# People and Peoples (H-I)

H Richard Greene
H Richard Greene is an actor.

H. C. Baldridge
H C Baldridge was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Idaho from 1927 until 1931.

H. G. Burton
H G Burton was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of North Carolina from 1824 until 1827.

H.B. Halicki
H.B Halicki is an actor.

H.B. Warner
H.B Warner was an actor. He was born in 1876 and died in 1958.

H.G. Wells
Herbert George Wells was an English writer. He was born in 1866 at Bromley and died in 1946. Although he wanted to be a teacher, bad health meant he couldn't so he turned to writing. He wrote 'The Invisible Man', 'The Time Machine' and 'The War Of The Worlds'.

Haakon VII
Haakon VII was King of Norway from 1905 to 1957. He was born in 1872, dying in 1957. He was a brave man who resisted the nazi occupation of Norway during the second world war.

Haarlem Ostade
Haarlem Ostade was a Dutch painter born in 1610, he died in 1685. He was a pupil of Franz Hals and was later influenced by Rembrandt. Isaac Ostade was a Dutch painter born in 1621 and died in 1649.

Hadley
George Hadley developed Halley's theory of trade winds by taking into account the earth's rotation and the displacement of air by tropical heat. He was born in 1685, dying in 1768.

Hadrian
Hadrian was a Roman emperor. He was born in 76, dying in 138. He visited England in 121 and built a protective wall to separate England from Scotland.

Hagan Beggs
Hagan Beggs is an actor.

Haggard
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English novelist. He was born in 1856 and died in 1925. He wrote King Solomon's Mines.

Haig
Douglas Haig was a British soldier. He was born in 1861 and died in 1928. He was commander-in-chief of the British troops in France during the Great War.

Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie was Emperor of Ethiopia and figure head of the Rastafarian movement, although he knew nothing about that! He was born in 1891.

Haing S Ngor
Haing S Ngor is an actor.

Hakluyt
Richard Hakluyt was an English geographer. He was born in 1552 and died in 1616.

Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Hal Linden
Hal Linden is an actor. He was born in 1932.

Hal March
Hal March was an actor. He was born in 1920 and died in 1970.

Hal Skelly
Hal Skelly was an actor. He was born in 1891 and died in 1934.

Hal Thompson
Hal Thompson is an actor.

Halley
Edmund Halley was Astronomer Royal from 1720. He was born in 1656 and died in 1742. He calculated the orbit of the comet named after him.

Hallie Eckstein
Hallie Eckstein is an actress.

Halliwell Hobbes
Halliwell Hobbes was an actor. He was born in 1877 and died in 1962.

Hals
Franz Hals was a Dutch portrait painter. He was born in 1580 and died in 1666.

Ham Larsen
Ham Larsen is an actor.

Hamilton Camp
Hamilton Camp is an actor.

Hamilton Fish
Hamilton Fish was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of New York from 1849 until 1850.

Hamilton R. Gamble
Hamilton R Gamble was an American politician. He was a Union governor of Missouri from 1861 until 1864.

Han
The Han are the majority ethnic group in China, numbering about 990 million. The Hans speak a wide variety of dialects of the same monosyllabic language, a member of the Sino-Tibetan family. Their religion combines Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and ancestor worship.

Han Albers
Han Albers is an actor. He was born in 1892.

Hana Slikova
Hana Slikova is an actress.

Hancock Lee Jackson
Hancock Lee Jackson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Missouri during 1857.

Hank Azaria
Hank Azaria is an actor. He was born in 1964.

Hank Mann
Hank Mann was an actor. He was born in 1887 and died in 1971.

Hank Morgan
Hank Morgan is an actor.

Hank Worden
Hank Worden is an actor. He was born in 1901.

Hanna Brejchova
Hanna Brejchova is an actress.

Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla is an actress. She was born in 1943.

Hannah Jones
Hannah Jones is an actress.

Hannes Messemer
Hannes Messemer is an actor. He was born in 1924.

Hannibal
Hannibal was a Carthaginian leader. He was born in 247 BC and died in 183 BC after taking poison to avoid capture by the Romans.

Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine during 1857.

Hans Aanrud
Hans Aanrud was a Norwegian writer.He was born in 1863 and died in 1953. He wrote stories of peasant life and comedies including 'Storken' published in 1895, 'Ho it tilhest' published in 1901 and 'Hanen' published in 1906.

Hans Conried
Hans Conried was an actor. He was born in 1917 and died in 1982.

Hans Geiger
Hans Geiger was a German physicist. He was born in 1882 at Neustadt-an-der-Haardt and died in 1945. He studied at Erlangen and moved to Manchester where he worked under Ernest Rutherford from 1906 to 1912. He investigated beta-ray radioactivity, and helped to devise a counter to measure it (the geiger counter). He was professor at Kiel in 1925 and at Tubingen in 1929 and later worked at Berlin.

Hans Holbein
Hans Holbein was a German portrait and religious painter. He was born in 1497 at Augsburg and died in 1543.

Hans Memling
Hans Memling was a Flemish religious painter. He was born in 1430 and died in 1494.

Hans Sachs
Hans Sachs was a German poet. He was born at Nuremberg in 1494, dying in 1576.

Hansjoerg Felmy
Hansjoerg Felmy is an actor. He was born in 1931.

Harcourt Williams
Harcourt Williams was an actor. He was born in 1880 and died in 1957.

Hardicanute
Hardicanute was king of Denmark in 803.
Hardicanute (Canute II) was a son of Canute and King of England from 1040 to 1042, and king of Denmark in 1014.

Hardie
James Keir Hardie was a British labour leader. He was born in 1856 and died in 1915. He founded the Independent Labour Party in 1893.

Hardie Albright
Hardie Albright was an actor. He was born in 1903 and died in 1971.

Hardin R. Runnels
Hardin R Runnels was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Texas from 1857 until 1859.

Hardy
Thomas Hardy was an English author. He was born in 1840 at Dorchester and died in 1928. He wrote The Mayor of Casterbridge.

Hardy Kruger
Hardy Kruger is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Hargreaves
James Hargreaves was a Lancashire weaver who invented the spinning-jenny.

Harlan J. Bushfield
Harlan J Bushfield was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of South Dakota from 1939 until 1943.

Harmonists
The Harmonists were a religious sect founded at Wurtemberg in 1788 by George and Frederick Rapp. They endeavoured to re-establish the social practices of the early Christian church, practising celibacy and holding all goods in common. They were persecuted and so moved to America in 1805.

Harold
Harold was son of Canute and was King of England from 1035 to 1040.

Harold Bergman
Harold Bergman is an actor.

Harold Blue Tooth
Harold Blue Tooth was king of Denmark in 941.

Harold E. Hughes
Harold E Hughes was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969.

Harold E. LeVander
Harold E LeVander was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Minnesota from 1967 until 1971.

Harold E. Stassen
Harold E Stassen was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Minnesota from 1939 until 1943.

Harold G. Hoffman
Harold G Hoffman was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Jersey from 1935 until 1938.

Harold Gary
Harold Gary is an actor.

Harold Godwinson
Harold Godwinson was Earl of Wessex, and later king of England. He was elected king by the Witan upon the death of Edward the Confessor in 1066. He died in 1066 atthe Battle of Hastings.

Harold Goodwin
Harold Goodwin is an actor. He was born in 1917.

Harold Gould
Harold Gould is an actor. He was born in 1923.

Harold Huber
Harold Huber was an actor. He was born in 1904 and died in 1959.

Harold Huth
Harold Huth was an actor. He was born in 1892 and died in 1967.

Harold J. Arthur
Harold J Arthur was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1950 until 1951.

Harold J. Stone
Harold J Stone is an actor. He was born in 1911.

Harold Kasket
Harold Kasket is an actor. He was born in 1916.

Harold Lloyd
Harold Lloyd was an American actor and accomplished acrobat. He was born in 1893 and died in 1971.

Harold Macmillan
Harold Macmillan was a British Conservative statesman. He was born in 1894. He became an MP in 1924. He became Prime Minister in 1957 following Eden's resignation over the Suez canal crisis.

Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter is a British playwright. He was born in 1930 in London. His plays include The Caretaker and The Birthday Party.

Harold Ramis
Harold Ramis is an actor.

Harold Russell
Harold Russell was an actor. He was born in 1914.

Harold Sakata
Harold Sakata was an actor. He was born in 1920 and died in 1982.

Harold Sylvester
Harold Sylvester is an actor.

Harold the Simple
Harold the Simple was king of Denmark in 1076.

Harold W. Handley
Harold W Handley was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Indiana from 1957 until 1961.

Harold Warrender
Harold Warrender was an actor. He was born in 1903 and died in 1953.

Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson was a British labour statesman and Prime Minister. He was born in 1916. He entered parliament in 1945. He became Prime minister in 1964.

Haroun-Al-Raschid
Haroun-Al-Raschid was Caliph of Baghdad. He was born in 764 and died in 809.

Harpo Marx
Harpo Marx was an actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1964.

Harriet Anderson
Harriet Anderson is an actress.

Harriet Andersson
Harriet Andersson is an actress. She was born in 1932.

Harriet Hilliard
Harriet Hilliard is an actress. She was born in 1914.

Harriet Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American author. She was born in 1811, dying in 1896. Her book uncle tom's cabin was published in 1852 in which she exposed slavery.

Harris Flanagin
Harris Flanagin was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1862 until 1865.

Harris M. Plaisted
Harris M Plaisted was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maine from 1881 until 1883.

Harris Yulin
Harris Yulin was an actor.

Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford is an actor. He was born in 1917.

Harrison Ludington
Harrison Ludington was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Wisconsin from 1876 until 1878.

Harrison Reed
Harrison Reed was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Florida from 1868 until 1873.

Harry Andrews
Harry Andrews was an actor. He was born in 1911 and died in 1989.

Harry Baer
Harry Baer is an actor.

Harry Baur
Harry Baur was an actor. He was born in 1880 and died in 1943.

Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte is an actor. He was born in 1927.

Harry Bellaver
Harry Bellaver is an actor. He was born in 1905.

Harry Carey
Harry Carey was an actor. He was born in 1878 and died in 1947.

Harry Carey Jr
Harry Carey Jr is an actor.

Harry Crosby
Harry Crosby is an actor.

Harry Davenport
Harry Davenport was an actor. He was born in 1866 and died in 1949.

Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton was an actor. He was born in 1926.

Harry F. Kelly
Harry F Kelly was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Michigan from 1943 until 1946.

Harry Flood Byrd
Harry Flood Byrd was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Virginia from 1926 until 1930.

Harry Fowler
Harry Fowler is an actor. He was born in 1926.

Harry Furniss
Harry Furniss was a British caricaturist. He was born in 1854 at Wexford and died in 1925. He went to London as a young man where his drawings appeared in many leading illustrated periodicals.

Harry G. Leslie
Harry G Leslie was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Indiana from 1929 until 1933.

Harry Goz
Harry Goz is an actor.

Harry Guardino
Harry Guardino is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Harry H. Corbett
Harry H Corbett was an actor. He was born in 1925 and died in 1982.

Harry H. Woodring
Harry H Woodring was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Kansas from 1931 until 1933.

Harry Hamlin
Harry Hamlin is an actor. He was born in 1951.

Harry Hayden
Harry Hayden was an actor. He was born in 1884 and died in 1955.

Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini was an actor. He was born in 1873 and died in 1926.

Harry James
Harry James is an actor. He was born in 1916.

Harry L. Davis
Harry L Davis was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Ohio from 1921 until 1923.

Harry Langdon
Harry Langdon was an actor. He was born in 1884 and died in 1944.

Harry Lauter
Harry Lauter is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan is an actor. He was born in 1915.

Harry Myers
Harry Myers was an actor. He was born in 1886 and died in 1938.

Harry Northup
Harry Northup is an actor.

Harry R. Hughes
Harry R Hughes was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maryland from 1979 until 1987.

Harry Reems
Harry Reems is an actor. He was born in 1947.

Harry Richman
Harry Richman was an actor. He was born in 1895 and died in 1972.

Harry Ritz
Harry Ritz was an actor. He died in 1986.

Harry S Truman
Harry S Truman was an American politician and president. He was born in 1884 in Missouri. In 1934 he was elected to the senate for the Democrats. In 1945 he became president when Roosevelt died. In 1948 he was re-elected president and in 1952 he retired from politics.

Harry Secombe
Harry Secombe is an actor. He was born in 1921.

Harry Shannon
Harry Shannon was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1964.

Harry Shearer
Harry Shearer is an actor.

Harry Terry
Harry Terry is an actor.

Harry Townes
Harry Townes is an actor.

Harry Vardon
Harry Vardon was an English professional golfer. he was born in 1870 and was six times Open Champion in 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911 and 1914 and American Open Champion in 1900.

Harry W. Nice
Harry W Nice was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maryland from 1935 until 1939.

Hart Bochner
Hart Bochner is an actor.

Harte
Francis Bret Harte was an American poet. He was born in 1836 and died in 1902.

Hartley Power
Hartley Power was an actor. He was born in 1894 and died in 1966.

Haruspices
The Haruspices were priests or soothsayers of Etruscan origin, who foretold events from observing the entrails of animals. They were introduced to Rome by Romulus in around 750 BC and abolished by Constantine in 337.

Harve Presnell
Harve Presnell is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel is an actor. He was born in 1947.

Harvey Korman
Harvey Korman is an actor. He was born in 1927.

Harvey L. Wollman
Harvey L Wollman was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Dakota from 1978 until 1979.

Harvey Lembeck
Harvey Lembeck was an actor. He was born in 1925 and died in 1982.

Harvey Parnell
Harvey Parnell was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1928 until 1933.

Harvey Stephens
Harvey Stephens is an actor. He was born in 1970.

Hasse Eckman
Hasse Eckman is an actress. She was born in 1915.

Hattie Jacques
Hattie Jacques was an actress. She was born in 1924 and died in 1980.

Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel was an actor. He was born in 1895 and died in 1952.

Hausa
The Hausa are a Muslim people of north Nigeria.

Hawkins
Sir John Hawkins was an Elizabethan sailor. He was born in 1532 and died in 1595.

Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer. He was born in 1804 and died in 1864.

Hay Petrie
Hay Petrie was an actor. He was born in 1895 and died in 1948.

Haya Harareet
Haya Harareet is an actress. She was born in 1934.

Hayley Mills
Hayley Mills is an actress. She was born in 1946.

Hayward Robillard
Hayward Robillard is an actor.

Hazel Court
Hazel Court is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott was an actress. She was born in 1920 and died in 1983.

Hazel Spears
Hazel Spears is an actress.

Hazen S. Pingree
Hazen S Pingree was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Michigan from 1897 until 1900.

Hazlitt
William Hazlitt was an English writer. He was born in 1778 at Maidstone and died in 1830.

Heath Lamberts
Heath Lamberts is an actress.

Heather Angel
Heather Angel is an actress. She was born in 1909.

Heather Locklear
Heather Locklear is an actress.

Heather Rattray
Heather Rattray is an actress.

Heather Sears
Heather Sears is an actress. She was born in 1935.

Heather Thatcher
Heather Thatcher was an actress. She was born in 1897.

Heather Thomas
Heather Thomas is an actress.

Heber M. Wells
Heber M Wells was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Utah from 1896 until 1905.

Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz was a French composer. He was born in 1803 and died in 1869. He composed Damnation of Faust, Symphonie Fantastique, Requiem.

Hector Elizondo
Hector Elizondo is an actor. He was born in 1936.

Hector Munro
Hector Hugo Munro (Saki) was a British novelist. He was born in 1870 and died in 1916.

Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper was an actress. She was born in 1890 and died in 1966.

Hedui
The Hedui were a Celtic people of north-east France. They were subjugated by Julius Caesar in 52 BC. In 21 an insurrection was quelled by Silius.

Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr is an actress. She was born in 1913.

Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher. He was born in 1770 at Stuttgart and died in 1831.

Heidi Holicker
Heidi Holicker is an actress.

Heine
Heinrich Heine was a German lyric poet. He was born in 1797 at Dusseldorf and died in 1856.

Heinrich Berghaus
Heinrich Berghaus was a German geographer. He was born in 1797 and died in 1884. He served with the German army in France in 1815 and from 1816 to 1821 was employed with the great trigonometrical survey of Prussia under the War Department. From 1824 to 1855 he was professor of applied mathematics in the Berlin Academy of Architecture and afterwards resided at Stettin.

Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was a German physicist. He was born in 1857, dying in 1895. He confirmed Maxwell's electromagnetic theory of waves and discovered information about their behaviour. The measurement of the frequency of radio waves is named after him.

Heinrich Ruhmkorff
Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff was a German electrician. He was born in 1803 and died in 1877. He invented a thermo-electric battery in 1844.

Heinrich Thurn
Heinrich Matthias Thurn (Count Von Thurn) was a Bohemian Protestant leader. He was born in 1580 and died in 1640. In 1618 he raised the standard of revolt against the emperor and invaded Austria, but fled after the disastrous battle of the White Hill at Prague in 1620. Later he served in the Swedish army, being present at Breitenfeld in 1631 and Lutzen in 1632. He was finally defeated by Wallenstein at Steinau on the Oder in 1633.

Heinz Ruhmann
Heinz Ruhmann is an actor. He was born in 1902.

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer. He was born in 1887 and died in 1959.

Helen Broderick
Helen Broderick was an actress. She was born in 1890 and died in 1959.

Helen Chandler
Helen Chandler was an actress. She was born in 1909 and died in 1965.

Helen Chester
Helen Chester is an actress.

Helen Gahagan
Helen Gahagan was an actress. She was born in F.

Helen Gibson
Helen Gibson was an actress. She was born in 1892 and died in 1977.

Helen Haye
Helen Haye was an actress. She was born in 1874 and died in 1957.

Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes was an actress. She was born in 1900 and died in 1992.

Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt is an actress. She was born in 1963.

Helen Jerome Eddy
Helen Jerome Eddy is an actress. She was born in 1897.

Helen Kallianoites
Helen Kallianoites is an actress.

Helen Kane
Helen Kane was an actress. She was born in 1904 and died in 1966.

Helen Keller
Helen Keller was an actress. She was born in 1881 and died in 1968.

Helen Mack
Helen Mack is an actress. She was born in 1913.

Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Helen Morgan
Helen Morgan was an actress. She was born in 1900 and died in 1941.

Helen Morse
Helen Morse was an actress.

Helen Parrish
Helen Parrish was an actress. She was born in 1922 and died in 1959.

Helen Reddy
Helen Reddy was an actress.

Helen Shaver
Helen Shaver is an actress.

Helen Slater
Helen Slater is an actress.

Helen Traubel
Helen Traubel was an actress. She was born in 1899 and died in 1972.

Helen Twelvetrees
Helen Twelvetrees was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1958.

Helen Vinson
Helen Vinson is an actor. He was born in 1907.

Helen Walker
Helen Walker was an actress. She was born in 1921 and died in 1968.

Helen Westcott
Helen Westcott is an actress. She was born in 1929.

Helen Westley
Helen Westley was an actress. She was born in 1879 and died in 1942.

Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter is an actress. She was born in 1966.

Helena Carter
Helena Carter is an actress. She was born in 1923.

Helena Rojo
Helena Rojo is an actress.

Helene Costello
Helene Costello was an actress. She was born in 1904 and died in 1957.

Helene Thimig
Helene Thimig was an actress. She was born in 1889 and died in 1974.

Helgi Skulason
Helgi Skulason is an actor.

Hellene
Hellene is an alternate name for a Greek.

Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz was a German scientist. He was born in 1821 at Ptsdam and died in 1894. He discovered the law of the conservation of energy in 1847.

Helmut Berger
Helmut Berger is an actor. He was born in 1944.

Helmut Dantine
Helmut Dantine was an actor. He was born in 1917 and died in 1982.

Helmut Griem
Helmut Griem is an actor.

Helmuth Von Moltke
Helmuth Johannes Ludwig Von Moltke was a Prussian general. He was born in 1848 and died in 1916. He invented the German plan of campaign for the Great War.

Helot
The helot were a class of slaves in ancient Sparta.

Helvetii
The Helvetii were a people living in the area now called Switzerland around Roman times. They were persecuted by the Romans under Vitellius for refusing to acknowledge him as Emperor and were almost wiped out by Julius Caesar in 58 BC near Geneva.

Henderson Forsythe
Henderson Forsythe is an actor.

Hendrik Conscience
Hendrik Conscience was a Flemish novelist. He was born in 1812 at Antwerp and died in 1883. He wrote novels mainly dealing with the history of his country and provide accounts of everyday life in Belgium.

Hengist
Hengist was king of the Heptarchy in 454.

Henri Barbusse
Henri Barbusse was a French writer. He was born in 1874 and died in 1935.

Henri Bergson
Henri Louis Bergson was a French philosopher. He was born in 1859 at Paris. He was awarded the nobel prize for literature in 1927.

Henri Brialmont
Henri Alexis Brialmont was a Belgian military writer. He was born in 1821 and died in 1903. He entered the army in 1843 as a lieutenant of engineers and retired in 1886. During his career he wrote a number of works, many of which deal with fortifications.

Henri Chapu
Henri Chapu was a French sculptor. He was born in 1833 at Mee and died in 1891.

Henri Charrieri
Henri Charrieri is an actor.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French painter. He was born in 1864 at Albi and died in 1901.

Henri Duparc
Henri Duparc was a French composer. He was born in Paris in 1848. He died in 1933.

Henri Fantin-Latour
Henri Fantin-Latour was a French painter. He was born in 1836 at Grenoble and died in 1904.

Henri Marchand
Henri Marchand was an actor. He was born in 1898 and died in 1959.

Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse was a French painter. He was born in 1869 at Le Cateau and died in 1954.

Henri Sainte-Claire Deville
Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville was a French chemist. He was born in 1818 and died in 1881. His principal works included the sodium method of preparing aluminium and researches on the platinum metals. His experiences with high temperature methods in this connection led to pioneering work on the artificial preparation of minerals and to his discovery of thermal dissociation.

Henri Vidal
Henri Vidal was an actor. He was born in 1919 and died in 1959.

Henri Vilbert
Henri Vilbert is an actor.

Henrietta Crosman
Henrietta Crosman was an actress. She was born in 1861 and died in 1944.

Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian dramatist. He was born in 1828 at Skien and died in 1906.

Henry A. Buchtel
Henry A Buchtel was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Colorado from 1907 until 1909.

Henry A. Swift
Henry A Swift was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Minnesota from 1863 until 1864.

Henry A. Wise
Henry A Wise was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Virginia from 1856 until 1860.

Henry Armetta
Henry Armetta was an actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1945.

Henry B Walthall
Henry B Walthall was an actor. He was born in 1878 and died in 1936.

Henry B. Anthony
Henry B Anthony was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Rhode Island from 1849 until 1851.

Henry B. Cleaves
Henry B Cleaves was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine from 1893 until 1897.

Henry B. Quinby
Henry B Quinby was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1909 until 1911.

Henry Bellmon
Henry Bellmon was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Oklahoma from 1987 until 1991.

Henry Bergman
Henry Bergman is an actor.

Henry Bohn
Henry George Bohn was an English publisher. He was born in 1796 and died in 1884. He was the son of a Westphalian book-binder who settled in London in 1795. In 1846 he began issuing notable books at low cost.

Henry Brandon
Henry Brandon is an actor. He was born in 1912.

Henry Brooke
Henry Brooke was an Irish dramatist and novelist. He was born in 1703 and died in 1783. He was educated at Dublin University and was a friend of Jonathon Swift, Pope and Garrick.

Henry C. Warmoth
Henry C Warmoth was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Louisiana from 1868 until 1872.

Henry Calvin
Henry Calvin was an actor. He was born in 1918 and died in 1975.

Henry Carter Stuart
Henry Carter Stuart was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Virginia from 1914 until 1918.

Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish was an English scientist who investigated the nature of gases. He was born in 1731, dying in 1810.

Henry Cort
Henry Cort was the English inventor of the processes of puddling and rolling iron. He was born in 1740 at Lancaster and died in 1800.

Henry Cory
Henry Cory is an actor.

Henry D. Hatfield
Henry D Hatfield was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of West Virginia from 1913 until 1917.

Henry D. McDaniel
Henry D McDaniel was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1883 until 1886.

Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell was an actor. He was born in 1894 and died in 1963.

Henry Edwards
Henry Edwards was an actor. He was born in 1882 and died in 1952.

Henry Ephron
Henry Ephron was an actor. He was born in 1911 and died in 1992.

Henry F. Schricker
Henry F Schricker was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Indiana from 1941 until 1945.

Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding was an English writer. He was born in 1707 near Glastonbury and died in 1754. He wrote the novel Tom Jones.

Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1982.

Henry Ford
Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford motor car company and the pioneer of the cheap motor car.

Henry Fuseli
Henry Fuseli was a Swiss artist. He was born in 1741 at Zurich and died in 1825. He was a friend to William Blake, and was keeper of the Royal Academy from 1804 until 1825.

Henry G. Blasdel
Henry G Blasdel was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nevada from 1864 until 1871.

Henry Gibson
Henry Gibson is an actor. He was born in 1935.

Henry H. Blood
Henry H Blood was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Utah from 1933 until 1941.

Henry H. Crapo
Henry H Crapo was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Michigan from 1865 until 1868.

Henry H. Haight
Henry H Haight was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of California from 1867 until 1871.

Henry H. Horton
Henry H Horton was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Tennessee from 1927 until 1933.

Henry H. Markham
Henry H Markham was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of California from 1891 until 1895.

Henry H. Sibley
Henry H Sibley was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Minnesota from 1858 until 1860.

Henry H. Wells
Henry H Wells was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Virginia from 1868 until 1869.

Henry Horner
Henry Horner was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Illinois from 1933 until 1940.

Henry Howard
see "Earl of Surrey"

Henry Hubbard
Henry Hubbard was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Hampshire from 1842 until 1844.

Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was an English sailor and explorer. He discovered the Hudson river and Hudson straight.

Henry Hull
Henry Hull was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1977.

Henry I
Henry was a son of William The Conqueror and King of England from 1101 to 1135.

Henry II
Henry II was King of England from 1154 to 1189.

Henry III
Henry III was King of England from 1216 to 1272.

Henry IV
Henry IV was King of England from 1399 to 1413.

Henry J. Allen
Henry J Allen was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Kansas from 1919 until 1923.

Henry J. Gardner
Henry J Gardner was an American politician. He was a American governor of Massachusetts from 1855 until 1858.

Henry Jaglom
Henry Jaglom is an actor.

Henry James
Henry James was an American writer. He was born in 1843 and died in 1916.

Henry Johnson
Henry Johnson was an American politician. He was a Jeffersonian Republican governor of Louisiana from 1824 until 1828.

Henry Jones
Henry Jones is an actor. He was born in 1912.

Henry Kendall
Henry Kendall was an actor. He was born in 1887 and died in 1962.

Henry Kolker
Henry Kolker was an actor. He was born in 1874 and died in 1947.

Henry L. Fuqua
Henry L Fuqua was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1924 until 1926.

Henry L. Mitchell
Henry L Mitchell was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Florida from 1893 until 1897.

Henry L. Whitfield
Henry L Whitfield was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Mississippi from 1924 until 1927.

Henry Lee
Henry Lee was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Virginia from 1791 until 1794.

Henry Lippitt
Henry Lippitt was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Rhode Island from 1875 until 1877.

Henry Lloyd
Henry Lloyd was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maryland from 1885 until 1888.

Henry Louis Gehrig
see "Lou Gehrig"

Henry M. Hoyt
Henry M Hoyt was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 until 1883.

Henry M. Mathews
Henry M Mathews was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of West Virginia from 1877 until 1881.

Henry Mason
Henry Mason is an actor.

Henry Massey Rector
Henry Massey Rector was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1860 until 1862.

Henry McBride
Henry McBride was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Washington from 1901 until 1905.

Henry Middleton
Henry Middleton was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of South Carolina from 1810 until 1812.

Henry Mollison
Henry Mollison is an actor.

Henry Moore
Henry Moore is an English sculptor. He was born in 1898 at Castleford.

Henry ONeill
Henry ONeill was an actor. He was born in 1891 and died in 1961.

Henry Oscar
Henry Oscar was an actor. He was born in 1891 and died in 1969.

Henry P. Baldwin
Henry P Baldwin was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Michigan from 1869 until 1872.

Henry Palmerston
Henry John Temple Palmerston was an English statesman. He was born in 1784 in Hampshire and died in 1865. He became Conservative MP for Newport in 1807 but in 1828 switched sides to the Liberals.

Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell was an English composer born in London in 1659. He died in 1695.

Henry Rawlinson
Henry Seymour Rawlinson (Baron Rawlinson of Trent) was a British soldier. He was born in 1864 and died in 1925. He served in South Africa and during the Great War at Ypres, Loos and commanded the Fourth Army at the Somme and at Amiens. From 1920 to 1925 he was Commander-in-Chief in India.

Henry S. Caulfield
Henry S Caulfield was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Missouri from 1929 until 1933.

Henry S. Foote
Henry S Foote was an American politician. He was a Union Democratic governor of Mississippi from 1852 until 1854.

Henry S. Johnston
Henry S Johnston was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Oklahoma from 1927 until 1929.

Henry S. Thibodaux
Henry S Thibodaux was an American politician. He was a Jeffersonian Republican governor of Louisiana during 1824.

Henry Sanada
Henry Sanada is an actor.

Henry Shrapnel
Henry Shrapnel was an English inventor. He was born in 1761 and died in 1842. He invented the shrapnel shell which was adopted by the British army in 1803.

Henry Silva
Henry Silva is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Henry Smith
Henry Smith was an American politician. He was a governor of Rhode Island during 1805.

Henry Smith Lane
Henry Smith Lane was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Indiana during 1861.

Henry Stephenson
Henry Stephenson was an actor. He was born in 1871 and died in 1956.

Henry Stuart
Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart was a pretender to the English throne, and the Duke of York. He was born in 1725 and died in 1807. On the death of Charles Edward in 1788 he styled himself Henry IX,king of England.

Henry T. Clark
Henry T Clark was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1861 until 1862.

Henry T. Gage
Henry T Gage was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of California from 1899 until 1903.

Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas is an actor.

Henry Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist and writer. He was born in 1817 at Concord and died in 1862. He wrote Walden.

Henry Traill
Henry Duff Traill was an English writer. He was born in 1842 at Blackheath and died in 1900. He was the first editor of 'Literature' and wrote biographies of Coleridge, Sterne, William III, Shaftesbury, Strafford, Lord Salisbury, Lord Cromer and Sir John Franklin as well as writing numerous letters to the Pall Mall Gazette, St James Gazette, Saturday Review and the Daily Telegraph.

Henry Travers
Henry Travers was an actor. He was born in 1874 and died in 1965.

Henry V
Henry V was King of England from 1413 to 1422.

Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan was a Welsh religious poet. He was born in 1622 and died in 1695.

Henry VI
Henry VI was son of Henry V and King of England from 1422 to 1461.

Henry Victor
Henry Victor was an actor. He was born in 1898 and died in 1945.

Henry VII
Henry VII was King of England from 1485 to 1509.

Henry VIII
Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 to 1547.

Henry Vizetelly
Henry Vizetelly was an English writer. He was born in 1820 and died in 1894. He pioneered the illustrated press, starting the Pictorial Times in 1843, the Illustrated Times in 1855 and was Paris correspondent of the Illustrated London News in 1865. He wrote the novel The Man With The Iron Mask in 1870.

Henry W. Allen
Henry W Allen was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1864 until 1865.

Henry W. Keyes
Henry W Keyes was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1917 until 1919.

Henry Wace
Henry Wace was an English churchman. He was born in 1836 and died in 1924. He was professor of ecclesiastic history at King's College, London in 1875 and principal in 1883. In 1903 he became dean of Canterbury.

Henry Wadsworth
Henry Wadsworth was an actor. He was born in 1902 and died in 1974.

Henry Watkins Collier
Henry Watkins Collier was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1849 until 1853.

Henry Wilcoxon
Henry Wilcoxon is an actor. He was born in 1905.

Henry Winkler
Henry Winkler is an actor. He was born in 1946.

Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz was a Polish novelist. He was born in 1846 and died in 1916.

Henry IX
see "Henry Stuart"

Heodwulf
Heodwulf was king of Bernicia in 572.

Heraclidae
The Heraclidae were descendants of Hercules, who were expelled from the Peloponnesus about 1200 BC, but reconquered it around 1100 BC.

Herb Edelman
Herb Edelman is an actor. He was born in 1930.

Herbert Anderson
Herbert Anderson is an actor. He was born in 1917.

Herbert B. Maw
Herbert B Maw was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Utah from 1941 until 1949.

Herbert Berghof
Herbert Berghof was an actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1990.

Herbert Clark Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st president of the USA from 1929 to 1933.

Herbert Gronemeyer
Herbert Gronemeyer is an actor.

Herbert H. Lehman
Herbert H Lehman was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New York from 1933 until 1942.

Herbert Lom
Herbert Lom is an actor. He was born in 1917.

Herbert Lomas
Herbert Lomas was an actor. He was born in 1887 and died in 1961.

Herbert Loom
Herbert Loom is an actor.

Herbert Marshall
Herbert Marshall was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1966.

Herbert Morrison
Herbert Morrison was a British labour statesman. He was born in 1888, dying in 1965. He was home secretary during the second world war.

Herbert Mundin
Herbert Mundin was an actor. He was born in 1898 and died in 1939.

Herbert R. O'Conor
Herbert R O'Conor was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maryland from 1939 until 1947.

Herbert Rawlinson
Herbert Rawlinson was an actor. He was born in 1885 and died in 1953.

Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross is an actor. He was born in 1927.

Herbert Rudley
Herbert Rudley is an actor. He was born in 1911.

Herbert S. Hadley
Herbert S Hadley was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Missouri from 1909 until 1913.

Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer was a British philosopher. He was born in 1820 at Derby and died in 1903.

Herbert Vaughan
Herbert Vaughan was Bishop of Salford and Archbishop of Westminster. He was born in 1832 and died in 1903.

Herbert W. Ladd
Herbert W Ladd was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Rhode Island from 1891 until 1892.

Herbert `Cowboy' Coward
Herbert `Cowboy' Coward is an actor.

Herk Harvey
Herk Harvey is an actor.

Herman Bing
Herman Bing was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1947.

Herman Brix
Herman Brix is an actor. He was born in 1909.

Herman E. Talmadge
Herman E Talmadge was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1948 until 1955.

Herman G. Kump
Herman G Kump was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of West Virginia from 1933 until 1937.

Herman Melville
Herman Melville was an American writer. He was born in 1819 at New York and died in 1891. He wrote Moby Dick.

Hermann Boerhaave
Hermann Boerhaave was a Dutch physician. He was born in 1668 and died in 1738. He started studying medicine around 1690 and in 1693 was made Doctor of Medicine at Harderwyck and in 1701 the University of Leyden chose him to deliver lectures on the theory of medicine.

Hermann Rorschach
Hermann Rorschach was a Swiss psychiatrist. He was born in 1884 and died in 1922. He developed the Rorschach test which was the grandfather of all projective tests.

Hermann Sprengel
Hermann Johann Philip Sprengel was a German chemist and physicist. He was born in 1834 near Hanover and died in 1900. He came to England in 1859 to work at Oxford and afterwards London. He is mainly associated with the Sprengel pump, used for obtaining high vacua by the fall of drops of mercury in a narrow tube, and his work on explosives.

Hermann Vezin
Hermann Vezin was an actor. He was born in 1829 and died in 1910. He was principally associated with Shakespearean parts, and first appeared on the English stage in 1850. In addition, he was a teacher of elocution and wrote a book entitled 'My Masters'.

Hermenric
Hermenric was king of the Heptarchy in 542 and a son of Octa.

Hermione Baddeley
Hermione Baddeley was an actress. She died in 1986.

Hermione Gingold
Hermione Gingold was an actress. She was born in 1897 and died in 1987.

Hernando Cortes
Hernando Cortes was a Spanish adventurer. He was born in 1488, dying in 1547. In 1511 he took part in the conquest of Cuba and in 1518 he captured Mexico for Spain, and destroyed the ancient civilisation there.

Hernando De Alarcon
Hernando De Alarcon was a 16th century Spanish navigator. he sailed from Acapulco in 1540 and disproved the idea that California was an island. He was the first European to explore the Colorado River.

Herodotus
Herodotus was a Greek historian. He was born in 484 BC and died in 420 BC.

Herschel Bernardi
Herschel Bernardi was an actor. He was born in 1923 and died in 1986.

Herschel C. Loveless
Herschel C Loveless was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Iowa from 1957 until 1961.

Herschel V. Johnson
Herschel V Johnson was an American politician. He was a Union Democratic governor of Georgia from 1853 until 1857.

Herta Ware
Herta Ware is an actress.

Heruli
The Heruli were an ancient Germanic people, originally found on the northern shores of the Black Sea. Under the leadership of Odoacer they helped in the overthrow of the Western Empire. Around the end of the 6th century they ceased to exist as a separate people.

Herve Villechaize
Herve Villechaize was an actor. He was born in 1943 and died in 1993.

Hesiod
Hesiod was a Greek poet who lived around 730 BC.

Hewett Watson
Hewett Cottrell Watson was an English botanist. He was born in 1804 and died in 1881. In 1844 he assisted in preparing the 'London catalogue of British Plants' and wrote several other botanical works.

Hieronymus Fabricius
Hieronymus d'Aquapendente Fabricius was an Italian anatomist and the founder of modern embryology. He was born in 1537 and died in 1619. His experiments on the veins influenced his pupil William Harvey.

Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc was a French author born in 1870. In 1902 he became a British subject. He died in 1953.

Hiland Hall
Hiland Hall was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1858 until 1860.

Hilary Mason
Hilary Mason is an actress.

Hilary Morse
Hilary Morse was an actress.

Hilda Plowright
Hilda Plowright is an actress.

Hildegard Neff
Hildegard Neff is an actress. She was born in 1925.

Hildegarde Neil
Hildegarde Neil is an actress. She was born in 1939.

Hildy Brooks
Hildy Brooks is an actress.

Hill McAlister
Hill McAlister was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Tennessee from 1933 until 1937.

Hillary Brooke
Hillary Brooke is an actress. She was born in 1914.

Hipparchus
Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer. He was born in 190 BC and died in 120 BC. He compiled the first known star catalogue.

Hippocrates
Hippocrates was a Greek doctor. He was born in 460 BC and died in 370 BC. He established medicine as a science.

Hiram A. Tuttle
Hiram A Tuttle was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1891 until 1893.

Hiram G. Runnels
Hiram G Runnels was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Mississippi from 1833 until 1835.

Hiram W. Johnson
Hiram W Johnson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of California from 1911 until 1917.

Hispanic
A Hispanic is a person of Latin American descent from the Spanish-speaking nations, either native-born or an immigrant.

Hittites
The Hittites were a civilisation in Syria and Asia Minor around 2000 BC until 700 BC.

Hjalmar Petersen
Hjalmar Petersen was an American politician. He was a Farmer-Labor governor of Minnesota from 1936 until 1937.

Hmong
A Hmong is a member of a south east Asian highland people. They are predominantly hill farmers, rearing pigs and cultivating rice and grain, and many are involved in growing the opium poppy. Estimates of the size of the Hmong population vary between 1.5 million and 5 million, the greatest number being in China. Although traditional beliefs remain important, many have adopted Christianity. Their language belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family. The Hmong wear distinctive costumes and elaborate silver jewellery. They are relatively recent arrivals on the south east Asian peninsula, many having moved south in order to avoid harassment by Chinese emperors. Today the Hmong live in China (Guizhou, Yunnan, Hunan), Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar.

Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael was an actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1981.

Hobart Cavanaugh
Hobart Cavanaugh was an actor. He was born in 1886 and died in 1950.

Hoke Smith
Hoke Smith was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1907 until 1909.

Hollis McLaren
Hollis McLaren is an actress.

Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter is an actress. She was born in 1958.

Hollye Holmes
Hollye Holmes is an actress.

Holmes Herbert
Holmes Herbert was an actor. He was born in 1882 and died in 1956.

Homer
Homer was an ancient Greek poet.

Homer A. Holt
Homer A Holt was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of West Virginia from 1937 until 1941.

Homer Martin Adkins
Homer Martin Adkins was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1941 until 1945.

Honor Blackman
Honor Blackman is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Honore Daumier
Honore Daumier was a French painter and cartoonist. He was born in 1808 at Marseilles and died in 1879. He produced almost 4000 lithographs.

Hoot Gibson
Hoot Gibson was an actor. He was born in 1892 and died in 1962.

Hope Alexander Wells
Hope Alexander Wells is an actress.

Hope Emerson
Hope Emerson was an actress. She was born in 1897 and died in 1960.

Hope Lange
Hope Lange is an actress. She was born in 1931.

Hopewell
Hopewell is a North American Indian agricultural culture of the central USA, dating from about 200. The Hopewell built burial mounds up to 12 m high and structures such as Serpent Mound in Ohio.

Hopi
The Hopi are a north American Indian tribe living in Arizona.

Horace A. Hildreth
Horace A Hildreth was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine from 1945 until 1949.

Horace Austin
Horace Austin was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Minnesota from 1870 until 1874.

Horace Boies
Horace Boies was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Iowa from 1890 until 1894.

Horace Carpenter
Horace Carpenter is an actor.

Horace Eaton
Horace Eaton was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Vermont from 1846 until 1848.

Horace F. Graham
Horace F Graham was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1917 until 1919.

Horace Fairbanks
Horace Fairbanks was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1876 until 1878.

Horace G. Prall
Horace G Prall was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Jersey during 1935.

Horace MacMahon
Horace MacMahon was an actor. He was born in 1907 and died in 1971.

Horace Saussure
Horace Saussure was a Swiss physicist born at Conches in 1740 he died in 1799. He invented the hygrometer.

Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole was a British Politician. He was born in 1717 and died in 1797. He made a large fortune mainly from lucrative sinecure officers and this enabled him to purchase his villa at Strawberry Hill and set his printing press there.

Horace White
Horace White was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New York during 1910.

Horatio Bottomley
Horatio Bottomley was an English politician and financier. He was born in 1860, dying in 1933. He founded the Financial Times and later established John Bull. In 1922 he was imprisoned for fraud, and released in 1927.

Horatio Kitchener
Horatio Herbert Kitchener was a British military leader. He was born in 1850 and died in 1916 on board the HMS Hampshire when the ship struck a mine and sank. He was commander-in-chief during the Boer war. He was secretary for war during the Great War.

Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson was an English naval commander. He was born in 1758 and died in 1805 from a sniper's gunshot at the battle of Trafalgar. Oddly, he suffered from sea sickness!

Horatio Seymour
Horatio Seymour was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New York from 1853 until 1854.

Horst Buchholz
Horst Buchholz is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Horst Ebersberg
Horst Ebersberg is an actor.

Horst Janson
Horst Janson is an actor.

Hottentot
The Hottentot are a south African tribe.

House Peters
House Peters was an actor. He was born in 1880 and died in 1967.

Housely Stevenson
Housely Stevenson was an actor. He was born in 1879 and died in 1953.

Hovas
The Hovas are a native race of Madagascar.

Howard Caine
Howard Caine was an actor. He was born in 1926 and died in 1993.

Howard Cosell
Howard Cosell is an actor. He was born in 1919.

Howard daSilva
Howard daSilva was an actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1986.

Howard Duff
Howard Duff is an actor. He was born in 1917.

Howard E. Rollins Jr
Howard E Rollins Jr is an actor.

Howard Erskine
Howard Erskine is an actor.

Howard Freeman
Howard Freeman was an actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1967.

Howard Hanson
Howard Hanson was an American composer. He was born in 1896 and died in 1981. He composed Symphonies No. 1 (Nordic) and No. 2 (Romantic).

Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman is an actor.

Howard Hill
Howard Hill was an actor. He was born in 1898 and died in 1975.

Howard Keel
Howard Keel is an actor. He was born in 1917.

Howard M. Gore
Howard M Gore was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of West Virginia from 1925 until 1929.

Howard Marion Crawford
Howard Marion Crawford was an actor. He was born in 1914 and died in 1969.

Howard McNear
Howard McNear was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1969.

Howard Morris
Howard Morris is an actor. He was born in 1919.

Howard Petri
Howard Petri is an actor.

Howard StJohn
Howard StJohn was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1974.

Howell Cobb
Howell Cobb was an American politician. He was a Union Democratic governor of Georgia from 1851 until 1853.

Hoyt Axton
Hoyt Axton is an actor.

Hubert Van Eyck
Hubert Van Eyck was born in 1370 and died in 1426. With his brother Jan he founded the Flemish school of painting.

Huey P Long
Huey P Long was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1928 until 1932.

Hugh Falconer
Hugh Falconer was a British naturalist and palaeontologist. He was born in 1808 in Scotland and died in 1865.

Hugh Gregg
Hugh Gregg was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1953 until 1955.

Hugh Griffith
Hugh Griffith was an actor. He was born in 1912 and died in 1980.

Hugh Herbert
Hugh Herbert was an actor. He was born in 1887 and died in 1952.

Hugh J. Anderson
Hugh J Anderson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maine from 1844 until 1847.

Hugh J. Gallen
Hugh J Gallen was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Hampshire from 1979 until 1982.

Hugh L. Carey
Hugh L Carey was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New York from 1975 until 1983.

Hugh L. White
Hugh L White was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Mississippi from 1936 until 1940.

Hugh Latimer
Hugh Latimer was an English Protestant martyr. He was born in 1485 near Leicester and died in 1555. He was burnt at the stake in Oxford for being a heretic.

Hugh M. Dorsey
Hugh M Dorsey was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1917 until 1921.

Hugh Marlowe
Hugh Marlowe was an actor. He was born in 1911 and died in 1982.

Hugh McDermott
Hugh McDermott was an actor. He was born in 1908 and died in 1972.

Hugh McVay
Hugh McVay was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama during 1837.

Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Hugh O'Brien
Hugh O'Brien is an actor.

Hugh O'Connor
Hugh O'Connor is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Hugh S. Thompson
Hugh S Thompson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina from 1882 until 1886.

Hugh Sinclair
Hugh Sinclair was an actor. He was born in 1903 and died in 1962.

Hugh Wakefield
Hugh Wakefield was an actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1971.

Hugh Walpole
Hugh Seymour Walpole was an English novelist. He was born in 1884 the son of the Bishop of Edinburgh and served with the Russian Red Cross in the Great War.

Hugh Williams
Hugh Williams was an actor. He was born in 1904 and died in 1969.

Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas was an actor. He was born in 1901 and died in 1968.

Hugo Stiglitz
Hugo Stiglitz is an actor.

Huguenots
The Huguenots were French Protestants who suffered persecution from the Catholics for 200 years.

Hui
The Hui are one of the largest minority ethnic groups in China, numbering about 25 million. Members of the Hui live all over China, but are concentrated in the northern central region. They have been Muslims since the 10th century.

Hulett C. Smith
Hulett C Smith was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of West Virginia from 1965 until 1969.

Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan is an actor.

Hume Cronyn
Hume Cronyn is an actor. He was born in 1911.

Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart was an actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1957. His fourth wife was Lauren Bacall.

Huntley N. Spaulding
Huntley N Spaulding was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1927 until 1929.

Huntz Hall
Huntz Hall is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Hurd Hatfield
Hurd Hatfield is an actor. He was born in 1918.

Huron
Huron is a nickname for a member of a confederation of five Iroquoian North American Indian peoples living near lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario in the 16th and 17th centuries. They were almost wiped out by the Iroquois. In the 17th century, surviving Hurons formed a group called Wyandot, some of whose descendants now live in Quebec and Oklahoma.

Hutu
The Hutu are the majority ethnic group of both Burundi and Rwanda, numbering around 9,500,000. The Hutu tend to live as peasant farmers. Traditionally they have been dominated by the Tutsi minority; there is a long history of violent conflict between the two groups. The Hutu language belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo family.

Hycsos
The Hycsos (Hykshos) or Shepherd Kings, were wandering tribes of Semitic descent who conquered Egypt in 2100 BC and were driven out some five hundred years later.

Hyde Clarke
Hyde Clarke was an English engineer, financier and philologist. He was born in 1815 at London and died in 1895. He edited Railway Register from 1845 to 1847 and founded the London and County Bank.

Hyder Ali
Hyder Ali was a distinguished Indian Prince. He was born in 1728 to a general in the service of the Rajah of Mysore. He died in 1782 during a war with the British.

Hykshos
see "Hycsos"

Hylda Baker
Hylda Baker is an actress. She was born in 1909.

Hywel Bennett
Hywel Bennett is an actor. He was born in 1944.

I. L. Patterson
I L Patterson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Oregon from 1927 until 1929.

Ian Bannen
Ian Bannen is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Ian Carmichael
Ian Carmichael is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Ian Charleson
Ian Charleson was an actor. He died in 1990.

Ian Gilmour
Ian Gilmour is an actor.

Ian Hunter
Ian Hunter was an actor. He was born in 1900 and died in 1975.

Ian Jenble
Ian Jenble is an actor.

Ian Keith
Ian Keith was an actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1960.

Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen is an actor. He was born in 1935.

Ian McShane
Ian McShane is an actor. He was born in 1942.

Ian Ogilvy
Ian Ogilvy is an actor. He was born in 1943.

Ian Wolfe
Ian Wolfe is an actor. He was born in 1896.

Iban
Iban is a replacement term for Dyak.

Ibo
The Ibo are a west African culture group occupying south east Nigeria and numbering about 18,000,000. Primarily cultivators, they inhabit the richly forested tableland, bounded by the river Niger to the west and the river Cross to the east. They are divided into five main groups, and their languages belong to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family.

Ibra C. Blackwood
Ibra C Blackwood was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina from 1931 until 1935.

Ichabod Goodwin
Ichabod Goodwin was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1859 until 1861.

Ida
Ida was a valiant Saxon king of Northumbria in 547.

Ida Kaminska
Ida Kaminska was an actress. She died in 1980.

Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino is an actress. She was born in 1914.

Ida Moore
Ida Moore was an actress. She was born in 1883 and died in 1964.

Ifugao
The Ifugao are an indigenous people of north Luzon in the Philippines, numbering approximately 70,000. In addition to practising shifting cultivation on highland slopes, they build elaborate terraced rice fields. Their language belongs to the Austronesian family. The Ifugao live in scattered hamlets and traditionally recognise a class of nobles, kadangya, who are obliged to provide expensive feasts on particular social occasions. Although indigenous beliefs remain, many Ifugao have adopted Christianity.

Ignacy Paderewski
Ignacy Paderewski was a Polish composer. He was born in 1860 and died in 1941. He composed Minuet in G.

Ignance Paderewski
Ignance Jan Paderewski was a Polish musician. He was born in 1860 at Kurilowka and died in 1941.

Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer. He was born in 1882, dying in 1971. He wrote several ballets.

Ike Eisenmann
Ike Eisenmann is an actress.

Ilocano
The Ilocano are a polynesian people of Malay descent living in the north-west corner of Luzon in the Philippines. According to their tradition they arrived there via Borneo, Palawan and Mindoro before 200 BC.

Ilona Massey
Ilona Massey was an actress. She was born in 1912 and died in 1974.

Ilse Steppat
Ilse Steppat was an actress. She was born in 1917 and died in 1969.

Imaelda Staunton
Imaelda Staunton is an actress.

Iman
Iman is an actress. She was born in 1956.

Imeretians
The Imeretians are a western Georgian tribe of the Grazinian people.

Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher. He was born at Konigsberg in 1724 and died in 1804. He wrote 'Critique of Pure Reason' and 'Critique of Practical Reason'.

Ina
Ina was King of the West Saxons. He ascended to the throne in 689. In 728 he resigned his crown and went on pilgrimage to Rome. He was renowned as a brave and wise ruler who left behind a code of laws.

Ina Claire
Ina Claire was an actress. She was born in 1892 and died in 1985.

Inca
The Inca were an Indian tribe of Peru.

Increase Sumner
Increase Sumner was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Massachusetts from 1797 until 1799.

Indulf
Indulf was King of Scotland from 954 to 962.

Inga Swenson
Inga Swenson is an actress. She was born in 1932.

Inger Stevens
Inger Stevens was an actress. She was born in 1935 and died in 1970.

Ingmari Carlssen
Ingmari Carlssen is an actress.

Ingrid Anderson
Ingrid Anderson is an actress.

Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress. She was born in 1915 at Stockholm and died in 1982. She was educated at the Royal Dramatic Theater School, Stockholm and quickly became a star in Swedish films. Her performance in Intermezzo, her eleventh film, brought her to the attention of American film producers. Her first film in the USA was an English-language version of Intermezzo. She appeared in more than twenty American and European films in the next thirty years. For her performances in Gaslight, Anastasia, and Murder on the Orient Express she received Academy Awards.

Ingrid Pitt
Ingrid Pitt is an actress. She was born in 1944.

Ingrid Thulin
Ingrid Thulin is an actress. She was born in 1929.

Inigo Jones
Inigo Jones was an English architect. He was born in 1573 and died in 1652.

Inmuttooyahlatlat
Inmuttooyahlatlat ('Chief Joseph') was an American Indian chief of the Nez Perce tribe. He was born in 1840 at Wallowa Valley and died in 1904. He succeeded to the leadership of the tribe in 1871 and led resistance to white encroachment, leading his people in the Nez Perce War of 1877, defeating the US army at several engagements while conducting a masterly retreat toward Canada. He at last surrendered to General Nelson A Miles on October the 5th 1877.

Innokenti Smoktunovsky
Innokenti Smoktunovsky is an actor. He was born in 1925.

International Chrysis
International Chrysis was an actor. He was born in 1951 and died in 1990.

Inuit
The Innuit are a people inhabiting the Arctic coasts of North America, the east islands of the Canadian Arctic, and the ice-free coasts of Greenland. Inuktitut, their language, has about 60,000 speakers; it belongs to the Eskimo-Aleut group. The Inuit object to the name Eskimos given them by the Algonquin Indians.

Ira Joy Chase
Ira Joy Chase was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Indiana from 1891 until 1893.

Irene Cara
Irene Cara is an actress.

Irene Daily
Irene Daily is an actress.

Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne was an actress. She was born in 1901 and died in 1990.

Irene Handl
Irene Handl was an actress. She was born in 1902 and died in 1987.

Irene Hervey
Irene Hervey is an actress. She was born in 1910.

Irene Jacob
Irene Jacob was an actress.

Irene Manning
Irene Manning is an actress. She was born in 1917.

Irene Miracle
Irene Miracle is an actress.

Irene Papas
Irene Papas is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Irene Rich
Irene Rich is an actress. She was born in 1891.

Irene Ryan
Irene Ryan was an actress. She was born in 1903 and died in 1973.

Irene Tsu
Irene Tsu is an actress. She was born in 1943.

Irene Vanbrugh
Irene Vanbrugh was an actress. She was born in 1872 and died in 1949.

Irene Worth
Irene Worth is an actress. She was born in 1916.

Irina Muravyova
Irina Muravyova is an actress.

Irine Fenwick
Irine Fenwick was an actress. She was born in 1936.

Iris Berben
Iris Berben is an actress.

Irish
The Irish are people of Irish culture from Ireland or person of Irish descent. The Irish mainly speak English, though there are approximately 30,000-100,000 speakers of Irish Gaelic, a Celtic language belonging to the Indo-European family. Celtic tribes, the ancestors of the Irish, migrated to Ireland about 300 BC. Later known as Gaels (Irishmen), they settled on the Isle of Man and south west Scotland, and established colonies in west Wales, Devon, and Cornwall.

Irish Invincibles
The Irish Invincibles were a secret society established in Dublin in 1881 with the purpose to make history by killing tyrants. Each member was bound to obey orders, under pain of death.

Irish McCalla
Irish McCalla is an actress.

Iroquois
The Iroquois were a family of North American Indian tribes including the Mohawks, Oneidas and Senecas. They lived on the shores of the Mohawk river, and spread through to the Mississippi. Their expansion was checked by white settlers who wiped out several of the tribes and imprisoned others on squalid reservations.

Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin is an actor. He was born in 1888.

Irving Pichel
Irving Pichel was an actor. He was born in 1891 and died in 1954.

Irwin Corey
Irwin Corey is an actor.

Isa Miranda
Isa Miranda was an actress. She was born in 1905 and died in 1982.

Isaac Bickerstaff
Isaac Bickerstaff was an Irish dramatic writer. He was born in 1735 and died in 1812.

Isaac H. Williamson
Isaac H Williamson was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of New Jersey from 1817 until 1829.

Isaac Hill
Isaac Hill was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Hampshire from 1836 until 1839.

Isaac Johnson
Isaac Johnson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1846 until 1850.

Isaac Murphy
Isaac Murphy was an American politician. He was a Union governor of Arkansas from 1864 until 1868.

Isaac P. Gray
Isaac P Gray was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Indiana from 1880 until 1881.

Isaac Shelby
Isaac Shelby was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Kentucky from 1812 until 1816.

Isaac Singer
Isaac Merritt Singer was an American engineer. He was born in 1811 and died in 1875. He developed and patented a single-thread and chain-stitching sewing machine.

Isaac Tichenor
Isaac Tichenor was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Vermont from 1797 until 1807.

Isaac Todhunter
Isaac Todhunter was an English mathematician. He was bor in 1820 at Rye and died in 1884. He was senior wrangler at Cambridge and compiled the standard Euclid in 1862 as well as writing other books on mathematics.

Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts was an English poet and hymn-writer. he was born in 1674 and died in 1748.

Isaac Wilbur
Isaac Wilbur was an American politician. He was a governor of Rhode Island from 1806 until 1807.

Isaac Williams
Isaac Williams was a Welsh poet and theologian. He was was born in 1802 near Aberystwith and died in 1865. In 1831 he became a fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. His poems and prose writings are chiefly devotional, among the former being The Cathedral, The Christian Seasons', and among the latter, Devotional Commentary on the Gospel Narratives, The Apocalypse, and Sermons. Williams' religious views were of tho Tractarian school, and he was the author of the celebrated tract, 'Reserve in communicating Religious Knowledge'.

Isabel Dean
Isabel Dean is an actress. She was born in 1918.

Isabel Jeans
Isabel Jeans was an actress. She was born in 1891 and died in 1985.

Isabel Jewell
Isabel Jewell was an actress. She was born in 1913 and died in 1972.

Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini is an actress. She was born in 1955.

Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Adjani is an actress. She was born in 1955.

Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert is an actress. She was born in 1955.

Isham G. Harris
Isham G Harris was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Tennessee from 1857 until 1862.

Iskandar Bey
see "Skanderbeg"

Isobel Elsom
Isobel Elsom was an actress. She was born in 1893 and died in 1981.

Israel Pickens
Israel Pickens was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Alabama from 1821 until 1825.

Israel Smith
Israel Smith was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Vermont from 1807 until 1808.

Israel Washburn, Jr
Israel Washburn Jr was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine from 1861 until 1863.

Israeli
An Israeli is an inhabitant of Israel.

Ivan Desny
Ivan Desny is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Ivan Dixon
Ivan Dixon is an actor.

Ivan Mazeppa
Ivan Stepanovich Mazeppa was a Cossack nobleman. He was born in 1644, dying in 1709. He fought for independence for the Ukraine from Russia.

Ivan Mosjoukine
Ivan Mosjoukine was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1939.

Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was a Russian psychologist. He was born in 1849 at Ryazan and died in 1936. He conducted work into conditioned reflexes using dogs.

Ivan Simpson
Ivan Simpson was an actor. He was born in 1875 and died in 1951.

Ivan Triesault
Ivan Triesault was an actor. He was born in 1898 and died in 1980.

Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeievitch Turgenev was a Russian novelist. He was born in 1818 at Orel and died in 1883. He wrote 'A Sportsman's Sketches' in 1852 which dealt with country life and the plight of Russian serfs.

Ivan Vasoff
Ivan Vasoff was a Bulgarian novelist and poet. He was born in 1850. He developed and beautified the modern Bulgarian language.

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Andreas Aasen was a Norwegian philologist. He was born in 1813 and died in 1896. From Old Norwegian and various dialects he constructed the language Landsmal to replace the official Dano-Norwegian language and published 'Det norske folkesprog grammatik' in 1848, and 'Ordbog over det norske folkesprog' in 1850.

Ivor Francis
Ivor Francis is an actor.

Ivor Novello
Ivor Novello was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1951.

Ivory Stone
Ivory Stone is an actress.

Ivy Angustain
Ivy Angustain is an actress.

Ivy StHelier
Ivy StHelier is an actress.

Izaak Walton
Izaak Walton was an English writer. He was born in 1593 at Stafford and died in 1683. He wrote 'The Compleat Angler', the first English nature book.

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