Biographies
Biographies is a category for works that tell the life stories of real people, highlighting their experiences, achievements, and historical significance. It includes both full-length accounts and shorter profiles written to inform and engage readers.
Harry Hooper
Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini: Magician, Escapologist, and Skeptic
Harry Howell
Harry Howell — Canadian NHL defenseman and Hockey Hall of Famer
Harry J. Lipkin
Harry J. Lipkin (Zvi Lipkin) — Israeli theoretical physicist
Harry J. Middleton
Harry J. Middleton — American journalist, speechwriter, and LBJ Library director
Harry Joseph Flynn
Harry Joseph Flynn, American Roman Catholic Archbishop
Harry Kesten
Harry Kesten — Probability Theorist and Expert on Random Walks
Harry Kipke
Harry Kupfer
Harry Kupfer — German Opera Director and Teacher
Harry Leslie Smith
Harry Leslie Smith — British writer, Second World War veteran and social commentator
Harry Lumley
Harry Lumley: Canadian NHL goaltender and early prodigy
Harry Martin (judge)
Harry C. Martin (1920–2015) — Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Harry Martinson
Harry Martinson: Swedish poet, novelist and Nobel laureate
Harry Mathews
Harry Mathews (1930–2017)
Harry Mulisch
Harry Mummery
Harry Mummery: Early NHL Defenceman and Emergency Goaltender
Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) — American singer-songwriter and composer
Harry Perkowski
Harry Power
Harry Power: Irish-born Australian bushranger and mentor to Ned Kelly
Harry Pregerson
Harry Pregerson (1923–2017): U.S. Federal Judge and Ninth Circuit Jurist
Harry Reasoner
Harry Reasoner — American television journalist and 60 Minutes founding correspondent
Harry Rowohlt
Harry Rowohlt: German writer, translator and performer
Harry van den Bergh
Harry van den Bergh (1942–2020) — Dutch Labour Party politician
Harry Villegas
Harry 'Pombo' Villegas: Cuban Guerrilla, Comrade of Che, and Historian
Harry Volkman
Harry Volkman: Pioneer American Television Meteorologist
Harry W. Shlaudeman
Harry W. Shlaudeman — U.S. diplomat and long-serving ambassador to Latin America
Harry Wouters van den Oudenweijer
Harry Wouters van den Oudenweijer — Dutch show jumper and coach
Harry Wu
Harry Wu — Chinese-born American human-rights activist and laogai chronicler
Harry Zvi Tabor
Harry Zvi Tabor — Pioneer of Israeli Solar Energy
Harsha
Harsha (Harshavardhana) — 7th-century Indian emperor
Hartmut Nickel
Hartmut Nickel — East German ice hockey player and Olympian
Hartwig Gauder
Haruhisa Hasegawa
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami: life, works, style, and global influence
Harun al-Rashid
Harun al-Rashid — Abbasid Caliph and Patron of the Early Islamic Golden Age
Harun Farocki
Harun Farocki: Filmmaker and Critical Essayist of Images
Haruo Arima
Haruo Arima — Japanese footballer and national team representative
Haruo Nakajima
Harvey Atkin
Harvey Glatman
Harvey Glatman: the photographer alias and the Glamour Girl Slayer
Harvey Hall
Harvey Hall (1941–2018): Bakersfield Mayor, Entrepreneur, and Civic Philanthropist
Harvey Lichtenstein
Harvey Pekar
Hasan Basri
Hasan al-Basri: Early Islamic Ascetic, Preacher, and Sufi Influence
Hasekura Tsunenaga
Hasekura Tsunenaga: Early 17th-Century Japanese Diplomat and Samurai
Hashim Khan
Hashim Khan — Pakistani squash champion and pioneer
Haskell Wexler
Haskell Wexler: Cinematographer, Filmmaker, and Visual Innovator
Hassan al-Turabi
Hassan al‑Turabi: Sudanese Islamist leader and political figure