Biography

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

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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...

Julia Ward Howe

Born: May 27, 1819 New York, New York Died: October 17, 1910 Newport, Rhode Island American author and reformer Julia...

Gordie Howe

Born: March 31, 1928 Floral, Saskatchewan, Canada Canadian hockey player Former professional hockey player Gordie Howe earned the fame of being the ...

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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...

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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...