Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Creators
Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.
Spanish conquistador
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish conquistador, military commander, explorer, captain general, and writer who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico un
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German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)
Herta Müller
Herta Müller is a Romanian-German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Ancient Greek poet of the archaic period
Hesiod
Hesiod was an Ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.
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Painters in art (1450–1516)
Hieronymus Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch was a Dutch painter from Brabant.
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American politician and diplomat (born 1947)
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat.
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French literary critic and historian (1828-1893)
Hippolyte Taine
Hippolyte Adolphe Taine was a French historian, critic and philosopher.
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French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright.
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