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Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
On this page: Howlin' Wolf to Huygens, Christiaan.
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Howlin' Wolf (Blues Artist, '40s-'70s)
Hoxie, Vinnie Ream (American sculptor)
Hu Shi (Chinese philosopher & writer)
Hu Yaobang (Chinese politician)
Hua Guofeng (Chinese politician)
Huáscar (Peruvian emperor)
Huayna Capac (Peruvian emperor)
Hubbell, Carl O (American baseball player)
Hubel, David (American physician)
Hudson, Henry (Explorer)
Hudson, William Henry (English writer & biologist)
Huerta, Victoriano (Mexican military leader & president)
Huggins, Charles Brenton (Canadian-American physician)
Hughes, (James) Langston (Poet / Writer)
Hughes, Charles Evans (American statesman/stateswoman & jurist)
Hughes, Howard Robard (Business Personality / Aviator)
Hughes, Ted (British poet)
Huizinga, Johan (Dutch historian)
Hull, Cordell (American statesman/stateswoman)
Hulse, Russell Alan (American physicist)
Hume, David (Philosopher / Historian)
Hume, John (Politician of Northern Ireland)
Humperdinck, Engelbert (German composer & educator)
Humphrey, Doris (American dancer & dramatist)
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio (U.S. Vice President)
Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh (English poet, critic & journalist)
Hunt, (William) Holman (English painter)
Hunt, Richard Morris (American architect)
Hunt, William Morris (American painter)
Huntington, Samuel (American politician)
Hunyadi, János (Hungarian politician)
Hurok, Solomon (American businessman/businesswoman & entertainer)
Hus, Jan (Czech religious reformer)
Hussein (Ruler of Jordan)
Hussein, Saddam (former president of Iraq)
Husserl, Edmund (German philosopher)
Huston, John (Filmmaker / Actor)
Hutchins, Robert Maynard (American educator)
Hutchinson, Anne (Religious Figure / Activist)
Hutchinson, Thomas (American statesman/stateswoman)
Hutton, James (Scottish geologist & chemist)
Huxley, Andrew Fielding (English scientist)
Huxley, Thomas Henry (English biologist & educator)
Huygens, Christiaan (Dutch mathematician & physicist)