Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Hirohito
Born: April 29, 1901 Tokyo, Japan Died: January 7, 1989 Tokyo, Japan Japanese emperor Hirohito was the 124th emperor ...
Gary Hirshberg
President and Chief Executive Officer of Stonyfield Farm Born c. 1954 in New Hampshire; married Meg; children: three. Addresses: Office —Ston...
Alfred Hitchcock
Born: August 13, 1899 London, England Died: April 29, 1980 Los Angeles, California English film director Alfred Hitch...
Adolf Hitler
Born: April 20, 1889 Braunau, Austria Died: April 30, 1945 Berlin, Germany German dictator and nationalist The German...
Thomas Hobbes
Born: April 5, 1588 Westport, England Died: December 4, 1679 Hardwick Hall, England English philosopher and political theorist ...
Syd Hoff
Born September 4, 1912, in New York, NY; died May 12, 2004, in Miami Beach, FL. Children's book author and illustrator. Syd Hoff was both author and illustrator of more than 60 children's ...
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor Born July 23, 1967, in Fairport, NY; companion of Mimi O'Donnell (a costume designer); children: Cooper (with O'Donnell). Education: New York U...
Dustin Hoffman
Actor Born August 8, 1937, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Harvey (a set designer, prop supervisor, and furniture designer) and Lillian Hoffman; married Anne Byrne (a ballerina),...
Billie Holiday
Born: April 7, 1915 Baltimore, Maryland Died: July 17, 1959 New York, New York African American jazz singer Billie Ho...
Joel Hollander
Chair and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Radio Born c. 1956, in New York, NY; married Susan; children: two. Education: Earned degree in broadcasting from I...
Chad Holliday
Chair and Chief Executive Officer of DuPont Born Charles O. Holliday, Jr., in 1948, in Nashville, TN; married; children: two sons. Education: Earned ...
Alan Hollinghurst
Author Born May 26, 1954, in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. Education: Magdalen College, Oxford University, B.A., 1975, M.Litt. 1979. Add...
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Born: August 29, 1809 Cambridge, Massachusetts Died: October 7, 1894 Boston, Massachusetts American physician, author, professor ...
Homer
Born: Ninth century B.C.E. Died: Ninth century B.C.E. Greek poet H omer, the major figure in ancient Greek ...
Soichiro Honda
Born: November 17, 1906 Iwata-gun, Japan Died: August 5, 1991 Tokyo, Japan Japanese businessman An independent person...
Bell Hooks
Born: September 25, 1952 Hopkinsville, Kentucky African American activist, educator, and writer Writer, professor, and social critic, bell hooks is und...
Benjamin Hooks
Born: January 31, 1925 Memphis, Tennessee African American activist, executive director, and lawyer Benjamin Hooks was an executive director of the Nat...
Bob Hope
Born: May 29, 1903 Eltham, England American comedian and actor I n addition to his successes on radio, in movies, on television, and in live show...
Bob Hope
Born Leslie Townes Hope, May 29, 1903, in Eltham, England; died from complications due to pneumonia, July 27, 2003, in Toluca Lake, CA. Comedian and actor. Known as "Mr. Entertainment," ...
Anthony Hopkins
Born: December 31, 1937 Port Talbot, Wales Welsh actor Actor Anthony Hopkins worked on stage and in film for over thirty years before receiving h...