Names beginning with H

• H. D. Deve GowdaPrime Minister of India (1996-1997)

  b. May 18, 1933
• H. G. WellsEnglish writer (1866–1946)

  September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946
• H. L. HuntAmerican businessman (1889–1974)

  being archived
• Ha-Joon ChangSouth Korean economist

  being archived
• Haakon VII of NorwayKing of Norway from 1905 to 1957 (1872–1957)

  being archived
• Haakon VIIIKing of Norway since 2026

  b. July 20, 1973
• Habba Khatoon16th century Kashmiri poet-empress

  1554 – 1609
• Habib BourguibaTunisian politician (1903–2000)

  August 3, 1903 – April 6, 2000
• Habib JalibPakistani poet (1928–1993)

  March 24, 1928 – March 13, 1993
• Hadewijch13th-century Dutch poet and mystic

  1200 – c. 1260
• Hadrian14th Roman Emperor (117–138)

  January 24, 1976 CE – July 10, 138 CE
• Hae PhoofoloPrime Minister of Lesotho

  1947 – August 20, 2025
• Hafeez JalandhariHistorical figure
• HafezPersian poet and mystic (1325–1389)

  1326 – 1389
• Hage GeingobPresident of Namibia from 2015 to 2024

  being archived
• Haider Al-AbadiPrime Minister of Iraq from 2014 to 2018

  b. April 25, 1952
• Haile SelassieEmperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974

  July 23, 1892 – August 27, 1975
• Hailemariam DesalegnPrime Minister of Ethiopia from 2012 to 2018

  b. July 19, 1965
• Hailu YimenuEthiopian politician (19__-1991)

  c. 2000 – May 26, 1991
• Haim SabanIsraeli–American media proprietor, investor

  being archived
• Haitham bin Tarik Al SaidSultan of Oman since 2020 (born 1955)

  b. October 11, 1955
• Haji Ali Shah BukhariHistorical figure
• Haji Imdadullah Muhajir MakkiIndian Islamic scholar and Sufi saint (1817–1899)

  December 29, 1817 – October 18, 1899
• Haji Sahib of TurangzaiHaji Fazal Wahid, a prominent freedom fighter against the British rule in India

  1858 – December 14, 1937
• Haji ShariatullahIslamic reformer

  1781 – 1840
• Hajra MasroorPakistani writer

  January 17, 1930 – September 15, 2012
• Hakainde HichilemaPresident of Zambia since 2021

  b. June 4, 1962
• Hakeem OlajuwonNigerian-American basketball player

  being archived
• Hakim Ajmal KhanIndian politician

  February 11, 1864 – December 29, 1927
• Hakim Mohammed SaidPakistani medical researcher, scholar, philanthropist, and governor of Sindh Province (1920–1998)

  January 20, 1920 – October 17, 1998
• Hal FinneyAmerican software developer (1956-2014)

  May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014
• Halfdan RagnarssonViking leader and commander of the Great Heathen Army

  c. 900 CE – 877 CE
• Halide Edib AdivarTurkish social reformer and statesperson (1884–1964)

  June 11, 1884 – January 9, 1964
• Halimah Yacob8th President of Singapore

  being archived
• Halla TómasdóttirPresident of Iceland

  b. October 11, 1968
• Halle BerryAmerican actress (born 1966)

  b. August 14, 1966
• Hamad I of BahrainHakim of Bahrain (1872–1942)

  February 6, 1872 – February 20, 1942
• Hamad II of BahrainKing of Bahrain

  b. January 28, 1950
• Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al ThaniQatari politician; prime minister and foreign minister

  being archived
• Hamad bin Khalifa Al ThaniEmir of Qatar from 1995 to 2013

  being archived
• Hamada MadiPresident of Comoros; Secretary-General of the Indian Ocean Commission

  b. 1965
• Hamed BakayokoPrime Minister of Ivory Coast (2020-2021)

  March 8, 1965 – March 10, 2021
• Hameed NizamiPakistani journalist and activist (1915–1962)

  October 3, 1915 – February 22, 1962
• Hamiduddin NagauriHistorical figure
• Hamidur RahmanBangladeshi sculptor

  1928 – November 19, 1988
• Hamilcar BarcaCarthaginian general (c. 275 – 228 BC)

  275 BCE – 228 BCE
• HammurabiBabylonian king whose code is among the oldest written laws

  1810 BCE – 1750 BCE
• Hamza Ali AbbasiPakistani actor, director, model
• Hamza ShinwariHistorical figure
• Han Seong-sookSouth Korean businesswoman (born 1967)

  b. June 20, 1967
• Hang TuahMalay descent warrior from Bintan island

  b. 1444
• Hani al-MulkiJordanian politician

  b. October 15, 1951
• Hanif MohammadPakistani cricketer (1934-2016)

  December 21, 1934 – August 11, 2016
• Hank AaronAmerican baseball player (1934–2021)

  February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021
• Hank WilliamsAmerican singer-songwriter (1923–1953)

  September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953
• Hannah ArendtGerman-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

  October 14, 1906 – December 4, 1975
• HannibalCarthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)

  247 BCE – 183 BCE
• Hanno the Navigator5th century BC Carthaginian explorer

  c. 499 BCE – c. 401 BCE
• Hans BetheGerman-American nuclear physicist

  July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005
• Hans BohmGerman artist (1500-1550)

  1500 – November 22, 1550
• Hans Christian AndersenDanish writer and poet (1805–1875)

  April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875
• Hans MemlingGerman/Flemish painter (c. 1430–1494)

  1435 – August 11, 1494
• Hans SchollGerman pacifist, executed by Nazi Germany (1918–1943)

  September 22, 1918 – February 22, 1943
• Hans ZimmerGerman film composer (born 1957)

  b. September 12, 1957
• Hans-Adam II, Prince of LiechtensteinMonarch of Liechtenstein (born 1945)

  b. February 14, 1945
• Hansa MehtaReformist, social activist, freedom-fighter and educator and writer of India

  July 3, 1897 – April 4, 1995
• Har Gobind KhoranaIndian-American molecular biologist (1922-2011)

  January 9, 1922 – November 9, 2011
• Harald BluetoothKing of Denmark and Norway

  911 CE – November 1, 985 CE
• Harald FairhairKing of Norway

  851 CE – 933 CE
• Harald HardradaKing of Norway from 1046 to 1066

  1015 – September 25, 1066
• Harald V of NorwayKing of Norway from 1991 to 2026 (1937–2026)

  being archived
• Hardik PandyaIndian cricketer

  being archived
• Hari Singh NalwaResearcher
• Harini AmarasuriyaPrime Minister of Sri Lanka

  b. March 6, 1970
• Harivansh Rai BachchanIndian Hindi poet, Father of Amitabh Bachchan (1907-2003)

  November 27, 1907 – January 18, 2003
• Harold GodwinsonAnglo-Saxon King of England in 1066

  1022 – October 14, 1066
• Harpagus6th-century BC Median general

  c. 700 BCE – c. 600 BCE
• Harper LeeAmerican novelist (1926–2016)

  April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016
• Harriet Beecher StoweAmerican abolitionist and author (1811–1896)

  June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896
• Harriet TubmanAfrican-American abolitionist (1822–1913)

  1821 – March 10, 1913
• Harrison FordAmerican actor (born 1942)

  b. July 13, 1942
• Harry KaneEnglish association football player (born 1993)

  being archived
• Harry OppenheimerSouth African businessman (1908–2000)

  being archived
• Harry S. TrumanPresident of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)

  May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972
• Harry StylesEnglish singer, songwriter and actor

  being archived
• Hartmann von AueLeading poet of the Middle High German period

  1160 – 1210
• Hartwig LögerAustrian politician, businessman, former secretary for finance and vice federal chancellor

  b. July 15, 1965
• Haruki MurakamiJapanese writer (born 1949)

  b. January 12, 1949
• Harun al-Rashid5th Abbasid caliph (r. 786–809)

  March 7, 766 CE – March 24, 809 CE
• Harvey FirestoneAmerican businessman

  being archived
• Harvey MilkAmerican politician and gay rights activist (1930–1978)

  May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978
• Hasan MinhajAmerican actor and comedian

  being archived
• Hasan NasirHistorical figure
• Hasan ibn Ali5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam

  March 1, 625 CE – 669 CE
• Hasdai ibn Shaprut9th century Andalusian Jewish scholar, physician and official

  915 CE – 975 CE
• Hasdrubal BarcaCarthaginian general

  245 BCE – 207 BCE
• Haseeb QureshiManaging partner at Dragonfly Capital
• Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin of BruneiSultan of Brunei (1825-1906)

  1825 – May 10, 1906
• Hashim KhanPakistani squash player

  d. August 18, 2014
• Hashim ThaçiKosovo politician

  b. April 24, 1968
• Hason RajaBengali poet (1854–1922)

  December 21, 1854 – December 6, 1922
• Hasrat MohaniIndian independence activist and an Urdu language poet

  January 1, 1875 – May 13, 1951
• Hassan Ali KhayrePrime Minister of Somalia

  being archived
• Hassan DiabLebanese engineer, academic and minister of higher education

  b. June 1, 1959
• Hassan Gouled AptidonPresident of Djibouti (1916-2006)

  October 15, 1916 – November 21, 2006
• Hassan IIKing of Morocco from 1961 to 1999

  July 9, 1929 – July 23, 1999
• Hassan RouhaniPresident of Iran from 2013 to 2021

  b. November 12, 1948
• Hassan SadparaPakistani mountaineer (1963-2016)

  April 3, 1963 – November 21, 2016
• Hassan SardarField hockey player

  b. October 22, 1959
• Hassan Sheikh MohamudSomali removal of president

  b. November 29, 1955
• Hassanal Bolkiah I of BruneiSultan of Brunei since 1967

  b. July 15, 1946
• Hatim al-Tai6th-century Arab chieftain and poet

  d. 578 CE
• Hatshepsut5th Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (c. 1479 BC - 1458 BC)

  1507 BCE – 1458 BCE
• Hattusili IHittite king

  c. 1700 BCE – 1620 BCE
• Hattusili IIIHittite king

  c. 1300 BCE – c. 1300 BCE
• HatueyHispaniolan Cacique (died 1512)

  1479 – February 2, 1512
• Hawwa (Eve)Historical figure
• Hayao MiyazakiJapanese animator, film director, and mangaka (born 1941)

  b. January 5, 1941
• Hayden AdamsHistorical figure

  b. October 21, 1992
• Hayley WilliamsAmerican singer

  b. December 27, 1988
• Hayreddin BarbarossaTurkish admiral (1478–1546)

  1478 – July 4, 1546
• Hazem Al BeblawiFormer Egyptian Prime minister

  b. October 17, 1936
• Hazrat BabajanIndian Sufi

  1806 – September 21, 1931
• Heath LedgerAustralian actor (1979–2008)

  April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008
• Heather MorganAmerican actor and comedian
• Hector BerliozFrench composer and conductor (1803–1869)

  December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869
• Hedy LamarrAustrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)

  November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000
• Heidi KlumGerman-American model, television personality and businesswoman

  being archived
• Heinrich HertzGerman physicist (1857–1894)

  February 22, 1857 – January 1, 1894
• Heinrich SchliemannGerman businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)

  January 6, 1822 – December 26, 1890
• Heinz FischerAustrian politician (SPÖ), 8th president of Austria (born 1938)

  b. October 9, 1938
• Heitor Villa-LobosBrazilian composer (1887–1959)

  March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959
• Helen ClarkPrime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008

  being archived
• Helen KellerAmerican deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)

  June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968
• Helen MirrenBritish actress (born 1945)

  b. July 26, 1945
• Helle Thorning-SchmidtDanish retired politician, former Prime Minister of Denmark

  b. December 14, 1966
• Helmut KohlChancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1982–1998)

  April 3, 1930 – June 16, 2017
• Helmut SchmidtChancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)

  December 23, 1918 – November 10, 2015
• HeloiseHistorical figure
• Hema MaliniIndian actress, dancer, and politician

  being archived
• HemiunuAncient Egyptian prince and vizier

  c. 2500 BCE – c. 2501 BCE
• Hemu KalaniRevolutionary of British India (1923–1943)

  March 23, 1923 – January 21, 1943
• Hendrik LorentzDutch physicist (1853–1928)

  July 18, 1853 – February 4, 1928
• Henri BecquerelFrench physicist (1852–1908)

  December 15, 1852 – August 25, 1908
• Henri Cartier-BressonFrench photographer (1908–2004)

  August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004
• Henri ChristophePresident and King of North Haiti (1767–1820)

  October 6, 1767 – October 8, 1820
• Henri Konan BédiéPresident of Ivory Coast from 1993 to 1999 (1934-2023)

  May 5, 1934 – August 1, 2023
• Henri MatisseFrench artist (1869–1954)

  December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954
• Henri PoincareFrench mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

  April 29, 1854 – July 17, 1912
• Henri RousseauFrench painter (1844–1910)

  May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910
• Henri de MondevilleFrench physician

  1260 – 1320
• Henri de Toulouse-LautrecFrench painter and illustrator (1864–1901)

  November 24, 1864 – September 9, 1901
• Henri-Marie DondraPrime Minister of the Central African Republic

  b. August 14, 1966
• Henrietta Swan LeavittAmerican astronomer and human calculator (1868–1921)

  July 4, 1868 – December 12, 1921
• Henrik IbsenNorwegian playwright and theatre director (1828–1906)

  March 20, 1828 – May 23, 1906
• Henry Clay FrickAmerican industrialist (1849-1919)

  being archived
• Henry David ThoreauAmerican essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

  July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862
• Henry FondaAmerican actor (1905–1982)

  May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982
• Henry FordAmerican business magnate (1863–1947)

  July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947
• Henry HudsonEnglish explorer b1565

  b. 1565
• Henry I of EnglandKing of England from 1100 to 1135 (1068–1135)

  1068 – December 1, 1135
• Henry II of EnglandKing of England from 1154 to 1189

  March 5, 1133 – July 6, 1189
• Henry III of EnglandKing of England from 1216 to 1272

  October 1, 1207 – November 16, 1272
• Henry III, Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman Emperor

  October 28, 1016 – October 5, 1056
• Henry IV of EnglandKing of England from 1399 to 1413

  1367 – March 20, 1413
• Henry IV of FranceKing of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)

  December 13, 1553 – May 14, 1610
• Henry IV, Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105

  November 11, 1050 – August 7, 1106
• Henry J. HeinzAmerican businessman (1844-1919)

  being archived
• Henry JamesAmerican and British writer (1843–1916)

  April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916
• Henry KissingerAmerican diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 (1923–2023)

  May 27, 1923 – November 29, 2023
• Henry KravisAmerican businessman

  being archived
• Henry LuceAmerican magazine publisher (1898–1967)

  being archived
• Henry MooreEnglish sculptor (1898–1986)

  July 30, 1898 – August 31, 1986
• Henry Morton StanleyBritish journalist and explorer (1841–1904)

  January 28, 1841 – May 10, 1904
• Henry Paulson74th United States Secretary of the Treasury

  being archived
• Henry PedrisSri Lankan National Hero (1888–1915)

  August 16, 1888 – July 9, 1915
• Henry Percy (Hotspur)English noble

  May 20, 1364 – July 21, 1403
• Henry PurcellEnglish composer (1659–1695)

  September 10, 1659 – November 21, 1695
• Henry SusoGerman Dominican friar and mystic

  March 21, 1295 – January 25, 1366
• Henry SyFilipino businessman, the richest man in the Philippines according to Forbes or 11 years (2007-2018).

  being archived
• Henry V of EnglandKing of England from 1413 to 1422

  September 16, 1386 – August 31, 1422
• Henry V, Holy Roman EmperorKing of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty

  August 11, 1086 – May 23, 1125
• Henry VI of EnglandKing of England from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471, disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453

  December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471
• Henry VI, Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197

  November 1, 1165 – September 28, 1197
• Henry VII of EnglandKing of England from 1485 to 1509

  January 28, 1457 – April 21, 1509
• Henry VIIIKing of England from 1509 to 1547 (1491–1547)

  June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547
• Henry Wadsworth LongfellowAmerican poet and educator (1807–1882)

  February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882
• Henry de Bracton13th-century English jurist

  1210 – 1268
• Henry of GhentScholastic philosopher

  1217 – June 29, 1293
• Henry the FowlerKing of East Francia (919–936); Duke of Saxony (912–936)

  876 CE – July 2, 936 CE
• Henry the LionWelf dynasty, Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII (1129-1195)

  1129 – August 6, 1195
• Henry the NavigatorPortuguese prince and governor (1394–1460)

  March 4, 1394 – November 13, 1460
• Heo JunKorean court physician (1539 – 1615 )

  1546 – 1615
• HeraclitusGreek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC)

  535 BCE – c. 470 BCE
• HeracliusByzantine emperor from 610 to 641

  575 CE – February 11, 641 CE
• Herbert DuffusJamaican politician and judge (1908-2002)

  August 30, 1908 – October 25, 2002
• Herbert HooverPresident of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)

  August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964
• Herbert von KarajanAustrian conductor (1908–1989)

  April 5, 1908 – July 16, 1989
• Hereward the Wake11th-century leader of local resistance to the Norman conquest of England

  1032 – 1072
• Herman MelvilleAmerican writer and poet (1819–1891)

  August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891