| Haack, Bruce Clinton (Canadian musician, composer) |
1931-1988 |
| Haakanson, Sven (Alutiiq curator, anthropologist) |
b.1966 |
| 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, Hella Serafia van (Dutch writer) |
b.1918 |
| Haast, Sir John Francis Julius von (Ger.-born Brit. geologist) |
1824-1887 |
| Haavelmo, Trygve Magnus (Norwegian economist) |
1911-1999 |
| 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 |
| Haberman, Alan Lloyd (American businessman; promoted UPC) |
1929-2011 |
| 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 |
| Hacke, Alexander (aka Alexander von Borsig; German musician) |
b.1965 |
| 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) |
1937-2014 |
| 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, Earle Harry (American compser, teacher, writer) |
1919-2008 |
| 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 |
| Hagfors, Tor (Norwegian astronomer, radar expert; asteroid) |
1930-2007 |
| Haggai (Hebrew prophet) |
6th cent. BC |
| Haggard, Sir Henry Rider (English writer, 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, Erwin Louis (American physicist, educator, violinist) |
b.1921 |
| 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) |
1924-2010 |
| 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 |
| Hajek z Hajku, Tadeas (Bohem. physician, astronomer; asteroid) |
1525-1600 |
| Hajjaj, al- (Arab ruler) |
661-714 |
| Hajji Khalfah (born 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 |
| Halas, John (born Janos Halasz; Hungarian animator) |
1912-1995 |
| Halban, Hans von (German-born French physicist) |
1908-1964 |
| Halbe, Max (German playwright, writer) |
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, writer) |
1822-1909 |
| Hale, George Ellery (Am. solar astronomer; asteroid, craters) |
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 writer) |
1793-1868 |
| Hall, James (American geologist, paleontologist) |
1811-1898 |
| Hall, James Norman (American writer) |
1887-1951 |
| Hall, John Lewis "Jan" (American physicist) |
b.1934 |
| 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 |
| Hall, Terence "Terry" (English ventriloquist) |
1926-2007 |
| Hall, Theodore Alvin (American physicist, spy for Soviet Union) |
1925-1999 |
| 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 |
| Halperin, Morton H. (American political scientist) |
b.1938 |
| 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, Ann (American artist) |
b.1956 |
| Hamilton, Anthony Walter Patrick (English playwright, writer) |
1904-1962 |
| Hamilton, Edith (German-born American scholar) |
1867-1963 |
| Hamilton, Lady Emma née Amy Lyon (Eng. mistress of Lord Nelson) |
1765-1815 |
| Hamilton, Foreststorn "Chico" (American musician, bandleader) |
b.1921 |
| 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, Joseph Gilbert (Am. physician; res. nuclear medicine) |
1907-1957 |
| Hamilton, Richard (English painter, collagist, printmaker) |
b.1922 |
| Hamilton, Virginia Esther (American writer) |
1936-2002 |
| 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 (pseudonym 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 (born Alexandr Hackenschmied; Am. filmmaker) |
1907-2004 |
| Hamming, Richard Wesley (Am. mathematician, computer scientist) |
1915-1998 |
| Hammond, Caleb Dean (American businessman: map maker) |
1915-2006 |
| Hammond Innes, Ralph (pseudonym Ralph Hammond; English writer) |
1913-1998 |
| 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 |
| Hammons, David (American artist) |
b.1943 |
| Hammurabi (aka Hammurapi; Babylonian king 1792-1750 BC) |
d.1750 BC |
| Ham Nghi (born Ung Lich; Vietnamese emperor 1884-1886) |
1870-c.1940 |
| Hampden, John (English politician) |
1594-1643 |
| Hampden, Walter (born Walter Hampden Dougherty; Am. actor) |
1879-1955 |
| Hamper, Steven John "Billy Childish" (English artist, writer) |
b.1959 |
| Hampl, Patricia (American writer) |
b.1946 |
| 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 (born 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, Kyung-Chik (Korean pastor and church planter) |
1902-2000 |
| Han, Ulrich (aka Udalricus Gallus; Barbatus; Austrian printer) |
d.1478 |
| Hanabusa Itcho (born Fujiwara Nobuka; Japanese artist) |
1652-1724 |
| HaNagid, Shmuel Samuel (Spanish poet, patron) |
993-1056 |
| Hanbury Brown, Robert (India-born Brit. physicist, astronomer) |
1916-2002 |
| Hancock, Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" (American musician, composer) |
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 writer) |
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 |
| Hanff, Johann Nicolaus (German organist, composer) |
1663-1711 |
| 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 writer) |
1827-1873 |
| Hannay, James Owen (Irish clergyman, writer) |
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 (French 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 |
| Hansch, Theodor Wolfgang "Ted" (German physicist, academic) |
b.1941 |
| Hansen, Al (American Fluxus artist) |
1927-1995 |
| Hansen, Alvin Harvey (American economist) |
1887-1975 |
| Hansen, Anton (pseudonym Anton H. Tammsaare; Estonian writer) |
1878-1940 |
| Hansen, Barret Eugene "Dr. Demento" (American radio DJ) |
b.1941 |
| 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 (pseudonym 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, Ann Meekitjuk (aka "Annie E7-121"; Inuit historian) |
b.1946 |
| Hanson, Howard Harold (American composer, conductor, educator) |
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 (born Liu Ch'e; Chinese emperor 140-87 BC) |
156-87 BC |
| Han Yong-un (aka Manhae; Korean religious leader, poet) |
1879-1944 |
| 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 |
| Harbison, John Harris (American composer, conductor) |
b.1938 |
| Harbord, James Guthrie (American army officer, businessman) |
1866-1947 |
| Harburg, Edgar Yipsel "E.Y." or "Yip" (American lyricist) |
1896-1981 |
| Harbury, Pehr A.B. (American biochemist) |
b.1965? |
| 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, Lala (Indian revolutionary; founded Ghadar Party) |
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 (born Felix Ernst Witkowski; German 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 |
| Hardin, Louis Thomas "Moondog" (Am. composer, musician, poet) |
1916-1999 |
| Harding, Chester (American painter) |
1792-1866 |
| Harding, Karl Ludwig (German astronomer; asteroid, crater) |
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, writer, playwright) |
1876-1947 |
| Hardwick, Elizabeth (American critic, essayist, editor) |
1916-2007 |
| Hardwicke, Sir Cedric Webster (English actor) |
1893-1964 |
| Hardy, Alexandre (French playwright) |
1572?-1632? |
| Hardy, Sir Alister Clavering (English marine biologist) |
1896-1985 |
| Hardy, Godfrey Harold (English mathematician) |
1877-1947 |
| Hardy, Oliver Nowell (American film comedian) |
1892-1957 |
| Hardy, Thomas (English writer, 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 (American sculptor, photographer, painter, teacher) |
1917-1992 |
| Hare, Sir David (English playwright, theater & film director) |
b.1947 |
| Hare, James H. (English-born American photographer) |
1856-1946 |
| Hare, Sir John (born 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 |
| Harford, Lesbia Venner née Keigh (Australian poet, activist) |
1891-1927 |
| 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 "Willibald Alexis" (German 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 (Am. Supreme Court justice 1955-1971) |
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 (born 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 writer) |
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, Robert Sutton (American astronomer; asteroid) |
1942-1993 |
| Harrington, Roy (American astronomer) |
b.1934 |
| Harriot (or Hariot), Thomas (English mathematician, astronomer) |
1560-1621 |
| Harriott, Joseph 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, Corey (American musician) |
b.1969 |
| Harris, Frank (born 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, Keith (English ventriloquist) |
b.1947 |
| 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) |
1943-2001 |
| 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 Silver (American composer, teacher, activist) |
1917-2003 |
| Harrison, Peter (English-born American architect) |
1716-1775 |
| Harrison, Rex (born 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 "Blind Harry" (Scottish poet) |
fl. 1470-1492 |
| Harryhausen, Raymond Frederick "Ray" (American film producer) |
1920-2013 |
| Harsa (aka Harsavardhana; King of northern India 606-647) |
c.590-c.647 |
| Harsanyi, John Charles (Harsanyi Janos Karoly; Hung. economist) |
1920-2000 |
| 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, Michael Stern (Am. writer; founded Project Gutenberg) |
1947-2011 |
| 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, Keef (b. Keith Hartley; English musician, bandleader) |
1944- 2011 |
| Hartley, Leslie Poles (English writer, critic) |
1895-1972 |
| Hartley, Marsden (American painter, poet, essayist) |
1877-1943 |
| Hartlib, Samuel (Prussian-born English reformer) |
c.1600-1662 |
| Hartline, Haldan Keffer (American biophysicist) |
1903-1983 |
| Hartman, Elmer Earl IV "Butch" (American animator) |
b.1965 |
| Hartman, Geoffrey H. (German-born Am. literary critic,theorist) |
b.1929 |
| Hartmanis, Juris Varlejs (Latvian-born Am. computer scientist) |
b.1928 |
| 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) |
1914-2002 |
| Hartree, Douglas Rayner (English physicist) |
1897-1958 |
| Hartung, Hans (German-born French painter) |
1904-1989 |
| Hartwell, Leland Harrison "Lee" (American biologist) |
b.1939 |
| Harty, Sir Herbert Hamilton (Irish-born Brit. conductor, comp.) |
1879-1941 |
| 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 writer) |
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 (Am. poet, critic; U.S. Poet Laureate 1995-1997) |
b.1941 |
| Hassall, Christopher Vernon (English writer) |
1912-1963 |
| Hassam, Frederick Childe (American painter, etcher) |
1859-1935 |
| Hassan, Mohammed Abdullah (Somali religious/nationalist leader) |
1856-1920 |
| 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, singer, teacher) |
1699-1783 |
| Hassel, Odd (Norwegian physical 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, organist) |
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 (aka 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 |
| Hau, Lene Vestergaard (Danish physicist) |
b.1959 |
| Hauch, Johannes Carsten (Danish poet, playwright, writer) |
1790-1872 |
| Hauck, Albert (German theologian) |
1845-1918 |
| Hauer, Franz von (Austrian geologist) |
1822-1899 |
| Hauff, Wilhelm (German writer, 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 mathematician, biophysicist) |
1917-2011 |
| 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 |
| Hausswolff, Carl Michael von (Swedish composer, visual artist) |
b.1956 |
| 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) |
1936-2011 |
| 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 |
| Havens, Richard Pierce "Richie" (American musician) |
1941-2013 |
| Havers, Clopton (English physician, anatomist) |
c.1655-1702 |
| Haverschmidt, Francois (pseud. Piet Paaltjens; Dutch preacher) |
1835-1894 |
| Havlicek, Karel (pseudonym 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 (English physicist, math.; asteroid) |
b.1942 |
| Hawkins, Anthony Hope (pseud. Anthony Hope; Eng. writer, dram.) |
1863-1933 |
| Hawkins, Benjamin (American politician, Indian agent) |
1754-1816 |
| Hawkins, Coleman Randoph "Hawk", "Bean" (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) |
1927-2009 |
| 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 née 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; Scottish translator) |
fl. 1456 |
| Hay, John (American writer, poet) |
1915-2011 |
| 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 |
| Hayaishi, Osamu (American-born Japanese biologist) |
b.1920 |
| Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye (Can.-American linguist, politician) |
1906-1992 |
| Hayam Wuruk (known as Rajasanagara; Javan ruler) |
1334-1389 |
| Hayashi Fumiko (born Miyata Fumiko; Japanese writer) |
1904-1951 |
| Hayashi Razan (born 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 (born Mildred Herman; Can. dancer, teacher) |
1923-2006 |
| Hayden, Palmer C. (born Peyton Cole Hedgeman; American painter) |
1890-1973 |
| Hayden, Robert Earl (American poet) |
1913-1980 |
| Haydn, Johann Michael (Austrian Kapellmeister; brother of F.J.) |
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, Isaac Lee Jr. (American singer-songwriter, musician) |
1942-2008 |
| Hayes, Patrick Joseph (American prelate) |
1867-1938 |
| Hayes, Robert M. (American lawyer, information scientist) |
b.1926 |
| 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 writer, 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 (born 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, lecturer) |
b.1939 |
| Heard, Gerald (Anglo-Irish historian, philosopher, writer) |
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 |
| Heartfield, John (b.Helmut Herzfel; German photomontage artist) |
1891-1968 |
| Heath, Edward Bayard (American aviation engineer; Heathkit) |
1888-1931 |
| Heath, Edward Richard George (British prime minister 1970-1974) |
1916-2005 |
| Heath, Nicholas (English prelate, politician) |
c.1501-1578 |
| Heath, Roy Aubrey Kelvin (Guyanese writer, teacher) |
1926-2008 |
| 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) |
1916-2000 |
| 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 |
| Heckman, James Joseph "Jim" (American economist) |
b.1944 |
| 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 |
| Heeger, Alan Jay (American physicist, academic) |
b.1936 |
| 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 |
| Heidsiek, Bernard (French banker, sound poet) |
1928-2014 |
| Heifetz, Jascha (Russian-born American violinist) |
1901-1987 |
| Heijermans, Herman (Dutch writer, playwright, journalist) |
1864-1924 |
| Heilbroner, Robert Louis (American economist, writer) |
1919-2005 |
| 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 (born Pieter Pieterszoon; Dutch admiral) |
1577-1629 |
| Heine, Heinrich (born 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 |
| Heinichen, Johann David (German composer, music theorist) |
1683-1729 |
| Heinicke, Samuel (German educator) |
1727-1790 |
| Heinkel, Ernst Heinrich (German airplane builder) |
1888-1958 |
| Heinlein, Robert Anson (American writer) |
1907-1988 |
| Heinrich, Anthony Philip (Bohemian composer in America) |
1781-1861 |
| 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 (born 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, asteroid) |
1901-1976 |
| Heisman, John William (American football coach) |
1869-1936 |
| Hekster, Walter (Dutch composer, clarinetist, conductor) |
b.1937 |
| 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 (aka Helgaldus; French religious) |
d.1048 |
| Helgesen, Paul (aka 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 |
| Helle, Sigurd Gunnarson (Norwegian topographer, explorer) |
1920-2013 |
| Hellendaal, Pieter (Dutch organist, violinist, composer) |
1721-1799 |
| Heller, Hermann (German political scientist) |
1891-1933 |
| Heller, Joseph (American writer, playwright) |
1923-1999 |
| Heller, Michal Kazimierz (Polish physicist, philosopher) |
b.1936 |
| Heller, Robert (English-born American magician) |
c.1830-1878 |
| Heller, Stephen (Hungarian pianist, composer) |
1813-1888 |
| Hellman, Lillian Florence (American playwright, screenwriter) |
1905-1984 |
| Hellman, Monte (American film director, producer, film editor) |
b.1932 |
| 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) |
1921-2008 |
| 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 |
| Helps, Robert (American pianist, composer, teacher) |
1928-2001 |
| 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 (aka Heming, Hemming; English actor, editor) |
c.1556-1630 |
| Hemingway, Ernest Miller (American writer, journalist) |
1899-1961 |
| Hemingway, Gerry (American musician) |
b.1955 |
| Hemon, Aleksandar (Bosnian writer) |
b.1964 |
| Hemon, Louis (French writer, journalist, farmhand) |
1880-1913 |
| Hemphill, Julius Arthur (American musician, composer) |
1938-1995 |
| 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; asteroid) |
1793-1866 |
| Henckell, Karl (German writer) |
1864-1929 |
| Hendel, Samuel (American attorney, political scientist) |
1909-1984 |
| Henderson, Alexander (Scottish clergyman, diplomat) |
1583?-1646 |
| Henderson, Archibald (Am. math., teacher, critic, biographer) |
1877-1963 |
| 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) |
1937-2001 |
| 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, Geoffrey (American Fluxus artist, educator, teacher) |
b.1931 |
| Hendricks, Jon (American lyricist, singer) |
b.1921 |
| 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, writer, poet) |
1849-1903 |
| Hennacy, Ammon (American pacifist, social activist) |
1893-1970 |
| 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 |
| Hennings, Emmy (Swiss performer, poet) |
1885-1948 |
| Henri, Robert (American painter; member of The Eight) |
1865-1929 |
| Henrici, Christian Friedrich (pseudonym 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 (Am. physicist; first Smithsonian Inst. director) |
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: musique concrete) |
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 |
| Henson, Jane Anne née Nebel (Am. puppeteer: Ernie's right hand) |
1934-2013 |
| Henty, George Alfred (English writer) |
1832-1902 |
| Henze, Hans Werner (German composer, teacher, activist) |
b.1926 |
| 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 (aka 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, Auberon Edward William Molyneux (English philosopher) |
1838-1906 |
| 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 writer) |
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 |
| Herbst, Johann Andreas (German composer, music theorist) |
1588-1666 |
| 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) |
1939-2010 |
| 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; Labor Inmate 1872) |
1919-2000 |
| Hermagoras (Greek rhetorician) |
1st cent. BC |
| Herman de Valenciennes (French cleric, poet) |
12th cent. |
| Herman, Woodrow Charles "Woody" (American musician, bandleader) |
1913-1987 |
| Hermander, Lars Valter (Swedish mathematician, educator) |
b.1931 |
| 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. (born James Ahern; American 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 (aka Herondas; Greek poet) |
3rd cent. BC |
| Herodes Atticus, Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus (Greek scholar) |
c.101-177 |
| Herodian (aka 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 writer) |
1868-1938 |
| Herriman, George Joseph (Am. cartoonist; cr. Krazy Kat 1910) |
1880-1944 |
| Herring, John Frederick (English painter) |
1795-1865 |
| Herring, William Conyers (American physicist, educator) |
1914-2009 |
| Herriot, Edouard (French politician, writer) |
1872-1957 |
| Hers, Henri-Gery (Belgian physiologist, biochemist, educator) |
b.1923 |
| Herschbach, Dudley Robert (American chemist, Eagle Scout) |
b.1932 |
| Herschel, Alexander Stewart (S. Africa-born English astronomer) |
1836-1907 |
| Herschel, Caroline Lucretia (German-born English astronomer) |
1750-1848 |
| Herschel, Clemens (Austrian-born American hydraulic engineer) |
1842-1930 |
| Herschel, Sir Frederick William (German-born Brit. astronomer) |
1738-1822 |
| Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (English astronomer) |
1792-1871 |
| Herschel, John (English astronomer; son of Sir John) |
1837-1921 |
| Hersent, Louis (French painter, lithographer) |
1777-1860 |
| Hersey, John Richard (Chinese-born American journalist, writer) |
1914-1993 |
| Hershey, Alfred Day (American bacteriologist, geneticist) |
1908-1997 |
| Hershey, Lewis Blaine (American army officer) |
1893-1977 |
| Hershey, Milton Snavely (American candy industrialist) |
1857-1945 |
| Hershko, Avram (Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist) |
b.1937 |
| 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 (born 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 chemist, astronomer; asteroid) |
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 writer, playwright) |
1857-1915 |
| Herwegh, Georg (German poet, translator) |
1817-1875 |
| Herz, Henri (born 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, chemist) |
1904-1999 |
| Herzen, Aleksandr Ivanovich (Rus. writer, political agitator) |
1812-1870 |
| Herzl, Theodor (Hungarian Zionist leader) |
1860-1904 |
| Herzog, Emile-Salomon-Wilhelm "Andre Maurois" (French writer) |
1885-1967 |
| Herzog, Isaac Halevi (Polish rabbi) |
1888-1959 |
| Herzog, Johann Jakob (German theologian) |
1805-1882 |
| Herzog, Werner (born Werner Stipetic; German film director) |
b.1942 |
| 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 (born 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, painter) |
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 |
| Heston, Charlton (born John Charles Carter; American actor) |
1923-2008 |
| 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 (aka Hevelius; German-born Polish astronomer) |
1611-1687 |
| Hevesy, Georg Karl von (born 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, writer, 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 writer) |
1902-1974 |
| Heyerdahl, Thor (Norwegian anthropologist, explorer) |
1914-2002 |
| 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, inventor) |
1890-1967 |
| Heyse, Paul Johann Ludwig von (German writer, dramatist) |
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 (born Haionhwat'ha; American Onondaga Indian leader) |
fl. c.1570 |
| Hibbert, Robert (Jamaican-born Brit. merchant, philanthropist) |
1770-1849 |
| Hickel, Walter Joseph "Wally" (American politician) |
1919-2010 |
| Hichens, Robert Smythe (English writer) |
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 (English economist, teacher) |
1904-1989 |
| Hicks, William "Hicks Pasha" (British soldier) |
1830-1883 |
| Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel (Mexican priest, revolutionist) |
1753-1811 |
| Hideki Shirakawa (Japanese chemist) |
b.1936 |
| 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, Dick (English composer, poet, printer, Fluxus artist) |
1938-1998 |
| Higgins, Edward John (English Salvation Army leader) |
1864-1947 |
| Higgins, Hannah (American writer, academic) |
b.1964 |
| Higgins, Jessica (Am. intermedia artist, performance artist) |
b.1964 |
| Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow (Am. clergyman, writer) |
1823-1911 |
| Higgs, Peter Ware (English physicist, educator) |
b.1929 |
| Highmore, Joseph (English painter) |
1692-1780 |
| Highsmith, Patricia (born Mary Patricia Plangman; Am. writer) |
1921-1995 |
| Higinbotham, William A. "Willy" (Am. physicist; co-founded FAS) |
1910-1994 |
| Higuchi Ichiyo (born Natsuko; Japanese writer, 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 (aka Hilarius; Fr. prelate; bishop of Poitiers) |
c.315-c.367 |
| Hilary, Saint (aka 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 (born Hildegarde Loretta Sell; American singer) |
1906-2005 |
| Hildesheimer, Wolfgang (German playwright, writer, painter) |
1916-1991 |
| 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, Alfred Francis (Australian composer, conductor, teacher) |
1870-1960 |
| 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, Gary (American artist) |
b.1951 |
| 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 (b. Joel E. 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 (born 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) |
1919-2008 |
| 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 |
| Hillenburg, Stephen (American animator: SpongeBob SquarePants) |
b.1961 |
| Hiller, Ferdinand (German pianist, composer) |
1811-1885 |
| Hiller, Johann Adam (German composer) |
1728-1804 |
| Hiller, Lejaren (American chemist, composer, educator) |
1924-1994 |
| Hilli, al- (Iraqi theologian) |
1250-1325 |
| Hilliard, John Stanley (American composer) |
b.1947 |
| 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 |
| Hilpert, Fritz (German musician, sound engineer) |
b.1956 |
| 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, teacher, music 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, Earl Kenneth "Fatha" (American musician, bandleader) |
1903-1983 |
| 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 |
| Hironaka Heisuke (Japanese mathematician, educator) |
b.1931 |
| Hiroshige (full name Ando Hiroshige; Japanese artist) |
1797-1858 |
| Hiroyuki Iwaki (Japanese conductor) |
1932-2006 |
| Hirsch, Edward Mark (American poet, essayist, academic) |
b.1950 |
| Hirsch, Eric Donald (American literary critic, educator) |
b.1928 |
| Hirsch, Moritz von (German businessman, philanthropist) |
1831-1896 |
| Hirsch, Sir Peter Bernhard (German-born British metallurgist) |
b.1925 |
| 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 |
| Hirzebruch, Friedrich Ernst Peter (German mathematician) |
b.1927 |
| His, Wilhelm (German anatomist) |
1831-1904 |
| Hisdai ibn Shaprut (aka Hasdai ibn Shaprut; Spanish 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) |
1905-1998 |
| 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 writer, 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, Charles Antony Richard "Tony" (Eng. computer scientist) |
b.1934 |
| 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 writer) |
b.1925 |
| Hobart, Alice Tisdale née Alice Nourse (American writer) |
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, Christopher (English composer, music director, teacher) |
b.1950 |
| 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. (born 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 |
| Hoch, Johanne "Hannah" (German photomontage artist) |
1889-1978 |
| Hoche, Louis-Lazare (French Revolutionary soldier) |
1768-1797 |
| Hochhuth, Rolf (German dramatist) |
b.1931 |
| Ho Chi Minh (born Nguyen That Thanh; N. Vietnam pres. 1945-69) |
1890-1969 |
| Hochwalder, Fritz (Austrian-born Swiss dramatist) |
1911-1986 |
| Hocking, Joseph (English clergyman, writer; brother of Silas) |
1860-1937 |
| Hocking, Silas Kitto (English clergyman, writer) |
1850-1935 |
| Hocking, William Ernest (American philosopher) |
1873-1966 |
| Hockney, David (English painter, photocollagist) |
b.1937 |
| Hoddinott, Alun (Welsh composer, teacher) |
1929-2008 |
| Hodge, Charles (American scholar, theologian) |
1797-1878 |
| Hodge, Merle (Trinidadian writer) |
b.1944 |
| Hodges, John Cornelius "Johnny" (American musician) |
1907-1970 |
| Hodgins, Jack (Canadian writer) |
b.1938 |
| Hodgkin, Sir Alan Lloyd (English physiologist, biophysicist) |
1914-1998 |
| Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary née Crowfoot (Egypt-born Brit. physicist) |
1910-1994 |
| Hodgkin, Thomas (English physician) |
1798-1866 |
| Hodgkinson, Tim (English composer, musician) |
b.1949 |
| 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 writer) |
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, Harry Summerfield (pseudonym William Cooper; Eng. writer) |
1910-2002 |
| 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, Abram (Canadian psychiatrist, researcher) |
1917-2009 |
| 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 (aka 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) |
1906-2008 |
| 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 pianist) |
1876-1957 |
| Hofmann, Leopold (Austrian composer, Kapellmeister , teacher) |
1738-1793 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hogan, Clarence Lester "Les" (American physicist) |
1920-2008 |
| 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, Helen Battles née Sawyer (Am. astronomer; asteroid) |
1905-1993 |
| Hogg, James "the Ettrick Shepherd" (Scottish poet) |
1770-1835 |
| Hogg, Quintin (Hailsham of St. Marlebone; British statesman) |
1907-2001 |
| Hogg, Quintin (English philanthropist, reformer) |
1845-1903 |
| Hogg, Thomas Jefferson (English lawyer, writer) |
1792-1862 |
| Hohenwart, Karl Siegmund von (Austrian politician) |
1824-1899 |
| Hoiby, Lee (American pianist, composer, songwriter) |
b.1926 |
| 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, Hans "the Elder" (German painter) |
1465?-1524 |
| Holbein, Hans "the Younger" (German painter) |
1497?-1543 |
| Holberg, Ludvig (Norwegian man of letters) |
1684-1754 |
| Holbrook, David (English poet, writer, educator) |
b.1923 |
| Holbrook, Josiah (American educator) |
1788-1854 |
| Holbrooke, Josef (English pianist, conductor, composer) |
1878-1958 |
| Holcroft, Thomas (Eng. playwright, writer, journalist, actor) |
1745-1809 |
| Holdeman, John (American religious leader) |
1832-1900 |
| Holden, Edward Singleton (American astronomer) |
1846-1914 |
| Holden, Sir Isaac (British inventor) |
1807-1897 |
| Holder, Alfred Theophil (Austrian philologist) |
1840-1916 |
| Holderlin, Johann Christian Friedrich (German poet) |
1770-1843 |
| Holdheim, Samuel (German theologian) |
1806-1860 |
| Holdsworth, Allan (English musician) |
b.1948 |
| Holecek, Josef (Czech writer) |
1853-1929 |
| Holiday, Charles Anthony David (South African philosopher) |
1940-2006 |
| Holiday, Eleanora "Billy", "Lady Day" (American singer) |
1915-1959 |
| Holinshed (or Hollingshead), Raphael (English chronicler) |
d.c.1580 |
| Holl, Elias (German architect) |
1573-1646 |
| Holladay, Ben (American businessman) |
1819-1887 |
| Holland, Clifford Milburn (American civil engineer) |
1883-1924 |
| Holland, Dave (English musician, composer) |
b.1946 |
| Holland, Endeshalda Mae (American scholar, dramatist, activist) |
1944-2006 |
| Holland, Henry (English architect) |
1745-1806 |
| Holland, Henry Edmund (Australian-born New Zealand politician) |
1868-1933 |
| Holland, Henry Scott (English clergyman, theologian) |
1847-1918 |
| Holland, John Henry (American computer scientist) |
b.1929 |
| Holland, John Philip (Irish-born American inventor) |
1840-1914 |
| Holland, Josiah Gilbert (American editor, writer) |
1819-1881 |
| Holland, Philemon "Translator General" (English scholar) |
1552-1637 |
| Holland, Sir Sidney George (New Zealand politician) |
1893-1961 |
| Holland, Sir Thomas Erskine (English jurist) |
1835-1926 |
| Holland, Vyvyan Oscar Beresford (English writer, translator) |
1886-1967 |
| Hollander, John (American poet, literary critic, translator) |
b.1929 |
| Hollar, Wenzel (aka Vaclav Holar; Bohemian engraver) |
1607-1677 |
| Hollerith, Herman (American statistician; inv. punched cards) |
1860-1929 |
| Holles, Denzil (1st Baron Holles of Ifield; English politician) |
1599?-1680? |
| Holley, Alexander Lyman (American engineer) |
1832-1882 |
| Holley, Marietta (pseudonym Josiah Allen's wife; Am. humorist) |
1836-1926 |
| Holley, Robert William (American biochemist) |
1922-1993 |
| Holliger, Heinz (Swiss oboist, composer, conductor) |
b.1939 |
| Hollings, Ernest Frederick "Fritz" (American politician) |
b.1922 |
| Hollingshead, John (English journalist, theater manager) |
1827-1904 |
| Hollins, George Nichols (American naval officer) |
1799-1878 |
| Hollmer, Lars Gustav Gabriel (Swedish musician, composer) |
b.1948 |
| Holloway, Thomas (English businessman, philanthropist) |
1800-1883 |
| Hollow Horn Bear (American Sioux Indian chief) |
1850-1913 |
| Hollowell, Donald Lee (American civil rights attorney) |
1917-2004 |
| Holly, James Theodore (American prelate) |
1829-1911 |
| Holm, Gustav Frederik (Danish naval officer, explorer) |
1849-1940 |
| Holm, Monad "Monte" (American hobo, businessman) |
1916-2006 |
| Holm, Sven (Danish writer) |
b.1940 |
| Holman, Derek (English choral conductor, organist, composer) |
b.1931 |
| Holman, James "the Blind Traveler" (English traveler) |
1786-1857 |
| Holmberg, Erik Bertil (Swedish astronomer) |
1908-2000 |
| Holmboe, Vagn Gylding (Danish composer, teacher) |
1909-1996 |
| Holmes, Arthur (English geologist) |
1890-1965 |
| Holmes, Augusta Mary Anne (French composer) |
1847-1903 |
| Holmes, Sir Charles John (English painter, art critic) |
1868-1936 |
| Holmes, Frederic Lawrence (American science historian) |
1932-2003 |
| Holmes, John Andrew (American physician, writer) |
1874-1915 |
| Holmes, John Clellon (American writer, poet, educator) |
1926-1988 |
| Holmes, Joseph Austin (American geologist, mining engineer) |
1859-1915 |
| Holmes, Martha Louise (American photographer: Life Magazine) |
1923-2006 |
| Holmes, Mary Jane née Hawes (American writer) |
1825-1907 |
| Holmes, Oliver Wendell (American physician, man of letters) |
1809-1894 |
| Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. (Am. Supreme Court justice 1902-32) |
1841-1935 |
| Holmes, William Henry (American anthropologist, archaeologist) |
1846-1933 |
| Holmgren, Alarik Frithiof (Swedish physiologist) |
1831-1897 |
| Holmstedt, Bo (Swedish toxicologist) |
1918-2002 |
| Holroyd, Sir Charles (English painter, etcher) |
1861-1917 |
| Holroyd, Michael de Courcy Fraser (English biographer) |
b.1935 |
| Holst, Gustav Theodore (English composer, teacher) |
1874-1934 |
| Holste, Luc (aka Lucas Holstenius; German scholar) |
1596-1661 |
| Holstein, Friedrich von (German diplomat) |
1837-1909 |
| Holt, Edwin Bissell (American psychologist, philosopher) |
1873-1946 |
| Holt, Harold Edward (Australian polit.; prime minister 1966-67) |
1908-1967 |
| Holt, Henry (American publisher, writer) |
1840-1926 |
| Holt, Sir John (English jurist) |
1642-1710 |
| Holt, Joseph (American politician) |
1807-1894 |
| Holt, Luther Emmett (American pediatrician) |
1855-1924 |
| Holt, Nora (born Lena Douglas; Am. singer, composer, critic) |
1885/90-1974 |
| Holt, Thomas Cleveland (American? social & cultural historian) |
b.1942 |
| Holt, Winifred (American welfare worker) |
1870-1945 |
| Holtby, Winifred (English writer) |
1898-1935 |
| Holtei, Karl von (German actor, writer) |
1798-1880 |
| Holty, Ludwig Heinrich Christoph (German poet) |
1748-1776 |
| Holub, Emil (Bohemian explorer, naturalist) |
1847-1902 |
| Holub, Miroslav (Czech poet, essayist, pathologist) |
b.1923 |
| Holyoake, George Jacob (English reformer) |
1817-1906 |
| Holyoake, Sir Keith Jacka (New Zealand prime minister) |
1904-1983 |
| Holz, Arno (German poet, dramatist, critic) |
1863-1929 |
| Holzbauer, Ignaz Jakob (Austrian composer) |
1711-1783 |
| Homar, Lorenzo (Puerto Rican graphic artist) |
1913-2004 |
| Homberg, Wilhelm (Java-born Dutch naturalist, chemist) |
1652-1715 |
| Home, Sir Alec Douglas (British prime minister 1963-1964) |
1903-1995 |
| Home, Daniel Dunglas (Scottish spiritualist medium) |
1833-1886 |
| Home, Henry (Lord Kames; Scottish jurist, philosopher) |
1696-1782 |
| Home, John (Scottish clergyman, playwright) |
1722-1808 |
| Home, William Douglas (British dramatist) |
1912-1992 |
| Homer (Greek epic poet) |
9th-8th cent. BC |
| Homer the Younger (Greek tragic poet) |
3rd cent. BC |
| Homer, Louise Dilworth née Beatty (American singer) |
1871-1947 |
| Homer, Winslow (American painter) |
1836-1910 |
| Homilius, Gottfried August (German composer, cantor, organist) |
1714-1785 |
| Homma Masaharu (Japanese soldier) |
1887-1946 |
| Homolle, Theophile (French archaeologist) |
1848-1925 |
| Honami Koetsu (Japanese calligrapher, painter) |
1558-1637 |
| Honda Toshiaki (Japanese scholar) |
1744-1821 |
| Hondecoeter, Gijsbrecht d' (Dutch painter; father of Melchior) |
1604-1653 |
| Hondecoeter, Melchior d' (Dutch painter) |
1636-1695 |
| Hondt, Joost de (Jodocus Hondius; Flemish engraver) |
1563-1611 |
| Hone, Philip (American businessman, diarist) |
1780-1851 |
| Hone, William (English satirist, book dealer) |
1780-1842 |
| Honecker, Erich (East German general secretary 1971-1989) |
1912-1994 |
| Honegger, Arthur Oscar (French composer; member of "Les Six") |
1892-1955 |
| Honen (born Genku; aka Seishi-Mara; Japanese religious) |
1133-1212 |
| Hong Xiuquan (born Hong Renkun; Chinese religious leader) |
1814-1864 |
| Honoria, Justa Grata (Roman princess) |
5th cent. |
| Honorius I (Pope 625-638) |
d.638 |
| Honorius II (born Peter Cadalus; Antipope 1061-1072) |
d.1072 |
| Honorius II (born Lamberto Scannabecchi; Pope 1124-1130) |
d.1130 |
| Honorius III (born Cencio Savelli; Pope 1216-1227) |
d.1227 |
| Honorius VI (born Giacomo or Jacobus Savelli; Pope 1285-1287) |
1210?-1287 |
| Honorius, Flavius (Roman emperor of the West 395-423) |
384-423 |
| Hontheim, Johann Nikolaus von (German prelate, theologian) |
1701-1790 |
| Honthorst, Gerrit van (Dutch painter) |
1590-1656 |
| Honwana, Luis Bernardo (Mozambican journalist, writer) |
b.1942 |
| Hooch (or Hoogh), Pieter de (Dutch painter) |
1629-1684? |
| Hood, Alexander (English naval officer; brother of Samuel) |
1727-1814 |
| Hood, Sir Alexander (English naval officer; cousin of Samuel) |
1758-1798 |
| Hood, Arthur William Acland (Eng. admiral; grandson of Sir Al.) |
1824-1901 |
| Hood, Darla (American actor; Our Gang, "Darla") |
1930-1979 |
| Hood, Sir Horace Lambert Alexander (English naval officer) |
1870-1916 |
| Hood, Hugh (Canadian writer, essayist) |
b.1929 |
| Hood, John Bell (American Confederate general) |
1831-1879 |
| Hood, Raymond Mathewson (American architect) |
1881-1934 |
| Hood, Samuel (1st Viscount; British admiral) |
1724-1816 |
| Hood, Sir Samuel (English naval officer; cousin of Samuel) |
1762-1814 |
| Hood, Thomas (English poet, engraver) |
1799-1845 |
| Hood, Thomas "Tom" (Eng. humorist, journalist; son of Thomas) |
1835-1874 |
| Hooft, Pieter Corneliszoon (Dutch historian, poet, playwright) |
1581-1647 |
| Hoogstraeton, Jakob van (Belgian Dominican monk) |
c.1460-1526 |
| Hoogstraten, Samuel van (Dutch painter) |
1627-1678 |
| Hook, James (English organist, composer) |
1746-1827 |
| Hook, Theodore Edward (English humorist, writer; son of James) |
1788-1841 |
| Hook, Walter Farquhar (English clergyman) |
1798-1875 |
| Hooke, Robert (English scientist, educator) |
1635-1703 |
| Hooker, Joseph (American army officer) |
1814-1879 |
| Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (English botanist; son of Sir W.J.) |
1817-1911 |
| Hooker, Richard (English theologian) |
1553/4-1600 |
| Hooker, Thomas (English-born American col. Puritan clergyman) |
1586?-1647 |
| Hooker, Sir William Jackson (English botanist) |
1785-1865 |
| Hoon, Geoffrey William "Geoff" (British politician) |
b.1953 |
| Hooper, Ellen née Sturgis (American poet) |
1812-1848 |
| Hooper, Franklin Henry (American editor) |
1862-1940 |
| Hooper, Horace Everett (Am. publisher; brother of Franklin) |
1859-1922 |
| Hooper, John (English prelate, martyr) |
d.1555 |
| Hooper, Johnson Jones (American humorist) |
1815-1862 |
| Hooper, William (American Revolutionary leader) |
1742-1790 |
| Hooper, William Tobe (American director, screenwriter) |
b.1943 |
| Hooton, Earnest Albert (American anthropologist) |
1887-1954 |
| Hooton, Henry Arthur "Harry" (Australian poet, anarchist) |
1908-1961 |
| Hoover, Helen (American chemist, writer) |
1910-1984 |
| Hoover, Herbert Clark (31st U.S. president, 1929-1933) |
1874-1964 |
| Hoover, John Edgar (American lawyer, public official) |
1895-1972 |
| Hoover, William Henry (American vacuum-cleaner industrialist) |
1849-1932 |
| Hopcroft, John Edward (American computer scientist, educator) |
b.1939 |
| Hope, Alec Derwent (Australian poet, teacher) |
1907-2000 |
| Hope, John (American educator) |
1868-1936 |
| Hope, John Adrian Louis (British statesman) |
1860-1908 |
| Hope, Leslie Townes "Bob" (English-born Am. actor, comedian) |
1903-2003 |
| Hope, Thomas (English antiquarian, writer) |
1769-1831 |
| Hope, Victor Alexander John (British soldier, viceroy of India) |
1887-1951 |
| Hope-Jones, Robert (English-born American organ builder) |
1859-1914 |
| Hopfield, John Joseph (American physicist, biologist) |
b.1933 |
| Hopkins, Edward John (English organist) |
1818-1901 |
| Hopkins, Esek (American naval officer) |
1718-1802 |
| Hopkins, Fred (American musician) |
1947-1999 |
| Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland (English biochemist) |
1861-1947 |
| Hopkins, Gerard Manley (English poet, Jesuit clergyman) |
1844-1889 |
| Hopkins, Harry Lloyd (American administrator, politician) |
1890-1946 |
| Hopkins, Johns (American financier; endowed Johns Hopkins U.) |
1795-1873 |
| Hopkins, Mark (American educator, Congregational clergyman) |
1802-1887 |
| Hopkins, Matthew (English witch hunter) |
d.1647 |
| Hopkins, Pauline Elizabeth (American writer, playwright) |
1859-1930 |
| Hopkins, Sam "Lightnin'" (American musician) |
1912-1982 |
| Hopkins, Samuel (American theologian) |
1721-1803 |
| Hopkins, Sarah Winnemucca (Native American educator, lecturer) |
c.1844-1891 |
| Hopkins, Stephen (American colonial administrator) |
1707-1785 |
| Hopkinson, Francis (American political leader, satirist) |
1737-1791 |
| Hopkinson, John (English electrical engineer) |
1849-1898 |
| Hopkinson, Joseph (American politician; son of Francis) |
1770-1842 |
| Hoppe, William Frederick "Willie" (American billiard player) |
1887-1959 |
| Hopper, Dennis Lee (American actor, filmmaker, photographer) |
b.1936 |
| Hopper, DeWolf (born William D'Wolf; American actor) |
1858-1935 |
| Hopper, Edward (American artist) |
1882-1967 |
| Hopper, Grace Brewster née Murray (Am. admiral, computer sci.) |
1906-1992 |
| Hopper, Hedda (born Elda Furry; American newspaper columnist) |
1890-1966 |
| Hopper, Hugh Colin (English musician, composer) |
1945-2009 |
| Hoppe-Seyler, Ernst Felix Immanuel (Ger. physiologist, chemist) |
1825-1895 |
| Hoppner, John (English painter) |
1758-1810 |
| Hopton, Ralph (1st Baron Hopton; English Royalist commander) |
1596-1652 |
| Hopwood, James Avery (American playwright) |
1882-1928 |
| Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus; Roman poet, satirist) |
65-8 BC |
| Horapollon (or Horapollo; Greek grammarian of Egypt) |
4th-5th cent. |
| Hore-Belisha, Isaac Leslie (English politician) |
1893-1957 |
| Horemheb (aka Harmhab; Egyptian king c.1348-c.1320 BC) |
14th cent. BC |
| Horgan, Paul (American writer, historian, biographer) |
1903-1995 |
| Horlick, Sir James (English industrialist; brother of William) |
1844-1921 |
| Horlick, William (English-born American industrialist) |
1846-1936 |
| Hormander, Lars Valter (Swedish mathematician, educator) |
b.1931 |
| Hormayr, Joseph von (Austrian historian) |
1782-1848 |
| Hormisdas, Saint (Pope 514-523) |
d.523 |
| Hormizd I (King of the Sasanian Empire of Persia 272-273) |
3rd cent. |
| Hormizd II (King of the Sasanian Empire of Persia 302-309) |
d.309 |
| Hormizd III (King of the Sasanian Empire of Persia 457-459) |
d.459 |
| Hormizd IV (King of the Sasanian Empire of Persia 578/9-590) |
d.590 |
| Horn, Arvid Bernhard (Swedish soldier, politician) |
1664-1742 |
| Horn, Charles Edward (English singer, composer) |
1786-1849 |
| Horn, Gustaf Karlsson (Count till Bjorneborg; Swedish soldier) |
1592-1657 |
| Hornaday, William Temple (American zoologist, conservationist) |
1854-1937 |
| Hornblower, Jonathan (English engineer; worked for James Watt) |
1717-1780 |
| Hornblower, Jonathan Carter (English engineer; son of Jonathan) |
1753-1815 |
| Hornborg, Alf (Swedish anthropologist, human ecologist) |
b.1954 |
| Hornbostel, Erich Moritz von (Austrian musicologist) |
1877-1935 |
| Hornby, Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps (English naval officer) |
1825-1895 |
| Horne, Henry Sinclair (1st Baron of Stirkoke; English soldier) |
1861-1929 |
| Horne, Richard Henry (or Richard Hengist; English writer) |
1803-1884 |
| Hornemann, Friedrich Konrad (German explorer) |
1772-1801 |
| Horner, Francis (British politician) |
1778-1817 |
| Horner, John Robert "Jack" (American paleobiologist) |
b.1946 |
| Horner, William George (English mathematician) |
1786-1837 |
| Horney, Karen née Danielsen (German-born Am. psychoanalist) |
1885-1952 |
| Horniman, Annie Elizabeth Fredericka (English theater manager) |
1860-1937 |
| Hornoch, Kamil (Czech amateur astronomer; asteroid) |
b.1972 |
| Hornsby, Rogers (American baseball player) |
1896-1963 |
| Hornung, Ernest William (English writer) |
1866-1921 |
| Hornykiewicz, Oleh (Ukrainian-born Austrian pharmacologist) |
b.1926 |
| Horovitz, Israel (American playwright) |
b.1939 |
| Horowitz, Isaiah ben Abraham ha-Levi (Jewish clergyman, mystic) |
c.1565-1630 |
| Horowitz, Vladimir Samoylovich (Russian-born American pianist) |
1903-1989 |
| Horrocks (or Horrox), Jeremiah (English astronomer) |
c.1617-1641 |
| Horsa (British settler with Hengist) |
5th cent. |
| Horsley, Charles Edward (Eng. organist, comp.; son of William) |
1822-1876 |
| Horsley, John (English antiquary) |
c.1685-1732 |
| Horsley, John Callcott (English painter; son of William) |
1817-1903 |
| Horsley, Samuel (English prelate) |
1733-1806 |
| Horsley, Sir Victor Alexander Haden (English physiologist) |
1857-1916 |
| Horsley, William (English organist, composer) |
1774-1858 |
| Horst, Louis (American pianist, composer, choreographer) |
1884-1964 |
| Hort, Fenton John Anthony (English theologian, scholar) |
1828-1892 |
| Horta, Victor (Belgian architect) |
1861-1947 |
| Hortensia (Roman noblewoman; daughter of Quintus Hortensius) |
1st cent. BC |
| Hortensius, Quintus (Dictator of Rome 287 BC) |
3rd cent. BC |
| Hortensius, Quintus (Roman lawyer, orator) |
114-50 BC |
| Horthy de Nagybanya, Miklos (Hungarian admiral, politician) |
1868-1957 |
| Horton, George Moses(American poet, slave) |
1797?-1883? |
| Horton, Robert Elmer (American hydraulic engineer) |
1875-1945 |
| Horup, Viggo Lauritz Bentheim (Danish journalist, politician) |
1841-1902 |
| Horvath, Mihaly (Hungarian prelate, politician) |
1809-1878 |
| Horvath, Odon Edmund Josef von (Hungarian-born German writer) |
1901-1938 |
| Horvitz, Howard Robert (American biologist) |
b.1947 |
| Horvitz, Wayne (American composer, musician) |
b.1955 |
| Hosain, Attia (Indian writer, actor, journalist) |
1913-1998 |
| Hosea (Hebrew prophet) |
8th cent. BC |
| Hoseyn I (aka Shah Soltan Hoseyn; Shah of Iran 1694-1722) |
1668-1726 |
| Hoshea (aka Osee; King of Israel c.732-724 BC) |
d.724? BC |
| Hoshen (Chinese courtier) |
1750-1799 |
| Hosius (or Ossius) of Cordoba (Spanish prelate) |
c.256-357/8 |
| Hosius, Stanislaus (Stanislaw Hozjusz; Polish prelate) |
1504-1579 |
| Hoskins, Allen (Am. actor: Our Gang "Farina") |
1920-1980 |
| Hoskyns, Sir Edwyn Clement (English theologian) |
1884-1937 |
| Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue (American sculptor) |
1830-1908 |
| Hosokawa Katsumoto (Japanese warrior) |
1430-1473 |
| Hospital, Janette Turner (pseud. Alex Juniper; Austral. writer) |
b.1942 |
| Hostilian (Roman emperor 251) |
d.251 |
| Hostos, Eugenio Maria de (Puerto Rican writer) |
1839-1903 |
| Hotchkiss, Benjamin Berkeley (American inventor) |
1826-1885 |
| Hotman, Francois (aka Hotmannus; French jurist) |
1524-1590 |
| Hotta Masatoshi (Japanese politician) |
1634-1684 |
| Hotta Masayoshi (Japanese diplomat) |
1810-1864 |
| Hotteterre, Jacques-Martin (French musician, composer) |
1674-1763 |
| Hotteterre, Jean (French woodwind virtuoso) |
c.1605-1690/2 |
| Hotteterre, Martin (French musician; son of Jean) |
c.1640-1712 |
| Houbraken, Arnold (Dutch painter) |
1660-1719 |
| Houbraken, Jakob (Dutch painter, engraver; son of Arnold) |
1698-1780 |
| Houchard, Jean-Nicolas (French Revolutionary soldier) |
1740-1793 |
| Houdar de La Motte, Antoine "La Motte-Houdar" (French writer) |
1672-1731 |
| Houdini, Harry (born Ehrich Weiss; Hung.-born Am. magician) |
1874-1926 |
| Houdon, Jean-Antoine (French sculptor) |
1741-1828 |
| Hough, Emerson (American writer) |
1857-1923 |
| Hough, Stephen (English-born English/Australian composer) |
b.1961 |
| Houghtaling, John Joseph (American entrepreneur) |
1916-2009 |
| Houghton, Alanson Bigelow (American industrialist, politician) |
1863-1941 |
| Houghton, Amory (American industrialist) |
1837-1909 |
| Houghton, George Hendric (American clergyman) |
1820-1897 |
| Houghton, Henry Oscar (American publisher) |
1823-1895 |
| Houghton, William Stanley (English playwright) |
1881-1913 |
| Houghton of Great Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes (Eng. poet) |
1809-1885 |
| Hounsfield, Godfrey Newbold (Eng. engineer; co-inv. CAT scan) |
1919-2004 |
| House, Edward Mandell "Colonel House" (American diplomat) |
1858-1938 |
| House, Royal Earl (American inventor) |
1814-1895 |
| Housebrook, Master of the (German painter, engraver) |
fl. 1450-1470 |
| Household, Geoffrey Edward West (British writer) |
1900-1988 |
| Housman, Alfred Edward (English classical scholar, poet) |
1859-1936 |
| Housman, Laurence (English writer, illus.; brother of Alfred) |
1865-1959 |
| Houssay, Bernardo Alberto (Argentinean physiologist) |
1887-1971 |
| Houssaye, Arsene (born Arsene Housset; French writer) |
1815-1896 |
| Houssaye, Henry (Fr. historian, literary critic; son of Arsene) |
1848-1911 |
| Houston, James Archibald (Canadian artist, Inuit art advocate) |
1921-2005 |
| Houston, Jean (American actor, psychologist, writer) |
b.1941 |
| Houston, Samuel (American general, politician) |
1793-1863 |
| Hout, Jan van (Dutch Humanist, historian, poet) |
1542-1609 |
| Houtermans, Fritz Georg (Austrian physicist) |
1903-1966 |
| Houtman, Cornelis de (Dutch navigator) |
c.1540-1599 |
| Houtman, Frederik (Dutch explorer; brother of Cornelis) |
1570-1627 |
| Houzeau de Lehaie, Jean-Charles (Belgian astronomer) |
1820-1888 |
| Hovhaness, Alan (born Alan Vaness Chakmakjian; Am. composer) |
1911-2000 |
| Hovey, Richard (American poet, translator, dramatist) |
1864-1900 |
| Hovgaard, William (Danish-born American naval architect) |
1857-1950 |
| Hovland, Carl Iver (American psychologist) |
1912-1961 |
| Howard, Ada Lydia (American educator) |
1829-1907 |
| Howard, Sir Albert (English botanist, organic farming pioneer) |
1873-1947 |
| Howard, Blanche Willis (American writer) |
1847-1898 |
| Howard, Bronson Crocker (American playwright, journalist) |
1842-1908 |
| Howard, Catherine (Fifth queen of Henry VIII of England) |
1520?-1542 |
| Howard, Curly (Jerome Lester Horowitz; American comedian) |
1906-1952 |
| Howard, Sir Ebenezer (English reformer) |
1850-1928 |
| Howard, Elizabeth Jane (English writer, editor) |
b.1923 |
| Howard, Henry (Earl of Surrey; English soldier, poet) |
1517?-1547 |
| Howard, Henry Taylor (Am. scientist; father of satellite TV) |
1932-2002 |
| Howard, John (English prison reformer) |
1726-1790 |
| Howard, Leslie (born Leslie Steiner; English actor) |
1893-1943 |
| Howard, Luke (English meteorology pioneer) |
1772-1864 |
| Howard, Moe (born Moses Harry Horowitz; American comedian) |
1897-1975 |
| Howard, Oliver Otis (American general, educator, abolitionist) |
1830-1909 |
| Howard, Richard (American poet, literary critic, teacher) |
b.1929 |
| Howard, Sir Robert (English dramatist) |
1626-1698 |
| Howard, Roy Wilson (American journalist) |
1883-1964 |
| Howard, Shemp (American comedian) |
1895-1955 |
| Howard, Sindey Coe (American playwright, screenwriter) |
1891-1939 |
| Howard, Wolf (English artist, poet, filmmaker, musician) |
b.1968 |
| Howe, Edgar Watson "Ed" (American journalist, writer) |
1853-1937 |
| Howe, Elias (American inventor; invented sewing machine 1846) |
1819-1867 |
| Howe, Irving née Horenstein (American literary & social critic) |
1920-1993 |
| Howe, John (English clergyman) |
1630-1705 |
| Howe, Joseph (Canadian journalist, politician) |
1804-1873 |
| Howe, Julia née Ward (American writer, reformer) |
1819-1910 |
| Howe, Mark Antony DeWolfe (American editor, writer) |
1864-1960 |
| Howe, Richard (English naval officer; brother of Sir William) |
1726-1799 |
| Howe, Samuel Gridley (American educator, reformer) |
1801-1876 |
| Howe, Stephen James "Steve" (English musician) |
b.1947 |
| Howe, Sir William (English army officer; brother of Richard) |
1729-1814 |
| Howe, William (American inventor; uncle of Elias) |
1803-1852 |
| Howell, James (Welsh writer, translator) |
c.1594-1666 |
| Howell, John Adams (American naval officer, inventor) |
1840-1918 |
| Howells, Herbert Norman (English composer, organist, teacher) |
1892-1983 |
| Howells, John Mead (American architect) |
1868-1959 |
| Howells, William Dean (American writer, critic, editor) |
1837-1920 |
| Howells, William White (American anthropologist) |
1908-2005 |
| Hoxie, Vinnie née Ream (American sculptor) |
1847-1914 |
| Ho Yen (Chinese philosopher) |
d.249 |
| Hoyle, Edmond (English writer on card games) |
1671/2-1769 |
| Hoyle, Sir Frederick (English astronomer, mathematician) |
1915-2001 |
| Hoyt, Charles Hale (American playwright) |
1860-1900 |
| Hrabal, Bohumil (Czech writer) |
1914-1997 |
| Hrdlicka, Ales (Bohemian-born American anthropologist) |
1869-1943 |
| Hrolfr Kraki (Hrolf Polestick; Danish king) |
fl. 6th? cent. |
| Hrosvitha (aka Hrotsvitha, Roswitha; German poet) |
c.935-1000 |
| Hrozny, Bedrich Friedrich (Czech archaeologist, Orientalist) |
1879-1952 |
| Hsia Kuei (Chinese painter) |
fl. 1195-1224 |
| Hsiang Yu (born Hsiang Chi; Chinese rebel) |
233-202 BC |
| Hsiao Wen Ti (Chinese emperor 471-499) |
d.499 |
| Hsiao Yen (reign title Wu Ti; Chinese emperor 502-549) |
464-549 |
| Hsieh Ho (Chinese painter, critic) |
5th cent. |
| Hsieh, Tehyi (???) |
b.1884 |
| Hsi K'ang (aka Chi K'ang; Chinese philosopher, poet) |
223-262 |
| Hsinbyushin (King of Burma 1763-1776) |
d.1776 |
| Hsin Ch'i-chi (Chinese poet, soldier) |
1140-1207 |
| Hsiung Fo-hsi (or Fu-hsi; Chinese playwright) |
1900-1965 |
| Hsuan-tsang (born Ch'en I; Chinese Buddhist traveler) |
602-664 |
| Hsuan-yeh (reign title K'ang-hsi; Chinese emperor 1661-1722) |
1654-1722 |
| Hsu Chih-mo (pseudonym Nan-hu, Shih-che; Chinese poet) |
1896-1931 |
| Hsu Kuang-ch'i (Chinese official) |
1562-1633 |
| Hsun-tzu (born Hsun K'uang; Chinese philosopher) |
c.298-c.230 BC |
| Hsu Ta (Chinese general) |
1329-1383 |
| Hsu Wei (Chinese painter) |
1521-1593 |
| Huang Ch'ao (Chinese rebel) |
d.884 |
| Huang Hsing (Chinese general) |
1871-1916 |
| Hua Kung-wang (Chinese painter) |
1269-1354 |
| Hua Kuo-feng (aka Hua Guofeng; Chinese premier 1976-1980) |
b.1920 |
| Huang T'ing-chien (Chinese painter, calligrapher) |
1045-1105 |
| Huang Tsung-hsi (aka Huang Li-chou; Chinese scholar, reformer) |
1610-1695 |
| Huang Tsun-hsien (Chinese diplomat, poet) |
1848-1905 |
| Huascar (Cusi Huallpa Huascar; Inca ruler; son of Huayna Capac) |
d.1532 |
| Huayna Capac (aka Wayna Qhapaq; Inca ruler 1493-1525) |
d.1535 |
| Hubbard, Alfred Matthew (American spy, entrepreneur, LSD fan) |
1901-1982 |
| Hubbard, Elbert Green (American writer, editor, printer) |
1856-1915 |
| Hubbard, Frank McKinney "Kin" (American humorist) |
1868-1930 |
| Hubbard, Frederick Dewayne (American musician, bandleader) |
b.1938 |
| Hubbard, Gardiner Greene (American lawyer) |
1822-1897 |
| Hubbard, Lafayette Ronald (American scientologist, writer) |
1911-1986 |
| Hubbard, Robert Calvin "Cal" (American sportsman) |
1900-1977 |
| Hubble, Edwin Powell (American astronomer) |
1889-1953 |
| Hubel, David Hunter (Canada-born American neurobiologist) |
1926-2013 |
| Huber, Eugen (Swiss jurist) |
1849-1923 |
| Huber, Hans (Swiss composer) |
1852-1921 |
| Huber, Hans Max (Swiss jurist) |
1874-1960 |
| Huber, Ludwig Ferdinand (German writer) |
1764-1804 |
| Huber, Maria Therese née Heyne (Ger. journal.; wife of Ludwig) |
1764-1829 |
| Huber, Robert (German biochemist) |
b.1937 |
| Huber, Victor Aime (German hist. of literature; son of Ludwig) |
1800-1869 |
| Huber, Wolf (German painter, printmaker) |
1485-1553 |
| Huberman, Bronislaw (Polish violinist) |
1882-1947 |
| Hubert, Saint (Frankish prelate; bishop of Maestricht c.705) |
c.655-727 |
| Hubert, Henri (French sociologist) |
1872-1927 |
| Hubley, Faith née Elliott (American animator, painter) |
1924-2001 |
| Hubley, John (American animator, director) |
1914-1977 |
| Hubmaier, Balthasar (German religious leader) |
1485-1528 |
| Huc, Regis-Evariste (French missionary in Asia) |
1813-1860 |
| Hucbald (or Hugbaldus, Hubald; Frankish religious, composer) |
c.840-930 |
| Huch, Ricarda (German writer) |
1864-1947 |
| Hudde, Johann van Waveren (Dutch mathematician) |
1628-1704 |
| Hudson, George (English financier) |
1800-1871 |
| Hudson, Henry (English navigator, explorer) |
d.1611 |
| Hudson, Jeffrey (English dwarf) |
1619-1682 |
| Hudson, Manley Ottmer (American jurist) |
1886-1960 |
| Hudson, Thomas (English painter) |
1701-1779 |
| Hudson, William Henry (British naturalist, writer) |
1841-1922 |
| Hueffer, Francis (German-born British music critic) |
1845-1889 |
| Huelsenbeck, Richard (Prussian poet, writer, musician) |
1892-1974 |
| Huerta, Adolfo de la (Mexican politician) |
1883?-1955 |
| Huerta, Victoriano (Mexican soldier, president 1913-1914) |
1854-1916 |
| Huet, Paul (French painter) |
1804-1869 |
| Huet, Pierre-Daniel (Huetius; French prelate, scholar) |
1630-1721 |
| Hufeland, Christoph Wilhelm (German physician) |
1762-1836 |
| Hu Feng (pseudonym of Zhang Guangren; Chinese critic, poet) |
1902-1985 |
| Hugel, Friedrich von (Italian-born British theologian) |
1852-1925 |
| Hugel, Karl von (Austrian explorer, horticulturist, diplomat) |
1795-1870 |
| Hugenberg, Alfred (German industrialist, politician) |
1865-1951 |
| Huggins, Charles Brenton (Canadian-born American physician) |
1901-1997 |
| Huggins, Sir William (English astronomer; asteroid, craters) |
1824-1910 |
| Hugh of Avranches (Norman viscount of Avranches) |
d.1011 |
| Hugh of Cluny, Saint (French religious) |
1024-1109 |
| Hugh of Lincoln, Saint (French-born English prelate) |
c.1140-1200 |
| Hugh of Lincoln, Saint "Little St. Hugh" (English martyr) |
1245-1255 |
| Hugh of St. Cher (Hugues de Saint-Cher; French ecclesiastic) |
1200?-1263 |
| Hugh of St. Victor (Saxon or Flemish theologian, mystic) |
1096-1141 |
| Hugh Capet (aka Hugues Capet; French king 987-996) |
c.938-996 |
| Hugh de Puiset (English prelate) |
c.1125-1195 |
| Hughes, Charles Evans (Am. Supreme Court chief justice 1930-41) |
1862-1948 |
| Hughes, David Edward (English inventor) |
1831-1900 |
| Hughes, Edward James "Ted" (Brit. poet; poet laureate 1984-98) |
1930-1998 |
| Hughes, Howard Robard (American industrialist, aviator) |
1905-1976 |
| Hughes, Hugh Price (English clergyman) |
1847-1902 |
| Hughes, James Mercer Langston (Am. writer, poet, dramatist) |
1902-1967 |
| Hughes, John (Irish-born American prelate) |
1797-1864 |
| Hughes, John Ceiriog (pseudonym Ceiriog; Welsh poet) |
1832-1887 |
| Hughes, Mark Reynolds (American businessman: Herbalife) |
1956-2000 |
| Hughes, Richard Arthur Warren (English writer) |
1900-1976 |
| Hughes, Robert (Australian writer, art critic) |
1938-2012 |
| Hughes, Sir Samuel (Canadian soldier, politician) |
1853-1921 |
| Hughes, Thomas (English jurist, reformer, writer) |
1822-1896 |
| Hughes, William Morris (Welsh-born Australian politician) |
1864-1952 |
| Hugo, Joseph-Leopold-Sigisbert (French general, writer) |
1773-1828 |
| Hugo, Victor-Marie (French poet, dramatist, writer) |
1802-1885 |
| Hugues, Bezanson (Swiss leader) |
c.1491-1532/3 |
| Hugues de Payens (or de Payns or Pains; Burgundian knight) |
1070?-1136 |
| Huguet, Jaime (Spanish painter) |
c.1415-1492 |
| Hu Hanmin (Chinese politician) |
1879-1936 |
| Huidobro Fernandez, Vicente Garcia (Chilean poet) |
1893-1948 |
| Hui-neng (Chinese religious leader) |
638-713 |
| Hui Shih (Chinese philosopher) |
b.380 BC |
| Hui-yuan (Chinese religious) |
333-416 |
| Huizinga, Johan (Dutch historian) |
1872-1945 |
| Hulegu (Mongol ruler; grandson of Genghis Khan) |
c.1217-1265 |
| Hulin, Pierre-Augustin (French general) |
1758-1841 |
| Hull, Albert Wallace (American physicist) |
1880-1966 |
| Hull, Clark Leonard (American psychologist) |
1884-1954 |
| Hull, Cordell (Am. statesman, "Father of the United Nations") |
1871-1955 |
| Hull, Isaac (American naval officer; nephew of William) |
1773-1843 |
| Hull, William (American army officer) |
1753-1825 |
| Hullah, John Pyke (English organist, composer, singing teacher) |
1812-1884 |
| Hulls, Jonathan (English inventor) |
1699-1758 |
| Hulme, Keri (born Kerry; New Zealand writer, poet) |
b.1947 |
| Hulme, Thomas Ernest (English philosopher, poet) |
1883-1917 |
| Hulse, John (English clergyman) |
1708-1790 |
| Hulse, Russell Alan (Am. physicist; co-disc. binary pulsar) |
b.1950 |
| Hulton, Sir Edward (English newspaper proprietor) |
1869-1925 |
| Humann, Carl (German railway engineer, archaeologist) |
1839-1896 |
| Humason, Milton La Salle (American astronomer) |
1891-1972 |
| Humayun (Mughal emperor of India 1530-40, 1555-56) |
1508-1556 |
| Humbert of Silva Candida (French prelate) |
c.1000-1061 |
| Humboldt, Alexander von (Ger. naturalist, traveler, statesman) |
1769-1859 |
| Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm von (German philologist, diplomat) |
1767-1835 |
| Hume, Alexander (Scottish poet) |
c.1560-1609 |
| Hume, Allan Octavian (Scottish-born British colonialist) |
1829-1912 |
| Hume, David (Scottish philosopher, historian) |
1711-1776 |
| Hume, Fergus (British writer) |
1859-1932 |
| Hume, John (Irish politician) |
b.1937 |
| Hume, Joseph (Scottish-born British physician, politician) |
1777-1855 |
| Hume (or Home), Sir Patrick (Scottish politician) |
1641-1724 |
| Hume, Tobias (English composer, musician, soldier) |
1569?-1645 |
| Hume-Rothery, William (English metallurgist) |
1899-1968 |
| Humfrey, Pelham (English lutenist, composer) |
1647-1674 |
| Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (Austrian-born German pianist, composer) |
1778-1837 |
| Humperdinck, Engelbert (born Arnold Dorsey; German composer) |
1854-1921 |
| Humphrey (English prince, book collector; son of Henry IV) |
1391-1447 |
| Humphrey, Doris (American dancer, choreographer) |
1895-1958 |
| Humphrey, Hubert Horatio (American vice-president 1965-69) |
1911-1978 |
| Humphrey (or Humfrey), Laurence (English clergyman) |
c.1527-1590 |
| Humphrey de Hauteville (Norman soldier of fortune) |
d.1057 |
| Humphreys, Josephine (American writer, teacher) |
b.1945 |
| Humphreys, Joshua (American naval constructor) |
1751-1838 |
| Humphreys, West Hughes (American jurist) |
1806-1882 |
| Hunald (Duke of Aquitaine 735-745) |
8th cent. |
| Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi (Johannitius; Arab scholar) |
808-873 |
| Huncke, Herbert (American writer, criminal) |
1915-1996 |
| Huneker, James Gibbons (American musician, critic) |
1860-1921 |
| Hung Ch'eng-ch'ou (Chinese official) |
1593-1665 |
| Hung Hsiu-ch'uan (Chinese religious leader, rebel) |
1814-1864 |
| Hung-jen (born Chiang T'ao; Chinese painter) |
1610-1663 |
| Hung Jen-kan (aka Hung Jin; Chinese rebel) |
1822-1864 |
| Hung-li (reign title Ch'ien-lung; Chinese emperor 1735-96) |
1711-1799 |
| Hung Shen (or Hong Shen; Chinese dramatist, filmmaker) |
1894-1955 |
| Hung Vuong (Vietnamese ruler) |
29th? cent. BC |
| Hung-wu (aka Chu Yuan-chang; Chinese emperor; fd. Ming dynasty) |
1328-1398 |
| Hunley, Horace Lawson (American submarine inventor) |
1823-1863 |
| Hunneric (or Huneric; King of Vandals in Africa 477-484) |
d.484 |
| Hunt, Arthur Surridge (English paleographer) |
1871-1934 |
| Hunt, Haroldson Lafayette (American businessman) |
1889-1974 |
| Hunt, Henry "Orator Hunt" (English radical politician) |
1773-1835 |
| Hunt, James Henry Leigh (English essayist, poet, journalist) |
1784-1859 |
| Hunt, Richard (American puppeteer, teacher) |
1951-1992 |
| Hunt, Richard Morris (American architect; bro. of William M.) |
1827-1895 |
| Hunt, Sir Richard Timothy "Tim" (English biochemist) |
b.1943 |
| Hunt, Violet (English biographer, writer) |
1866-1942 |
| Hunt, Walter (American inventor; inv. fountain pen, safety pin) |
1796-1859 |
| Hunt, Ward (American jurist; Supreme Court justice 1873-1882) |
1810-1886 |
| Hunt, William Henry (English painter) |
1790-1864 |
| Hunt, William Holman (English painter) |
1827-1910 |
| Hunt, William Morris (American painter; brother of Richard M.) |
1824-1879 |
| Hunter, Anthony R. "Tony" (English-born American biologist) |
b.1943 |
| Hunter, Charlie (American musician) |
b.1968 |
| Hunter, David (American army officer) |
1802-1886 |
| Hunter, Evan (born Salvatore Albert Lombino; American writer) |
1926-2005 |
| Hunter, John (Scottish-born British anatomist, surgeon) |
1728-1793 |
| Hunter, Kristin (American writer) |
b.1931 |
| Hunter, Robert Lorne "Bob" (Can. journalist; co-fd. Greenpeace) |
1941-2005 |
| Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferro (American politician) |
1809-1887 |
| Hunter, William (British physiologist. anatomist; bro. of John) |
1718-1783 |
| Hunter, Sir William Wilson (Scottish-born Brit. civil servant) |
1840-1900 |
| Huntington, Archer Milton (American writer, Hispanic scholar) |
1870-1955 |
| Huntington, Collis Potter (American pioneer railroad builder) |
1821-1900 |
| Huntington, Ellsworth (American geographer, explorer) |
1876-1947 |
| Huntington, Henry Edwards (Am. railway executive, bibliophile) |
1850-1927 |
| Huntington, Samuel (American Revolutionary politician) |
1731-1796 |
| Huntington, Samuel Phillips (American political scientist) |
1927-2008 |
| Huntsman, Benjamin (English inventor, clock maker) |
1704-1776 |
| Huntziger, Charles-Leon-Clement (French army officer) |
1880-1941 |
| Hunyadi, Janos (Hungarian soldier, national hero) |
1407?-1456 |
| Hurban, Jozef Miloslav (Slovak patriot, writer) |
1817-1888 |
| Hurd, Richard (English prelate) |
1720-1808 |
| Hurley, Patrick Jay (American lawyer, diplomat) |
1883-1963 |
| Hurok, Solomon (Russian-born American impresario) |
1888-1974 |
| Hurst, Sir Cecil James Barrington (English jurist) |
1870-1963 |
| Hurst, Fannie (American writer, playwright, screenwriter) |
1889-1968 |
| Hurston, Zora Neale (American writer, folklorist) |
1903-1960 |
| Hurtado de Mendoza, Andres (Spanish colonialist) |
c.1490-1561 |
| Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego (Spanish diplomat, writer) |
1503-1575 |
| Hurtado de Mendoza, Garcia (Spanish colonialist; son of Andres) |
1535-1609 |
| Hurwicz, Leonid "Leo" (Russian-born American economist, math.) |
1917-2008 |
| Hus, Jan (aka John Huss; Czech religious leader) |
1372/3-1415 |
| Husa, Karel (Czech composer, conductor, teacher) |
b.1921 |
| Husain, Zakir (Indian politician; president 1967-69) |
1897-1969 |
| Husak, Gustav (Czech president of Czechoslovakia 1975-1987) |
1913-1991 |
| Husayni, Amin al- "Haj Amin" (Jerusalem-born Arab leader) |
1893-1974 |
| Husayn ibn 'Ali (King of the Hejaz 1916-24) |
c.1854-1931 |
| Husayn Shah 'Ala ad-Din (Ruler of Bengal 1493-1519) |
d.1519 |
| Huseyin Rahmi Gurpinar (Turkish writer) |
1864-1944 |
| Hu Shih (Chinese philosopher, scholar, reformer) |
1891-1962 |
| Huskisson, William (English financier, politician) |
1770-1830 |
| Hussarek von Heinlein, Max (Austrian politician) |
1865-1935 |
| Hussein, Saddam al-Tikriti (Iraqi president 1979-2003) |
1937-2006 |
| Husserl, Edmund Gustav (Moravian-born German philosopher) |
1859-1938 |
| Hussey, Obed (American inventor) |
1792-1860 |
| Husson, Jules-Francois-Felix (pseud. Champfleury; Fr. writer) |
1821-1889 |
| Huston, John Marcellus (American-born Irish film director) |
1906-1987 |
| Huston, Walter (born Walter Houghston; Canadian actor) |
1894-1950 |
| Huszar, Karoly (Hungarian journalist, politician) |
1882-1941 |
| Huszgen, Johannes (German clergyman, scholar, Humanist) |
1482-1531 |
| Hutcherson, Robert "Bobby" (American musician) |
b.1941 |
| Hutcheson, Francis (Scottish philosopher) |
1694-1746 |
| Hutchins, Robert E. (American actor: Our Gang "Wheezer") |
1925-1945 |
| Hutchins, Robert Maynard (American educator) |
1899-1977 |
| Hutchins, Thomas (American cartographer) |
1730-1789 |
| Hutchinson, Alfred (South African writer, teacher) |
1924-1972 |
| Hutchinson, Anne née Marbury (Eng.-born Am. religious leader) |
1591-1643 |
| Hutchinson, John (English Puritan soldier, regicide) |
1615-1664 |
| Hutchinson, John (English theologian) |
1674-1737 |
| Hutchinson, Sir Jonathan (English surgeon) |
1828-1913 |
| Hutchinson, Thomas (American colonial administrator) |
1711-1780 |
| Hutchison, William Robert (American religious scholar) |
1930-2005 |
| Hutten, Philipp von (German adventurer) |
1511?-1546 |
| Hutten, Ulrich von (German nobleman, Humanist) |
1488-1523 |
| Hutter, Leonhard (German theologian) |
1563-1616 |
| Hutter, Ralf (German singer, musician, cyclist) |
b.1946 |
| Hutton, James (Scottish geologist) |
1726-1797 |
| Huxley, Aldous Leonard (English writer, critic; son of Leonard) |
1894-1963 |
| Huxley, Sir Andrew Fielding (English neurologist, educator) |
b.1917 |
| Huxley, Sir Julian Sorell (English biologist; son of Leonard) |
1887-1975 |
| Huxley, Laura née Archera (Italian-born Am. writer, activist) |
1911-2007 |
| Huxley, Leonard (English editor, writer; son of Thomas Henry) |
1860-1933 |
| Huxley, Thomas Henry (English biologist, teacher) |
1825-1895 |
| Huxtable, Ada Louise née Landman (American architecture critic) |
b.1921 |
| Huyen Quang, Thich (Vietnamese Buddhist monk, dissident) |
1919-2008 |
| Huygens, Christiaan (Dutch math., physicist, astronomer) |
1629-1695 |
| Huygens, Constantijn (Dutch diplomat, writer) |
1596-1687 |
| Huynh Phu So (aka Dao Khung; Vietnamese religious leader) |
1919-1947 |
| Huysman (or Huusman), Roelof (Dutch Humanist) |
1443/4-1485 |
| Huysmans, Camille (Belgian writer, politician) |
1871-1968 |
| Huysmans, Cornelius (Flemish painter) |
1648-1727 |
| Huysmans, Jacob (Flemish painter in England) |
1636?-1696? |
| Huysmans, Jan Baptist (Flemish painter; brother of Cornelius) |
1654-1716 |
| Huysmans, Joris-Karl (born Charles-Marie-Georges; Fr. writer) |
1848-1907 |
| Huysum (or Huijsum, van), Jan (Dutch painter; son of Justus) |
1682-1749 |
| Huysum (or Huijsum, van), Justus (Dutch painter; son of Justus) |
1685-1707 |
| Huysum (or Huijsum, van), Justus (Dutch painter) |
1659-1716 |
| Hyacinth, Saint (born Jacek Odrawaz; Polish missionary) |
1200?-1257 |
| Hyakutake, Yuji (Japanese amateur astronomer; asteroid) |
1950-2002 |
| Hyatt, Alpheus (American zoologist, paleontologist) |
1838-1902 |
| Hyatt, Anna Vaugh (American sculptor) |
1876-1973 |
| Hyatt, John Wesley (American inventor) |
1837-1920 |
| Hyde, Charles Cheney (American jurist) |
1873-1952 |
| Hyde, Douglas (Irish writer, polit.; pres. of Ireland 1938-45) |
1860-1949 |
| Hyde, Edward (1st Earl of Clarendon; English statesman, hist.) |
1609-1674 |
| Hyde, Henry Baldwin (American businessman) |
1834-1899 |
| Hyde, Lewis (American writer, teacher, electrician, carpenter) |
b.1945 |
| Hyde de Neuville, Jean-Guillaume (French diplomat) |
1776-1857 |
| Hyder Ali (or Haidar Ali; Indian ruler, soldier) |
1722-1782 |
| Hyginus, Saint (Pope 136?-140?) |
d.c.140 |
| Hyginus, Gaius Julius (Latin writer) |
1st cent. BC |
| Hygons, Richard (English composer, organist) |
c.1435-c.1509 |
| Hyman, Libbie Henrietta (American zoologist) |
1888-1969 |
| Hyman, Richard "Dick" (American musician, composer) |
b.1927 |
| Hyman, Trina Schart (American illustrator) |
1939-2004 |
| Hymans, Paul (Belgian politician, diplomat) |
1865-1941 |
| Hyndman, Henry Mayers (English Socialist) |
1842-1921 |
| Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright (English traveler, writer) |
1865-1944 |
| Hypatia (Greek philosopher at Alexandria) |
c.370-415 |
| Hyperbolus (Athenian politician) |
d.411 BC |
| Hyperides (or Hypereides; Athenian statesman, orator) |
c.390-322 BC |
| Hyrtl, Joseph (Austrian anatomist) |
1810-1894 |
| Hystaspes (Vishtaspa; Persian ruler) |
7th-6th cent. BC |
| Hystaspes (Vishtaspa; Persian noble) |
fl. 521 BC |
| Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (Welsh prince, poet) |
d.1170 |
| Hywel Dda (Hywel the Good; Welsh ruler) |
d.950 |