Biography

Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

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Paul Hamm

Gymnast Born September 24, 1982, in Waukesha, WI; son of Sandy (a farmer) and Cecily Hamm. Education: Attended the University of Wisconsin. ...

Oscar Hammerstein

Born: July 12, 1895 New York, New York Died: August 23, 1960 Doylestown, Pennsylvania American songwriter Oscar Hamme...

John Hancock

Born: January 23, 1737 Braintree, Massachusetts Died: October 8, 1793 Boston, Massachusetts American statesman, politician, and gove...

George Frideric Handel

Born: February 23, 1685 Halle, Germany Died: April 14, 1759 London, England German-born English composer and organist ...

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Alyson Hannigan

Actress Born Alyson Lee Hannigan, March 24, 1974, in Washington, DC; daughter of Albert Hannigan (a truck driver) and Emily Posner (a real estate agent); married Alexis Deni...

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Ted Harbert

Chief Executive Officer of E! Networks Born Edward W. Harbert III in 1955 in New York; son of Ted Jr. (a television executive) and Marna Harbert; married Susan; children: Emily, ...

Thomas Hardy

Born: June 2, 1840 Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England Died: January 11, 1928 Dorchester, England English author, novelist, poet, an...

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Mariska Hargitay

Actress Born Mariska Magdolina Hargitay, January 23, 1964, in Los Angeles, CA; daughter of Mickey Hargitay (a bodybuilder) and Jayne Mansfield (an actress); married Peter He...

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Stephen J. Harper

Prime minister of Canada Born Stephen Joseph Harper, April 30, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; son of Joseph and Margaret (Johnston) Harper; married Laureen Teskey, Decem...

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Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper (born 1959), an often-underestimated Canadian politician, became his country's first conservative prime minister in 13 years when he led his party to victory in Janu...

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Richard Harris

Born Richard St. John Harris, October 1, 1930, in Limerick, Ireland; died of Hodgkin's disease, October 25, 2002, in London, England. Actor. To a generation of filmgoers, Anglo–Irish star ...

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E. Lynn Harris

Author Born Everette Lynn Harris, in 1955, in Flint, MI; son of James Jeter and Etta W. Harris (a factory worker). Education: Graduated from the Univ...

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Carey Hart

Motocross athlete and business owner Born July 17, 1975, in Las Vegas, NV; son of Tom Hart (a construction company owner); married Pink (aka Alecia Moore; a singer), January 7, ...

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Reed Hastings

President, Chief Executive Officer, and Board Chair of Netflix Born Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr., c. 1961; married; children: two. Education: Earned undergradu...

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Teri Hatcher

Actress Born December 8, 1964, in Sunnyvale, CA; daughter of Owen (an electrical engineer) and Esther (a computer programmer) Hatcher; married Marcus Leithold (a fitness tra...

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Lene Vestergaard Hau

Physicist Born November 13, 1959, in Vejle, Denmark. Education: Received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Aarhus, and Ph.D., 1991. ...

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Laura S. Haviland

American antislavery activist Laura Smith Haviland (1808–1898) is not as well known as the great writers and orators of the Abolitionist movement, those whose ideas rallied the Nor...

Tony Hawk

May 12, 1968 • San Diego, California Skateboarder, businessman According to Newsweek magazine, Tony Hawk is the...

Stephen Hawking

Born: January 8, 1942 Oxford, England English scientist, physicist, and mathematician British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking has made fund...

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Born: July 4, 1804 Salem, Massachusetts Died: May 19, 1864 Plymouth, New Hampshire American writer The work of Americ...