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

Patricia Hewitt
British government adviser
Dame Patricia Hope Hewittis a British government adviser and former politician, who was the Secretary of State for Health from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party, she had previously been the S...

Danni Hewson
Financial analyst, AJ Bell
For three yearsDanni Hewsonwas the voice of Business on BBC Radio 5 Live. She regularly presented the station’s flagship business programme Wake Up To Money and was heard across the network, demystify...

David Heyman
British film producer
David Jonathan Heymanis a British film producer and the founder of Heyday Films. Heyman is best known as the producer of all eight installments of the Harry Potter film series, which are based on a se...

Jon Heyman
American baseball columnist for the New York Post
Jon Heymanis an American baseball columnist for the New York Post, a baseball insider for MLB Network and WFAN Radio and co-host with Joel Sherman of the baseball podcast The Show. Heyman has also app...

Thomas Hiddleston
English actor
Thomas William Hiddlestonis an English actor. He gained international fame portraying Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), starting with Thor in 2011 and most recently in the Disney+ series Lo...

Indriatti Van Hien
Portfolio Manager of UK equities at Janus Henderson Investors
Indriatti van Hienis Portfolio Manager of UK equities at Janus Henderson Investors, a position she has held since 2016. Indriatti joined Henderson in 2011 as a UK equity analyst. Prior to Henderson, s...

Maura Higgins
Irish television personality
Maura Higginsis an Irish television personality, television presenter and model. She rose to prominence in 2019, when she was a finalist on the fifth series of ITV2 reality series Love Island. Since h...

Michael Higgins
Ninth president of Ireland
Michael Daniel Higginsis an Irish politician, poet, broadcaster and sociologist who has been serving as the ninth president of Ireland since 2011. Entering national politics through the Labour Party, ...

Nigel Higgins
Group Chairman at Barclays
Nigel Higginsis Group Chairman at Barclays. Skills, experience and contribution Seasoned business leader with extensive experience in, and understanding of, banking and the financial services industry...

Andrew Higginson
British business executive
Andrew Thomas Higginsonis a British business executive. As of 2017, he was the Chairman of Morrisons, Non-Executive Director of Woolworths in South Africa, Chairman of N Brown Group and Chairman of IT...

Patricia Highsmith
American novelist
Patricia Highsmithwas an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 nov...

Liv Hill
British actress
Liv Hillis a British actress. She received accolades for her roles in the BBC miniseries Three Girls (2017) and the films Jellyfish and The Little Stranger (2018). She has since appeared in The Fight ...

Conleth Hill
Irish actor
Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hillis an Irish actor. He has performed on stage in productions in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the US. He has won two Laurence Olivier Awards and received two Tony Award n...

Alfred Hill
English comedian
Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hillwas an English comedian, actor, writer and musician. He is best remembered for his television programme, The Benny Hill Show, a comedy-variety show that merged slapstick, ...

Aaron Hill
Irish professional snooker player
Aaron Hillis an Irish professional snooker player. Career In March 2020, Hill won the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, as a result, he was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tou...

Montero (Lil Nas X) Hill
American rapper
Montero Lamar Hill, known by his stage nameLil Nas X, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He rose to prominence with the release of his country rap single "Old Town Road", which first achie...

Richard Hill
Chief Commercial Officer, London City Airport
Richard Hilljoined as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at London City Airport in January 2017. In this role he has overall responsibility for commercial airline relationships and all other commercial ac...

Rebecca Hill
British singer
Rebecca Claire Hillis a British singer from Bewdley, England. She rose to prominence after appearing on the first series of the then BBC (now ITV) talent contest The Voice UK, auditioning with John Le...

Margaret Hiller
Labour and Co-operative politician
Dame Margaret Olivia Hillier DBE, known asMeg Hillier, is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney South and Shoreditch at the 2005 gen...

Stephen Hillier
Retired senior Royal Air Force officer
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen John Hillieris a retired senior Royal Air Force officer, who served as Chief of the Air Staff from 2016 to 2019. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions...