Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Lena Horne
Born: June 30, 1917 Brooklyn, New York African American singer Lena Horne is known as one of the most popular African American entertainers of th...
American Horse
Born: early nineteenth century Died: September 7, 1876 Sioux Native American tribal leader and warrior American Horse was a Sioux chief during the Lako...
Harry Houdini
Born: March 24, 1874 Budapest, Hungary Died: October 31, 1926 Detroit, Michigan Hungarian-born American magician Magi...
Gordie Howe
Born: March 31, 1928 Floral, Saskatchewan, Canada Canadian hockey player Former professional hockey player Gordie Howe earned the fame of being the ...
Julia Ward Howe
Born: May 27, 1819 New York, New York Died: October 17, 1910 Newport, Rhode Island American author and reformer Julia...
Felicity Huffman
Actress Born December 9, 1962, in Bedford, NY; married William H. Macy (an actor, writer, and producer), September 6, 1997; children: Sofia Grace, Georgia Grace. ...
Langston Hughes
Born: February 1, 1902 Joplin, Missouri Died: May 22, 1967 New York, New York African American poet and playwright Am...
Howard Hughes
Born: December 24, 1905 Houston, Texas Died: April 5, 1976 Houston, Texas American entrepreneur and inventor Howard H...
Victor Hugo
Born: February 26, 1802 Besançon, France Died: May 22, 1885 Paris, France French author The French author Victor Hugo...
Steve Chen and Chad Hurley
Creators of YouTube.com Steve Chen born in August of 1978 in Taiwan. Chad Hurley born c. 1977; married; children: two. Education: Chen: Studied compu...
Zora Neale Hurston
Born: January 7, 1903 Eatonville, Florida Died: January 28, 1960 Fort Pierce, Florida African American author and folklorist ...
Saddam Hussein
Born: April 28, 1937 Tikrit, Iraq Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, the socialist president of the Iraqi Republic beginning in 1979, is known for h...
Saddam Hussein
April 28, 1937 • Tikrit, Iraq Former president of Iraq Beginning in the 1970s, Saddam Hussein ruled the Republic of Iraq with a tight g...
William Hutt
Over a theatrical career lasting more than 50 years, Canadian actor and director William Hutt (born 1920) became virtually the face of the Stratford Festival, an annual live theate...
Héloïse
Héloïse (c. 1098–1163) was a French religious figure whose romance with a prominent theologian scandalized twelfth-century Paris. She and Peter Abélard fell passionately ...