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Bill Hader
Bill Hader (born 1978, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director, an SNL cast member 2005-2013 known for Stefon, voice of Fear in Inside Out, and Emmy-winning co-creator-star of HBO's Barry (2018-2023).
Bill Hagerty
Bill Hagerty, born 1959, is an American businessman and Republican politician serving as U.S. Senator from Tennessee since 2021, after serving as U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
Bill Haley
Bill Haley (William John Clifton Haley, 1925–1981), American bandleader of Bill Haley & His Comets; "Rock Around the Clock" became in 1955 the first rock 'n' roll number-one pop hit.
Bill Haley & His Comets
Bill Haley & His Comets, American rock and roll band (1952–1981) fronted by Bill Haley (1925–1981); their 1954 "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" became in 1955 the first rock and roll Number One pop hit, selling about 25 million copies.
Bill Hamlin
Bill Hamlin, full name Willard Hamlin, was an American real estate broker credited with blending the Orange Julius drink in 1926 for Julius Freed's Los Angeles juice stand.
Bill Harmsen
Bill Harmsen, born William D. Harmsen, was an American businessman and former Continental Airlines pilot who co-founded the Jolly Rancher candy company with his wife Dorothy in Golden, Colorado, in 1949.
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam, Republican businessman, was the 66th mayor of Knoxville (2003-2011) and 49th Governor of Tennessee (2011-2019), known for Drive to 55, Tennessee Promise, and Tennessee Reconnect.
Bill Hauter
Bill Hauter is an American physician and Republican politician who has represented the 87th district in the Illinois House of Representatives since 2023, and is the only medical doctor in the state legislature.
Bill Hayes (actor)
Bill Hayes (William Foster Hayes III, 1925–2024), American singer and actor; his 1955 'Ballad of Davy Crockett' hit number one, and he played Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives from 1970 into 2023, married to co-star Susan Seaforth Hayes.
Bill Hemmer
Bill Hemmer is an American Fox News anchor, co-anchor of America's Newsroom with Dana Perino (9-11 AM/ET) since 2021. Former CNN American Morning co-host, he joined Fox in 2005, anchored Bill Hemmer Reports, and leads election-night coverage.
Bill Henson
Bill Henson, born in Melbourne in 1955, is an Australian photographer known for darkly toned images of figures and landscapes, first exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria at age 19.
Bill Hewlett
Bill Hewlett, formally William Redington Hewlett, was an American engineer who co-founded Hewlett-Packard with David Packard in 1939, later serving as HP's president and chief executive officer.
Bill Hicks
Bill Hicks (William Melvin Hicks, 1961-1994), American stand-up comedian and social critic from Houston, Texas; albums Dangerous, Relentless, Arizona Bay, Revelations; cult figure in Britain, died of pancreatic cancer at 32.
Bill Hosket
Bill Hosket (Wilmer Frederick Hosket, born 1946), Dayton, Ohio basketball player: 1968 Ohio State captain and Big Ten champion, 1968 Olympic gold medalist, and 1970 NBA champion with the New York Knicks.
Bill Hougland
Bill Hougland (William Marion Hougland, 1930-2017), Kansas Jayhawks guard on the 1952 NCAA champions, won Olympic basketball gold at Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956 as 1956 captain, then led Koch Oil.
Bill Hoyt
Bill Hoyt (William Welles Hoyt, 1875–1954), American pole vaulter and physician; won the first Olympic pole vault gold at Athens 1896 with 3.30 m for Harvard/USA, later a U.S. Public Health Service surgeon.
Bill Hudson (guitarist)
Bill Hudson (born Niuton Rodrigues Filho, 1983, São Paulo) is a Brazilian-American metal guitarist in Los Angeles, known for Trans-Siberian Orchestra, I Am Morbid, Dirkschneider, Circle II Circle, Doro, and founding power metal band NorthTale.
Bill Hudson (singer)
Bill Hudson, born William Louis Hudson Jr. in 1949, is the American singer-guitarist of the Hudson Brothers, the 1970s power pop trio behind "So You Are a Star"; also an actor and father of Kate and Oliver Hudson, distinct from the folk songwriter and metal guitarist of the same name.
Bill Huizenga
Bill Huizenga, born 1969, is an American Republican politician who has represented Michigan's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House since 2023, after representing the 2nd district from 2011 to 2023.
Bill Hunt (musician)
Bill Hunt (musician): English keyboard and horn player, born 1947 in Birmingham; founding member of Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard, composer of "The Carlsberg Special", later music teacher; distinct from the Australian folk singer of the same name.
Bill Hunter (actor)
Bill Hunter (1940–2011), born William John Hunter, was an Australian character actor known for the gruff Australian "bloke" in films like Gallipoli, Muriel's Wedding, and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Bill Hwang
Bill Hwang founded Archegos Capital Management, which grew to manage over $36 billion. He was sentenced to 18 years in 2024 for manipulating stock prices and defrauding nine banks.
Bill Hybels
Bill Hybels is an American evangelical pastor who founded Willow Creek Community Church near Chicago in 1975, pioneered the seeker-sensitive megachurch model, and founded the Global Leadership Summit before resigning in 2018.
Bill Inmon
Bill Inmon (William H. Inmon), American computer scientist called the Father of Data Warehousing; wrote Building the Data Warehouse (1992), defined the four-property data warehouse, created the Corporate Information Factory, founded Prism Solutions, and later developed DW 2.0 and textual disambiguation.
Bill Irwin
Bill Irwin (born 1950, Santa Monica, California) is an American actor, clown, and writer: Tony winner for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, MacArthur Fellow, creator of The Regard of Flight and Fool Moon, and Sesame Street's Mr. Noodle.
Bill James
Bill James (born 1949), American baseball writer and statistician, father of sabermetrics; created Runs Created, Pythagorean expectation, and Win Shares; self-published the 1977 Baseball Abstract and advised the Boston Red Sox 2002–2019.
Bill Jemas
Bill Jemas (born 1958) is an American media entrepreneur and comics executive who co-led Marvel Comics' turnaround and created the Ultimate Marvel and MAX imprints.
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson (1960–2016), American alpine ski racer; won the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic downhill gold, first American Olympic skiing gold medalist; three World Cup downhill wins; career ended by a 2001/2002 training crash.
Bill Johnson (pastor)
Bill Johnson is an American fifth-generation pastor who has led Bethel Church in Redding, California, since 1996 and teaches that healing and miracles are normal for Christians.
Bill Jordan
Bill Jordan (William Conrad Jordan, 1898-1968) was an American Olympic rower, not the Realtree founder or Richmond coach of the same name. He won gold in the 1920 Antwerp men's eight for the US Naval Academy, then led Curtiss-Wright and Hughes Aircraft.