Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Art Garfunkel
Sam Rockwell
Eugene V. Debs
Ida Tarbell
All Personalities (991 listed)
Helmut Newton
World-Renowned Fashion & Portrait Photographer
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Prussian Field Marshal, Chief of the Prussian and German Great General Staff & Modern Military Strategist
Henri Bergson
Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate, Leading French Philosopher & Metaphysician
Henri de Saint-Simon
Visionary French Social Philosopher, Pioneer Sociologist & Founder of Saint-Simonianism
Henri Matisse
Master of Modern Art, Leader of Fauvism & Monumental Colorist of the 20th Century
Henrik Schück
Literary Historian & Academician
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, Italy & Burgundy (Salian Dynasty)
Henry Winkler
Actor, Director, Producer & Children's Author
Herbert Hoover
31st President of the United States (1929–1933), Mining Engineer & Humanitarian Relief Director
Herman Van Rompuy
First Permanent President of the European Council & Belgian Prime Minister
Hermann Broch
Modernist Novelist, Essayist, Philosopher & Author of The Sleepwalkers
Hillary Clinton
67th US Secretary of State, US Senator from New York, First Lady of the United States & 2016 Presidential Nominee
Homi J. Bhabha
Nuclear Physicist & Father of Indian Nuclear Programme
Hongwu Emperor
Founding Emperor of China's Ming Dynasty (1368–1398), Peasant Revolutionary & Reformer
Horatio Nelson
British Naval Flag Officer, Victor of Trafalgar & Supreme Master of Naval Strategy
Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Acclaimed Indian Composer, Music Director, National Film Award Winner & Padma Shri Laureate