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People with H Initials

From HA to HZ, name the famous person with each set of initials.
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First submittedJune 22, 2011
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Clue
Person
HA
He broke Babe Ruth's career home run record
Hank Aaron
HB
Won an Oscar for Best Actress in 2001, the first black woman to do so
Halle Berry
HC
Former boss in Venezuela
Hugo Chavez
HD
She starred as Lizzie McGuire
Hilary Duff
HE
Ancient rabbi who asked: "if not now, when?"
Hillel the Elder
HF
"Indiana Jones" actor
Harrison Ford
HG
"Four Weddings and a Funeral"
Hugh Grant
HH
Aviation millionaire who built the Spruce Goose
Howard Hughes
HI
Norwegian playwright
Henrik Ibsen
HJ
Actor who played Wolverine
Hugh Jackman
HK
The first deaf and blind person to earn a college degree in the US
Helen Keller
HL
He starred in "The Dark Knight" and "Brokeback Mountain"
Heath Ledger
HM
French painter who was part of the Fauvist movement
Henri Matisse
HN
Admiral who died at the Battle of Trafalgar
Horatio Nelson
HO
Nigerian basketball player nicknamed "The Dream"
Hakeem Olajuwon
HP
French mathematician who made a famous conjecture
Henri Poincaré
HR
He starred as Egon from "Ghostbusters"
Harold Ramis
HS
She won Oscars for "Million Dollar Baby" and "Boys Don't Cry"
Hillary Swank
HT
The buck stopped with this U.S. President
Harry Truman
HW
Author of "The Time Machine"
H. G. Wells
HZ
Composer who wrote scores for "The Lion King" and "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Hans Zimmer
32 Comments
+8
Level 57
Mar 6, 2014
R.I.P. Mr. Ramis, you hilarious man.
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Level 88
Jun 25, 2018
Alumnus of my alma mater!
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Level 66
Oct 20, 2016
What's your authority for claiming that Hughes was ever the richest man in the world? Rockefeller had him outclassed; after Rockefeller's death there were any number of others who almost certainly had more money.
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Level ∞
Oct 7, 2020
Good point. I changed this. He is widely claimed to be the world's richest man, but he almost certainly wasn't.
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Level 81
Oct 20, 2016
There's going to be a Hans Zimmer concert here in Budapest soon. I would be excited if this were 1995.
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Level 79
Oct 21, 2016
Will you please take Barry for Berry?
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Level 71
Apr 11, 2018
While you're at it, maybe Birry, Borry and Burry?
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Level 66
Nov 15, 2018
And sometimes Byrry?
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Level 43
Nov 1, 2017
i didn't even notice the initials til half way through...wtf? ;p
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Level 79
Nov 1, 2017
Surprised Herm Edwards made a list like this
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Level 88
Jun 20, 2018
Well, he is uniquely qualified for a quiz full of people who's names start with H...
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Level 66
Jun 23, 2024
Even within the quiz he's only one of twenty six. So no, very far from being uniquely qualified.
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Level ∞
Oct 7, 2020
He has now been replaced by Hillel the Elder.
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Level 49
Jan 18, 2019
All I could think of for HH was Hugh Hefner. It wasn't right lol
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Level 85
Oct 7, 2020
Hulk Hogan?
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Level 74
May 8, 2019
Took me like 15 attempts to spell Halle Berry's name right.
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Level 71
Jun 17, 2021
You must not like fruit very much. It's not a difficult name/word to spell...
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Level 43
May 8, 2019
Ugh. Thought it was Hugh Howard.
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Level 91
Oct 7, 2020
Pretty funny typo for the HE question. Confused the hell out of me.
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Level 64
Oct 7, 2020
Pascal, Poinsot...there are a surprising number of famous French mathematicians whose last names begin with P.
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Level 84
Oct 8, 2020
Although Hans Zimmer did work on later films in the series, the music for the original Pirates of the Caribbean film (and so the main tune that people will think of) was composed by Klaus Badelt.
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Level 64
Oct 12, 2020
Hans Zimmer was the producer of the score for the first film, and he himself composed most of the main themes. He delegated the orchestration and additional composition work to eight other composers, including Klaus Badelt, who did most of it. The soundtrack album credits Badelt alone as the composer, but the iconic themes were mainly by Zimmer.
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Level 87
Jun 6, 2021
HC -- whatever you think of his politics, he was elected president (3x) in what is generally thought to be free and democratic elections -- probably more free and democratic than many of the "democratic" regimes not opposed by the US. As for his successor - Maduro; the term "boss" would be more valid.
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Level 74
Jun 7, 2021
Literally just guessed Duff
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Level 60
Jul 20, 2021
Halle Berry was not the first black woman to win an oscar - Hattie Mcdaniel who played Mammy in Gone With the Wind was the first
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Level 84
Jan 30, 2023
Best supporting actress is a different category
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Level 74
Feb 21, 2025
^
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Level 57
Aug 27, 2024
I was looking for this comment.
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Level 73
Feb 22, 2025
"Author of "The Time Machine" author" is a typo, right?
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Level 80
Feb 22, 2025
Yes, the second 'author' sounds redundant.
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Level 80
Apr 21, 2025
for Hillel the Elder, the quiz accepts Elder as a correct answer. To be fair, that is a 'cheat' to allow Elder as a correct answer without knowing Hillel. So really you should require Hillel as the only correct answer (and maybe some spelling variations of Hillel)
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Level 67
Jun 15, 2025
JetPunkers are not interested in science, I see.