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BiographiesSelected Biographies A to Z
H- 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
- H. Rider Haggard, writer
- Merle Haggard, country singer, songwriter
- Paul Haggis, filmmaker
- Larry Hagman, actor
- Alexander Haig, military Leader, presidential advisor
- Alan Hale , actor, director
- Alex Haley, writer
- Anthony Michael Hall, actor, singer
- Bill Haley, singer, bandleader
- Huntz Hall, actor
- Lloyd Augustus Hall, chemist
- 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, actress
- Margaret Hamilton, actor
- Tom Hamilton, bassist
- Marvin Hamlisch, composer
- 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
- W.C. Handy, songwriter, bandleader, blues musician
- Charles Handy, management educator, writer
- Tom Hanks, actor
- Jack Hanna, TV personality, zoologist
- William Hanna, cartoonist
- Daryl Hannah, actor
- Alyson Hannigan, actor
- Hanson, musicians
- Curtis Hanson, filmmaker
- Daniela Hantuchova, tennis player
- Marcia Gay Harden, actress
- Florence Kling Harding, U.S. First Lady
- Tonya Harding, figure skater
- Harriet Hardy, specialist in occupational medicine
- Laurel and Hardy, comedians
- Oliver Hardy, actor
- Ashley Harkleroad, tennis player
- Jean Harlow, actress
- Shalom Harlow, model, TV personality
- Mark Harmon, actor
- Elisabeth Harnois, actor
- Ben Harper, musician
- Valerie Harper, actor
- Woody Harrelson, actor
- Edward H. Harriman, financier, railroad executive
- Ed Harris, actor
- Julie Harris, actress
- Katherine Harris, Florida's secretary of state and co-chairwoman of George W. Bush's presidential campaign in Florida
- Paul Percy Harris, lawyer, founder of Rotary International
- Richard Harris, actor
- Anna 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
- Melissa Joan Hart, actress
- 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
- 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
- Stephen Hawking, physicist
- Coleman Hawkins, saxophonist, bandleader, jazz musician
- David Hawkins, philosopher of science and historian
- Howard Hawks, director
- Goldie Hawn, actor, movie producer
- S. I. Hayakawa, former U.S. Senator
- Salma Hayek, actor
- Helen Hayes, actor
- Isaac Hayes, singer, actor
- Elwood Haynes, inventor
- Rita Hayworth, actress
- Edith Head, fashion designer
- Patty Hearst, kidnapping victim, writer, actor
- William Randolph Hearst, publisher
- Anne Heche, actor
- Jon Heder, actor
- Tippi Hedren, actor
- Van Heflin, actor
- Hugh Hefner, publisher
- 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, actress, model
- Mariel Hemingway, actress
- Florence Henderson, actress, singer
- Jimi Hendrix, rock musician, guitarist
- Sonja Henie, figure skater, actor
- Justine Henin-Hardenne, tennis player
- Hilary Henkin, screenwriter
- Lance Henriksen, actor, screenwriter
- Henry V of England, royalty
- Jim Henson, puppeteer
- Matthew Henson, explorer
- Audrey Hepburn, actor
- Katharine Hepburn, actor
- Heraclitus, philosopher
- Frank Herbert, writer
- Hercules, mythical figure
- Pee-Wee Herman, actor, comedian, writer
- Joseph Marion Hernandez, U.S. Congressman
- Thomas Herrion, football player
- James Herriot, author
- Seymour Hersh, journalist
- Barbara Hershey, actress
- Milton Hershey, chocolatier, philanthropist
- Eva Herzigova, model, actor
- Werner Herzog, filmmaker
- Charlton Heston, actor
- Sandra Hess, actor, pinup
- Jayms, lead singer
- 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
- Sir John Richard Hicks, economist
- Leon A. Higginbotham, judge, historian
- Pattillo Higgins, Texas oil pioneer
- 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
- Lauryn Hill, singer
- Sir Edmund Hillary, mountain climber
- Maurice Hilleman, inventor
- Laura Hillenbrand, writer
- Harriet Hilliard, actress
- Conrad Hilton, business personality
- Nicky Hilton, socialite
- Paris Hilton, socialite, TV personality
- John Hinckley, Jr., attempted assassin
- 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
- Alfred Hitchcock, filmmaker
- 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
- Hole, rock group
- Billie Holiday, jazz singer
- 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, actress
- Katie Holmes, actor
- Ian Holm, actor
- Rupert Holmes, composer, writer
- Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective
- Mike Honda, U.S. Congressman
- Leroy Hood, inventor
- Robin Hood, fictional outlaw
- John Lee Hooker, blues musician
- Bell Hooks, writer, activist
- 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
- Grace Hopper, rear admiral; computer scientist
- Hedda Hopper, actress, 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
- Harry Houdini, magician
- 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
- Julia Ward Howe, poet, activist
- Oscar De La Hoya, boxer
- 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
- Tom Hulce, actor
- The Incredible Hulk, fictional superhero
- David Hume, philosopher, historian
- Kirsty Hume, model
- William Hung, talent show contestant, singer
- Bonnie Hunt, actor, filmmaker
- Helen Hunt, actor
- Linda Hunt, actress
- Holly Hunter, actor
- Kim Hunter, actress
- Rachel Hunter, model
- Collis P. Huntington, railroad executive
- Isabelle Huppert, actor
- Elizabeth Hurley, actor
- John Hurt, actor
- William Hurt, actor
- King Hussein I, political Leader
- Anjelica Huston, actress
- John Huston, filmmaker, actor
- Walter Huston, film and stage 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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