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a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century) - Hickock, Wild Bill Hickock, James Butler Hickock
frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876) - Higginson, Thomas Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson
United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911) - Hilbert, David Hilbert
German mathematician (1862-1943) - Hill, Benny Hill, Alfred Hawthorne
risque English comedian (1925-1992) - Hill, J. J. Hill, James Jerome Hill
United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916) - Hillary, Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919) - Hillel
Palestinian rabbi and interpreter of Judaic law - Himmler, Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945) - Hinault, Bernard Hinault
French racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954) - Hindemith, Paul Hindemith
German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963) - Hindenburg, Paul von Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg
German field marshal and statesman - Hipparchus
Greek astronomer and mathematician who discovered the precession of the equinoxes and made the first known star chart and is said to have invented trigonometry (second century BC) - Hippocrates
medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine - Hirohito, Michinomiya Hirohito
emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989) - Hirschfeld, Al Hirschfeld
United States artist noted for his line-drawn caricatures (1904-2003) - Hirschsprung, Harold Hirschsprung
Danish pediatrician (1830-1916) - Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
English film director noted for his skill in creating suspense (1899-1980) - Hitchings, George Herbert Hitchings
United States biochemist noted for developing drugs to treat leukemia and gout (1905-1998) - Hitler, Adolf Hitler, Der Fuhrer
German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945) - Hoagland, Hudson Hoagland
United States physiologist (1899-1982) - Hobbes, Thomas Hobbes
English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679) - Hobbs, Sir Jack Hobbs, John Berry Hobbs
notable English cricketer (1882-1963) - Ho Chi Minh, Nguyen Tat Thanh
Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South Vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969) - Hodgkin, Alan Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998) - Hodgkin, Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin
English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994) - Hodgkin, Thomas Hodgkin
English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866) - Hoffa, Jimmy Hoffa, James Riddle Hoffa
United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union - Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman
versatile United States film actor (born in 1937) - Hoffman, Malvina Hoffman
United States sculptor (1887-1966) - Hoffmann, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822) - Hoffmann, Roald Hoffmann
United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937) - Hoffmann, August Wilhelm von Hoffmann
German chemist (1818-1892) - Hoffmann, Josef Hoffmann
Austrian architect known for his use of rectilinear units (1870-1956) - Hoffmannsthal, Hugo von Hoffmannsthal
German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929) - Hogan, Ben Hogan, William Benjamin Hogan
United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997) - Hogarth, William Hogarth
English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764) - Hogg, James Hogg
Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835) - Hokusai, Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1760-1849) - Holbein, Hans Holbein, Holbein the Elder
German painter of religious works (1465-1524) - Holbein, Hans Holbein, Holbein the Younger
German painter and engraver noted for his portraits - Hollerith, Herman Hollerith
United States inventor who invented a system for recording alphanumeric information on punched cards (1860-1929) - Holly, Buddy Holly, Charles Hardin Holley
United States rock star (1936-1959) - Holmes, Arthur Holmes
English geologist and supporter of the theory of continental drift (1890-1965) - Holmes, Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894) - Holmes, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
United States jurist noted for his liberal opinions (1841-1935) - Holofernes
(Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith - Homer
ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC) - Homer, Winslow Homer
United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910) - Honegger, Arthur Honegger
Swiss composer (born in France) who was the founding member of a group in Paris that included Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau (1892-1955) - Hooke, Robert Hooke
English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703) - Hooker, Richard Hooker
English theologian (1554-1600) - Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker
United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) - Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover
31st President of the United States - Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover
United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972) - Hoover, William Hoover, William Henry Hoover
United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932) - Hope, Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003) - Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins
Welsh film actor (born in 1937) - Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947) - Hopkins, Gerard Manley Hopkins
English poet (1844-1889) - Johns Hopkins, Hopkins
United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873) - Hopkins, Mark Hopkins
United States educator and theologian (1802-1887) - Hopkinson, Francis Hopkinson
American Revolutionary leader and patriot - Horace
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC) - Horne, Lena Horne, Lena Calhoun Horne
United States singer and actress (born in 1917) - Horne, Marilyn Horne
United States operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1934) - Horney, Karen Horney, Karen Danielsen Horney
United States psychiatrist (1885-1952) - Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz
Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989) - Horta, Victor Horta
Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947) - Hosea
a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC) - Houdini, Harry Houdini, Erik Weisz
United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926) - Houghton, Henry Oscar Houghton
United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895) - Housman, A. E. Housman, Alfred Edward Housman
English poet (1859-1936) - Houston, Sam Houston, Samuel Houston
United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863) - Howard, Catherine Howard
Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542) - Howard, Leslie Howard, Leslie Howard Stainer
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943) - Howe, Elias Howe
United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867) - Howe, Julia Ward Howe
United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910) - Howe, Gordie Howe, Gordon Howe
Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928) - Howe, Irving Howe
United States editor (1920-1993) - Howells, William Dean Howells
United States writer and editor (1837-1920) - Hoyle, Edmond Hoyle
English writer on card games (1672-1769) - Hoyle, Fred Hoyle, Sir Fred Hoyle
an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology - Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard
a United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986) - Hubble, Edwin Hubble, Edwin Powell Hubble
United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953) - Hubel, David Hubel
United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926) - Hudson, Henry Hudson
English navigator who discovered the Hudson River - Hudson, W. H. Hudson, William Henry Hudson
English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922) - Huggins, Sir William Huggins
English astronomer who pioneered spectroscopic analysis in astronomy and who discovered the red shift (1824-1910) - Hughes, Charles Evans Hughes
United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948) - Hughes, Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes
United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer - Hughes, Langston Hughes, James Langston Hughes
United States writer (1902-1967) - Hughes, Ted Hughes, Edward James Hughes
English poet (born in 1930) - Hugo, Victor Hugo, Victor-Marie Hugo
French poet and novelist and dramatist - Hull, Cordell Hull
United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955) - Hull, Isaac Hull
United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843) - Humboldt, Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859) - Humboldt, Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt, Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835) - Hume, David Hume
Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776) - Humperdinck, Engelbert Humperdinck
German composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921) - Hunt, Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt
British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859) - Hunt, Richard Morris Hunt
United States architect (1827-1895) - Hunt, Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910) - Huntington, Collis Potter Huntington
United States railroad executive who built the western section of the first United States transcontinental railroad (1821-1900) - Huntington, Samuel Huntington
American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796) - Huntington, George Huntington
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea - Hurok, Sol Hurok, Solomon Hurok
United States impresario who was born in Russia (1888-1974) - Huss, John Huss, Hus, Jan Hus
Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation - Hussein, Husain, Husayn, ibn Talal Hussein, King Hussein
king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999) - Hussein, Husain, Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saddam, Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti
Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran - Husserl, Edmund Husserl
German philosopher who developed phenomenology (1859-1938) - Huston, John Huston
United States film maker born in the United States but an Irish citizen after 1964 (1906-1987) - Hutchins, Robert Maynard Hutchins
United States educator who was president of the University of Chicago (1899-1977) - Hutchinson, Anne Hutchinson
American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643) - Hutton, James Hutton
Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797) - Hutton, Sir Leonard Hutton
English cricketer (1916-1990) - Huxley, Thomas Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley
English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895) - Huxley, Aldous Huxley, Aldous Leonard Huxley
English writer - Huxley, Andrew Huxley, Andrew Fielding Huxley
English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917) - Huygens, Christiaan Huygens, Christian Huygens
Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695) - Hypatia
Greek philosopher and astronomer - Ibert, Jacques Francois Antoine Ibert
French composer (1890-1962) - Ibsen, Henrik Ibsen, Henrik Johan Ibsen
realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906) - Iglesias, Julio Iglesias
Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943) - Ignatius, Saint Ignatius, St. Ignatius
bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110) - Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, St. Ignatius of Loyola, Loyola
Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus - Inge, William Inge
United States playwright (1913-1973) - Inge, William Ralph Inge, Gloomy Dean
English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954) - Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
French classical painter (1780-1867) - Innocent III, Lotario di Segni
Italian pope from 1198 to 1216 who instituted the Fourth Crusade and under whom papal intervention in European politics reached its height (1161-1216) - Innocent VIII, Giovanni Battista Cibo
Italian pope from 1484 to 1492 who was known as a nepotist and was attacked by Savonarola for his worldliness (1432-1492) - Innocent XI, Benedetto Odescalchi
Italian pope from 1676 to 1689 whose papacy was marked by the struggle with Louis XIV of France over papal authority over French Catholics - Innocent XII, Antonio Pignatelli
Italian pope from 1691 to 1700 who abolished nepotism within the church hierarchy and was universally loved for his charity and piety - Ionesco, Eugene Ionesco
French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994) - Irenaeus, Saint Irenaeus, St. Irenaeus
Greek theologian who was bishop of Lyons and an antiheretical writer - Irving, John Irving
United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942) - Irving, Washington Irving
United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859) - Isaac
(Old Testament) the second patriarch - Isabella, Queen Isabella, Isabella I, Isabella the Catholic
the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain - Isaiah
(Old Testament) the first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC) - Isherwood, Christopher Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood
United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986) - Ishmael
(Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac - Isocrates
Athenian rhetorician and orator (436-338 BC) - Issachar
(Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel - Ivan III, Ivan III Vasilievich, Ivan the Great
grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505) - Ivan IV, Ivan Iv Vasilievich, Ivan the Terrible
the first czar of Russia (1530-1584) - Ivanov, Lev Ivanov
Russian choreographer (1834-1905) - Ives, James Ives, James Merritt Ives
United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895) - Ives, Charles Edward Ives
United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954) - Jackson, Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory
7th president of the US - Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall Jackson
general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863) - Jackson, Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson
United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885) - Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson
United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941) - Jackson, Mahalia Jackson
United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972) - Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson
United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) - Jackson, Glenda Jackson
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936) - Jack the Ripper
an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century - Jacob, Francois Jacob
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920) - Jacobi, Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
German mathematician (1804-1851) - Jacobs, Aletta Jacobs
Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929) - Jacobs, Jane Jacobs
United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916) - Jacobs, W. W. Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs
English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943) - Jacquard, Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard
French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834) - Jaffar, Jafar, Jaffar Umar Thalib, Jafar Umar Thalib
Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad - Jagger, Mick Jagger, Michael Philip Jagger
English rock star (born in 1943) - Jakobson, Roman Jakobson, Roman Osipovich Jakobson
United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982) - James, Saint James, St. James, Saint James the Apostle, St. James the Apostle
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus - James, Henry James
writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916) - James, William James
United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910) - James, Jesse James
United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882) - James, James I, King James, King James I
the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625 - James, James II
the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland - James, James IV
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII - Jamison, Judith Jamison
United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944) - Jansen, Cornelis Jansen, Cornelius Jansenius
a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638) - Jarrell, Randall Jarrell
United States poet (1914-1965) - Jaspers, Karl Jaspers, Karl Theodor Jaspers
German psychiatrist (1883-1969) - Jay, John Jay
United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) - Jeanne d'Arc, Joan of Arc, Saint Joan
French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king - Jeffers, Robinson Jeffers, John Robinson Jeffers
United States poet who wrote about California (1887-1962) - Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson, President Jefferson
3rd President of the United States - Jenner, Edward Jenner
English physician who pioneered vaccination - Jenny, William Le Baron Jenny
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907) - Jensen, Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
modernistic Danish writer (1873-1950) - Jeroboam, Jeroboam I
(Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC) - Jeremiah
(Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC) - Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus
(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate) - Jespersen, Otto Jespersen, Jens Otto Harry Jespersen
Danish linguist (1860-1943) - Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth - El Nino
the Christ child - Jevons, William Stanley Jevons
English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882) - Jewison, Norman Jewison
Canadian filmmaker (born in 1926) - Jezebel
wife of Ahab who was king of Israel - Jimenez, Juan Ramon Jimenez
Spanish lyric poet (1881-1958) - Jimenez de Cisneros, Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros
prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517) - Jinnah, Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Indian statesman who was the founder of Pakistan as a Muslim state (1876-1948) - Joachim, Joseph Joachim
Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907) - Job
a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him - Joel
a Hebrew minor prophet - Joffre, Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre
French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931)