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• 1889 CEHamza Hakimzade NiyaziHamza Hakimzade Niyazi (March 6 [O.S. 22 February] 1889 – 18 March 1929) was an Uzbek author, composer…
• 568 CEHamza ibn ‘Abd al-MuttalibHamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib (Arabic: حَمْزَة إبْن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب, romanized: Ḥamza ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib; c.…
• 279 BCEHan FeiHan Fei (c. 280 – 233 BC), also known as Han Feizi or Han Fei Tzu, was a Chinese Legalist philosopher and…
• 706 CEHan GanHan Gan (simplified Chinese: 韩干; traditional Chinese: 韓幹) (c. 706–783) was a Chinese painter during the Tang…
• 1970 CEHan KangHan Kang (Korean: 한강; born 27 November 1970) is a South Korean writer. From 2007 to 2018, she taught creative…
• 230 BCEHan XinHan Xin (simplified Chinese: 韩信; traditional Chinese: 韓信; pinyin: Hán Xìn; Wade–Giles: Han2Hsin4; 231 – c.…
• 768 CEHan YuHan Yu (Chinese: 韓愈; 768 – 25 December 824), courtesy name Tuizhi (Chinese: 退之), and commonly known by his…
• 1962 CEHana MandlíkováHana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a Czech–Australian former professional tennis player. She was…
• 1570 CEHandan SultanHandan Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: خندان سلطان; c. 1570 – 9 November 1605) was a consort of Ottoman sultan…
• 1923 CEHank WilliamsHiram "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer, songwriter, and…
• 1891 CEHanna RydhHanna Albertina Rydh (12 February 1891 – 29 June 1964) was a Swedish archaeologist and politician for the…
• 1906 CEHannah ArendtHannah Arendt (born Johanna Arendt; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German and American historian…
• 1984 CEHannah FryHannah Mary Fry (born 21 February 1984) is a British mathematician, author and broadcaster. She is the first…
• 1889 CEHannah HöchHannah Höch (German: [hœç]; 1 November 1889 – 31 May 1978) was a German Dada artist. She is best known for…
• 1908 CEHannes AlfvénHannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (Swedish: [alˈveːn]; 30 May 1908 – 2 April 1995) was a Swedish electrical engineer…
• 1809 CEHannibal HamlinHannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American politician and diplomat who was the 15th…
• 315 CEHannibalianusFlavius Hannibalianus (also Hanniballianus; died 337) was a member of the Constantinian dynasty, which ruled…
• 250 BCEHanno the ElderHanno (Punic: 𐤇‬𐤍‬𐤀‬, ḥnʾ) was a Carthaginian general serving under Mago Barca in the Second Punic War. He…
• 1867 CEHans Adolf Eduard DrieschHans Adolf Eduard Driesch (28 October 1867 – 17 April 1941) was a German biologist and philosopher from Bad…
• 1499 CEHans AsperHans Asper (c. 1499 – 21 March 1571) was a Swiss painter from Zürich. He is known for his portraits and for…
• 1906 CEHans AspergerJohann Friedrich Karl Asperger (German: [ˈhans ˈaspɛɐ̯ɡɐ]; 18 February 1906 – 21 October 1980) was an…
• 1480 CEHans Baldung GrienHans Baldung (1484 or 1485 – September 1545), called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of…
• 1873 CEHans BergerHans Berger (21 May 1873 – 1 June 1941) was a German psychiatrist. He is best known as the inventor of…
• 1906 CEHans BetheHans Albrecht Eduard Bethe (German: [ˈhans ˈbeːtə]; 2 July 1906 – 6 March 2005) was a German-American…
• 1450 CEHans BonerJan Boner (before 1463–1523), also known as Hans Boner, was a German naturalised Polish merchant and banker.…
• 1480 CEHans BrüggemannHans Brüggemann (ca. 1480 – after 1521) was a German artist who is remembered above all for the large carved…
• 1483 CEHans BuchnerHans Buchner (also Joannes Buchner, Hans von Constanz; 26 October 1483 – March 1538) was a German organist…
• 1473 CEHans Burgkmair the ElderHans Burgkmair the Elder (1473–1531) was a German painter and woodcut printmaker.
• 1805 CEHans Christian AndersenHans Christian Andersen ( AN-dər-sən; Danish: [ˈhænˀs ˈkʰʁestjæn ˈɑnɐsn̩, - ˈkʰʁæs-]; 2 April 1805 – 4 August…
• 1853 CEHans Christian GramHans Christian Joachim Gram (13 September 1853 – 14 November 1938) was a Danish bacteriologist who developed…
• 1777 CEHans Christian ØrstedHans Christian Ørsted (Danish: [ˈɶɐ̯steð]; 14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851), sometimes transliterated as…
• 1767 CEHans Conrad Escher von der LinthHans Conrad Escher von der Linth (24 August 1767 – 9 March 1823) was a Swiss politician, engineer, geologist…
• 1480 CEHans DöringHans Döring (born Hans Ritter; c. 1490, Heustreu – 1558) was a German painter.
• 1686 CEHans EgedeHans Poulsen Egede (31 January 1686 – 5 November 1758) was a Norwegian Lutheran priest and missionary who…
• 1916 CEHans EysenckHans Jürgen Eysenck ( EYE-zenk; 4 March 1916 – 4 September 1997) was a German-born British psychologist. He…
• 1881 CEHans FischerHans Fischer (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈfɪʃɐ]; 27 July 1881 – 31 March 1945) was a German organic chemist…
• 1450 CEHans FreyHans Frei or Hans Frey (1450–1523) was a renaissance luthier specialising in lutes, from Nuremberg, Germany.…
• 1882 CEHans GeigerJohannes "Hans" Wilhelm Geiger (30 September 1882 – 24 September 1945) was a German experimental physicist.…
• 1922 CEHans Georg DehmeltHans Georg Dehmelt (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈdeːml̩t]; 9 September 1922 – 7 March 2017) was a…
• 1842 CEHans HildebrandHans Olof Hildebrand Hildebrand (5 April 1842 – 2 February 1913) was a Swedish archeologist. He is…
• 1410 CEHans HirtzHans Hirtz or Hirtze was a German painter of the late Gothic period, recognized as a major painter by art…
• 1465 CEHans Holbein the ElderHans Holbein the Elder (c. 1460/65 – 1524) was a German painter of the early German Renaissance. He was the…
• 1497 CEHans Holbein the YoungerHans Holbein the Younger (UK: HOL-byne, US: HOHL-byne, HAWL-; German: Hans Holbein der Jüngere; c. 1497 –…
• 1934 CEHans HolleinHans Hollein (30 March 1934 – 24 April 2014) was an Austrian architect and designer and key figure of…
• 1881 CEHans KelsenHans Kelsen (German: [ˈhans ˈkɛlzən]; October 11, 1881 – April 19, 1973) was an Austrian and later American…
• 1495 CEHans KemmerHans Kemmer (sometimes Johann Kemmer, fl. c. 1495–1561) was a German Northern Renaissance painter, active in…
• 1900 CEHans KrebsSir Hans Adolf Krebs, FRS (German: [hans ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈkʁeːps]; 25 August 1900 – 22 November 1981) was a…
• 1928 CEHans KüngHans Küng (German: [ˈhans ˈkʏŋ]; 19 March 1928 – 6 April 2021) was a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and…
• 1490 CEHans Leu the YoungerHans Leu the Younger (ca. 1490 – 24 October 1531) was a Swiss painter and soldier from Zurich.
• 1570 CEHans LippershayHans Lipperhey (c. 1570 – buried 29 September 1619), also known as Johann Lippershey or simply Lippershey…
• 1879 CEHans LutherHans Luther (10 March 1879 – 11 May 1962) was a German politician and Chancellor of Germany for 482 days in…
• 1435 CEHans MemlingHans Memling (also spelled Memlinc; c. 1430 – 11 August 1494) was a German-Flemish painter who worked in the…
• 1904 CEHans MorgenthauHans Joachim Morgenthau (February 17, 1904 – July 19, 1980) was a German-American jurist and political…
• 1934 CEHans R. CamenzindHans R. Camenzind (Swiss Standard German: [ˈkaːməntsɪnd]; 1934 – 8 August 2012) was an electronics engineer…
• 1891 CEHans ReichenbachHans Reichenbach (German: [ˈʁaɪçənbax]; September 26, 1891 – April 9, 1953) was a leading philosopher of…
• 1948 CEHans RoslingHans Rosling (Swedish: [ˈhɑːns ˈrûːslɪŋ]; 27 July 1948 – 7 February 2017) was a Swedish physician, academic…
• 1494 CEHans SachsHans Sachs (5 November 1494 – 19 January 1576) was a German Meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright…
• 1893 CEHans ScharounBernhard Hans Henry Scharoun (German: [hans ʃaˈʁuːn]; 20 September 1893 – 25 November 1972) was a German…
• 1460 CEHans SeyfferHans Seyffer, also known as Hans Seyfer or Hans of Heilbronn (c.1460–1509), was a stone sculptor and wood…
• 1660 CEHans SloaneSir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753) was an Anglo-Irish physician, naturalist, and…
• 1869 CEHans SpemannHans Spemann (German: [ˈhans ˈʃpeːˌman]; 27 June 1869 – 9 September 1941) was a German embryologist who was…
• 1494 CEHans TausenHans Tausen (Tavsen) (1494 – 11 November 1561) nicknamed the “Danish Luther” was the leading Lutheran…
• 1905 CEHans Urs von BalthasarHans Urs von Balthasar (Swiss Standard German: [ˈhans ˈʊrs fɔn ˈbaltazaːr]; 12 August 1905, Lucerne – 26 June…
• 1495 CEHans WeiditzHans Weiditz the Younger, Hans Weiditz der Jüngere, Hans Weiditz II (1495 Freiburg im Breisgau – c. 1537…
• 1877 CEHans WinklerHans Karl Albert Winkler (23 April 1877 in Oschatz – 22 November 1945 in Wachwitz, Dresden) was a German…
• 1957 CEHans ZimmerHans Florian Zimmer (born 12 September 1957) is a German film composer and music producer. He has received…
• 1552 CEHans von AachenHans von Aachen (1552 – 4 March 1615) was a German painter who was one of the leading representatives of…
• 1873 CEHans von Euler-ChelpinHans Karl August Simon Euler-Chelpin, since 28 July 1884 von Euler-Chelpin (15 February 1873 – 6 November…
• 1476 CEHans von KulmbachHans Suess, known as Hans von Kulmbach (1480 in Kulmbach, Franconia – prior to 3 December 1522 in Nuremberg)…
• 1866 CEHans von SeecktJohannes "Hans" Friedrich Leopold von Seeckt (22 April 1866 – 27 December 1936) was a German military officer…
• 1945 CEHans-Adam II, Prince of LiechtensteinHans-Adam II (Johannes Adam Ferdinand Alois Josef Maria Marco d'Aviano Pius; born 14 February 1945) is the…
• 1927 CEHans-Dietrich GenscherHans-Dietrich Genscher (German: [ˈɡɛnʃɐ]; 21 March 1927 – 31 March 2016) was a German statesman and a member…
• 1900 CEHans-Georg GadamerHans-Georg Gadamer (German: [ˈɡaːdamɐ]; 11 February 1900 – 13 March 2002) was a German philosopher of the…
• 1948 CEHans-Josef BeckerHans-Josef Becker (born 8 June 1948) is a German prelate of the Catholic Church who was the archbishop of…
• 1916 CEHans-Ulrich RudelHans-Ulrich Rudel (2 July 1916 – 18 December 1982) was a German ground-attack pilot during World War II and a…
• 1922 CEHar Gobind KhoranaHar Gobind Khorana (9 January 1922 – 9 November 2011) was an Indian-American biochemist. While on the faculty…
• 911 CEHarald BluetoothHarald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Blátǫnn Gormsson; Danish: Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c.…
• 935 CEHarald GreycloakHarald Greycloak (Old Norse: Haraldr gráfeldr, lit. 'Harald Grey-hide'; Norwegian: Harald Gråfell; Danish…
• 1015 CEHarald III of NorwayHarald Sigurdsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Sigurðarson; c. 1015 – 25 September 1066), also known as Harald…
• 1935 CEHarald RoseHarald Rose (born 14 February 1935; died 27 July 2026) was a German physicist. He was a laureate of the 2011…
• 1937 CEHarald V of NorwayHarald V (21 February 1937 – 28 August 2026) was the king of Norway from 1991 until his death in 2026. Born…
• 1936 CEHarald zur HausenHarald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS (German pronunciation: [ˈhaʁalt tsuːɐ̯ ˈhaʊzn̩]; 11 March 1936 – 29 May 2023)…
• 1895 CEHari Singh I of KashmirSir Hari Singh Bahadur (September 1895 – 26 April 1961) was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of…
• 781 CEHarith al-MuhasibiAl-Muḥāsibī (Arabic: المحاسبي) (781–857 CE) was a Muslim Arab, theologian, philosopher and ascetic. He is…
• 1885 CEHarlow ShapleyHarlow Shapley (November 2, 1885 – October 20, 1972) was an American astronomer, who served as head of the…
• 1891 CEHarold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of TunisField Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (10 December 1891 – 16 June…
• 1939 CEHarold E. VarmusHarold Eliot Varmus (born December 18, 1939) is an American Nobel Prize-winning scientist. He is currently…
• 1893 CEHarold LloydHarold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt…
• 1894 CEHarold MacmillanMaurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was Prime Minister of…
• 1930 CEHarold PinterHarold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was an English playwright, screenwriter, director and…
• 1898 CEHarold Stephen BlackHarold Stephen Black (April 14, 1898 – December 11, 1983) was an American electrical engineer, who…
• 1893 CEHarold UreyHarold Clayton Urey ( YOOR-ee; April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist who…
• 1926 CEHarper LeeNelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist whose 1960 novel To Kill a…
• 1937 CEHarri HolkeriHarri Hermanni Holkeri (6 January 1937 – 7 August 2011) was a Finnish statesman representing the National…
• 1811 CEHarriet Beecher StoweHarriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She…
• 1875 CEHarriet Chalmers AdamsHarriet Chalmers Adams (October 22, 1875 – July 17, 1937) was an American explorer, writer and photographer.…
• 1802 CEHarriet MartineauHarriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist. She wrote from a…
• 1935 CEHarrison SchmittHarrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university…
• 1927 CEHarry BelafonteHarry Belafonte ( BEL-ə-FON-tee; born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an…
• 1878 CEHarry Emerson FosdickHarry Emerson Fosdick (May 24, 1878 – October 5, 1969) was an American Mainline Protestant pastor. Fosdick…
• 1874 CEHarry HoudiniErik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known professionally as Harry Houdini ( hoo-DEE-nee), was an…
• 1858 CEHarry JohnstonSir Harry Hamilton Johnston (12 June 1858 – 31 July 1927) was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial…
• 1939 CEHarry KrotoSir Harold Walter Kroto (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner; 7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016) was an English…
• 1904 CEHarry MartinsonHarry Martinson (6 May 1904 – 11 February 1978) was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was…
• 1927 CEHarry MulischHarry Kurt Victor Mulisch (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑri ˈmulɪɕ]; 29 July 1927 – 30 October 2010) was a Dutch…
• 1889 CEHarry NyquistHarry Theodor Nyquist (Swedish: [ˈnŷːkvɪst]; February 7, 1889 – April 4, 1976) was a Swedish-American…
• 1901 CEHarry PartchHarry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of…
• 1884 CEHarry S. TrumanHarry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from…
• 590 CEHarshaHarshavardhana (Sanskrit: हर्षवर्धन; 4 June 590 – 647) was the emperor of Kannauj from April 606 until his…
• 1018 CEHarthacanuteHarthacnut (c. 1018 – 8 June 1042) was King of Denmark from 1035, and King of England from 1040 until his…
• 1440 CEHartmann SchedelHartmann Schedel (13 February 1440 – 28 November 1514) was a German historian, physician, humanist, and one…
• 1160 CEHartmann von AueHartmann von Aue, also known as Hartmann von Ouwe, (born c. 1160–70, died c. 1210–20) was a German knight and…
• 1090 CEHartmann von BrixenBlessed Hartmann of Brixen (1090 - 23 December 1164) was a German prelate of the Catholic Church, who served…
• 1948 CEHartmut MichelHartmut Michel (German pronunciation: [ˈhaʁtmuːt ˈmɪçl̩]; born 18 July 1948) is a German biochemist, who…
• 1949 CEHaruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami (村上 春樹, Murakami Haruki; born January 12, 1949) is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and…
• 766 CEHarun al-RashidAbū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rashīd, or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī (c. 763 or 766 – 24 March 809)…
• 1935 CEHarvey J. AlterHarvey James Alter (born September 12, 1935) is an American medical researcher, virologist, physician and…
• 1954 CEHary GunartoHary Gunarto is an Indonesian computer engineer and scientist, writer, researcher and professor emeritus at…
• 1872 CEHasan Badi'Agha Mirza Mohammad Hasan ibn Mohammad Reza ibn Hussein Behbahani Shirazi honorifically known as Nusrat…
• 1530 CEHasan Beg RumluHasan Beg Rumlu (Persian: حسن بیگ روملو,‎ 1530 or 1531 – c. 1578) was a 16th-century Safavid historian and…
• 845 CEHasan al-AskariHasan al-Askari (Arabic: الحَسَن بْن عَلِيّ ٱلْعَسْكَرِيّ, romanized: al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-ʿAskarī; c. 844 –…
• 642 CEHasan al-BasriAbi Sa'id al-Hasan ibn Yasar al-Basri, often referred to as al-Hasan al-Basri, was an early Medieval Muslim…
• 625 CEHasan ibn AliHasan ibn Ali (Arabic: حسن ابن علي, romanized: Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī; c. 625 – 2 April 670) was the eldest son of…
• 1037 CEHasan-i SabbahHasan-i Sabbah (c. 1050 – 12 June 1124), also known as Hasan I of Alamut, was a military leader, founder of…
• 1340 CEHasdai CrescasHasdai ben Abraham Crescas (Catalan: [həzˈðaj ˈβeɲ ʒuˈða ˈkɾeskəs]; Hebrew: חסדאי קרשקש; c. 1340 in Barcelona…
• 915 CEHasdai ibn ShaprutHasdai ibn Shaprut (Hebrew: חסדאי אבן שפרוט; Arabic: حسداي بن شبروط, romanized: Abu Yusuf ibn Shaprut), also…
• 300 BCEHasdrubal GiscoHasdrubal Gisco (died 202 BC), a latinization of the name ʿAzrubaʿal son of Gersakkun (Punic: 𐤏𐤆𐤓‬𐤁‬𐤏𐤋…
• 269 BCEHasdrubal the FairHasdrubal the Fair (Punic: 𐤏𐤆𐤓‬𐤁‬𐤏𐤋‬, ʿAzrobaʿl; c. 270–221 BC) was a Carthaginian military leader and…
• 1571 CEHasekura TsunenagaHasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga (支倉 六右衛門 常長; 1571–1622) was a kirishitan Japanese samurai and retainer of Date…
• 1968 CEHashim ThaçiHashim Thaçi (Albanian pronunciation: [hä'ʃɪm 'θɑ:t͡ɕɪ]; born 24 April 1968) is a Kosovan politician. He was…
• 650 CEHassan Al MuthannaAbū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī (Arabic: أَبُو مُحَمَّد الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ…
• 1959 CEHassan DiabHassan Diab (Arabic: حَسَّان دِيَاب, romanized: Hassān Diyāb; born 1 June 1959) is a Lebanese academic…
• 1900 CEHassan FathiHassan Fathy (Egyptian Arabic: حسن فتحي; March 23, 1900 – November 30, 1989) was a noted Egyptian architect…
• 1929 CEHassan IIHassan II (Hassan bin Mohammed Al Alaoui; 9 July 1929 – 23 July 1999) was King of Morocco from 1961 until his…
• 1948 CEHassan RouhaniHassan Rouhani (born Hassan Fereydoun, 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh…
• 1955 CEHassan Sheikh MohamudHassan Sheikh Mohamud (Somali: Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud; Arabic: حسن شيخ محمود, romanized: Ḥasan Shaykh Muḥamūd…
• 1906 CEHassan al-BannaHassan Ahmed Abd al-Rahman Muhammed al-Banna (Arabic: حسن أحمد عبد الرحمن محمد البنا; 14 October 1906 – 12…
• 554 CEHassan ibn ThabitHassan ibn Thabit (Arabic: حسان بن ثابت) (born c. 563, Medina died 674) was an Arabian poet and one of the…
• 810 CEHasteinHastein (Old Norse: Hásteinn, also recorded as Hastingus, Anstign, Haesten, Hæsten, Hæstenn or Hæsting and…
• 1890 CEHastings BandaHastings Kamuzu Banda (c. 1898 or 1906 – 25 November 1997) was a Malawian politician who served as the leader…
• 1454 CEHatefiAbd-Allah Hatefi, commonly known as Hatefi (also spelled Hatifi; Persian: هاتفی; 1454 – 1521) was a Persian…
• 1496 CEHatice SultanHatice Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: خدیجه سلطان; sometimes called Hatice Hanım Sultan; 1496 – post 1543/44) was…
• 1501 CEHatim Beg UrdubadiHatem Beg Ordubadi (Persian: حاتم بیگ اردوبادی), was an Iranian bureaucrat from the Ordubadi family, who…
• 1893 CEHattie McDanielHattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian.…
• 1700 BCEHattusili IHattusili I (Ḫattušili I; died c. 1620 BC) was a king of the Hittite Old Kingdom. He reigned c. 1650–1620 BC…
• 1859 CEHavelock EllisHenry Havelock Ellis (2 February 1859 – 8 July 1939) was an English physician, eugenicist, writer…
• 1932 CEHawwari BumadianHouari Boumédiène (born Mohammed ben Brahim Boukharouba; 23 August 1932 – 27 December 1978) was an Algerian…
• 1988 CEHayley WilliamsHayley Nichole Williams (born December 27, 1988) is an American singer and songwriter. She is the lead…
• 1445 CEHayne van GhizeghemHayne van Ghizeghem (c. 1445 – from 1472 to 1497) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance…
• 1478 CEHayreddin BarbarossaHayreddin Barbarossa (Arabic: خير الدين بربروس, romanized: Khayr al-Dīn Barbarūs; Turkish: Barbaros Hayrettin…
• 1872 CEHeber Doust CurtisHeber Doust Curtis (June 27, 1872 – January 9, 1942) was an American astronomer. He participated in 11…
• 400 BCEHecataeus of AbderaHecataeus of Abdera (Greek: Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης; c. 360 BC – c. 290 BC) was an ancient Greek historian and…
• 600 BCEHecataeus of MiletusHecataeus of Miletus (Greek: Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 550 – c. 476 BC), son of Hegesander, was an early Greek…
• 200 BCEHecato of RhodesHecato or Hecaton of Rhodes (Greek: Ἑκάτων; fl. c. 100 BC) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was a native of…
• 1803 CEHector BerliozLouis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer, conductor and critic.…
• 1867 CEHector GuimardHector Guimard (French pronunciation: [ɛktɔʁ ɡimaʁ]; 10 March 1867 – 20 May 1942) was a French architect and…
• 1914 CEHedy LamarrHedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian and American…
• 1853 CEHeike Kamerlingh OnnesHeike Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch: [ˈɦɛikə ˈkaːmərlɪŋ ˈɔnəs]; 21 September 1853 – 21 February 1926) was a Dutch…
• 1954 CEHeiner KochHeiner Koch (born 13 June 1954) is a German Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Berlin since…
• 1821 CEHeinrich BarthJohann Heinrich Barth (German: [baʁt]; 16 February 1821 – 25 November 1865) was a German explorer of Africa…
• 1822 CEHeinrich BrunnHeinrich Brunn, since 1882 Ritter von Brunn (23 January 1822, Wörlitz, Anhalt-Dessau – 23 July 1894…
• 1917 CEHeinrich BöllHeinrich Theodor Böll (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈbœl]; 21 December 1917 – 16 July 1985) was a German…
• 1486 CEHeinrich Cornelius AgrippaHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (German: [aˈgʀɪpa]; 14 September 1486 – 18 February 1535) was a…
• 1445 CEHeinrich FinckHeinrich Finck (1444 or 1445 – 9 June 1527) was a German composer. He served as Kapellmeister first for…
• 1255 CEHeinrich FrauenlobHeinrich Frauenlob (between 1250 and 1260 – 29 November 1318), sometimes known as Henry of Meissen (Heinrich…
• 1767 CEHeinrich Friedrich LinkJohann Heinrich Friedrich Link (2 February 1767 – 1 January 1851) was a German naturalist and botanist. The…
• 1488 CEHeinrich GlareanHeinrich Glarean also styled Henricus Glareanus (born as Heinrich Loriti on 28 February or 3 June 1488 – 28…
• 1912 CEHeinrich HarrerHeinrich Harrer (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈhaʁɐ]; 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer…
• 1797 CEHeinrich HeineChristian Johann Heinrich Heine (born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet…
• 1857 CEHeinrich HertzHeinrich Rudolf Hertz ( hurts; German: [hɛʁts]; 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who…
• 1450 CEHeinrich IsaacHeinrich Isaac (ca. 1450 – 26 March 1517) was a Netherlandish composer of south Netherlandish origin during…
• 1827 CEHeinrich Karl BrugschHeinrich Karl Brugsch (18 February 1827 – 9 September 1894) was a German Egyptologist. He was associated with…
• 1797 CEHeinrich KuhlHeinrich Kuhl (17 September 1797 – 14 September 1821) was a German naturalist and zoologist. Kuhl was born in…
• 1822 CEHeinrich Louis d'ArrestHeinrich Louis d'Arrest (13 August 1822 – 14 June 1875; German pronunciation: [daˈʁɛ] ) was a German…
• 1894 CEHeinrich LübkeKarl Heinrich Lübke (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈlʏpkə]; 14 October 1894 – 6 April 1972) was a German politician, who…
• 1871 CEHeinrich MannLuiz Heinrich Mann (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈman]; March 27, 1871 – March 11, 1950), best known as simply Heinrich…
• 1877 CEHeinrich Otto WielandHeinrich Otto Wieland (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈviːlant]; 4 June 1877 – 5 August 1957) was a German…
• 1526 CEHeinrich RantzauHeinrich Rantzau or Ranzow (Ranzovius) (11 March 1526 – 31 December 1598) was a German humanist writer and…
• 1933 CEHeinrich RohrerHeinrich Rohrer (6 June 1933 – 16 May 2013) was a Swiss physicist who shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in…
• 1822 CEHeinrich SchliemannJohann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (German: [ˈʃliːman]; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German…
• 1829 CEHeinrich SchröterHeinrich Eduard Schröter (8 January 1829 – 3 January 1892) was a German mathematician, who studied geometry…
• 1789 CEHeinrich SchwabeSamuel Heinrich Schwabe (25 October 1789 – 11 April 1875) was a German amateur astronomer remembered for his…
• 1758 CEHeinrich Wilhelm OlbersHeinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (German: [ˈɔlbɐs]; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German astronomer.…
• 1846 CEHeinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of GreizHeinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (28 March 1846 – 19 April 1902) was the reigning sovereign of…
• 1777 CEHeinrich von KleistBernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç fɔn ˈklaɪst]; 18 October 1777 – 21 November 1811) was a…
• 1200 CEHeinrich von MorungenHeinrich von Morungen (died 1222) was a Minnesinger, whose 35 surviving Middle High German songs are dated on…
• 1888 CEHeinz GuderianHeinz Wilhelm Guderian (German: [haɪnts ˈvɪlhɛlm ɡuˈdeːʁi.an]; 17 June 1888 – 14 May 1954) was a German army…
• 1939 CEHeinz PagelsHeinz Rudolf Pagels (February 19, 1939 – July 23, 1988) was an American physicist, an associate professor of…
• 1880 CEHelen KellerHelen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate…
• 1929 CEHelen Rodríguez TríasHelen Rodríguez Trías (July 7, 1929 – December 27, 2001) was an American pediatrician, educator and women's…
• 1963 CEHelen SharmanHelen Patricia Sharman (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist and cosmonaut who became the first British…
• 1905 CEHelen WillsHelen Newington Wills (October 6, 1905 – January 1, 1998), also known by her married names Helen Wills Moody…
• 250 CEHelena AugustaFlavia Julia Helena (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē; c. AD 246/248 – 330), also known as Helena of…
• 1831 CEHelena BlavatskyHelena Petrovna Blavatsky (née Hahn von Rottenstern; 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1831 – 8 May 1891), often known…
• 1372 CEHelena DragašHelena Dragaš (Serbian: Јелена Драгаш, romanized: Jelena Dragaš; Greek: Ἑλένη Δραγάση, romanized: Helénē…
• 1899 CEHelge IngstadHelge Marcus Ingstad (30 December 1899 – 29 March 2001) was a Norwegian explorer. In 1960, after mapping some…
• 50 CEHeliodorusHeliodorus (Greek: Ἡλιόδωρος) was a surgeon of the pneumatic school in the 1st century AD. He was probably…
• 250 CEHeliodorus of EmesaHeliodorus Emesenus or Heliodorus of Emesa (Ancient Greek: Ἡλιόδωρος ὁ Ἐμεσηνός) is the author of the ancient…
• 1892 CEHelmuth PlessnerHelmuth Plessner (German: [ˈplɛsnɐ]; 4 September 1892 – 12 June 1985) was a German philosopher and…
• 1800 CEHelmuth von Moltke the ElderGraf Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (German: [ˈhɛlmuːt fɔn ˈmɔltkə]; 26 October 1800 – 24 April 1891) was a…