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

Ruth Holmes
English television presenter
Ruth Wendy Holmesis an English television presenter. She has presented various television shows, including This Morning (1999–2022), Gift Wrapped (2014), How the Other Half Lives (2015–present), and R...

Kate Holmes
American actress
Kate Noelle Holmesis an American actress. She first achieved fame as Joey Potter on the television series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003). Holmes made her film debut with a supporting role in Ang Lee's The...

Daniel Hooker
New Zealand professional mixed martial artist
Daniel Preston Hookeris a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Hooker was ...

Rosie Hooper
Financial Planner at Quilter
Rosie Hooperis Financial Planner at Quilter. Career Rosie started in Financial Services in 1999 and is a highly regarded Chartered Financial Planner and a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society. Rosie...

Margaret Hoover
American author
Margaret Colleen Hooveris an American author who primarily writes novels in the romance and young adult fiction genres. She is best known for her 2016 novel It Ends with Us. Many of her works were sel...

Susan Hopkins
Chief Medical Advisor for the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Susan Hopkinsis an Irish epidemiologist and civil servant working in the UK. She is honorary clinical senior lecturer in the Department of Medicine at Imperial College London, and Chief Medical Adviso...

Bernard Hopkins
American former professional boxer
Bernard Hopkins Jr.is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships ...

Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkinsis a Welsh actor. One of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received numerous accolades, i...

Josh Hoppen
Senior Account Director
Josh Hoppenis an experienced communications professional, PR practitioner and researcher, working for nearly a decade across a range of international corporates and technology organisations including ...

Niall Horan
Irish singer and songwriter
Niall James Horan is an Irish singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the English-Irish boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the British singing competition The X Factor. The ...

Jeff Hordley
English actor
Jeff Hordleyis an English actor, best known for playing Cain Dingle in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. For his portrayal of Cain, he was nominated for the British Soap Award for Best Actor at three cere...

Sharon Horgan
Irish actress
Sharon Lorencia Horganis an Irish actress, writer, director, producer, and comedian. She is best known for creating and starring in the comedy series Pulling (2006–2009), Catastrophe (2015–2019), and ...

Andy Hornby
Businessman
Andy Hornby(born 21 January 1967) is an English businessman, currently chief executive of the bookmakers Coral and chairman of the online pharmacy retailer Pharmacy2U. Biography Hornby was born in Sca...

Alexander Horne
English comedian and musician
Alexander James Jeffery Horneis an English comedian, writer, musician, and television presenter best known as the creator of the BAFTA-winning comedy series Taskmaster. Born on September 10, 1978, Hor...

Mathew Horne
English actor
Mathew Frazer Horneis an English actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and narrator. He is best known for appearing on several BBC sketch shows and sitcoms, most notably Gavin & Stacey (as Gav...

Christian Horner
British motorsport executive
Christian Edward Johnston Horneris a British motorsport executive and former racing driver. Since 2005, he has been team principal of the Red Bull Formula One team, winning thirteen world titles (six ...

Lola Young Baroness Young Of Hornsey
British actress
Margaret Omolola Young,Baroness Young of Hornsey OBEis a British actress, author, crossbench peer, and Chancellor of the University of Nottingham. Education and career Born in Kensington, Lola Young w...

Craig Horwood
Dancer and choreographer
Craig Revel Horwood is an Australian-British author, dancer, choreographer, conductor and theatre director, who also previously performed as a drag artist in the United Kingdom. Across his stage caree...

Ben Houchen
British Conservative politician
Ben Houchen,Baron Houchen of High Leven, is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He has been Tees Valley Mayor since 2017, winning the inaugural mayoral election in the combined authority....

Nicholas Hoult
English actor
Nicholas Caradoc Houltis an English actor. His filmography includes supporting work in big-budget mainstream productions and starring roles in independent projects in the American and British film ind...