Haakon I (Haakon the Good)  Norw. king 935?-959?; son of Harald I _930?-959?
Haakon II  Norw. king 1161-1162; grandson of Harald IV _1147-1162
Haakon III  Norw. king 1202-1204; son of Sverrir Sigurdsson _11XX-1204
Haakon IV  Norw. king 1217-1263; son of Haakon III _1204-1263
Haakon V (Haakon Halegyr)  Norw. king 1299-1319; son of Magnus VI _1270-1319
Haakon VI  Norw. king 1343-1380; ruled under regency 1343-1355; son of Magnus VII _1340-1380
Haakon VII (orig. Carl)  Norw. king 1905-1957; 1st king upon Norw. separation from Sweden 1905 _1872-1957
Haar, Alfred  Hung. math.; developer & eponym of Haar functions _1885-1933
Haavelmo, Trygve  Norw. economist; NP Econ. 1989 _1911--
Haber, Fritz  Ger. chem.; co-developer & eponym of Haber process for synthesis of ammonia; NP Chem. 1918; brother-in-law of Karl Bosch _1868-1934
Habersham, Joseph  US polit.; Postmaster Gen. 1795-1801 _1751-1815
Habib, Philip Charles  US diplomat _1920-1992
Habib Ullah [Khan] (Sirag al-Millat wa'd-Din Habib Ullah Khan)  emir of Afghanistan 1901-1919; assassinated; son of 'Abdorrahman; father of Inayat Ullah _1872-1919
Habib Ullah, Gazi  king of Afghanistan 1929; successor of Inayat Ullah _1890?-1929
Habre, Hissene  Chad polit.; prime min. of Chad 1978-1979; pres. of Chad 1982, 1982-1990; overthrown _1942--
Habyarimana, Juvenal  Rwandan Hutu dictator, gen., & polit.; pres. of Rwanda 1973-1994; prime min. of Rwanda 1974-1994; assassinated with Cyprien Ntaryamira when airplane shot down _1937-1994
Hacha, Emil  Czechoslovakian jurist & polit.; pres. of Czechoslovakia 1938-1939; forced to surrender to Germany 1939; puppet pres. of Bohemia & Moravia 1939-1945 _1872-1945
Hacker, Arthur  Eng. painter _1858-1919
Hackett, Robert Leo (Bobby)  US jazz musician, cornetist, & trumpeter _1915-1976
Hackman, Eugene Alden (Gene)  US movie actor; starred in movies "The French Connection" 1971, "Mississippi Burning" 1988, "Unforgiven" 1992, "The Firm" 1993 _1931--
Hackney, [Francis] Sheldon  US educator; provost of Princeton Univ. 1972-1975; pres. of Tulane Univ. 1975-1980; pres. of Univ. of Pennsylvania 1981-1993; chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities 1993-- _1933--
Hackworth, Green Haywood  US jurist; wrote 8-volume "Digest of International Law" 1940-1944; US judge on World Court 1946-1961; pres. of World Court 1955-1958 _1883-1973
Hadamard, Jacques  Fr. math.; proved prime number theorem independently of Charles Jean de la Vallee-Poussin 1896 _1865-1963
Hadfield, Robert Abbott, Sir  Eng. metallurgist _1858-1940
Hadley, Arthur Twining  US economist & educator; pres. of Yale Univ. 1899-1921 _1856-1930
Hadley, Henry Kimball  US composer _1871-1937
Hadow, [William] Henry, Sir  Eng. music authority _1859-1937
Hadrian  Rom. emperor 117-138 _076-138
Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich  Ger. biologist, evolutionist, philos., & zoologist; suggested that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny _1834-1919
Hafez (also Hafiz; Chagarlab; pseud. of Mohammad Shams ud-Din)  Persian lyric poet; wrote poetry collection "Divan" _1325?-1389?
Hagen, Walter Charles  US golfer _1892-1969
Hagerty, James  US admin.; White House press secretary 1953-1961 _1909-1981
Haggard, [Henry] Rider, Sir  Eng. nov.; wrote novels "King Solomon's Mines" 1885, "Allan Quatermain" 1887, "She" 1887 _1856-1925
Hagler, Marvin (Marvelous)  US boxer _1954--
Hagman, Larry (orig. Larry Hageman)  US television actor; starred in series "I Dream of Jeannie" 1965-1970, "Dallas" 1978-1991; son of Mary Martin _1931--
Hague, Frank  US polit.; mayor of Jersey City 1917-1947 _1876-1956
Hahn, Otto  Ger. chem. & phys.; NP Chem. 1944 _1879-1968
Hahnemann, [Christian Friedrich] Samuel  Ger. homeopathic physician _1755-1843
Haig, Alexander Meigs Jr.  US diplomat, gen., & polit.; White House chief of staff 1973-1974; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 1974-1979 (SACEUR); Secy. of State 1981-1982 _1924--
Haig, Douglas  Brit. marshal; led Brit. armies in France in World War I 1915-1918 _1861-1928
Haight, Henry Huntly  US polit.; gov. of California 1867-1871 _1825-1878
Haile Selassie (orig. Ras Tafari Mekonnen)  last emperor of Ethiopia 1930-1974; lived in exile 1936-1941; deposed _1892-1975
Hainisch, Michael  Aus. polit.; pres. of Austria 1920-1928 _1858-1940
Haj Amin al-Husseini  Palestinian polit.; ruler of Jerusalem 1922-1936; opposed establishment of Israel _1897-1974
Hajek, Jiri  Czechoslovakian diplomat, dissident, human rights activist, & reformer; Czechoslovakian foreign minister 1968 during Prague Spring movement; deposed _1913-1993
Hajri, Abdullah al-  N. Yemeni polit.; prime min. of N. Yemen 1972-1974; assassinated _1911?-1977
Hakluyt, Richard  Eng. geographer & historian; wrote "Principal Navigations, Voyages, and Discoveries of the English Nation" 1598-1600 (also "Hakluyt's Voyages") _1552?-1616
Halas, George Stanley  US football coach; founder of Chicago Bears; coach of Chicago Bears 1920-1929, 1933-1942, 1946-1955, 1958-1967 _1895-1983
Halberstam, David  US journalist _1934--
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson (J. B. S. Haldane)  Brit. geneticist & sci. _1892-1964
Haldane, John Scott  Brit. physiologist; father of J. B. S. Haldane _1860-1936
Haldane, Richard Burdon  Brit. jurist & polit.; reformed Brit. army _1856-1928
Haldeman, Henry Robbins (Bob; H. R. Haldeman)  US polit.; White House chief of staff 1969-1973; implicated in Watergate scandal _1926-1993
Halder, Franz  Ger. gen.; planned blitzkrieg campaigns in World War II 1939-1940 _1884-1972
Hale, Clara (nee McBride; Mother Hale)  US humanitarian; cared for drug-addicted & AIDS-infected infants _1905-1992
Hale, Edward Everett  US aut. & Unitarian clergyman; wrote short story "The Man Without a Country" 1863; nephew of Edward Everett; grandnephew of Nathan Hale _1822-1909
Hale, George Ellery  US astronomer _1868-1938
Hale, Matthew, Sir  Eng. jurist _1609-1676
Hale, Nathan  US martyr & patriot in American Revolution; said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before being executed by British _1755-1776
Hale, Nathan  US journalist & newspaper publisher; 1st introduced editorials as newspaper feature; nephew of Nathan Hale _1784-1863
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell  US aut.; wrote song "Mary Had a Little Lamb" 1830; founder of national Thanksgiving holiday _1788-1879
Hales, Stephen  US inventor & pioneer plant physiologist _1677-1761
Halevy, [Jacques Francois] Fromental [Elie] (orig. Elias Levy)  Fr. comic operatic composer; composed operas "Clari" 1828, "La Juive" 1835, "L'Eclair" 1835, "Le Juif Errant" 1852, "La Magicienne" 1858 _1799-1862
Halevy, Ludovic  Fr. dram., librettist, & nov.; wrote libretto for Bizet's "Carmen" 1875, novel "L'Abbe Constantin" 1882; nephew of Fromental Halevy _1834-1908
Haley, Alex Palmer  US aut.; co-wrote "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" 1965, "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" 1976 _1921-1992
Haley, William John, Sir  Brit. newspaper editor & broadcasting admin.; director-general of BBC 1944-1952; editor of The Times 1952-1966 _1901-1987
Haley, William John Clifford Jr. (Bill)  US rock singer _1925-1981
Hall, Arsenio  US comedian & television host; host & eponym of show "The Arsenio Hall Show" 1989-- _1955--
Hall, Asaph  US astronomer; measured period of rotation of Saturn 1876; discovered Phobos & Deimos 1877 _1829-1907
Hall, Charles Francis  US Arctic explorer _1821-1871
Hall, Charles Martin  US chem. & manufacturer _1863-1914
Hall, Edwin Herbert  US inventor & phys.; discoverer & eponym of Hall effect 1879; invented 1st semiconductor laser _1855-1938
Hall, Granville Stanley  US educator & experimental psychologist; founded 1st experimental psychology laboratory in US 1882; founded American Journal of Psychology 1887; 1st pres. of Clark Univ. 1889-1920 _1844-1924
Hall, Gus (orig. Arro Kusta Hallberg)  US Communist polit.; secy-gen. of US Communist Party 1959--; Communist pres. cand. 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984 _1910--
Hall, James Norman  US nov.; co-wrote trilogy of novels "Mutiny on the Bounty" 1932, "Men Against the Sea" 1934, "Pitcairn's Island" 1934 with Charles Nordhoff _1887-1951
Hall, Joyce Clyde  US greeting card industrialist; founded Hallmark Cards Inc. 1910 _1891-1982
Hall, Leonard Wood  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1953-1957 _1900-1979
Hall, Lyman  US educator & math.; pres. of Georgia Institute of Technology 1896-1905 _1859-1905
Hall, Monty  US (Can.-born) television game show host _1923--
Hall, Nathan Kelsey  US polit.; Postmaster Gen. 1850-1852 _1810-1874
Hall, Prince  US Freemason; founded 1st black Masonic Lodge in US 1775; eponym of Prince Hall system of lodges _1735?-1807
Hallam, Arthur Henry  Eng. son of Henry Hallam; subject of Tennyson's poem "In Memoriam"; betrothed to sister of Alfred, Lord Tennyson _1811-1833
Hallam, Henry  Eng. historian; wrote "The State of Europe during the Middle Ages" 1818 _1777-1859
Halleck, Charles Abraham  US polit.; House majority leader 1947-1949, 1953-1955; House minority leader 1959-1965 _1900-1986
Halleck, Fitz-Greene  US clerk & poet; wrote poems "Bozzaris" 1825, "Green be the turf above thee", poetry collection "Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems" 1827 _1790-1867
Halleck, Henry Wager  US gen. in Civil War; general-in-chief of Union forces in Civil War 1862-1864 _1815-1872
Hallett, Benjamin Franklin  US editor & polit.; 1st chairman of Dem. National Committee 1848-1852 _1797-1862
Halley, Edmund (also Edmond Halley)  Eng. astronomer & phys.; recognized periodicity of Halley's Comet _1656-1742
Hallinan, Paul John  US archbishop; 1st archbishop of Atlanta 1962-1968 _1911-1968
Hallstein, Walter  W. Ger. polit.; 1st pres. of Commission of European Communities 1958-1966 _1901-1982
Hals, Frans  Dutch portrait painter _1581?-1666
Halsey, William Frederick (Bull)  US adm.; defeated Japanese fleet at Leyte Gulf in World War II 1944 _1882-1959
Halsted, William Stewart  US surgeon _1852-1922
Halston (orig. Roy Halston Frowick)  US fashion designer _1932-1990
Hamaguchi, Osachi  Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1929-1930, 1931 _1870-1931
Hambro, Carl Joachim  Norw. polit. _1885-1964
Hamdi, Ibrahim  N. Yemeni army officer & polit.; overthrew Abdullah al-Hajri; head of state of N. Yemen 1974-1977; assassinated _1939?-1977
Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton  US educator & engineer; 1st pres. of Carnegie-Mellon Univ. 1903-1922 (orig. Carnegie Institute of Technology before 1967) _1867-1927
Hamilcar Barca  Carthaginian gen.; eponym of Barcelona; father of Hannibal _270b?-229b?
Hamill, Dorothy Stuart  US figure skater; won gold medal in Olympic women's figure skating 1976 _1956--
Hamill, Mark  US movie actor; starred in movies "Star Wars" 1977, "The Empire Strikes Back" 1980, "Return of the Jedi" 1983 _1951--
Hamilton, Alexander  US (Scot.-born) lawyer & polit.; 1st Secy. of Treasury 1789-1795; killed in duel _1755-1804
Hamilton, Andrew Jackson  US polit.; military gov. of Texas 1862-1865; provisional gov. of Texas 1865-1866 _1815-1875
Hamilton, Charles Mann  US polit.; House minority whip 1915-1919 _1874-1942
Hamilton, Edith  US classical scholar & expert on mythology; wrote "The Greek Way" 1930, "The Roman Way" 1932, "Mythology" 1942 _1867-1963
Hamilton, Emma, Lady (orig. Amy; nee Lyon)  Eng. mistress of Horatio Nelson _1765-1815
Hamilton, Horatia  Eng. illegitimate daughter of Lady Hamilton & Horatio Nelson _1801-1881
Hamilton, James  US polit.; gov. of S. Carolina 1830-1832; led ratification of Ordinance of Nullification 1832 _1786-1857
Hamilton, John Marshall  US polit.; gov. of Illinois 1883-1885 _1847-1905
Hamilton, Linda  US movie actress; starred in movies "The Terminator" 1984, "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" 1991 _1956--
Hamilton, Paul  US admin.; Secy. of Navy 1809-1812 _1762-1816
Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir  Irish math., mathematical phys., & prodigy; invented quaternions 1843; eponym of Hamiltonian & Hamilton's principle _1805-1865
Hamlin, Charles Sumner  US banker; 1st chairman of Federal Reserve Board 1914-1916 _1861-1938
Hamlin, Hannibal  US polit.; gov. of Maine 1857; vice-pres. of US 1861-1865 _1809-1891
Hamlin, Vincent  US cartoonist; created Alley Oop 1932 _1900?-1993
Hammarskjold, Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl  Swed. diplomat; secy-gen. of UN 1953-1961; posthumous NP Peace 1961; died in airplane crash _1905-1961
Hammarskjold, Knut Hjalmar  Swed. polit.; prime min. of Sweden 1914-1917; father of Dag Hammarskjold _1862-1953
Hammer, Armand  US industrialist & philanthropist; chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corp. 1957-1990 _1898-1990
Hammer, M. C. (orig. Stanley Kirk Burrell)  US rap musician & singer _1962--
Hammerstein, Oscar  US (Ger.-born) opera impresario & theater manager; uncle of Oscar Hammerstein II _1846-1919
Hammerstein, Oscar II  US dram., librettist, & writer of musicals; co-wrote musicals "Oklahoma!" 1943, "Carousel" 1945, "South Pacific" 1949, "The King and I" 1951, "The Sound of Music" 1959 with Richard Rodgers _1895-1960
Hammett, [Samuel] Dashiell  US hard-boiled detective nov.; wrote novels "The Maltese Falcon" 1930, "The Thin Man" 1932 _1894-1961
Hammond, George  Brit. diplomat; 1st Brit. ambassador to US 1791-1795 _1763-1853
Hammond, Walter Reginald  Eng. cricket player _1903-1965
Hammurabi (also Hammurapi)  Babylonian lawgiver; king of Babylon 1792b-1750b _18XXb-1750b
Hampden, John  Eng. polit. _1594-1643
Hampden [Dougherty], Walter  US actor _1879-1955
Hampton, Wade  US gen. & polit.; grandfather of Wade Hampton _1751?-1835
Hampton, Wade  US-Confederate gen. & polit.; gov. of S. Carolina 1876-1879 _1818-1902
Hamsun, Knut (orig. Knut Pedersen Hamsund)  Norw. aut.; wrote novels "Hunger" 1890, "Mysteries" 1892, "Growth of the Soil" 1917, "August" trilogy ("Wayfarers" 1927, "August" 1930, "The Road Leads On" 1933); NP Lit. 1920 _1859-1952
Hance, Margaret  US polit.; mayor of Phoenix 1976-1984 _1923-1990
Hancock, John  US polit. in American Revolution; pres. of Continental Congress 1775-1777, 1785-1786; gov. of Massachusetts 1780-1785, 1787-1793 _1737-1793
Hancock, Winfield Scott  US gen. & polit.; Dem. pres. cand. 1880 _1824-1886
Hand, [Billings] Learned (the Tenth Justice)  US jurist; wrote "The Spirit of Liberty" 1952, "The Bill of Rights" 1958 _1872-1961
Handel, George Frideric  Brit. (Ger.-born) composer; composed "Water Music", operas "Almira" 1705, "Rinaldo" 1711, oratorios "Esther" 1720, "Saul" 1739, "Israel in Egypt" 1739, "The Messiah" 1742 _1685-1759
Handley, George  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Georgia 1788-1789 _1752-1793
Handy, William Cristopher (W. C. Handy; Father of the Blues)  US blues & jazz composer _1873-1958
Hani, Martin Thembisile (Chris)  S. African black Communist polit. & guerrilla leader; secy-gen. of S. African Communist Party 1991-1993; assassinated _1942-1993
Hankel, Hermann  Ger. math.; eponym of Hankel functions _1839-1873
Hankey, Maurice Pascal Alars  Brit. defense admin. _1877-1963
Hanks, Nancy  US admin.; chairman of National Endowment for the Arts 1969-1977 _1927-1983
Hanks, Tom  US movie actor; starred in series "Bosom Buddies" 1980-1982, movies "Splash" 1984, "Big" 1988, "Punchline" 1988, "Sleepless in Seattle" 1992, "Philadelphia" 1993, "Forrest Gump" 1994 _1956--
Hanna, Edward  US archbishop; archbishop of San Francisco 1915-1935 _1860-1944
Hanna, William Denby (Bill)  US animator with Joe Barbera; co-created Flintstones, Huckleberry Hound, Tom & Jerry, Yogi Bear _1910--
Hanna, Marcus Alonzo (Mark)  US businessman & polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1896-1904 _1837-1904
Hannah, Daryl  US movie actress _1961--
Hannay, James Owen (pseud. George A. Birmingham)  Irish clergyman & nov.; wrote "The Spirit and Origin of Christian Monasticism", novels "Lalage's Lovers" 1911, "Gossamer" 1915 _1865-1950
Hannegan, Robert Emmet  US polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1944-1947; Postmaster Gen. 1945-1947 _1903-1949
Hannibal  Carthaginian gen. in 2nd Punic War; defeated Romans at battle of Cannae 216b; lost battle of Zama 202b; suicide _247b-183b
Hannibal, Abraham Petrovich (also Abram Hannibal; orig. Ibrahim)  Rus. (Abyssinian-born) army officer; favorite of Peter the Great; maternal great-grandfather of Alexander Pushkin _1697?-1781
Hanno the Great  Carthaginian pacifist & polit.; opposed Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal, & 2nd Punic War _2XXb
Han Nun, Malik Firuz  Pakistani polit.; prime min. of Pakistan 1957-1958 _1893-1970
Hanotaux, [Albert Auguste] Gabriel  Fr. historian & polit.; wrote "History of Contemporary France" 1903-1908 _1853-1944
Hans Adam II  regent of Liechtenstein 1984-1989; prince of Liechtenstein 1989--; son of Franz Josef II _1945--
Hansard, Luke  Eng. printer _1752-1828
Hansberry, Lorraine  US aut.; wrote plays "A Raisin in the Sun" 1959, "The sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" 1964, excerpt collection "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black" 1970 _1930-1965
Hansom, Joseph Aloysius  Eng. architect; source of word "hansom" _1803-1882
Hanson, Howard  US composer _1896-1981
Hanson, John  US polit. in American Revolution; pres. of Continental Congress 1781-1782; 1st to serve under Articles of Confederation 1781 _1721-1783
Hansson, Per Albin  Swed. polit.; prime min. of Sweden 1932-1936, 1936-1946 _1885-1946
Han Wu Ti (orig. Liu Ch'e)  Chinese emperor 140b-087b _156b-087b
Han Yu (Han Wen-kung; the Prince of Literature)  Chinese essayist, philos., & poet _768-824
Hara, Takashi  Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1918-1921; assassinated _1856-1921
Harald I  Norw. king 860?-930?; abdicated _850?-933?
Harald II  Norw. king 959?-974; ruled under regency 962-974 _935?-974
Harald III (Harold Hardraade)  Norw. king 1045-1066 _1015-1066
Harald IV (Harald Gille)  Norw. king 1130-1136; son of Magnus III _1103-1136
Harald V  Norw. king 1991--; son of Olaf V _1937--
Harald IV Hen  king of Denmark 1076-1080; son of Sven II Estridson _10XX-1080
Harald V Kesja  king of Denmark 1134-1135; son of Erik I Eiegod _11XX-1135
Harbach, Otto Abels (orig. Otto Hauerbach)  US dram., librettist, & lyricist; co-wrote musicals "Wildflower" 1923, "No, No, Nanette" 1925 with Vincent Youmans, co-wrote musical "Desert Song" 1926 with Sigmund Romberg _1873-1963
Harbord, James Guthrie  US broadcasting businessman & gen.; army chief of staff 1921-1922; pres. of RCA 1923-1930; chairman of RCA 1930-1947 _1866-1947
Harburg, Edgar Yipsel (Yip; E. Y. Harburg)  US lyricist & songwriter; wrote songs "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "April in Paris" 1932, "It's Only a Paper Moon" 1933, "Over the Rainbow" 1939 _1898-1981
Hardecanute (Canute III; also Harthaknut, Knut III)  king of Denmark 1035-1042; Eng. king 1040-1042; last ruler of Skioldinger dynasty; son of Canute the Great _1019?-1042
Hardee, Cary Augustus  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1921-1925 _1876-1957
Harden, Arthur, Sir  Eng. chem.; studied fermentation; discovered coenzymes; NP Chem. 1929 _1865-1940
Harden, Maximilian (orig. Felix Ernst Witkowski)  Ger. journalist; opposed World War I _1861-1927
Hardenberg, Karl August von, Prince  Ger. Prussian polit.; chancellor of Prussia 1810-1817; represented Prussia at Congress of Vienna 1814 _1750-1822
Hardenbergh, Jacob Rutsen  US clergyman & educator; 1st pres. of Rutgers Univ. 1786-1790 (orig. Queens College) _1736-1790
Hardin, Clifford Morris  US admin.; Secy. of Agriculture 1969-1971 _1915--
Harding, Florence Kling (nee De Wolfe)  US wife of Warren Harding 1891 _1860-1924
Harding, Warren Gamaliel  US polit.; 29th pres. of US 1921-1923 _1865-1923
Harding, William Procter Gould  US banker; chairman of Federal Reserve Board 1916-1922 _1864-1930
Hardinge, Charles (Baron Hardinge of Penhurst)  Brit. colonial admin.; viceroy of India 1910-1916 _1858-1944
Hardinge, Henry  Brit. admin. in India; gov-gen. of India 1844-1848 _1785-1856
Hardy, Godfrey Harold (G. H. Hardy)  Eng. math.; expert on number theory; sponsored Srinivasa Ramanujan; wrote textbook "A Course in Pure Mathematics" 1908, memoirs "A Mathematician's Apology" 1940 _1877-1947
Hardy, Oliver (orig. Norvell Hardy)  US actor & comedian with Stan Laurel _1892-1957
Hardy, Thomas  Eng. nov. & poet; wrote novels "Far from the Madding Crowd" 1874, "The Return of the Native" 1878, "Mayor of Casterbridge" 1886, "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" 1891, "Jude the Obscure" 1895 _1840-1928
Harel, Isser (orig. Isser Halperin)  Israeli (Rus.-born) admin.; 1st director of Shin Bet 1948-1952; director of Mossad 1952-1963 _1911--
Hargobind  Indian Sikh religious leader; 6th Sikh guru 1606-1644; began Sikh militancy; son of Arjan _1595-1644
Hargreaves, James  Eng. inventor; invented spinning jenny 1764? _17XX-1778
Hari Krishnan  Indian Sikh religious leader; 8th Sikh guru 1661-1664; son of Hari Rai _1656-1664
Harington, John, Sir (also John Harrington)  Eng. aut. & translator; wrote satire "Metamorphosis of Ajax" 1596 _1561-1612
Hari Rai  Indian Sikh religious leader; 7th Sikh guru 1644-1661; grandson of Hargobind; nephew of Tegh Bahadur _1630-1661
Hariri, al- (Abu Muhammad al-Qasim al-Hariri)  Arab poet & scholar; wrote picaresque verse narrative "Maqamat" (also "Assemblies") _1054-1122
Hariri, Rafiq al-  Lebanese Sunni businessman & polit.; prime min. of Lebanon 1992-- _1944--
Hari Singh  Indian gen., polit., & prince; last independent prince of Kashmir 1926-1947; head of state of Kashmir 1947-1952 as Indian state _1895-1961
Harkabi, Yehoshafat  Israeli admin. & political sci.; director of Shin Bet 1955-1959; early advocate of negotiation with PLO _1921-1994
Harkin, Thomas Richard (Tom)  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Iowa 1985-- _1939--
Harlan, James  US polit.; Secy. of Interior 1865-1866; father-in-law of Robert Todd Lincoln _1820-1899
Harlan, John Marshall  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1877-1911; only dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson 1896; grandfather of John Marshall Harlan _1833-1911
Harlan, John Marshall  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1955-1971; grandson of John Marshall Harlan _1899-1971
Harley, Robert  Eng. polit. _1661-1724
Harlow, Jean (orig. Harlean Carpentier)  US movie actress _1911-1937
Harmon, Hubert Reilly  US air force gen. & educator; 1st superintendent of US Air Force Academy 1954-1956 _1892-1957
Harmon, Judson  US polit.; Atty. Gen. 1895-1897; gov. of Ohio 1909-1913 _1846-1927
Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William  Eng. polit. & publisher _1865-1922
Harmsworth, Harold Sidney  Eng. polit. & publisher _1868-1940
Harnwell, Gaylord  US educator & phys.; pres. of Univ. of Pennsylvania 1953-1970 _1903-1982
Harold I (Harold Harefoot)  Eng. king 1035-1040; son of Canute the Great _1016?-1040
Harold II  Eng. king 1066; defeated & killed at battle of Hastings; brother-in-law of Edward the Confessor _1022?-1066
Harper, Robert Goodloe  US polit. & colonizer of Liberia; coined names "Liberia" & "Monrovia" _1765-1825
Harper, William Rainey  US educator; 1st pres. of Univ. of Chicago 1891-1906 _1856-1906
Harrelson, Woody  US actor; starred in series "Cheers" 1985-1993, movies "Doc Hollywood" 1991, "White Men Can't Jump" 1992, "Indecent Proposal" 1993, "Natural Born Killers" 1994 _1961--
Harriman, Edward Henry  US railroad businessman; chairman of Union Pacific Railroad Co. 1899-1909; pres. of Union Pacific Railroad Co. 1904-1909; father of William Averell Harriman _1848-1909
Harriman, William Averell (W. Averell Harriman)  US businessman & polit.; chairman of Union Pacific Railroad Co. 1932-1946; US ambassador to Soviet Union 1943-1946; Secy. of Commerce 1947-1948; gov. of New York 1955-1959 _1891-1986
Harrington, [Edward] Michael  US poverty activist; wrote "The Other America" 1962 _1928-1989
Harriot, Thomas  Eng. astronomer, math., & phys.; introduced greater-than & less-than signs _1560-1621
Harris, Arthur Travers, Sir  Brit. gen.; led Brit. bomber campaign in World War II _1895-1984
Harris, Barbara Clementine  US bishop; 1st female Episcopal bishop 1989 _1930--
Harris, Franco  US football player; Super Bowl MVP 1975 _1950--
Harris, Frank  US (Irish-born) aut. & biographer; wrote biographies "The Man Shakespeare" 1909, "Oscar Wilde" 1916, autobiography "My Life and Loves" 1923 _1856-1931
Harris, Fred Roy  US polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1969-1970 _1930--
Harris, Isham Green  US polit.; gov. of Tennessee 1857-1862; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1893-1895 _1818-1897
Harris, Jeffrey  US admin.; director of National Reconnaissance Office 1994-- _19XX--
Harris, Joe Frank  US polit.; gov. of Georgia 1983-1991 _1936--
Harris, Joel Chandler  US editor & short story aut.; created character Uncle Remus; wrote "Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings" 1880, "Nights with Uncle Remus" 1883, "Uncle Remus and His Friends" 1892 _1848-1908
Harris, John  US Marine Corps officer; commandant of Marine Corps 1859-1864 _17XX-1864
Harris, John Sr.  US colonial leader; founder & eponym of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1785 _1726-1791
Harris, Patricia Roberts  US admin. & diplomat; Secy. of HUD 1977-1979; last Secy. of HEW 1979; 1st Secy. of HHS 1979-1981 _1924-1985
Harris, Paul  US lawyer; founded Rotary Club 1905 (became Rotary International 1912) _1868-1947
Harris, Roy  US composer _1898-1979
Harris, William Torrey  US educator & philos. _1835-1909
Harrison, Albertis Sydney Jr.  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1962-1966 _1907--
Harrison, Anna (nee Symmes)  US wife of William Henry Harrison 1795 _1775-1864
Harrison, Benjamin  US gen, lawyer, & polit.; 23rd pres. of US 1889-1893; Rep. pres. cand. 1892; grandson of William Henry Harrison _1833-1901
Harrison, Byron Patton (Pat)  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1941 _1881-1941
Harrison, Caroline Lavinia (nee Scott)  US 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison 1853 _1832-1892
Harrison, Carter Henry  US polit.; mayor of Chicago 1879-1887, 1893; assassinated _1825-1893
Harrison, Carter Henry Jr.  US polit.; mayor of Chicago 1897-1905, 1911-1915; son of Carter Harrison _1860-1953
Harrison, Francis Burton  US admin.; US gov. of Philippines 1913-1921 _1873-1957
Harrison, Frederic  Eng. aut. & positivist philos.; wrote "The Meaning of History, Order and Progress" 1874 _1831-1923
Harrison, George  Eng. singer & songwriter; member of the Beatles 1962-1970 _1943--
Harrison, Harry (pseud. of Henry Maxwell Dempsey)  US science fiction aut. in Ireland; wrote Stainless Steel Rat series 1961--, Deathworld trilogy, story "Make Room! Make Room!" 1966 (source of movie "Soylent Green" 1973) _1925--
Harrison, Mary Scott Lord (nee Dimmick)  US 2nd wife of Benjamin Harrison 1896 _1858-1948
Harrison, Peter  American architect _1716-1775
Harrison, Rex (orig. Reginald Carey)  Eng. actor _1908-1990
Harrison, Robert  US lawyer; 1st nominee ever to decline Supr. Ct. post 1789 _1745-1790
Harrison, Wallace  US architect _1895-1981
Harrison, William Henry  US gen. & polit.; gov. of Indiana territory 1800-1812; Whig pres. cand. 1836; 9th pres. of US 1841; grandfather of Benjamin Harrison _1773-1841
Harsanyi, John Charles  US (Hung.-born) economist; helped develop game theory; wrote "Rational Behavior and Bargaining Equilibrium" 1977, co-wrote "A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games" 1988; NP Econ. 1994 _1920--
Hart, Albert Bushnell  US editor & historian _1854-1943
Hart, Gary Warren (orig. Gary Hartpence)  US polit. _1937--
Hart, John Lewis (Johnny)  US cartoonist; created BC, The Wizard of Id _1931--
Hart, Lorenz Milton  US lyricist & songwriter; collaborator with Richard Rodgers _1895-1943
Hart, Moss  US director, dram., & librettist; co-wrote musicals "Once in a Lifetime" 1930, "You Can't Take It With You" 1936 with George Kaufman _1904-1961
Hart, Ossian Bingley  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1873-1874 _1821-1874
Hart, Robert, Sir  Brit. diplomat _1835-1911
Hart, William Surrey  US actor _1872-1946
Hartack, William Jr. (Bill, Billy)  US jockey _1932--
Harte, Francis Brett (Bret)  US aut.; wrote short stories "The Luck of Roaring Camp" 1868, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" 1869 _1836-1902
Hartline, Haldan Keffer  US biophysicist; NP Med. 1967 _1903-1983
Hartling, Carlos  Honduran (Ger.-born) musician; composed Honduran national anthem (adopted 1915) _1875-1919
Hartman, Arthur Adair  US diplomat; US ambassador to France 1977-1981; US ambassador to Soviet Union 1981-1987 _1926--
Hartranft, John Frederick  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1873-1879 _1830-1889
Hartree, Douglas Rayner  Brit. phys.; co-eponym of Hartree-Fock method _1897-1958
Hartsfield, William Berry  US polit.; mayor of Atlanta 1937-1961 _1890-1971
Harun al-Rashid (also Haroun al-Raschid)  caliph of Baghdad 786-809 _763?-809
Harvard, John  US clergyman & philanthropist; benefactor & eponym of Harvard Univ. _1607-1638
Harvey, George Brinton McClellan  US diplomat & journalist _1864-1928
Harvey, John Martin, Sir  Eng. actor & producer _1863-1944
Harvey, William  Eng. physician; discovered circulation of blood; wrote "Exercitatio de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis" 1628 _1578-1657
Hasan, Muhammad Abdille Sayyid (the Mad Mullah)  Somali nationalist & rebel; fought colonial government in Somalia; defeated & killed _1864-1920
Hasan al-Banna  Egyptian Muslim fundamentalist religious leader; founded Muslim Brotherhood 1928; assassinated _1906-1949
Hasdrubal  Carthaginian gen.; brother of Hannibal _2XXb-207b
Hasegawa, Yoshimichi, Count  Japanese gen.; Japanese gov-gen. of Korea 1916-1919 _1850-1924
Hasek, Jaroslav  Czechoslovakian humorist & nov.; wrote novel "The Good Soldier Schweik" 1920-1923 _1883-1923
Hashem, Ibrahim  Jordanian polit.; prime min. of Jordan 1931-1938, 1945-1947, 1955-1956; assassinated _1884?-1958
Hasim [Khan Barakzay], Sirdar Muhammad  Afghan polit.; prime min. of Afghanistan 1929-1946; brother of Muhammad Nadir Shah _1884?-1953
Hashimoto, Ryutaro  Japanese polit.; Japanese finance minister 1989-1991; Japanese international trade & industry minister 1994-- _1937--
Haskell, Charles Nathaniel  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Oklahoma 1907-1911 _1860-1933
Hasluck, Paul Meernaa Caedwalla, Sir  Austr. polit.; gov-gen. of Australia 1969-1974 _1905-1993
Hassam, [Frederick] Childe  US Impressionist artist _1859-1935
Hassan I (Mulai Abu 'Ali al-Hasan)  sultan of Morocco 1873-1894; son of Muhammad IV _1831-1894
Hassan II (Mulay al-Hasan)  king of Morocco 1961--; son of Muhammad V _1929--
Hassan Sabbah (al-Hasan ibn al-Sabah; the Old Man of the Mountain)  Iranian Shiite Muslim cult leader; founder & leader of Nizari sect of Ismailian Muslims (Assassins) _10XX-1124
Hassanali, Noor Mohamed  Trinidad & Tobago polit.; pres. of Trinidad & Tobago 1987-- _1918--
Hassel, Odd  Norw. chem.; NP Chem. 1969 _1897-1981
Hassler, Hans Leo  Ger. composer _1564-1612
Hassouna, [Muhammad] Abdul Khaleq (also 'Abd-ul-Khaleq Hassuna)  Egyptian diplomat; secy-gen. of Arab League 1952-1972 _1898-1992
Hastings, Daniel Hartman  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1895-1899 _1849-1903
Hastings, Thomas  US hymnist; composed song "Rock of Ages" _1787-1872
Hastings, Thomas  US architect; designed New York City Public Library _1860-1929
Hastings, Warren  Eng. polit.; 1st gov-gen. of Brit. E. India Co. 1774-1785 _1732-1818
Hata, Tsutomu  Japanese diplomat & polit.; Japanese foreign minister 1993-1994; prime min. of Japan 1994 _1935--
Hatano, Seiichi  Japanese religious scholar; wrote "Outline of the History of Western Philosophy" 1907, "Origin of Christianity" 1909, "History of Western Religious Thought" 1921, "Time and Eternity" 1943 _1877-1950
Hatch, Orrin Grant  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Utah 1977-- _1934--
Hatchett, Charles  Eng. chem.; discovered element niobium 1801 (orig. columbium) _1765-1847
Hatfield, Anderson (Devil Anse)  US patriarch of Hatfield family; engaged Hatfield-McCoy feud _1839-1921
Hatfield, Mark Odom  US Rep. polit.; gov. of Oregon 1959-1967; Senator from Oregon 1967--; chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee 1981-1987 _1922--
Hathaway, Anne (also Agnes Hatheway)  Eng. wife of William Shakespeare 1582 _1557?-1623
Hathaway, Stanley Knapp  US polit.; gov. of Wyoming 1967-1975; Secy. of Interior 1975 _1924--
Hathorne, John  American clergyman; judge at Salem witch trials _1641-1717
Hatlo, Jimmy (orig. James Cecil Hatlow)  US cartoonist _1898-1963
Hatoyama, Ichiro  Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1954-1956 _1883-1959
Hatshepsut  queen of Egypt 1490b?-1468b?; co-regent with husband Thutmose III; member of 18th dynasty _1514b?-1468b?
Hatta, Muhammad (also Mohammed Hatta)  Indonesian nationalist & polit.; prime min. of Indonesia 1949-1950 _1902-1980
Hatton, Frank  US journalist; Postmaster Gen. 1884-1885 _1846-1894
Haughey, Charles James  Irish polit.; prime min. of Ireland 1979-1981, 1982, 1987-1992 _1925--
Hauptman, Herbert Aaron  US chem.; NP Chem. 1985 _1917--
Hauptmann, Bruno Richard  Ger. kidnapper & murderer; kidnapped & murdered Charles Lindbergh Jr. 1932; executed _1900-1936
Hauptmann, Gerhart Johann  Ger. dram.; wrote plays "Before Dawn" 1889, "Lonely Lives" 1891, "The Weavers" 1892, "Drayman Henshel" 1899, epic poem "Till Eulenspiegel" 1928, "Atrides" tetralogy 1941-1948; NP Lit. 1912 _1862-1946
Hausdorff, Felix  Ger. math.; eponym of Hausdorff metric & Hausdorff paradox _1868-1942
Haushofer, Karl Ernst  Ger. gen. & geographer _1869-1946
Haussmann, Baron Georges Eugene  Fr. admin. _1809-1891
Havel, Vaclav  Czech dissident, dram., & polit.; wrote plays "The Garden Party" 1964, "The Memorandum" 1965, "The Increased Difficulty of Concentration" 1968; pres. of Czechoslovakia 1989-1992; pres. of Czech Rep. 1993-- _1936--
Havelange, Jean Marie Faustin Godefroid (Joao)  Brazilian soccer admin.; pres. of International Federation of Association Football 1974-- (FIFA) _1916--
Havelock, Henry, Sir  Brit. gen. _1795-1857
Havlicek, John  US basketball player; played for Boston Celtics 1962-1978 _1940--
Hawke, Edward  Eng. adm. _1705-1781
Hawke, Robert James Lee (Bob)  Austr. polit.; prime min. of Australia 1983-1991 _1929--
Hawking, Stephen William  Eng. cosmologist, phys., & popularizer of cosmology; wrote "A Brief History of Time" 1988 _1942--
Hawkins, Anthony Hope, Sir (pseud. Anthony Hope)  Brit. dram. & nov.; wrote novels "The Prisoner of Zenda" 1894, "Rupert of Hentzau" 1898, "Mrs. Maxon Protests" 1911 _1863-1933
Hawkins, Coleman (Bean)  US jazz musician & tenor saxophonist _1904-1969
Hawkins, John, Sir (also John Hawkyns)  Eng. adm. _1532-1595
Hawley, Willis Chatman  US polit.; co-sponsor & co-eponym of Hawley-Smoot Tariff 1930 _1864-1941
Hawn, Goldie Jean  US actress & comedienne _1945--
Haworth, Leland John  US phys.; director of National Science Foundation 1963-1969 (NSF) _1904-1979
Haworth, [Walter] Norman, Sir  Eng. chem.; NP Chem. 1937 _1883-1950
Hawthorne, Nathaniel  US aut.; wrote short story collection "Twice-told Tales" 1837, novels "The Scarlet Letter" 1850, "The House of the Seven Gables" 1851, "The Marble Faun" 1860 _1804-1864
Hay, Alexandre  Swi. admin.; pres. of International Red Cross 1976-1987 _1919-1991
Hay, John Milton  US aut. & polit.; wrote "Pike Country Ballads" 1871, "The Bread-winner" 1883; Secy. of State 1898-1905; negotiated Hay-Paunceforte Treaty 1901 _1838-1905
Haya de la Torre, Victor Raul  Peruvian dissident & polit.; founded Alianza Popular Revolucionaira Americana; drafted Peruvian constitution 1979 _1895-1979
Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye (S. I. Hayakawa)  US (Can.-born) educator, linguist, polit., & semanticist; wrote "Language in Action" 1941, "Symbol, Status, and Personality" 1963, "Language in Thought and Action" 1972 _1906-1992
Hayashi, Hiromori  Japanese composer; composed Japanese national anthem "Kimigayo" 1880 _1831-1896
Hayashi, Senjuro  Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1937 _1876-1943
Hayden, Carl Trumbull  US polit.; chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee 1955-1969; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1957-1969; held longest Congressional service in history 1912-1969 _1877-1972
Hayden, Thomas Emmett (Tom)  US activist; co-founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) 1961; wrote Port Huron Statement 1962; member of Chicago Seven; 2nd husband of Jane Fonda 1973; divorced 1989 _1940--
Hayden, William George  Austr. polit.; gov-gen. of Australia 1989-- _1933--
Haydn, [Franz] Joseph  Aus. composer; composed Ger. national anthem, oratorios "The Creation", "The Seasons" _1732-1809
Hayek, Friedrich August von  Aus. economist & political philos.; wrote "The Road to Serfdom" 1944; NP Econ. 1974 _1899-1992
Hayes, George Francis (Gabby)  US actor _1885-1969
Hayes [Brown], Helen  US actress; wife of Charles MacArthur 1928 _1900-1993
Hayes, Isaac Israel  US Arctic explorer _1832-1881
Hayes, Lucy Ware (nee Webb)  US wife of Rutherford Hayes 1852; 1st to use title "First Lady" _1831-1889
Hayes, Patrick Joseph  US cardinal 1924; archbishop of New York City 1919-1938 _1867-1938
Hayes, Ronald  US tenor _1887-1977
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard  US gen. & polit.; gov. of Ohio 1868-1872, 1876-1877; 19th pres. of US 1877-1881 _1822-1893
Haynes, Elwood  US inventor; invented 1st US automobile 1893; invented stainless steel _1857-1925
Hays, William Harrison (Will)  US movie censor & polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1918-1921; Postmaster Gen. 1921-1922; pres. of Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America 1922-1943; developed Hays Code _1879-1954
Hayward, Susan (orig. Edythe Marriner)  US movie actress _1919-1975
Hayward, Thomas Bibb  US adm.; chief of naval operations 1978-1982 _1924--
Haywood, William Dudley (Big Bill Haywood; orig. William Richard Haywood)  US Communist & labor leader; co-founded IWW 1905 _1869-1928
Hayworth, Rita (orig. Margarita Carmen Cansino)  US dancer & movie actress; wife of Orson Welles 1943; divorced 1948_1918-1987
Hazard, Paul Gustave Marie Camille  Fr. literary historian _1878-1944
Hazlitt, William  Eng. essayist; wrote "The Characters of Shakespeare's Plays" 1817, "Lectures on English Poets" 1818, "Spirit of the Age" 1825 _1778-1830
Head, Edith  US movie costume designer _1907-1981
Healey, Denis Winston, Baron  Brit. polit.; Brit. defense secy. 1964-1970; Brit. chancellor of exchequer 1974-1979 _1917--
Healy, Bernadine  US cardiologist & physician; director of National Institutes of Health 1991-1993 (NIH); successor of James Wyngaarden _1944--
Healy, Timothy Michael  Irish polit. _1855-1931
Heaney, Seamus Justin  Irish (N. Irish-born) poet; wrote poetry collections "Death of a Naturalist" 1966, "Door into the Dark" 1969, "Wintering Out" 1972, "Field Work" 1979, "Sweeney Astray" 1984, "The Globe in the Window" 1987 _1939--
Hearn, [Patricio] Lafcadio [Tessima Carlos] (also Yakumo Koizumi)  US (Gk.-born) aut. in Japan; tried to interpret Japan for British & Americans; wrote "Japan, An Attempt at Interpretation" 1904 _1850-1904
Hearst, Patricia Campbell (Patty; Tanya)  US granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst; kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army 1974; brainwashed into robbing banks; captured & deprogrammed 1975 _1954--
Hearst, William Randolph  US newspaper publisher _1863-1951
Hearst, William Randolph Jr.  US editor & publisher; son of William Randolph Hearst _1908-1993
Heath, Edward Richard George  Brit. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1970-1974 _1916--
Heaviside, Oliver  Eng. phys.; developed modern vector form of Maxwell's equations; discoverer & eponym of Heaviside layer 1902; nephew of Charles Wheatstone _1850-1925
Hebbel, [Christian] Friedrich  Ger. dram.; wrote plays "Judith" 1839, "Maria Magdalena" 1844, "Agnes Bernauer" 1855, trilogy "Die Nibelungen" 1862 _1813-1863
Heber, Reginald  Eng. hymnist & prelate; bishop of Calcutta 1822-1826; wrote song "Holy, Holy, Holy" _1783-1826
Hebert, Felix  US polit.; Senate minority whip 1933-1935 _1874-1969
Hebert, Felix Edward  US polit.; chairman of House Armed Services Committee 1971-1975 _1901-1979
Hebert, Jacques Rene  Fr. journalist & revolutionary _1757-1794
Hecht, Ben  US aut. & dram.; collaborator with Charles MacArthur _1893-1964
Heckel, Erich  Ger. painter; member of Die Brucke _1883-1970
Hecker, Isaac Thomas  US Catholic clergyman; founded Paulist Fathers 1858 _1819-1888
Heckler, Margaret Mary (nee O'Shaughnessy)  US admin.; Secy. of HHS 1983-1985 _1931--
Hedin, Sven Anders  Swed. explorer _1865-1952
Hedwig  Pol. queen 1384-1399; 1st ruler of Jagellonean dynasty; daughter of Louis of Hungary _1374-1399
Heem, Jan Davidsz de  Dutch painter _1606-1683?
Heflin, Howell Thomas  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Alabama 1979-- _1921--
Hefner, Hugh Marston  US magazine publisher & club businessman; editor-in-chief & founder of Playboy magazine 1953-- _1926--
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich  Ger. philos.; wrote "The Phenomenology of Spirit" 1807 (also "Die Phaenomenologie des Geistes"), "Science of Logic" 1812-1816, "Philosophy of Right" 1821 _1770-1831
Heidegger, Martin  Ger. philos.; wrote "Being and Time" 1927 (also "Sein und Zeit") _1889-1976
Heiden, Eric  US speed skater _1958--
Heidenstam, [Carl Gustaf] Verner von  Swed. aut.; wrote poetry collection "Pilgrimage and Years of Wandering" 1888, epic poem "Hans Alienus" 1892, novles "The Tree of the Folkungs" 1905-1907; NP Lit. 1916 _1859-1940
Heifetz, Jascha  US (Rus.-born) violinist _1901-1987
Hein, Carl Christian  US Lutheran clergyman; 1st pres. of American Lutheran Church 1931-1937 _1868-1937
Hein, Piet  Danish designer, phys., poet, & puzzle inventor; invented Soma cube _1905--
Heine, Heinrich (orig. Harry Heine)  Ger. critic & poet; wrote poem "Die Lorelei", poetry collections "Gedichte" 1822, "Buch der Lieder" 1827, "Neue Gedichte" 1844, "Romanzero" 1851 _1797-1856
Heinemann, Gustav  W. Ger. polit.; pres. of W. Germany 1969-1974 _1899-1976
Heinlein, Robert Anson  US science fiction aut.; wrote novels "Starship Troopers" 1959, "Stranger in a Strange Land" 1961, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" 1966, "Time Enough For Love" 1973, "Job: A Comedy of Justice" 1984 _1907-1988
Heinz, Henry John  US food industrialist; founded H. J. Heinz Co. 1876 _1844-1919
Heisenberg, Werner Karl  Ger. phys.; discoverer & eponym of Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle; developed matrix formulation of quantum mechanics; NP Phys. 1932 _1901-1976
Heisman, John William  US football player & coach; coach for Georgia Tech 1904-1919; eponym of Heisman Trophy _1869-1936
Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin (also Gulbadin Hekmatyar)  Afghan polit.; leader of Hezb Wahdat forces; prime min. of Afghanistan 1993-- _19XX--
Held, John Jr.  US cartoonist _1889-1958
Heller, Joseph  US nov.; wrote novels "Catch-22" 1961, "Something Happened" 1974, "Good as Gold" 1979, "Closing Time" 1994 _1923--
Heller, Walter Wolfgang  US economist; chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1961-1964 _1915-1987
Hellman, Lillian  US dram.; wrote plays "The Children's Hour" 1934, "The Little Foxes" 1939, "Watch on the Rhine" 1941, "Toys in the Attic" 1960 _1905-1984
Helm, Alexander Knox, Sir  Scot. admin.; last Anglo-Egyptian gov-gen. of Sudan 1955 _1893-1964
Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von  Ger. phys. & physiologist _1821-1894
Helmont, Jan Baptista van  Flemish chem. & physician; performed 1st quantitative biology experiment, on plant respiration; 1st discovered gases other than air; coined word "gas" _1577?-1644?
Helms, Jesse Alexander  US Rep. polit.; Senator from N. Carolina 1973-- _1921--
Helms, Richard McGarrah  US admin.; director of CIA 1966-1973 _1913--
Helmsley, Leona Mindy (Leona Roberts; nee Rosenthal; the Queen of Mean)  US hotel manager; imprisoned for tax evasion 1992-1994 _1920?--
Heloise  Fr. abbess; lover of Peter Abelard _1098?-1164
Helvetius, Claude Adrien  Fr. sensualist philos.; forerunner of utilitarianism; wrote "De l'Esprit" 1758 _1715-1771
Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (nee Browne)  Eng. lyric poet; wrote poem "Casablanca", poetry collections "The Siege of Valencia" 1823, "Records of Women" 1828 _1793-1835
Heminge, John (also John Hemminge, Hemings)  Eng. actor; friend of William Shakespeare; co-editor of First Folio 1623 _1556?-1630
Hemings, Sally  US slave; alleged mistress of Thomas Jefferson; half-sister of Martha Jefferson _1773-1835
Hemingway, Ernest Miller (Papa Hemingway)  US aut. & journalist; wrote novels "The Sun Also Rises" 1926, "A Farewell to Arms" 1929, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" 1940, "The Old Man and the Sea" 1952; NP Lit. 1954; suicide _1899-1961
Hench, Philip Showalter  US physician; NP Med. 1950 _1896-1965
Henderson, Archibald  US Marine Corps gen.; acting commandant of Marine Corps 1818-1819; commandant of Marine Corps 1820-1859; father of US Marine Corps _1783-1859
Henderson, Arthur  Brit. labor leader & polit.; Brit. foreign secy. 1929-1931; NP Peace 1934 _1863-1935
Henderson, David Bremner  US polit.; Speaker of the House 1899-1903 _1840-1906
Henderson, James Pinckney  US polit.; 1st gov. of Texas 1846-1847 _1808-1858
Henderson, James Wilson  US polit.; acting gov. of Texas 1853 _1817-1880
Henderson, Neville Meyrick, Sir  Brit. diplomat _1882-1942
Henderson, Ray  US songwriter _1896-1970
Henderson, Rickey Henley  US baseball player; played for Oakland A's 1979-1984, 1989--, New York Yankees 1985-1989; holds record for most bases stolen in one year 1982 & in career _1958--
Hendricks, Thomas Andrews  US polit.; gov. of Indiana 1873-1877; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1876; vice-pres. of US 1885 _1819-1885
Hendrix, James Marshall (Jimi)  US rock musician & singer _1942-1970
Hengist (also Hengest)  Jute invader of Britain; brother of Horsa _4XX
Henie, Sonja  Norw. figure skater _1912-1969
Henley, William Ernest  Eng. aut., editor, & poet; wrote poetry collections "For England's Sake" 1900, "Hawthorn and Lavender" 1901, "In Hospital" 1903 (includes poem "Invictus") _1849-1903
Henmyer, Annie  US temperance activist; 1st pres. of Women's Christian Temperance Union 1874-1879 (WCTU) _1827-1900
Hennepin, Louis  Belgian friar & explorer of America _1626-1701?
Hennessy, John  US (Irish-born) archbishop; 1st archbishop of Dubuque 1893-1900 _1823-1900
Henni, John Martin  US (Swi.-born) archbishop; only bishop of Milwaukee 1844-1875; 1st archbishop of Milwaukee 1875-1881 _1805-1881
Henning, Douglas James (Doug)  Can. magician _1947--
Henri, Robert  US painter; member of The Eight; co-founded Ashcan school _1865-1929
Henrique  Port. cardinal; regent of Portugal 1562-1568; Port. king 1578-1580; son of Manuel I _1512-1580
Henriquez [y Carvajal], Federico  Dominican polit.; pres. of Dominican Rep. 1916-1922; governed under US military occupation 1916-1922 _1848-1952
Henry I (Henry Beauclerc)  Eng. king 1100-1135; last ruler of House of Normandy; son of William I _1068-1135
Henry II (Count of Anjou)  Eng. king 1154-1189; 1st ruler of House of Plantagenet; grandson of Henry I _1133-1189
Henry III  Eng. king 1216-1272; ruled under regency 1216-1227; son of John I _1207-1272
Henry IV (Duke of Lancaster)  Eng. king 1399-1413; 1st ruler of House of Lancaster; son of John of Gaunt _1366-1413
Henry V  Eng. king 1413-1422; defeated French at battle of Agincourt 1415; son of Henry IV _1387-1422
Henry VI  Eng. king 1422-1461, 1470-1471; deposed & imprisoned; last ruler of House of Lancaster; son of Henry V _1421-1471
Henry VII (Earl of Richmond)  Eng. king 1485-1509; defeated Yorkists at battle of Bosworth Field 1485; 1st ruler of House of Tudor; son-in-law of Edward IV _1457-1509
Henry VIII  Eng. king 1509-1547; son of Henry VII; grandson of Edward IV _1491-1547
Henry I (also Henri I)  Fr. king 1031-1060; son of Robert II _1008?-1060
Henry II (also Henri II)  Fr. king 1547-1559; son of Francis I _1519-1559
Henry III (also Henri III)  Fr. king 1574-1589; assassinated; last ruler of House of Valois; son of Henry II; brother of Charles IX _1551-1589
Henry IV (Henry of Navarre; Henry III of Navarre; also Henri IV)  Fr. king 1589-1610; 1st ruler of House of Bourbon; proclaimed Edict of Nantes 1598; assassinated; son-in-law of Henry II _1553-1610
Henry I  Pol. king 1232-1238 _1163-1238
Henry II  Pol. king 1238-1241; son of Henry I _1191-1241
Henry III of Anjou  1st elected Pol. king 1573-1574 _1551-1589
Henry IV Probus  Pol. king 1288-1290 _1257-1290
Henry the Lion  Ger. Guelph duke; duke of Saxony 1142-1180; duke of Bavaria 1156-1180; founded Munich 1158; father of Otto IV _1129-1195
Henry the Navigator  Port. prince & patron of exploration _1394-1460
Henry, Albert Royle, Sir  New Zealand polit.; 1st autonomous prime min. of Cook Islands 1965-1978 _1907-1981
Henry, Joseph  US phys.; 1st secy. of Smithsonian Institution 1846-1878 _1797-1878
Henry, Patrick  US orator, patriot, & polit. in American Revolution; gov. of Virginia 1776-1779, 1784-1786 _1736-1799
Henshaw, David  US admin.; Secy. of Navy 1843-1844 _1791-1852
Henslowe, Philip  Eng. diarist & theater manager _1550?-1616
Henson, James Maury (Jim)  US producer & puppeteer; created Muppets _1936-1990
Henson, Josiah  US abolitionist & escaped slave; inspiration for character Uncle Tom in Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" 1852 _1789-1883
Henson, Matthew  US Arctic explorer with Robert Peary _1866-1955
Hepburn, Audrey (Edda Van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston)  US (Belgian-born) movie actress; starred in movies "Roman Holiday" 1953, "Sabrina" 1954, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" 1961, "My Fair Lady" 1964, "Wait Until Dark" 1967 _1929-1993
Hepburn, Katharine  US actress; starred in movies "Morning Glory" 1933, "Woman of the Year" 1942, "The African Queen" 1951, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" 1967, "The Lion in Winter" 1968, "On Golden Pond" 1981 _1909--
Hepplewhite, George  Eng. cabinetmaker & designer _17XX-1786
Hepworth, Barbara, Dame  Brit. sculptor _1903-1975
Heraclides Ponticus (also Heracleides Ponticus)  Gk. natural philos.; student of Plato; 1st to explain apparent rotation of heavens by rotation of earth _3XXb
Heraclitus (also Heracleitus; the Weeping Philosopher)  Gk. philos. _540b?-480b?
Heraclius  Byzantine emperor 610-641 _575?-641
Herbart, Johann Friedrich  Ger. educator & philos. _1776-1841
Herbert, Frank Patrick  US science fiction nov.; wrote "Dune" series (including novel "Dune" 1965), novel "Soul Catcher" 1971 _1920-1986
Herbert, George  Eng. clergyman & metaphysical poet; wrote poetry collection "The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations" 1633, poems "Affliction", "The Collar" _1593-1633
Herbert, Hilary Abner  US polit.; Secy. of Navy 1893-1897 _1834-1919
Herbert, Victor  US (Irish-born) composer & conductor _1859-1924
Herbert, William  Eng. poet & polit. _1580-1630
Herder, Johann Gottfried von  Ger. aut. & philos.; developed Romanticism _1744-1803
Heredia [y Campuzano], Jose Maria  Cuban poet; wrote poem "Al Niagara"; cousin of Jose Maria de Heredia _1803-1839
Heredia, Jose Maria de  Fr. (Cuban-born) Parnassian poet; wrote poetry collection "The Trophy" 1893 (also "La Trophee") _1842-1905
Herford, Oliver  Eng. aut. & illustrator; wrote & illustrated "Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten" 1904, "Cynic's Calendar" 1917, "Excuse It Please" 1930 _1863-1935
Herge (pseud. of Georges Remi)  Belgian cartoonist; created Tin-Tin _1907-1983
Hergesheimer, Joseph  US nov.; wrote novels "The Three Black Pennys" 1917, "Gold and Iron" 1918, "Java Head" 1919, "The Foolscap Rose" 1934 _1880-1954
Hering, Ewald  Ger. physiologist & psychologist _1834-1918
Herkimer, Nicholas  US gen. in American Revolution _1728-1777
Herman, Jerry  US songwriter & composer of musicals _1932--
Herman, Pee-Wee (orig. Paul Rubenfeld)  US comic actor _1952--
Hermannsson, Steingrimur  Icelandic engineer & polit.; prime min. of Iceland 1983-1987, 1988-1991 _1928--
Hermaszewski, Miroslaw  Pol. cosmonaut; 1st Pole in space, 2nd non-Soviet, non-American in space 1978 _1941--
Hermite, Charles  Fr. math.; solved general quintic equation 1858; proved transcendence of e 1873 _1822-1901
Hernandez [Colon], Rafael  US polit.; gov. of Puerto Rico 1972-1976, 1984-1992 _1936--
Herndon, William Henry  US lawyer _1818-1891
Hernu, Charles  Fr. polit.; Fr. defense minister 1981-1985; resigned over Fr. attack on ship Rainbow Warrior 1985 _1923-1990
Hero of Alexandria (also Heron)  Gk. inventor & math.; studied mensuration; discoverer & eponym of Heron's formula; invented primitive steam engine _0XX
Herod the Great  Rom. king of Judea 037b-004b _073b-004b
Herod Antipas  Rom. tetrarch of Galilee 004b-039 _021b-039
Herodotus (Father of History)  Gk. historian & traveler; wrote "The Persian Wars" _484b?-430b?
Herold, David Edgar  US conspirator with John Wilkes Booth; executed _1846-1865
Herostratus  Gk. arsonist; destroyer of temple of Artemis at Ephesus 356b _3XXb-356b
Herrera, Francisco de (el Veijo)  Sp. painter _1576?-1656
Herrera [Campins], Luis  Venezuelan polit.; pres. of Venezuela 1979-1984 _1925--
Herrick, Myron Timothy  US diplomat & polit.; gov. of Ohio 1903-1905 _1854-1929
Herrick, Robert  Eng. lyric poet; wrote poetry collection "Hesperides" 1648, poems "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May", "To Julia" (also "His Request to Julia") _1591-1674
Herriman, George  US cartoonist; created Krazy Kat 1913 _1881-1944
Herrington, Arthur William Sidney  US (Eng.-born) engineer & manufacturer; invented jeep _1891-1970
Herrington, John  US admin.; Secy. of Energy 1985-1989 _1939--
Herriot, Edouard  Fr. socialist polit.; prime min. of France 1925-1925, 1926, 1932 _1872-1957
Herriot, James (pseud. of James Alfred Wight)  Brit. aut. & veterinarian; wrote "If Only They Could Talk" 1970, "All Creatures Great and Small" 1972, "All Things Bright and Beautiful" 1973, "Every Living Thing" 1992 _1916--
Herschbach, Dudley Robert  US chem.; NP Chem. 1986 _1932--
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia  Eng. astronomer; sister of William Herschel _1750-1848
Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir  Eng. astronomer; son of William Herschel _1792-1871
Herschel, William, Sir (orig. Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel)  Eng. (Ger.-born) astronomer; discovered Uranus 1781; discovered Titania & Oberon 1787 _1738-1822
Herschler, Edgar  US polit.; gov. of Wyoming 1975-1987 _1918-1990
Hersey, John Richard  US (Chinese-born) journalist & nov.; wrote novels "A Bell for Adano" 1944, "The War Lover" 1959, "Under the Eye of the Storm" 1967, "The Walnut Door" 1977, journalistic account "Hiroshima" 1946 _1914-1993
Hershey, Alfred Day  US geneticist; demonstrated that DNA carries genetic information in bacteriophages; NP Med. 1969 _1908--
Hershey, Lewis Blaine  US admin. & gen.; director of Selective Service System 1941-1970 _1893-1977
Hershey, Milton Snavely  US candy manufacturer & industrialist; founder & eponym of Hershey Foods Corp. _1857-1945
Hershfield, Harry  US cartoonist _1885-1974
Herter, Christian Archibald  US (Fr.-born) diplomat & polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1953-1957; Secy. of State 1959-1961 _1895-1967
Hertling, Georg, Graf von  Ger. polit.; chancellor of Germany 1917-1918 _1843-1919
Hertz, Gustav Ludwig  Ger. phys.; co-performer & co-eponym of Franck-Hertz experiment; NP Phys. 1925; nephew of Heinrich Hertz _1887-1975
Hertz, Heinrich Rudolf  Ger. phys.; discovered electromagnetic waves other than visible light _1857-1894
Hertzog, James Barry Munnik  S. African gen. & polit.; founded National Party 1914; prime min. of Union of S. Africa 1924-1929, 1933-1939; resigned _1866-1942
Hertzsprung, Ejnar  Danish astronomer; co-developer & co-eponym of Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (also H-R diagram) _1873-1967
Herzberg, Gerhard  Can. (Ger.-born) chem.; NP Chem. 1971 _1904--
Herzl, Theodor  Aus. (Hung.-born) Zionist leader; convened 1st Zionist Congress 1897 _1860-1904
Herzog, Chaim  Israeli (N. Irish-born) diplomat, gen., & polit.; director of Shin Bet 1959-1962; 1st Israeli gov. of W. Bank 1967; Israeli ambassador to UN 1975-1978; pres. of Israel 1983-1993 _1918--
Herzog, Isaac Halevi  Israeli (Pol.-born) rabbi; 1st chief rabbi of Israel 1948-1959 _1881-1959
Herzog, Roman  Ger. judge & polit.; pres. of Germany 1994-- _1934--
Hesburgh, Theodore Martin  US Catholic clergyman & educator; pres. of Univ. of Notre Dame 1952-1987 _1917--
Heseltine, Michael Ray Dibdin  Brit. polit.; Brit. environment secy. 1979-1983, 1990-1992; Brit. defense secy. 1983-1986; forced resignation of Margaret Thatcher _1933--
Hesiod  Gk. didactic poet; wrote poems "Works and Days", "Theogony" _8XXb
Hess, Harry  US geologist; proposed seafloor spreading 1960 _1906-1969
Hess, Moses  Ger. socialist & Zionist; converted Friedrich Engels to socialism _1812-1875
Hess, Myra, Dame  Eng. pianist _1890-1965
Hess, [Walther Richard] Rudolf  Ger. (Egyptian-born) Nazi polit.; assistant to Adolf Hitler; attempted to negotiate peace with Britain; imprisoned at Spandau Prison 1946-1987 (sole prisoner 1966-1987); suicide _1894-1987
Hess, Victor Franz  US (Aus.-born) phys.; discovered extraterrestrial origin of cosmic rays; NP Phys. 1936 _1883-1964
Hess, Walter Rudolf  Swi. physiologist; discovered function of interbrain as controller of autonomic activity; NP Med. 1949 _1881-1973
Hesse, Hermann  Swi. (Ger.-born) aut.; wrote novels "Peter Camenzind" 1904, "Siddharta" 1922, "Steppenwolf" 1927, "Narcissus and Goldmund" 1930, "The Glass Bead Game" 1943 (also "Magister Ludi"); NP Lit. 1946 _1877-1962
Heston, Charlton (orig. Charlton Carter)  US movie actor _1922--
Heuss, Theodor  W. Ger. polit.; 1st pres. of W. Germany 1949-1959 _1884-1963
Heuvelmans, Bernard  Fr. zoologist; father of cryptozoology _1916--
Hevesy, Georg Karl (also George Charles von Hevesy)  Hung.-Swed. chem.; inventor of use of radioactive tracer isotopes to study metabolism; co-discovered element hafnium 1923; NP Chem. 1943 _1885-1966
Hewish, Antony  Brit. radio astronomer; NP Phys. 1974 _1924--
Hewitt, Abram Stevens  US polit.; opposed Tweed Ring; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1876-1877; mayor of New York City 1887-1889 _1822-1903
Hewitt, John Haskell  US classical scholar & educator; acting pres. of Williams College 1901-1902 _1835-1920
Hewson, Paul (Bono)  Irish rock singer & songwriter; co-recorded albums "War" 1983, "The Joshua Tree" 1987, "Achtung Baby" 1991, "Zooropa" 1993; member of U2 _1960--
Heydrich, Reinhard (the Hangman of Europe)  Ger. Nazi police admin.; Ger. gov. of Czechoslovakia 1941-1942; killed by Czech resistance fighters _1904-1942
Heyerdahl, Thor  Norw. anthropologist & explorer; crossed Atlantic & Pacific oceans in primitive craft to prove possibility of ancient contact; wrote "Kon-Tiki" _1914--
Heymans, Corneille Jean Francois  Belgian physiologist; studied regulation of respiration; NP Med. 1938 _1892-1968
Heyrovsky, Jaroslav  Czechoslovakian chem.; developed polarography; NP Chem. 1959 _1890-1967
Heyse, Paul Johann Ludwig von  Ger. dram., nov., poet, & translator; wrote novella "L'Arrabbiata" 1855; NP Lit. 1910 _1830-1914
Heyward, Dorothy Hartzell (nee Kuhns)  US aut.; co-wrote play adaptation "Porgy and Bess" 1927 with DuBose Heyward; wife of DuBose Heyward 1923 _1890-1961
Heyward, [Edwin] DuBose  US aut. & lyricist; wrote novels "Porgy" 1925, "Mamba's Daughters" 1929, "Lost Morning" 1936, co-wrote play adaptation "Porgy and Bess" 1927 from novel "Porgy" _1885-1940
Heywood, Charles  US Marine Corps gen.; commandant of Marine Corps 1891-1903 _1839-1915
Heywood, John  Eng. dram. & epigrammist; wrote dramatic interludes "The Four P.P.", "The Play of Love" 1533 _1497?-1580?
Heywood, Thomas  Eng. dram.; wrote play "A Woman Killed with Kindness" 1607, "The Rape of Lucrece" 1608, "The Royal King and the Loyal Subject" 1637 _1574?-1641
Hiawatha  Onandaga Iroquois chief; main founder of Iroquois Confederacy _15XX
Hibbard, George Albee  US polit.; mayor of Boston 1908-1910 _1864-1910
Hibben, John Grier  US educator; pres. of Princeton Univ. 1912-1933 _1861-1933
Hickel, Walter Joseph  US polit.; gov. of Alaska 1966-1969, 1990--; Secy. of Interior 1969-1970 _1919--
Hickey, James Aloysius  US cardinal 1988; archbishop of Washington DC 1980-- _1920--
Hickok, James Butler (Wild Bill Hickok)  US lawman, marksman, & scout; murdered _1837-1876
Hicks, Edward  US folk painter _1780-1849
Hicks, John Richard, Sir  Brit. economist; NP Econ. 1972 _1904-1989
Hidalgo, Edward  US (Mex.-born) admin.; secy. of navy 1979-1981 _1912--
Hidalgo [y Costilla], Miguel (the Father of Mexican Independence)  Mex. revolutionary; led unsuccessful uprising against Sp. control; executed _1753-1811
Hieron I (also Hiero I)  tyrant of Syracuse 478b-467b? _4XXb-467b?
Hiester, Joseph  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1820-1823 _1752-1832
Higashikuni, Haruhiko  Japanese polit. & prince; prime min. of Japan 1945 _1887-1990
Higgins, Frank Wayland  US polit.; gov. of New York 1905-1907 _1856-1907
Higgins, Stephen  US admin.; director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms 1983?-1993 (BATF) _1938--
Higley, Brewster  US physician; wrote song "Home on the Range" 1872? _1823-1911
Hijuelos, Oscar  US nov.; wrote novel "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" 1989 _1952--
Hilali, Ahmad Naguib, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1952, 1952 _1891-1958
Hilary (also Hilarus)  It. saint & pope 461-468 _4XX-468
Hilbert, David  US (Ger.-born) math.; founded Formalism; eponym of Hilbert space _1862-1943
Hill, Ambrose Powell (A. P. Hill)  US-Confederate gen.; initiated battle of Gettysburg 1863; killed _1825-1865
Hill, Anita  US lawyer & law educator; charged Clarence Thomas with sexual harassment 1991 _1956--
Hill, Archibald Vivian  Eng. physiologist; NP Med. 1922 _1886-1977
Hill, Benny (orig. Alfred Hawthorne)  Eng. comedian _1925-1992
Hill, David Bennett  US polit.; gov. of New York 1885-1892 _1843-1910
Hill, George Washington  US tobacco businessman; pres. of American Tobacco Co. 1925-1946 _1884-1946
Hill, Harry  US adm. in World War II; seized Gilbert Islands 1943, Marshall Islands 1944; founder & 1st commandant of National War College 1946-1949 _1890-1971
Hill, James Jerome  US (Can.-born) financier & railroad businessman; founder & 1st pres. of Great Northern Railway Co. 1888-1907 _1838-1916
Hill, John Fremont  US polit.; gov. of Maine 1901-1905; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1909-1912 _1855-1912
Hill, [Joseph] Lister  US polit.; Senate majority whip 1941-1947 _1894-1984
Hill, Mildred  US songwriter; composed song "Good Morning to All" 1893 (tune adopted for "Happy Birthday to You"); sister of Patty Hill _1859-1916
Hill, Patty Smith  US songwriter & teacher; wrote song "Good Morning to All" 1893; sister of Mildred Hill _1868-1946
Hill, Robert Charles  US diplomat _1917-1978
Hill, Rowland, Sir  Eng. postal reformer _1795-1879
Hill, Thomas  US Unitarian clergyman & educator; pres. of Antioch College 1860-1862; pres. of Harvard Univ. 1862-1868 _1818-1891
Hillary, Edmund Percival, Sir  Brit. (New Zealand-born) explorer & mountaineer; climbed Mount Everest 1953 _1919--
Hillel the Elder (Hillel Hababli, Hillel Hazaken)  Jewish scholar & theol. _0XXb-0XX
Hillel the Younger (Hillel II)  Jewish rabbi & scholar; introduced Jewish calendar 358-359 _3XX
Hillenkoetter, Roscoe Henry  US adm.; 1st director of CIA 1947-1950 _1897-1982
Hillery, Partick John  Irish polit.; pres. of Ireland 1976-1990 _1926--
Hillhouse, James  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1801 _1754-1832
Hilliard, Nicholas  Eng. painter _1547-1619
Hillman, Sidney  US (Lithuanian-born) labor leader; 1st pres. of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America 1914-1946; helped found CIO _1887-1946
Hills, Carla (nee Anderson)  US admin.; Secy. of HUD 1975-1977; US Trade Representative 1989-1993 _1934--
Hilton, Conrad Nicholson  US hotel businessman; founded 1st hotel 1925 _1887-1979
Hilton, James  Eng. nov.; wrote novels "Lost Horizon" 1933, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" 1934, "To You, Mr. Chips" 1938 _1900-1954
Himmler, Heinrich  Ger. Nazi polit.; headed SS & Gestapo; Ger. interior minister 1943-1945 _1900-1945
Hinckley, John Warnock Jr.  US attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan 1981; shot James Brady by accident _1955--
Hind, John Russell  Eng. astronomer; discovered 7th asteroid Iris 1847, 8th asteroid Flora 1847, 12th asteroid Victoria 1850 _1823-1895
Hindemith, Paul  US (Ger.-born) composer & violist _1895-1963
Hindenburg, Paul Anton Hans Ludwig von [Beneckendorf und]  Ger. gen. & polit.; pres. of Germany 1925-1934; appointed Adolf Hitler chancellor _1847-1934
Hinds, Samuel Archibald Anthony  Guyanese polit.; prime min. of Guyana 1992-- _1943--
Hines, Duncan  US gourmet & aut. of restaurant guides _1880-1959
Hines, Gregory Oliver  US actor & dancer _1946--
Hines, John Leonard  US gen.; army chief of staff 1924-1926 _1868-1968
Hinshelwood, Cyril Norman, Sir  Brit. chem.; NP Chem. 1956 _1897-1967
Hinton, William  US physician _1883-1959
Hintze, Paul von  Ger. adm. & diplomat; Ger. foreign minister 1918 _1864-1941
Hipparchus  Gk. tyrant of Athens 527b-514b _5XXb-514b
Hipparchus  Gk. astronomer & math.; discovered precession of equinoxes _1XXb-126b?
Hippasus of Metapontum  Gk. math.; banished from Pythagorean society for revealing irrationality of square root of two _4XXb
Hippias  Gk. tyrant of Athens with brother Hipparchus _5XXb-490b
Hippocrates of Chios  Gk. math.; determined area of lune _4XXb
Hippocrates of Cos  Gk. physician; father of medicine _460b?-377b?
Hippolytus  antipope 217-235 _1XX-236?
Hiranuma, Kiichiro, Baron  Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1939 _1867-1952
Hirohito (reign name Showa)  emperor of Japan 1926-1989 _1901-1989
Hirose, Saihei  Japanese mining businessman; head of Sumitomo zaibatsu _1828-1914
Hiroshige, Ando (orig. Ando Tokutaro)  Japanese painter _1797-1858
Hirota, Koki  Japanese diplomat & polit.; Japanese foreign minister 1933-1936, 1937-1938; prime min. of Japan 1936-1937; executed _1878-1948
Hirsch, Eric Donald Jr. (E. D. Hirsch Jr.)  US educator & reformer; founded Core Knowledge Foundation 1986; wrote "Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs To Know" 1987, co-wrote "A Dictionary of Cultural Literacy" 1988 _1928--
Hirsch, Judd  US actor _1935--
Hiss, Alger  US spy; found guilty of passing secret documents to the Soviet Union _1904--
Hitchcock, Alfred Joseph, Sir  Brit. movie director; directed movies "The Man Who Knew Too Much" 1934, "The 39 Steps" 1935, "Rebecca" 1940, "Lifeboat" 1944, "Rope" 1948, "Vertigo" 1958, "Psycho" 1960, "The Birds" 1963 _1899-1980
Hitchcock, Edward  US geologist _1793-1864
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen  US conservationist & diplomat; Secy. of Interior 1899-1907 _1835-1909
Hitchcock, Frank Harris  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1908-1909; Postmaster Gen. 1909-1913; established 1st airmail service _1869-1935
Hitchcock, Gilbert Monell  US polit.; acting Senate minority leader 1919-1920 _1859-1934
Hitchings, George Herbert  US biochem.; NP Med. 1988 _1905--
Hitler, Adolf  Ger. (Aus.-born) Nazi dictator, orator, & polit.; chancellor of Germany 1933-1934; dictator & fuhrer of Germany 1934-1945; led mass extermination in Holocaust; last Nazi Ger. defense minister 1938-1945; suicide _1889-1945
Hitti, Philip Khuri  US (Lebanese-born) orientalist _1886-1978
Hittorf, Johann Wilhelm  Ger. phys. _1824-1914
Hnatyshyn, Ramon John  Can. polit.; gov-gen. of Canada 1990-- _1934--
Hoan, Daniel Webster  US socialist polit.; mayor of Milwaukee 1916-1940 _1881-1961
Hoar, Ebeneezer Rockwood  US polit.; Atty. Gen. 1869-1870 _1816-1895
Hoar, Leonard  American (Eng.-born) educator; pres. of Harvard Univ. 1672-1675 _1630-1675
Hoare, Samuel John Gurney, Sir (Viscount Templewood of Chelsea)  Eng. diplomat & polit.; Brit. foreign secy. 1935; proposed Hoare-Laval Pact to partition Ethiopia _1880-1959
Hoban, James  US architect; designed White House _1762-1831
Hobart, Garret Augustus  US polit.; vice-pres. of US 1897-1899 _1844-1899
Hobbema, Meindert (also Meyndert)  Dutch painter _1638-1709
Hobbes, Thomas  Eng. political philos.; supported strong monarchy; sought to make political philosophy a deductive science; wrote "De Cive" 1642, "Human Nature" 1650, "Leviathan" 1651, "De Homine" 1658, "Behemoth" 1682 _1588-1679
Hobbs, John Berry, Sir (Jack)  Eng. cricket player _1882-1963
Hobby, Oveta (nee Culp)  US admin.; 1st director of Women's Army Corps 1943-1945; 1st Secy. of HEW 1953-1955 _1905--
Hobby, William Pettus  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1917-1921 _1878-1964
Hoccleve, Thomas (also Thomas Occleve)  Eng. poet; wrote poem "The Regiment of Princes" (also "De Regimine Principum") _1368?-1450?
Ho Chi Minh (orig. Nguyen That Thanh)  Vietnamese polit. & Communist revolutionary; 1st pres. of N. Vietnam 1945-1969 _1890-1969
Hocking, William Ernest  US philos.; wrote "The Meaning of God in Human Experience" 1912, "Man and the State" 1926 _1873-1966
Hodel, Donald Paul  US admin.; Secy. of Energy 1982-1985; Secy. of Interior 1985-1989 _1935--
Hodges, Luther Hartwell  US admin.; gov. of N. Carolina 1954-1961; Secy. of Commerce 1961-1965 _1898-1974
Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd, Sir  Brit. neurologist; studied physics & chemistry of nerve excitations; NP Med. 1963 _1914--
Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary (nee Crowfoot)  Brit. (Egyptian-born) chem.; discovered structures of penicillin, insulin, & vitamin B-12; NP Chem. 1964 _1910-1994
Hodgson, James Day  US admin. & diplomat; Secy. of Labor 1970-1973 _1913--
Hodzha, Milan  Czechoslovakian polit.; prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1935-1938; Czechoslovakian foreign minister 1935-1936 _1878-1944
Hoe, Richard March  US inventor; invented rotary newspaper press _1812-1886
Hoe, Robert  US (Eng.-born) printing press manufacturer; father of Richard Hoe _1784-1833
Hofer, Andreas  Tyrolese patriot; led unsuccessful uprising against Bavarian control of Tyrol; executed _1767-1810
Hoffa, James Riddle (Jimmy)  US labor leader; pres. of Teamsters 1957-1971; disappeared _1913-1975?
Hoffman, Abbott (Abbie)  US radical activist; leader of Yippies; member of Chicago Seven; suicide _1936-1989
Hoffman, Dustin  US movie actor; starred in movies "The Graduate" 1967, "Midnight Cowboy" 1969, "Lenny" 1974, "Kramer vs. Kramer" 1979, "Tootsie" 1982, "Ishtar" 1987, "Rain Man" 1988, "Hook" 1991 _1937--
Hoffman, John Thompson  US polit.; gov. of New York 1869-1873 _1828-1888
Hoffman, Malvina  US sculptor _1887-1966
Hoffmann, August Heinrich (Hoffmann von Fallersleben)  Ger. historian, philologist, & poet; wrote Ger. national anthem "Deutschland, Deutschland uber Alles" 1841 (adopted 1922) _1798-1874
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm (also Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann)  Ger. aut., illustrator, & composer _1776-1822
Hoffmann, Josoas Philip  S. African Boer polit.; 1st provisional head of state of Orange Free State 1854, 1854-1855 _1807-1879
Hoffmann, Martin Richard  US lawyer; secy. of army 1975-1977 _1932--
Hoffmann, Roald (also Ronald Hoffmann)  US (Pol.-born) chem.; NP Chem. 1981 _1937--
Hofheinz, [James] Fred  US polit.; mayor of Houston 1973-1977 _1938--
Hofmann, August Wilhelm von  Ger. chem.; founded Ger. Chemical Society 1868 _1818-1892
Hofmann, Hans  US (Ger.-born) Abstract Expressionist painter _1880-1966
Hofmann, Josef Casimir  Pol. pianist _1876-1957
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von  Aus. dram. & poet; wrote dramatic poems "Gestern" 1892, "Der Tod des Tizian" 1901, play "Electra" 1903, libretti for Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" 1911, Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos" 1912 _1874-1929
Hofmeyr, Jan Hendrik (Onze Jan)  S. African polit.; leader of Afrikander Bund _1845-1909
Hofstadter, Douglas Richard  US aut., cognitive sci., & philos.; wrote "Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid" 1979, "Metamagical Themas" 1985, co-wrote "The Mind's I" 1981; son of Robert Hofstadter _1945--
Hofstadter, Richard  US historian; wrote "Social Darwinism in American Thought" 1944, "The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It" 1948, "The Age of Reform" 1955, "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life" 1963 _1916-1970
Hofstadter, Robert  US phys.; NP Phys. 1961; father of Douglas Hofstadter _1915-1990
Hogan, Hulk (orig. Terry Bollea)  US wrestler _1953--
Hogan, Paul  Austr. movie actor _1939--
Hogan, William Benjamin (Ben)  US golfer _1912--
Hogarth, William  Eng. caricaturist, engraver, & painter _1697-1764
Hogben, Lancelot Thomas  Eng. aut., physiologist, & popularizer of science; proposed international language Interglossa; wrote "Mathematics for the Million" 1936, "Science for the Citizen" 1938, "The Loom of Language" 1943 _1895-1975
Hogg, James (the Ettrick Shepherd)  Scot. poet; wrote poetry collections "Donald M'Donald" 1800, "Scottish Pastorals" 1801, "The Queen's Wake" 1813 _1770-1835
Hogg, James Stephen  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1891-1895 _1851-1906
Hohenlohe, Chlodwig Karl Viktor (Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst)  Ger. polit.; chancellor of Germany 1894-1900 _1819-1901
Hokinson, Helen  US cartoonist _1900-1949
Hokusai, Katsushika  Japanese artist & wood engraver; engraved "Hundred Views of Mount Fuji" 1835 _1760-1849
Holbein, Hans (the Elder)  Ger. Gothic painter _1465?-1524
Holbein, Hans (the Younger)  Ger. portrait painter _1497?-1543
Holberg, Ludwig, Baron (also Ludvig Holberg)  Danish (Norw.-born) aut.; wrote comic heroic poem "Peder Paars; father of Danish literature _1684-1754
Holbrook, Harold Rowe Jr. (Hal)  US actor; performed one-man show "Mark Twain Tonight!" 1959 _1925--
Holcomb, Thomas  US Marine Corps gen.; commandant of Marine Corps 1936-1943 _1879-1965
Holcombe, Oscar Fitzallen  US polit.; mayor of Houston 1921-1929, 1933-1937, 1939-1941, 1947-1953, 1956-1958 _1888-1968
Holden, William (Bill; orig. William Franklin Beedle Jr.)  US actor _1918-1981
Holden, William Woods  US polit.; gov. of N. Carolina 1865, 1868-1870; 1st state gov. ever impeached & removed from office 1870 _1818-1892
Holdorf, Willi  W. Ger. track athlete; won gold medal in Olympic decathlon 1964 _1940--
Holguin, Carlos  Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1888-1892; brother of Jorge Holguin _1832-1894
Holguin, Jorge  Colombian gen. & polit.; pres. of Colombia 1909, 1921-1922; brother of Carlos Holguin _1848-1928
Holinshed, Raphael (also Raphael Hollingshead)  Eng. historian; wrote "Chronicles" (source of information for many of William Shakespeare's plays) _15XX-1580?
Holkeri, Harri Hermanni  Finnish polit.; prime min. of Finland 1987-1991 _1937--
Holland, Arthur John  US polit.; mayor of Trenton 1959-1966, 1970-1989 _1918-1989
Holland, John Philip  US (Irish-born) inventor; invented 1st working submarine (Fenian Ram) 1881 _1840-1914
Holland, Sidney George, Sir  New Zealand (Brit.-born) polit.; prime min. of New Zealand 1949-1957; resigned _1893-1961
Holland, Spessard Lindsey  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1941-1945 _1892-1971
Hollerith, Herman  US statistician & computer pioneer; introduced punched cards for analyzing US census 1890 _1860-1929
Holley, Robert William  US biochem.; NP Med. 1968 _1922-1993
Holliday, Frederick William Mackey  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1878-1882 _1828-1899
Holliday, John Henry (Doc)  US dentist & gunman; friend of Wyatt Earp _1851-1887
Hollings, Ernest Frederick (Fritz)  US Dem. polit.; gov. of S. Carolina 1959-1963; Senator from S. Carolina 1966--; chairman of Senate Budget Committee 1979-1981 _1922--
Hollis, Roger Henry, Sir  Brit. espionage admin. & alleged spy; director-general of MI5 1956-1965 _1905-1973
Holloway, James Lemuel III  US adm.; chief of naval operations 1974-1978 _1922--
Holly, Buddy (orig. Charles Hardin Holley)  US rock singer; died in airplane crash with Ritchie Valens & the Big Bopper _1936-1959
Holmes, David  US polit.; gov. of Mississippi territory 1809-1817; 1st US gov. of Mississippi 1817-1820, 1826 _1770-1832
Holmes, Oliver Wendell  US aut. & physician; wrote essay collection "The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table" 1857, poems "Old Ironsides", "The Chambered Nautilus", "The Deacon's Masterpiece, or, the Wonderful One-Hoss Shay" _1809-1894
Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr.  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1902-1932; wrote decision for Schenk v. US 1919; son of Oliver Wendell Holmes _1841-1935
Holomisa, [Harrington] Bantubonke (Bantu)  S. African-Transkei black gen. & polit.; overthrew Kaizer Matanzima 1987; last head of state of Transkei 1987-1994 _1955--
Holst, Gustav Theodore (orig. Gustav Theodor von Holst)  Eng. composer; composed suite "The Planets" 1914-1917 _1874-1934
Holst, Johan Jorgen  Norw. diplomat; Norw. defense minister 1986-1989, 1990-1993; Norw. foreign minister 1993-1994; guided secret Israel-PLO talks _1937-1994
Holt, Harold Edward  Austr. polit.; prime min. of Australia 1966-1967 _1908-1967
Holt, John Caldwell  US educator & reformer _1924-1985
Holt, Joseph  US admin.; Postmaster Gen. 1859-1860 _1807-1894
Holt, Luther Emmett  US pediatrician _1855-1924
Holton, Abner Linwood Jr.  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1970-1974 _1923--
Holtz, Louis Leo (Lou)  US football coach; coach for Notre Dame 1986-- _1937--
Holyfield, Evander  US boxer; heavyweight boxing champion 1990-1992, 1993-- _1962--
Holyoake, Keith Jacka, Sir  New Zealand polit.; prime min. of New Zealand 1957, 1960-1972; gov-gen. of New Zealand 1977-1980 _1904-1983
Holyoke, Edward  American Congregational clergyman & educator; pres. of Harvard Univ. 1737-1769 _1689-1769
Homer  Gk. epic poet; wrote epic poems "Iliad", "Odyssey" _8XXb-7XXb
Homer, Winslow  US seascape painter _1836-1910
Honda, Soichiro (also So-Itiro Honda)  Japanese automobile industrialist; founder & eponym of Honda Motor Co. 1948; 1st chairman of Honda Motor Co. 1949-1973 _1906-1991
Hone, Evelyn Dennison, Sir  Brit. admin.; last gov. of Zambia 1959-1963; only gov-gen. of Zambia 1961-1964 _1911--
Honecker, Erich  E. Ger. Communist polit.; pres. of E. Germany 1976-1989 _1912-1994
Honegger, Arthur  Fr. composer; member of Les Six _1892-1955
Honeywell, Mark Charles  US electronics industrialist; founder & eponym of Honeywell, Inc.; 1st pres. of Honeywell, Inc. 1927-1933; CEO of Honeywell, Inc. 1927-1933 _1874-1964
Honore IV  prince of Monaco 1814-1819 _1758-1819
Honore V  prince of Monaco 1819-1841; son of Honore IV _1778-1841
Honorius I  It. pope 625-638; unsuccessfully attempted to conciliate Monophysites _5XX-638
Honorius II (orig. Lamberto Scannabecchi)  It. pope 1124-1130 _10XX-1130
Honorius II (orig. Pietro Cadalus)  It. antipope 1061-1064 _10XX-1072
Honorius III (orig. Cencio Savelli)  It. pope 1216-1227; granduncle of Honorius IV _11XX-1227
Honorius IV (orig. Giacomo Savelli)  It. pope 1285-1287; grandnephew of Honorius III _1210?-1287
Honorius, Flavius  Rom. emperor of the W. 395-423 _384-423
Honthorst, Gerrit van  Dutch painter _1590-1656
Hooch, Pieter de (also Pieter de Hoogh)  Dutch painter _1629-1684?
Hood, John Bell  US-Confederate gen. _1831-1879
Hood, Raymond Mathewson  US architect; designed Rockefeller Center _1881-1934
Hood, Samuel  Brit. adm. _1724-1816
Hood, Thomas  Eng. humorist & poet; wrote poem "Eugene Aram's Dream" 1829 _1799-1845
Hooke, Robert  Eng. biologist & phys.; studied cells; discovered Hooke's Law for springs; foreshadowed theory of universal gravitation _1635-1703
Hooker, Joseph (Fighting Joe)  US gen. in Civil War _1814-1879
Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Sir  Eng. botanist _1817-1911
Hooker, Richard  Eng. theol. _1554-1600
Hooker, Thomas  Eng. Puritan clergyman in Connecticut _1586?-1647
Hooks, Benjamin Lawson  US clergyman & black civil rights leader; executive director of NAACP 1977-1993 _1925--
Hooton, Earnest Albert  US anthropologist; wrote "Up from the Ape" 1931, "Twilight of Man" 1939, "Why Men Behave Like Apes, and Vice Versa" 1940 _1887-1954
Hoover, Herbert Clark  US mining engineer & polit.; Secy. of Commerce 1921-1928; 31st pres. of US 1929-1933; Rep. pres. cand. 1932 _1874-1964
Hoover, John Edgar (J. Edgar Hoover)  US admin. & criminologist; director of FBI 1924-1972 _1895-1972
Hoover, Lou (nee Henry)  US wife of Herbert Hoover 1899 _1875-1944
Hope, Bob (orig. Leslie Townes Hope)  US (Eng.-born) actor & comedian _1903--
Hope, John Adrian Louis (Earl of Hopetoun)  Brit. admin.; gov-gen. of Australia 1901-1902 _1860-1908
Hope, Victor Alexander John (Marquis of Linlithgow)  Brit. colonial admin.; viceroy of India 1936-1943 _1887-1951
Hopkins, Anthony  Brit. actor; starred in movies "Hamlet" 1969, "The Silence of the Lambs" 1991, "Freejack" 1992, "Howards End" 1992, "The Remains of the Day" 1993 _1937--
Hopkins, Ernest Martin  US educator; pres. of Dartmouth College 1916-1945 _1877-1964
Hopkins, Esek  US naval officer; commander-in-chief of American navy in American Revolution 1775-1777 _1718-1801
Hopkins, Frederick Gowland, Sir  Eng. biochem.; NP Med. 1929 _1861-1947
Hopkins, Gerard Manley  Eng. Jesuit clergyman & poet; developed sprung rhythm; wrote poems "The Wreck of the Deutschland", "God's Grandeur", "The Windhover", "Pied Beauty", "Spring and Fall: To a Young Child" _1844-1889
Hopkins, Harry Lloyd  US admin. & polit.; Secy. of Commerce 1939-1940; advisor to Franklin Roosevelt _1890-1946
Hopkins, Henry  US Congregational clergyman & educator; pres. of Williams College 1902-1908; son of Mark Hopkins _1837-1908
Hopkins, Isaac Stiles  US clergyman & educator; 1st pres. of Georgia Institute of Technology 1888-1896 (orig. Georgia School of Technology before 1948) _1841-1914
Hopkins, John Jr.  US clergyman & hymnist; wrote & composed song "We Three Kings of Orient Are" 1857 _1820-1891
Hopkins, John Jay  US aircraft industrialist; founder & 1st pres. of General Dynamics Corp. 1952-1957; chairman of General Dynamics Corp. 1952-1957 _1893-1957
Hopkins, Johns  US financier; endower & eponym of Johns Hopkins Univ. _1795-1873
Hopkins, Mark  US Congregational clergyman & educator; pres. of Williams College 1836-1872; praised by James Garfield as paragon of education _1802-1887
Hopkinson, Francis  US agitator & lawyer in American Revolution; main designer of US flag 1777 _1737-1791
Hoppe, William Frederick (Willie)  US billiards player _1887-1959
Hoppenot, Henri  Fr. admin. in Asia; last Fr. commissioner-general of Indochina 1955-1956 _1891-1977
Hopper, Edward  US artist _1882-1967
Hopper, Grace Brewster (nee Murray)  US adm. & computer sci.; main developer of computer language COBOL 1960; developed concept of compiler _1906-1992
Hopper, Hedda (orig. Elda Furry)  US actress & gossip columnist _1890-1966
Hopper, [William] De Wolfe  US actor _1858-1935
Hopwood, [James] Avery  US dram.; wrote plays "The Gold Diggers" 1919, "Why Men Leave Home" 1922, co-wrote play "The Bat" 1920 with Mary Rinehart _1882-1928
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)  Rom. lyric poet & satirist; wrote "Ars Poetica", "Odes", "Epodes" _065b-008b
Hore-Belisha, Leslie  Eng. admin. & polit. _1893-1957
Hore-Ruthven, Alexander Gore Arkwright (Baron Gowrie)  Brit. admin.; gov-gen. of Australia 1936-1944 _1872-1955
Hormel, George Albert  US meat industrialist; founder & eponym of George A. Hormel & Co. 1892 _1860-1946
Hormisdas  It. saint & pope 514-523; condemned Monophysites; father of Silverius _4XX-523
Horn, Gyula  Hung. Communist polit.; pHung. foreign minister 1989-1990; leader of Hung. sSocialist Party _1932--
Hornaday, William Temple  US conservationist, taxidermist, & zoologist _1854-1937
Horne, Lena Calhoun  US singer _1917--
Horne, Marilyn Bernice  US mezzo-soprano opera singer _1934--
Horner, Henry  US polit.; gov. of Illinois 1933-1940 _1879-1940
Horney, Karen (nee Danielsen)  US (Ger.-born) psychologist _1885-1962
Hornig, Donald Frederick  US chem.; presidential science advisor 1964-1969 _1920--
Hornsby, Rogers  US baseball player & manager _1896-1963
Hornung, Paul Vernon  US football player & coach; won Heisman Trophy 1956 as quarterback for Notre Dame; runner for Green Bay Packers 1957-1966 _1935--
Horowitz, Vladimir  US (Rus.-born) pianist; son-in-law of Arturo Toscanini _1904-1989
Horsa  Jute invader of Britain; brother of Hengist _4XX
Horthy [de Nagybanya], [Nikolaus] Miklos  Hung. adm. & polit.; regent of Hungary 1920-1944; overthrown by Germany _1868-1957
Horton, Mildred Helen (nee McAfee)  US admin. & educator; pres. of Wellesley College 1936-1949; 1st director of WAVES 1942-1946 _1900-1994
Hoskins, Fred  US clergyman; 1st co-pres. of United Church of Christ 1957-1961 with James Wagner _1906-1966
Hosmer, Bradley Clark  US air force gen. & educator; pres. of National Defense Univ. 1986-1989; superintendent of US Air Force Academy 1991-- _1937--
Hosokawa, Morihiro  Japanese polit. & reformer; founded Japan New Party; prime min. of Japan 1993-1994; grandson of Fumimaro Konoe _1938--
Hospers, John  US philos. & polit.; wrote "Introductory Readings in Aesthetics" 1969, "Libertarianism, a Political Philosophy for Tomorrow" 1971; 1st Libertarian pres. cand. 1972 _1918--
Houdini, Harry (orig. Ehrich Weiss)  US escape artist & magician _1874-1926
Houdon, Jean Antoine  Fr. sculptor _1741-1828
Hounsfield, Godfrey Newbold  Brit. engineer & inventor; co-inventor of CAT scan; NP Med. 1979 _1919--
Houphouet-Boigny, Felix (orig. Dia Houphouet)  Ivory Coast polit.; 1st pres. of Ivory Coast 1960-1993; moved capital of Ivory Coast from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro 1983 _1905-1993
House, Edward Mandell (Colonel House)  US diplomat; advisor to Woodrow Wilson _1858-1938
Houser, Clarence (Bud)  US athlete; won gold medal in Olympic shotput 1924; won gold medal in Olympic discus throwing 1924, 1928 _1901?-1994
Housman, Alfred Edward (A. E. Housman)  Eng. classical scholar, poet, & satirist; wrote poetry collection "A Shropshire Lad" 1896 _1859-1936
Housman, Laurence  Eng. aut. & illustrator; wrote plays "Little Plays of St. Francis" 1922, "Angels and Ministers" 1921; brother of A. E. Housman _1865-1959
Houssay, Bernardo Alberto  Argentine activist & physician; NP Med. 1947 _1887-1971
Houston, David Franklin  US admin. & educator; Secy. of Agriculture 1913-1920; Secy. of Treasury 1920-1921 _1866-1940
Houston, Samuel (Sam)  US gen., hero, & polit.; gov. of Tennessee 1827-1829; pres. of Texas Rep. 1836-1838, 1841-1844; gov. of Texas 1859-1861; only US gov. to govern two different states _1793-1863
Houston, Whitney  US singer _1963--
Hovey, Richard  US poet; wrote dramatic poem "Launcelot and Guenevere" 1891, poem "Seaward" 1893 _1864-1900
Howard, Ada Lydia  US educator; 1st pres. of Wellesley College 1875-1881 _1829-1907
Howard, Catherine  Eng. 5th wife of Henry VIII 1540; executed; cousin of Anne Boleyn _1520?-1542
Howard, Charles (Earl of Nottingham)  Eng. naval officer; led Brit. victory over Sp. Armada 1588 _1536-1624
Howard, Daniel Edward  Liberian polit.; pres. of Liberia 1912-1919 _1861-19XX
Howard, Elston Gene (Ellie)  US baseball coach & player _1929-1980
Howard, Henry (Earl of Surrey)  Eng. poet & soldier; introduced iambic pentameter blank verse into English; helped introduce sonnet from Italy into England _1517?-1547
Howard, Jerry (Curly)  US comedian with the Three Stooges _1906-1952
Howard, John Eager  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Maryland 1788-1791; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1800; Federalist vice-pres. cand. 1816 _1752-1827
Howard, Michael  Brit. polit.; Brit. home secy. 1993-- _1941--
Howard, Moe (orig. Moses Horowitz)  US comedian with the Three Stooges _1897-1975
Howard, Oliver Otis  US abolitionist, educator, & gen. in Civil War; main founder & eponym of Howard Univ.; pres. of Howard Univ. 1869-1873; superintendent of US Military Academy 1881-1882 _1830-1909
Howard, Robert Ervin (pseud. Patrick Ervin)  US fantasy nov.; created character Conan the Barbarian _1906-1936
Howard, Ron  US television actor & movie director; starred in series "The Andy Griffith Show" 1960-1968, "Happy Days" 1974-1980; directed movies "Cocoon" 1985, "Parenthood" 1989, "Far and Away" 1992, "The Paper" 1994 _1954--
Howard, Sindey Coe  US dram. & screenwriter; wrote play "They Knew What They Wanted" 1925, co-wrote "Dodsworth" with Sinclair Lewis 1934 _1891-1939
Howe, Edgar Watson (Ed)  US journalist _1853-1937
Howe, Elias  US inventor; invented sewing machine 1846 _1819-1867
Howe, [Richard Edward] Geoffrey, Baron (Lord Howe of Aberavon)  Brit. polit.; Brit. chancellor of exchequer 1979-1983; Brit. foreign secy. 1983-1989 _1926--
Howe, Gordon (Gordie)  US hockey player; scored NHL record 801 career goals, broken by Wayne Gretzky 1994 _1928--
Howe, Julia Ward  US reformer, songwriter, & suffragist; composed song "Battle Hymn of the Republic" 1862 _1819-1910
Howe, Richard  Eng. adm.; led Brit. navy in American Revolution 1776-1778; brother of William Howe _1726-1799
Howe, Samuel Gridley  US humanitarian, reformer, advocate for the handicapped, & teacher of the blind; husband of Julia Ward Howe 1843 _1801-1876
Howe, Timothy Otis  US polit.; Postmaster Gen. 1882-1883 _1816-1883
Howe, William  Eng. gen.; led Brit. army in American Revolution 1776-1778; brother of Richard Howe _1729-1814
Howells, William Dean  US aut., critic, & editor; wrote novels "The Lady of the Aroostook" 1879, "The Rise of Silas Lapham" 1885, "Indian Summer" 1886 _1837-1920
Howley, Charles Louis (Chuck)  US football player; linebacker for Dallas Cowboys; Super Bowl MVP 1971; only MVP ever from losing team _1936--
Howley, William  Brit. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1828-1848 _1765-1848
Hoxha, Enver  Albanian Communist polit.; 1st secy. of Albanian Communist Party 1945-1985; head of state of Albania 1945-1985; closed churches 1967 _1908-1985
Hoyle, Edmond  Eng. whist player & authority on card games; wrote "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" 1742; source of phrase "according to Hoyle" _1672-1769
Hoyle, Frederick, Sir (Fred)  Eng. astronomer, math., & popularizer of science; supported steady-state cosmological model _1915--
Hoyt, Henry Martyn  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1879-1883 _1830-1892
Hoyte, [Hugh] Desmond  Guyanese polit.; pres. of Guyana 1985-1992 _1929--
Hozier, Clementine Ogilvy (Lady Spencer-Churchill)  Eng. wife of Winston Churchill 1908 _1885-1977
Hrawi, Elias  Lebanese polit.; pres. of Lebanon 1989-- _1930--
Hrdlicka, Ales  US (Bohemian-born) anthropologist _1869-1943
Hu Yaobang (also Hu Yao-pang)  Chinese Communist polit.; leader of Communist Youth League 1952-1967; secy-gen. of Chinese Communist Party 1979-1987 _1915-1989
Hua Kuo-feng (also Hua Guofeng)  Chinese Communist polit.; premier of China 1976-1980 _1920--
Huang Fu  Chinese gen.; acting head of state of China 1924 _1880-1936
Huang Hsin (also Huang Chen)  Chinese gen. & revolutionary; 1st provisional pres. of China 1911 _1874-1916
Huascar  Inca prince; rival king of Peru 1525-1532 to Atahualpa; killed by Atahualpa; son of Huayna Capac; half-brother of Atahualpa _15XX-1532
Huayna Capac (also Huaina Capac)  Inca king of Peru 1487-1525; ruled Incan empire at its largest extent _1450?-1525
Hubbard, Elbert Green (Fra Elbertus)  US aut.; wrote essay "A Message to Garcia" 1899; died in sinking ship Lusitania _1856-1915
Hubbard, Gardiner Greene  US lawyer; founder & 1st pres. of National Geographic Society 1888-1897 _1822-1897
Hubbard, Lafayette Ronald (L. Ron Hubbard)  US aut. & science fiction nov.; founder of Scientology; wrote "Dianetics" 1950, novel "Battlefield Earth" 1982 _1911-1986
Hubbard, Richard Bennett  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1876-1879 _1832-1901
Hubbard, Samuel Dickinson  US admin.; Postmaster Gen. 1852-1853 _1799-1855
Hubbell, Carl Owen  US baseball player _1903-1988
Hubble, Edwin Powell  US astronomer; discovered red shift as evidence of expansion of universe 1929 _1889-1953
Hubel, David Hunter  US (Can.-born) neurobiologist; studied visual processing; NP Med. 1981 _1926--
Huber, Robert  Ger. chem.; NP Chem. 1988 _1937--
Hudson, Henry  Eng. explorer _15XX-1611
Hudson, John Elbridge  US telephone businessman; pres. of AT&T 1889-1900 _1839-1900
Hudson, Manley Ottmer  US jurist _1886-1960
Hudson, Rock (orig. Roy Scherer-Fitzgerald Jr.)  US actor _1925-1985
Hudson, William Henry  Eng. critic & naturalist; wrote "Studies in Interpretation" 1896, "The Study of English Literature" 1898 _1841-1922
Huerta, Victoriano  Mex. dictator, gen., & polit.; overthrew Francisco Madero; pres. of Mexico 1913-1914; overthrown _1854-1916
Hufstedler, Shirley (nee Mount)  US admin.; 1st Secy. of Education 1979-1981 _1925--
Huggins, Charles Brenton  US (Can.-born) pathologist; NP Med. 1966 _1901--
Huggins, Godfrey Martin  Brit. polit.; prime min. of S. Rhodesia 1933-1953; 1st prime min. of Central African Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1953-1956 _1883-1971
Huggins, William, Sir  Eng. astronomer; studied stellar spectra _1824-1910
Hugh Capet (also Hugues Capet)  Fr. king 987-996; 1st ruler of Capetian dynasty _938?-996
Hughes, Charles Evans  US polit.; gov. of New York 1907-1910; Supr. Ct. justice 1910-1916; Rep. pres. cand. 1916; Secy. of State 1921-1925; Supr. Ct. chief justice 1930-1941 _1862-1948
Hughes, Charles Frederick  US adm.; chief of naval operations 1927-1930 _1866-1934
Hughes, Edward James (Ted)  Eng. poet; Brit. poet laureate 1984--; wrote poetry collections "The Hawk in the Rain" 1957, "Lupercal" 1960, "Wodwo" 1967, "Crow" 1970, "Cave Birds" 1975; husband of Sylvia Plath 1956 _1930--
Hughes, Howard Robard  US businessman, eccentric, & patron of aviation; designed airplane Spruce Goose _1905-1976
Hughes, John Chambers  US diplomat; US ambassador to NATO 1953-1955 _1891-1971
Hughes, John Joseph  US (Irish-born) Catholic archbishop; 1st archbishop of New York City 1850-1864 _1797-1864
Hughes, [James] Langston  US poet of Harlem Renaissance; wrote poetry collections "Weary Blues" 1926 _1902-1967
Hughes, Thomas  Eng. aut., jurist, & reformer; wrote autobiographical novel "Tom Brown's Schooldays" 1856 _1822-1896
Hughes, William Morris  Austr. (Welsh-born) polit.; prime min. of Australia 1915-1923 _1864-1952
Hugh the Great (also Hugues de France)  Fr. polit.; regent of France 954-956; son of Robert I; father of Hugh Capet _9XX-956
Hugo, Victor Marie  Fr. dram., nov., & poet; wrote novels "Les Miserables" 1862, "Notre Dame de Paris" 1831 (also "The Hunchback of Notre Dame") _1802-1885
Hugues de Payens (also Hugh de Payns, de Payes)  Fr. knight; main founder of Knights Templar 1119 _1070?-1136
Huizenga, [Harry] Wayne  US entertainment businessman & sports admin.; CEO & chairman of Blockbuster Entertainment Corp. 1987-- _1939--
Huizinga, Johan  Dutch historian; wrote "The Waning of the Middle Ages" _1872-1945
Hulegu (also Hulagu, Holagu)  Mongol ruler; conquered Persia & Syria; grandson of Genghis Khan; brother of Kublai Khan _1217?-1265?
Hull, Brett  Can. hockey player; son of Bobby Hull _1964--
Hull, Cordell  US diplomat & polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1921-1924; Secy. of State 1933-1944; NP Peace 1945 _1871-1955
Hull, Isaac  US naval officer; fought in War of 1812 on ship U.S.S. Constitution _1773-1843
Hull, Robert Martin Jr. (Bobby)  Can. hockey player & sportscaster _1939--
Hull, William  US gen. _1753-1825
Hulse, Russell Alan  US astrophysicist & plasma phys.; co-discovered 1st binary pulsar 1974; NP Phys. 1993 _1950--
Humayun  Mogul emperor of India 1530-1556; served under Afghan rule 1540-1555; son of Babur _1508-1556
Humboldt, [Friedrich] Alexander von  Ger. naturalist & traveler _1769-1859
Humboldt, [Karl] Wilhelm von  Ger. diplomat & philologist; represented Prussia at Congress of Vienna 1814 _1767-1835
Hume, David  Scot. historian & philos.; wrote "A Treatise on Human Nature" 1739, "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" 1748 (orig. "Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding") _1711-1776
Hume, John  N. Irish Catholic leader & polit.; leader of Social Democratic & Labor Party 1979--; helped negotiate IRA cease-fire 1994 _1937--
Hummel, Johan Nepomuk  Aus. composer & pianist; teacher of Carl Czerny _1778-1837
Humperdinck, Engelbert (orig. Arnold Dorsey)  Ger. composer; composed opera "Hansel and Gretel" 1893 _1854-1921
Humphrey (Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Pembroke; the Good Duke Humphrey)  Eng. polit. & patron of letters; son of Henry IV _1391-1447
Humphrey, George Magoffin  US polit.; Secy. of Treasury 1953-1957 _1890-1970
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio Jr.  US polit.; mayor of Minneapolis 1945-1948; Senate majority whip 1961-1965; vice-pres. of US 1965-1969; Dem. pres. cand. 1968 _1911-1978
Hundt, Reed  US admin.; chairman of Federal Communications Commission 1993-- (FCC) _1948?--
Huneker, James Gibbons  US musician & drama, music, & literary critic; wrote "Megalomaniacs" 1902, "Egoists" 1909, "Ivory Apes and Peacocks" 1915 _1860-1921
Hung-wu (also Chu Yuan-chang)  Ming emperor of China 1368-1398 _1328-1398
Hunkeler, Edward Joseph  US Catholic archbishop; 1st archbishop of Kansas City 1952-1970 _1894-1970
Hun Sen  Cambodian polit.; prime min. of Cambodia 1985-1993; joint provisional head of government of Cambodia 1993 _1951?--
Hunt, Alfred Ephraim  US aluminum industrialist; 1st pres. of Aluminum Co. of America (Alcoa) 1888-1899 _1855-1899
Hunt, George Wylie Paul  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Arizona 1912-1917, 1917-1919, 1923-1929, 1931-1933 _1859-1934
Hunt, [Harold] Guy  US polit.; gov. of Alabama 1987-1993; ousted & convicted for personal use of inaugural funds _1933--
Hunt, [William] Holman  Eng. painter; co-founder of Pre-Raphaelite movement 1848 _1827-1910
Hunt, James Baxter Jr.  US polit.; gov. of N. Carolina 1977-1985, 1993-- _1937--
Hunt, Lamar  US football admin.; founder & owner of Kansas City Chiefs 1959--; pres. of American Football Conference 1970-- (AFC) _1932--
Hunt, [James Henry] Leigh  Eng. aut. & editor _1784-1859
Hunt, Richard  US architect _1827-1895
Hunt, Ward  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1872-1882 _1810-1886
Hunt, Walter  US inventor; invented fountain pen & safety pin _1796-1859
Hunt, Washington  US polit.; gov. of New York 1851-1853 _1811-1867
Hunt, William Henry  US diplomat & lawyer; Secy. of Navy 1881-1882 _1823-1884
Hunter, Evan (pseud. Ed McBain)  US nov.; wrote novels "The Blackboard Jungle" 1954, "Hail to the Chief" 1973, "The House that Jack Built" 1988, "Kiss" 1992, screenplay "The Birds" 1963 _1926--
Hunter, Holly  US movie actress; starred in movies "Raising Arizona" 1987, "The Firm" 1993, "The Piano" 1993 _1958--
Hunter, Howard William  US Mormon clergyman; 14th pres. of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1994-- _1907--
Hunter, James Augustus (Catfish)  US baseball player _1946--
Hunter, John  Brit. anatomist & surgeon; teacher of Edward Jenner _1728-1793
Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferro  US-Confederate polit.; Speaker of the House 1839-1841; Confederate secy. of state 1861-1862 _1809-1887
Huntington, Collis Potter  US pioneer railroad builder _1821-1900
Huntington, Ellsworth  US explorer & geographer _1876-1947
Huntington, Henry Edwards  US bibliophile, philanthropist, & railroad businessman; nephew of Collis Potter Huntington _1850-1927
Huntington, Samuel  US polit. in American Revolution; pres. of Continental Congress 1779-1781, 1783; 1st US gov. of Connecticut 1786-1796 _1731-1796
Huntley, Chester Robert (Chet)  US radio & television newscaster _1911-1974
Huntziger, Charles Leon Clement  Fr. gen. _1880-1941
Hunyadi, Janos (also Janos Hunyady, John Huniades)  Hung. hero & soldier; opposed Turks _1407?-1456
Hupfeld, Herman  US songwriter; wrote & composed song "As Time Goes By" 1931 _1894-1951
Hurd, Douglas Richard  Brit. diplomat & polit.; Brit. home secy. 1985-1989; Brit. foreign secy. 1989-- _1930--
Hurley, Charles Francis  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1937-1939 _1893-1946
Hurley, Patrick Jay  US diplomat & lawyer; Secy. of War 1929-1933 _1883-1963
Hurst, Cecil James Barrington, Sir  Eng. jurist _1870-1963
Hurst, Fannie  US aut.; wrote novels "Stardust" 1919, "Lummox" 1923, "A President is Born" 1927 _1889-1968
Hurston, Zora Neale  US nov. of Harlem Renaissance; opposed racial integration; wrote novels "Dust Tracks on a Road" 1942, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" 1937, "Moses, Man of the Mountain" 1939, "Seraph on the Suwanee" 1948 _1901-1960
Hurtado [Larrera], Osvaldo  Ecuadorian polit.; pres. of Ecuador 1981-1984 _1941--
Hus, Jan (also John Huss, Johannes Hus von Husinetz)  Bohemian Czechoslovakian martyr, poet, & religious reformer; wrote "De Ecclesia"; executed _1372?-1415
Husain, Zakir  Indian polit.; pres. of India 1967-1969 _1897-1969
Husak, Gustav  Czechoslovakian polit.; pres. of Czechoslovakia 1975-1989 _1913-1991
Hu Shih  Chinese-Taiwanese anti-Communist, philos., reformer, & scholar; encouraged use of vernacular for literature _1891-1962
Huskisson, William  Brit. polit. & accident victim; 1st person killed by train _1770-1830
Hussein I (Hussein ibn Talal)  king of Jordan 1952--; grandson of Abdullah ibn Hussein; cousin of Faisal II _1935--
Hussein ibn Ali (also Husayn ibn 'Ali)  Hashemite Arab polit.; led Arab Revolt 1916-1918; 1st king of of the Hejaz 1916-1924; father of Faisal I; great-grandfather of Hussein I _1854?-1931
Hussein, Saddam [al-Tikriti]  Iraqi dictator & polit.; pres. of Iraq 1979-- _1937--
Husserl, Edmund Gustav Albrecht  Ger. philos. _1859-1938
Huston, John Marcellus  Irish (US-born) movie actor, director, & screenwriter; directed movies "The Maltese Falcon" 1941, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" 1947, "Key Largo" 1948, "The African Queen" 1951 _1906-1987
Huszar, Karoly  Hung. journalist & polit. _1882-1941
Hutchins, Robert Maynard  US educator; pres. of Univ. of Chicago 1929-1945 _1899-1977
Hutchinson, Anne (nee Marbury)  Eng. religious leader in America; banished from Massachusetts as heretic; killed _1591-1643
Hutchinson, Thomas  US colonial admin. _1711-1780
Hutchinson, Walter Francis Hely, Sir  Brit. admin. in S. Africa; last gov. of Cape Colony 1901-1909 _1849-1913
Hutchison, Kay (nee Bailey)  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Texas 1993-- _1943--
Hutson, Don  US football player _1913--
Hutten, Ulrich von  Ger. humanist & supporter of Luther _1488-1523
Hutton, James  Scot. geologist; proposed uniformitarianism 1785; father of geology _1726-1797
Huxley, Aldous Leonard  Eng. critic & nov.; wrote novels "Crome Yellow" 1921, "Antic Hay" 1923, "Point Counter Point" 1928, "Brave New World" 1932, "Eyeless in Gaza" 1936, "After Many a Summer" 1939; son of Thomas Huxley _1894-1963
Huxley, Andrew Fielding, Sir  Brit. educator & neurologist; NP Med. 1963; half-brother of Aldous Huxley & Julian Huxley _1917--
Huxley, Julian Sorell, Sir  Eng. admin. & biologist; 1st director-general of UNESCO 1946-1948; son of Thomas Huxley; brother of Aldous Huxley _1887-1975
Huxley, Thomas Henry  Eng. biologist; supporter of Darwin; father of Aldous Huxley & Julian Huxley _1825-1895
Huygens, Christian (also Christiaan Huyghens)  Dutch astronomer, math., & phys. _1629-1695
Huysmans, Camille  Belgian polit. _1871-1968
Huysmans, Joris Karl (orig. Georges Charles Huysmans, Charles Marie Georges Huysmans)  Fr. Symbolist nov.; wrote novels "The Vatard Sisters" 1879, "La-Bas" 1891, "En Route!" 1895 _1848-1907
Hyatt, Alpheus  US naturalist _1838-1902
Hyatt, John Wesley  US inventor _1837-1920
Hyde, Arthur Mastick  US polit.; gov. of Missouri 1921-1925; Secy. of Agriculture 1929-1933 _1877-1947
Hyde, Douglas (also Dubhglas de Hide)  Irish journalist, nationalist, & polit.; 1st pres. of Ireland 1938-1945 _1860-1949
Hyde, Edward (1st Earl of Clarendon)  Eng. historian & polit. _1609-1674
Hyde, Henry John  US polit.; sponsor & eponym of Hyde Amendment barring federal funding for abortion _1924--
Hyder Ali (also Haider Ali)  Indian conqueror & ruler _1722-1782
Hyginus  Gk. saint & pope 136-140 _0XX-140
Hylan, John  US polit.; mayor of New York City 1918-1926 _1868-1936
Hymans, Paul  Belgian polit. _1865-1941
Hynek, [Josef] Allen (J. Allen Hynek)  US astronomer & ufologist; scientific advisor to Project Blue Book 1952-1969 _1910-1986
Hynes, John  US polit.; mayor of Boston 1947-1960 _1897-1970
Hypatia  Gk. math.; 1st noted female math.; studied conic sections; killed by mob _370?-415

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