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- Walter A. Haas, business executive
 - B. J. Habibie, Indonesian political leader
 - Joseph Hachem, poker player
 - Gene Hackman, actor
 - Sammy Hagar, singer
 - Jessica Hagedorn , novelist, poet, and performance artist
 - Chuck Hagel, politican, U.S. Senator
 - H. Rider Haggard, writer
 - Merle Haggard, country singer, songwriter
 - Paul Haggis, filmmaker
 - Larry Hagman, actor
 - Alexander Haig, military Leader, presidential advisor
 - Corey Haim, actor
 - Alan Hale , actor, director
 - Alex Haley, writer
 - Bill Haley, singer, bandleader
 - Anthony Michael Hall, actor, singer
 - Donald Hall, poet, editor
 - Huntz Hall, actor
 - Lloyd Augustus Hall, chemist
 - Michael C. Hall, actor
 - Prince Hall, clergyman, abolitionist
 - Geri Halliwell, singer
 - Lasse Hallström, director, screenwriter, producer
 - Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer, civil rights activist
 - Mark Hamill, actor
 - George Hamilton, actor
 - Henry Hamilton , British officer and governor
 - Lisa Gay Hamilton, actor
 - Margaret Hamilton, actor
 - Tom Hamilton, bassist
 - Marvin Hamlisch, composer
 - John Hamm, actor
 - Mia Hamm, soccer player
 - Armand Hammer, industrialist, art collector, philanthropist
 - Dashiell Hammett, writer
 - Kirk Hammett, lead guitar
 - Jupiter Hammon, poet
 - Lionel Hampton, jazz musician
 - Herbie Hancock, jazz musician
 - Chelsea Handler, comedien, TV personality, writer
 - W.C. Handy, songwriter, bandleader, blues musician
 - Charles Handy, management educator, writer
 - Michael Haneke, filmmaker
 - Tom Hanks, actor
 - Jack Hanna, TV personality, zoologist
 - William Hanna, cartoonist
 - Daryl Hannah, actor
 - Alyson Hannigan, actor
 - Sean Hannity, TV and radio personailty
 - Hanson, musicians
 - Curtis Hanson, filmmaker
 - Daniela Hantuchova, tennis player
 - Marcia Gay Harden, actor
 - Florence Kling Harding, U.S. First Lady
 - Tonya Harding, figure skater
 - Harriet Hardy, specialist in occupational medicine
 - Laurel and Hardy, comedians
 - Oliver Hardy, actor
 - Thomas Hardy, writer
 - Keith Haring, artist
 - Ashley Harkleroad, tennis player
 - Jean Harlow, actor
 - Shalom Harlow, model, TV personality
 - Mark Harmon, actor
 - Elisabeth Harnois, actor
 - Ben Harper, musician
 - Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, politician
 - Valerie Harper, actor
 - Woody Harrelson, actor
 - Edward H. Harriman, financier, railroad executive
 - Charlaine Harris, writer
 - Ed Harris, actor
 - Julie Harris, actor
 - Katherine Harris, Florida's secretary of state
 - Neil Patrick Harris, actor
 - Paul Percy Harris, lawyer, founder of Rotary International
 - Richard Harris, actor
 - Anna Harrison, U.S. first lady
 - Caroline Scott Harrison, U.S. first lady
 - George Harrison, rock musician, movie producer
 - Sir Rex Harrison, actor
 - Deborah Harry, singer, actor
 - Prince Harry, royalty
 - Ray Harryhausen, filmmaker
 - John Charles Harsanyi, economist, educator
 - Johnny Hart, cartoonist
 - Kevin Hart, comedian, actor
 - Melissa Joan Hart, actor
 - George Huntington Hartford, retailer
 - George Ludlum Hartford, food merchant
 - John Augustine Hartford, food merchant
 - Phil Hartman, comedian, actor
 - Josh Hartnett, actor
 - Harun al-Rashid, Caliph of the Abbasid Empire
 - PJ Harvey, musician
 - Paul Harvey, radio personality
 - Nidal Malik Hasan, soldier, murder suspect
 - Sheeraz Hasan, TV personality
 - David Hasselhoff, actor, beefcake, singer
 - Robert Hass, poet and translator
 - William Henry Hastie, U.S. government official; civil rights advocate
 - Orrin Hatch, U.S. senator
 - Richard Hatch, TV personality
 - Richard Gordon Hatcher, politician, law professor
 - Teri Hatcher, actor
 - Anne Hathaway, actor
 - Rutger Hauer, actor
 - Václav Havel, playwright, political leader
 - Olivia De Havilland, actor
 - Black Hawk , Sauk leader
 - Tony Hawk, skateboarder
 - Ethan Hawke, actor
 - John Hawkes, actor
 - Stephen Hawking, physicist
 - Coleman Hawkins, saxophonist, bandleader, jazz musician
 - David Hawkins, philosopher of science and historian
 - Sally Hawkins, actor
 - Howard Hawks, director
 - Goldie Hawn, actor, movie producer
 - S. I. Hayakawa, former U.S. Senator
 - Tom Hayden, political activist
 - Salma Hayek, actor
 - Helen Hayes, actor
 - Isaac Hayes, singer, actor
 - Lucy Hayes, U.S. First Lady
 - Elwood Haynes, inventor
 - Todd Haynes, filmmaker
 - Tony Hayward, business personality
 - Susan Hayward, actor
 - Rita Hayworth, actor
 - Anna Hazare, activist
 - Michel Hazanavicius, director
 - Edith Head, fashion designer
 - Amber Heard, actor
 - Patty Hearst, kidnapping victim, writer, actor
 - William Randolph Hearst, publisher
 - Erin Heatherton, model
 - Anne Heche, actor
 - Ben Hecht, writer, screenwriter
 - Jon Heder, actor
 - Tippi Hedren, actor
 - Van Heflin, actor
 - Hugh Hefner, publisher
 - Tim Hetherington, photographer, filmmaker
 - Mike Heidorn, drummer
 - Katherine Heigl, actor
 - Henry Heimlich, physician, inventor
 - Robert A. Heinlein, writer
 - Howard Heinz, business executive, philanthropist
 - H. J. Heinz, food manufacturer
 - Tricia Helfer, model, actor
 - Brian Helgeland, screenwriter
 - Lillian Hellman, playwright
 - Leona Helmsley, business personality
 - Richard Helms, CIA director and ambassador
 - Sally Hemings, political relative
 - Margaux Hemingway, actor, model
 - Mariel Hemingway, actor
 - Liam Hemsworth, actor
 - Chris Hemsworth, actor
 - Florence Henderson, actor, singer
 - Christina Hendricks, actor
 - Jimi Hendrix, rock musician, guitarist
 - Sonja Henie, figure skater, actor
 - Justine Henin-Hardenne, tennis player
 - Hilary Henkin, screenwriter
 - Doug Henning, magician
 - Lance Henriksen, actor, screenwriter
 - Henry I, royalty
 - Henry V of England, royalty
 - Theirry Henry, professional soccer player (France)
 - Jim Henson, puppeteer
 - Matthew Henson, explorer
 - Taraji P. Henson, actor
 - Audrey Hepburn, actor
 - Katharine Hepburn, actor
 - Heraclitus, philosopher
 - Frank Herbert, writer
 - Hercules, mythical figure
 - Pee-Wee Herman, actor, comedian, writer
 - Aaron Hernandez, murder suspect, football player
 - Jaime Hernandez, cartoonist
 - Joseph Marion Hernandez, U.S. Congressman
 - Thomas Herrion, football player
 - James Herriot, author
 - Seymour Hersh, journalist
 - Barbara Hershey, actor
 - Milton Hershey, chocolatier, philanthropist
 - Eva Herzigova, model, actor
 - Werner Herzog, filmmaker
 - Charlton Heston, actor
 - Sandra Hess, actor, pinup
 - Jayms, lead singer
 - Don Hewitt, former producer of 60 Minutes
 - Jennifer Love Hewitt, actor
 - Lleyton Hewitt, tennis player
 - William Hewlett, electronics entrepreneur
 - Bono, singer
 - Thor Heyerdahl, explorer, anthropologist
 - William Hickey, film, television and stage actor
 - Ana Hickmann, model
 - "Wild Bill" Hickok, law officer
 - Sir John Richard Hicks, economist
 - Leon A. Higginbotham, judge, historian
 - Pattillo Higgins, Texas oil pioneer
 - Peter Ware Higgs, physicist
 - Patricia Highsmith, writer
 - Oscar Hijuelos, Writer
 - Ally Hilfiger, TV personality
 - Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer
 - Anita Hill, lawyer, educator, author, activist
 - Benny Hill, comedian
 - Faith Hill, country singer
 - Joe Hill, writer
 - Jonah Hill, actor
 - Lauryn Hill, singer
 - Sir Edmund Hillary, mountain climber
 - Maurice Hilleman, inventor
 - Laura Hillenbrand, writer
 - Harriet Hilliard, actor
 - Conrad Hilton, business personality
 - Nicky Hilton, socialite
 - Paris Hilton, socialite, TV personality
 - Perez Hilton, internet celebrity
 - Heinrich Himmler, Military leader, World War II figure
 - John Hinckley, Jr., attempted assassin
 - Connie Hines, actor
 - Earl Hines, pianist, bandleader, jazz musician
 - Gregory Hines, dancer, actor
 - Martina Hingis, tennis player
 - Pat Hingle, actor
 - Maria Hinojosa, Journalist
 - S.E. Hinton, writer
 - Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi, activist
 - Al Hirschfeld, artist
 - Emile Hirsch, actor
 - Alger Hiss, actor
 - Alfred Hitchcock, filmmaker
 - Christopher Hitchens, writer
 - Dee Ward Hock, financial services pioneer
 - David Hockney, artist
 - David Ho, AIDS researcher
 - Don Ho, Hawaiian entertainer
 - Jimmy Hoffa, missing person, political figure, criminal
 - Abbie Hoffman, activist, writer
 - Dustin Hoffman, actor
 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor
 - Hulk Hogan, pro wrestler, TV personality
 - Mike Hogan, guitarist
 - Noel Hogan , guitarist
 - Paul Hogan, actor
 - Helen Hokinson, cartoonist
 - Hal Holbrook, actor
 - Richard Holbrooke, diplomat
 - William Holden, actor
 - Eric Holder, lawyer
 - Hole, rock group
 - Billie Holiday, jazz singer
 - Francois Hollande, President of France
 - John Hollander, poet, critic
 - Herman Hollerith, engineer, computer inventor
 - Mary Austin Holley, author, early settler
 - John Henry "Doc" Holliday, gunfighter, dentist
 - Buddy Holly, rock musician
 - Lauren Holly, actor
 - Holly Holm, martial artist, boxer
 - Katie Holmes, actor
 - Ian Holm, actor
 - Rupert Holmes, composer, writer
 - Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective
 - Winslow Homer, artist
 - Mike Honda, U.S. Congressman
 - Honey Boo Boo, TV personality, beauty contestant
 - Leroy Hood, inventor
 - Robin Hood, fictional outlaw
 - John Lee Hooker, blues musician
 - Bell Hooks, writer, activist
 - Tom Hooper, filmmaker
 - Hootie & the Blowfish, rock group
 - Larry Hoover, murderer, gangster
 - Lou Hoover, First Lady
 - William Hoover, industrialist
 - Bob Hope, comedian, actor
 - Anthony Hopkins, actor
 - Mark Hopkins, merchant, railroad developer
 - Dennis Hopper, actor, filmmaker
 - Edward Hopper, artist
 - Grace Hopper, rear admiral; computer scientist
 - Hedda Hopper, actor, gossip columnist
 - George A. Hormel, meatpacker
 - Jay Catherwood Hormel, food industry executive
 - Nick Hornby, writer
 - Lena Horne, singer, actor
 - John R. 
Jack
Horner, Paleontologist - Elmyr de Hory, fraud
 - Johnny Horton, country singer
 - Bob Hoskins, actor
 - Katinka Hosszú, swimmer
 - Harry Houdini, magician
 - Nicholas Hoult, actor
 - Godfrey Hounsfield, inventor
 - John Houseman, actor
 - Charles Hamilton Houston, civil-rights attorney
 - Sam Houston, military Leader, political figure
 - Whitney Houston, singer, actor
 - Wu Hou, first woman to rule China
 - Curly Howard, comedian
 - Leslie Howard, actor
 - Moe Howard, comedian
 - Ron Howard, actor, filmmaker
 - Shemp Howard, comedian
 - Terrence Howard, actor
 - Elias Howe, inventor
 - Julia Ward Howe, poet, activist
 - Howlin' Wolf, singer
 - Oscar De La Hoya, boxer
 - Edmond Hoyle, writer
 - Sir Fred Hoyle, astrophysicist
 - Kelly Hu, model, actor
 - Shi Huangdi, first Chinese emperor
 - L. Ron Hubbard, writer, religious figure
 - Edwin Hubble, astronomer
 - Mike Huckabee, state governor
 - Kate Hudson, actor
 - Rock Hudson, actor
 - Dolores Huerta, Labor leader
 - Felicity Huffman, actor
 - Catherine Elizabeth 
Cathy
Hughes , radio personality, executive - Howard Hughes, business personality, aviator
 - John Hughes, writer, director
 - Langston Hughes, poet, writer
 - Sarah Hughes, figure skater
 - Ted Hughes, poet
 - Tom Hulce, actor
 - The Incredible Hulk, fictional superhero
 - David Hume, philosopher, historian
 - Kirsty Hume, model
 - William Hung, talent show contestant, singer
 - Charlie Hunnam, actor
 - Bonnie Hunt, actor, filmmaker
 - Helen Hunt, actor
 - Linda Hunt, actor
 - Richard Morris Hunt, architect
 - Holly Hunter, actor
 - Kim Hunter, actor
 - Rachel Hunter, model
 - Tab Hunter, actor
 - Collis P. Huntington, railroad executive
 - Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, model, actor
 - Jon Huntsman, former governor of Utah
 - Isabelle Huppert, actor
 - Elizabeth Hurley, actor
 - John Hurt, actor
 - William Hurt, actor
 - King Hussein I, political Leader
 - Anjelica Huston, actor
 - John Huston, filmmaker, actor
 - Walter Huston, film and stage actor
 - Josh Hutcherson, actor
 - Betty Hutton, actor, singer
 - Lauren Hutton, model, actor
 - Timothy Hutton, actor
 - David Henry Hwang , playwright
 - Glen and Bessie Hyde, adventurers, missing persons
 - Chrissie Hynde, rock musician
 
