |
1879-1960 |
| Hines, Walker Downer (American lawyer, administrator) |
1870-1934 |
| Hinkle, Beatrice née Moses (American psychiatrist) |
1874-1953 |
| Hinschius, Paul (German jurist) |
1835-1898 |
| Hinshelwood, Sir Cyril Norman (English chemist) |
1897-1967 |
| Hinsley, Arthur (English prelate) |
1865-1943 |
| Hintze, Paul von (German naval officer, diplomat) |
1864-1941 |
| Hipparchus (Greek tyrant of Athens 527-514 BC) |
d.514 BC |
| Hipparchus (Greek astronomer; disc. precession of equinoxes) |
fl. 146-127 BC |
| Hipparchus of Nicaea (Greek astronomer) |
190-120 BC |
| Hippasus of Metapontum (Greek philosopher) |
fl. c.500 BC |
| Hippel, Theodor Gottlieb von (German writer, politician) |
1741-1796 |
| Hippias (Greek tyrant of Athens with brother Hipparchus) |
d.490 BC |
| Hippias of Elis (Greek Sophist) |
5th cent. BC |
| Hippius, Zinaida Nikolaevna (Russian poet, lit. critic, writer) |
1869-1945 |
| Hippocrates of Cos (Greek physician; "Father of Medicine") |
c.460-c.377 BC |
| Hippocrates of Chios (Greek geometer) |
fl. c.460 BC |
| Hippodamus (Greek architect) |
5th cent. BC |
| Hippolytus, Saint (Christian martyr, antipope) |
c.170-c.235 |
| Hippon (aka Hippo or Hipponax) (Greek philosopher) |
fl. c.450 BC |
| Hipponax (Greek poet) |
6th cent. BC |
| Hiram (or Huram, Ahiran) (King of Tyre 969-936 BC) |
989?-936 BC |
| Hirata Atsutane (orig. surname Owada) (Japanese scholar) |
1776-1843 |
| Hires, Charles Elmer (American root beer businessman) |
1851-1937 |
| Hirn, Gustave-Adolphe (French physicist) |
1815-1890 |
| Hirohito (reign name Showa) (Japanese emperor 1926-1989) |
1901-1989 |
| Hiroshige (full name Ando Hiroshige) (Japanese artist) |
1797-1858 |
| Hiroyuki Iwaki (Japanese conductor) |
1932-2006 |
| Hirsch, Eric Donald (American literary critic, educator) |
b.1928 |
| Hirsch, Moritz von (German businessman, philanthropist) |
1831-1896 |
| Hirsch, Samson Raphael (German theologian) |
1808-1888 |
| Hirsch, Samuel (German-born American clergyman, theologian) |
1815-1889 |
| Hirshhorn, Joseph Herman (Latvian-born Am. financier, art col.) |
1899-1981 |
| Hirt, Hermann (German philologist) |
1865-1936 |
| Hirtius, Aulus (Roman historian, politician) |
c.90-43 BC |
| His, Wilhelm (German anatomist) |
1831-1904 |
| Hisdai ibn Shaprut (also Hasdai ibn Shaprut) (Span. physician) |
c.915-975? |
| Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik (Tenth caliph of Islam 724-743) |
691-743 |
| Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (aka Abu al-Mundhir) (Arab scholar) |
747-819/21 |
| Hishida Shunso (Japanese painter) |
1874-1911 |
| Hishikawa Moronobu "Kichibe" (Japanese artist) |
1618-c.1694 |
| Hisinger, Wilhelm (Swedish chemist, geologist, mineralogist) |
1766-1852 |
| Hiss, Alger (American diplomat, spy) |
1904-1996 |
| Histiaeus (Tyrant of Miletus) |
d.494 BC |
| Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Joseph (English film director) |
1899-1980 |
| Hitchcock, Edward (American geologist) |
1793-1864 |
| Hitchcock, Frank Harris (American politician) |
1869-1935 |
| Hitchcock, Lambert (American cabinetmaker) |
1795-1852 |
| Hitchcock, Robyn Rowan (English musician) |
b.1953 |
| Hitchcock, Thomas Jr. (American sportsman) |
1900-1944 |
| Hitchings, George Herbert (American biochemist) |
b.1905 |
| Hite, Morris Lee (American businessman) |
1910-1983 |
| Hitler, Adolf (Austrian-born German politician, Fuhrer) |
1889-1945 |
| Hitti, Philip Khuri (Lebanese-born American Orientalist) |
1886-1978 |
| Hittorf, Johann Wilhelm (German physicist) |
1824-1914 |
| Hittorff, Jacques-Ignace (French architect) |
1792-1867 |
| Hitzig, Julius Eduard (German physiologist) |
1838-1907 |
| Hiwi (or Hivi) al-Balkhi (Jewish theologian of Persia) |
9th cent. |
| Hjarne, Harold Gabriel (Swedish historian) |
1848-1922 |
| Hjelm, Peter Jacob (Swedish chemist; discovered molybdenum) |
1869-1948 |
| Hjort, Johan (Norwegian biologist) |
1869-1948 |
| Hlinka, Andrej (Slovak clergyman, patriot) |
1864-1938 |
| Hlothere (Anglo-Saxon king of Kent 673-685) |
d.685 |
| Ho, Donald Tai Loy (Hawaiian-born Am. musician, entertainer) |
1930-2007 |
| Ho Ryong (aka Soch'i) (Korean painter, calligrapher) |
1809-1892 |
| Hoagland, Edward (American novelist, travel writer, essayist) |
b.1932 |
| Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood (American jurist; son of Samuel) |
1816-1895 |
| Hoar, George Frisbie (American politician; son of Samuel) |
1826-1904 |
| Hoar, Samuel (American lawyer, politician) |
1778-1856 |
| Hoard, William Dempster (American publisher, agriculturist) |
1836-1918 |
| Hoare, Sir Samuel John Gurney (English politician) |
1880-1959 |
| Hoban, James (Irish-born American architect; des. White Houses) |
c.1762-1831 |
| Hoban, Russell Conwell (American novelist, children's writer) |
b.1925 |
| Hobart, Alice Tisdale née Alice Nourse (American novelist) |
1882-1967 |
| Hobart, Garret Augustus (American vice-president 1897-1899) |
1844-1899 |
| Hobart, John Henry (American prelate) |
1775-1830 |
| Hobart-Hampden, Augustus Charles (English naval officer) |
1822-1886 |
| Hobbema, Meindert (or Meyndert) (Dutch painter) |
1638-1709 |
| Hobbes, Thomas (English philosopher) |
1588-1679 |
| Hobbs, Sir John Berry "Jack" (English sportsman) |
1882-1963 |
| Hobhouse, Emily (English reformer, social worker) |
1860-1926 |
| Hobhouse, John Cam (Baron Broughton de Gyfford) (Brit. polit.) |
1786-1869 |
| Hobhouse, Leonard Trelawney (English journalist, philosopher) |
1864-1929 |
| Hobson, John Atkinson (English economist) |
1858-1940 |
| Hobson, Laura Z. (b. Laura Kean Zametkin) (American writer) |
1900-1986 |
| Hobson, Thomas (English liveryman at Cambridge) |
1544-1630 |
| Hoby, Sir Thomas (English diplomat, translator) |
1530-1566 |
| Hoccleve (or Occleve), Thomas (English poet) |
1368/69-c.1450 |
| Hoche, Louis-Lazare (French Revolutionary soldier) |
1768-1797 |
| Hochhuth, Rolf (German dramatist) |
b.1931 |
| Ho Chi Minh (orig. Nguyen That Thanh) (N. Viet. pres. 1945-69) |
1890-1969 |
| Hochwalder, Fritz (Austrian-born Swiss dramatist) |
1911-1986 |
| Hocking, Joseph (English clergyman, novelist; brother of Silas) |
1860-1937 |
| Hocking, Silas Kitto (English clergyman, novelist) |
1850-1935 |
| Hocking, William Ernest (American philosopher) |
1873-1966 |
| Hockney, David (British painter) |
b.1937 |
| Hodge, Charles (American scholar, theologian) |
1797-1878 |
| Hodge, Merle (Trinidadian writer) |
b.1944 |
| Hodgins, Jack (Canadian writer) |
b.1938 |
| Hodgkin, Sir Alan Lloyd (British physiologist) |
b.1914 |
| Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot (Egyptian-born Brit. physicist) |
1910-1994 |
| Hodgkin, Thomas (English physician) |
1798-1866 |
| Hodgson, Brian Houghton (British Orientalist) |
1800-1894 |
| Hodgson, Ralph (English-born American poet, teacher) |
1871-1962 |
| Hodler, Ferdinand (Swiss painter, illustrator) |
1853-1918 |
| Hodson, William Stephen Raikes (British cavalry officer) |
1821-1858 |
| Hodza, Milan (Czechoslovak politician; prime minister 1935-38) |
1878-1944 |
| Hoe, Richard March (Am. industrialist, inventor; son of Robert) |
1812-1886 |
| Hoe, Robert (English-born American printing press manufacturer) |
1784-1833 |
| Hoe, Robert (American industrialist; nephew of Richard) |
1839-1909 |
| Hoefnagel (or Hufnagel), Joris (Dutch painter, illustrator) |
1542-1600 |
| Hoel, Halvor Nielsen (Norwegian political leader) |
1766-1852 |
| Hoel, Sigurd (Norwegian novelist) |
1890-1960 |
| Hoevell, Wolter Robert van (Dutch politician) |
1812-1879 |
| Hofbauer, Saint Klemens Maria (German religious) |
1751-1820 |
| Hofer, Andreas (Tyrolese patriot) |
1767-1810 |
| Hofer, Karl (German painter) |
1878-1955 |
| Hoff, H.S. (pseudonym William Cooper) (English writer) |
b.1910 |
| Hoff, Syd (American cartoonist: "New Yorker") |
1912-2004 |
| Hoffa, James Riddle "Jimmy" (American labor leader) |
1913-1975? |
| Hoffding, Harald (Danish philosopher) |
1843-1931 |
| Hoffenstein, Samuel Goodman (Lithuanian-born American humorist) |
1890-1947 |
| Hoffer, Eric (American social philosopher) |
1902-1983 |
| Hoffman, Abbott "Abbie" (American radical activist, Yippie) |
1936-1989 |
| Hoffman, Alice (American writer) |
b.1952 |
| Hoffman, Francois-Benoit (French writer) |
1760-1828 |
| Hoffman, Malvina (American sculptor) |
1887-1966 |
| Hoffman, Paul Gray (American businessman) |
1891-1974 |
| Hoffman, Robert Kenneth (American businessman, philanthropist) |
1947-2006 |
| Hoffmann, August Heinrich (German poet, philologist, historian) |
1798-1874 |
| Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm (Ger. composer, critic, writer) |
1776-1822 |
| Hoffmann, Friedrich (German physician) |
1660-1742 |
| Hoffmann, Josef (Austrian architect) |
1870-1956 |
| Hoffmann, Max (German general) |
1869-1927 |
| Hoffmann, Roald (also Ronald) (Polish-born American chemist) |
b.1937 |
| Hoffmann-Donner, Heinrich (German physician, writer, poet) |
1809-1894 |
| Hoffmann von Fallersleben, August Heinrich (German poet) |
1798-1874 |
| Hofhaimer, Paul von (German organist, composer) |
1459-1537 |
| Hofmann, Albert (Swiss chemist, philosopher) |
b.1906 |
| Hofmann, August Wilhelm von (German chemist) |
1818-1892 |
| Hofmann, Gert (German writer, teacher) |
1931-1993 |
| Hofmann, Hans (German-born American painter) |
1880-1966 |
| Hofmann, Johann Christian Konrad von (German theologian) |
1810-1877 |
| Hofmann, Josef Casimir (Polish-born American piano virtuoso) |
1876-1957 |
| Hofmann, Ludwig von (German painter) |
1861-1945 |
| Hofmann (or Hoffmann), Melchior (German preacher, mystic) |
c.1495-1543/44 |
| Hofmannsthal, Hugo von (Austrian poet, playwright) |
1874-1929 |
| Hofmannswaldau, Christian Hofmann von (German poet) |
1617-1679 |
| Hofmann von Hormannswaldau, Christian (German poet) |
1617-1679 |
| Hofmeister, Sebastian "Oeconomus" (Swiss religious leader) |
1476-1533 |
| Hofmeister, Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt (German botanist) |
1824-1877 |
| Hofmeyr, Jan Hendrik (South African politician) |
1845-1909 |
| Hofstadter, Douglas Richard (American writer, philosopher) |
b.1945 |
| Hofstadter, Richard (American historian) |
1916-1970 |
| Hofstadter, Robert (American physicist) |
1915-1990 |
| Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis (Dutch art scholar) |
1863-1930 |
| Hofzinser, Johann Nepomuk (Austrian magician) |
1806-1875 |
| Hogarth, Burne (American cartoonist) |
1911-1996 |
| Hogarth, David George (English archaeologist) |
1862-1927 |
| Hogarth, William (English painter, engraver, caricaturist) |
1697-1764 |
| Hogben, Lancelot Thomas (English scientist, educator, writer) |
1895-1975 |
| Hogendorp, Dirk van (Dutch colonialist) |
1761-1822 |
| Hogg, Douglas McGarel (1st Viscount Hailsham) (Eng. politician) |
1872-1950 |
| Hogg, James "the Ettrick Shepherd" (Scottish poet) |
1770-1835 |
| Hogg, Quintin (Hailsham of St. Marlebone) (British statesman) |
b.1907 |
| Hogg, Quintin (English philanthropist, reformer) |
1845-1903 |
| Hogg, Thomas Jefferson (English lawyer, writer) |
1792-1862 |
| Hohenwart, Karl Siegmund von (Austrian politician) |
1824-1899 |
| Hojo Tokimasa (orig. surname Taira) (Japanese warrior) |
1138-1215 |
| Hokinson, Helen Elna (American cartoonist) |
1893-1949 |
| Hokusai (surname Katsushika) (Japanese artist) |
1760-1849 |
| Holabird, William (American architect) |
1854-1923 |
| Holbach, Paul-Henri-Dietrich d' (French philosopher) |
1723-1789 |
| Holbein, |