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Writers Whose First Name Starts With H

Discover the famous writers whose name starts with H. The list includes people like Helen Keller, H. P. Lovecraft, Hunter S. Thompson, Henry David Thoreau, Holly Madison and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. This list of writers whose names start with H includes people from United States, Germany, England, France and other countries all over the world.

This ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.

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 1 Helen Keller

Helen Keller
15
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: June 27, 1880
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States
Died: June 1, 1968

 2 H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft
8
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: August 20, 1890
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Died: March 15, 1937

 3 Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson
9
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Journalist and Author
Birthdate: July 18, 1937
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Louisville
Died: February 20, 2005
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Celebrity Names:
Starting With A
Starting With B

 4 Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau
4
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet, Naturalist, Essayist
Birthdate: July 12, 1817
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 6, 1862
Celebrity Names:
Starting With C
Starting With D

 5 Holly Madison

Holly Madison
4
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Author, Model, Reality TV Star
Birthdate: December 23, 1979
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Astoria, Oregon, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

 6 H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells
8
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: September 21, 1866
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bromley, Kent, England
Died: August 13, 1946
Celebrity Names:
Starting With E
Starting With F

 7 Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami
6
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: January 12, 1949
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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 8 Homer

Homer
4
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Greek author
Birthdate: 0800 BC
Birthplace: Greece
Died: 0701 BC
Celebrity Names:
Starting With G
Starting With I

 9 Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum

Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
26
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Crown Prince of Dubai
Birthdate: November 14, 1982
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 10 Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen
5
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: April 2, 1805
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Odense, Denmark
Died: August 4, 1875
Celebrity Names:
Starting With J
Starting With K

 11 Hoda Kotb

Hoda Kotb
11
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Journalist, Author, TV Anchor
Birthdate: August 9, 1964
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Norman, Oklahoma
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

 12 Hasan Minhaj

Hasan Minhaj
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Comedian
Birthdate: September 23, 1985
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Davis, California, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Celebrity Names:
Starting With L
Starting With M

 13 Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt
1
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Philosopher
Birthdate: October 14, 1906
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Linden - Mitte, Hanover, Germany
Died: December 4, 1975

 14 Harper Lee

Harper Lee
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: April 28, 1926
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Monroeville
Died: February 19, 2016
Celebrity Names:
Starting With N
Starting With O

 15 Holly Johnson

Holly Johnson
4
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Artist
Birthdate: February 9, 1960
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

 16 Hal Moore

Hal Moore
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: February 13, 1922
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bardstown, Kentucky, United States
Died: February 10, 2017
Celebrity Names:
Starting With P
Starting With Q

 17 Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Harivansh Rai Bachchan
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: November 27, 1907
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Prayagraj, India
Died: January 18, 2003

 18 Herman Melville

Herman Melville
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: August 1, 1819
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: September 28, 1891
Celebrity Names:
Starting With R
Starting With S

 19 Henry James

Henry James
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: April 15, 1843
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: February 28, 1916

 20 Henry Graham Greene

Henry Graham Greene
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: October 2, 1904
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berkhamsted, England
Died: April 3, 1991
Celebrity Names:
Starting With T
Starting With U

 21 Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac
4
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist and Playwright
Birthdate: May 20, 1799
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tours, France
Died: August 18, 1850

 22 Hunter Tylo

Hunter Tylo
2
Listed In: Fashion
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: July 3, 1962
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Celebrity Names:
Starting With V
Starting With W

 23 Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse
2
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet & Novelist
Birthdate: July 2, 1877
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Calw, Germany
Died: August 9, 1962

 24 Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Saint
Birthdate: November 30, 1098
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bermersheim vor der Höhe, Germany
Died: September 17, 1179
Celebrity Names:
Starting With Y
Starting With Z

 25 Harlan Coben

Harlan Coben
1
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: January 4, 1962
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, USA

 26 Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen
6
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Playwright
Birthdate: March 20, 1828
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Skien Municipality, Norway
Died: May 23, 1906

 27 Helena Blavatsky

Helena Blavatsky
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Writer, Co-founder of the Theosophical Society
Birthdate: August 12, 1831
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dnipro, Ukraine
Died: May 8, 1891

 28 Harlan Ellison

Harlan Ellison
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: May 27, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cleveland
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

 29 Hill Harper

Hill Harper
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: May 17, 1966
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

 30 Henry Valentine Miller

Henry Valentine Miller
2
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: December 26, 1891
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Yorkville, New York, United States
Died: June 7, 1980
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

 31 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
3
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: First American poet to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
Birthdate: February 27, 1807
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Portland, Maine, United States
Died: March 24, 1882

 32 Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe
3
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: June 14, 1811
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 1, 1896

 33 Hanya Yanagihara

Hanya Yanagihara
3
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: September 20, 1974
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

 34 Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Playwright, Screenwriter
Birthdate: October 10, 1930
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Metropolitan Borough of Hackney
Died: December 24, 2008

 35 Holiday Reinhorn

Holiday Reinhorn
1
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Fiction Writer
Birthdate: March 12, 1964
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon

 36 Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist thinker
Birthdate: August 24, 1922
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: January 27, 2010
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

 37 Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Henry Louis Gates Jr.
3
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: September 16, 1950
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Keyser, West Virginia
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

 38 Horace

Horace
1
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Roman poet
Birthdate: December 8, 0065
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Venosa, Italy
Died: November 27, 0008

 39 Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Explorer
Birthdate: January 28, 1841
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Denbigh
Died: May 10, 1904

 40 Hesiod

Hesiod
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: 0000 BC
Birthplace: Ascra

 41 Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: King of Bahrain
Birthdate: January 28, 1950
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Riffa, Bahrain

 42 Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer, Novelist, Essayist, Film critic, Poet lawyer, Literary critic
Birthdate: July 6, 1952
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Glossop

 43 Hironobu Sakaguchi

Hironobu Sakaguchi
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Game designer
Birthdate: November 25, 1962
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan

 44 Homer Hickam

Homer Hickam
1
Listed In: Engineers
Famous As: Aerospace Engineer
Birthdate: February 19, 1943
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Coalwood, West Virginia, United States

 45 Henry Paulson

Henry Paulson
1
Listed In: Business People
Famous As: Banker
Birthdate: March 28, 1946
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Palm Beach, Florida, United States

 46 Harland Williams

Harland Williams
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: November 14, 1962
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

 47 Hutton Gibson

Hutton Gibson
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: August 26, 1918
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Peekskill, New York, USA

 48 Hafez

Hafez
0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: 1315 AD
Birthplace: Shiraz, Iran
Died: 1390 AD

 49 Howard Ashman

Howard Ashman
1
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Composer, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Songwriter, Film score composer
Birthdate: May 17, 1950
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Baltimore
Died: March 14, 1991

 50 Heather Hunter

Heather Hunter
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: October 1, 1969
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)