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Harriet Dyer (comedian)
Harriet Louise Dyer, British Cornish stand-up comedian and mental health advocate with bipolar disorder; Sean Lock Comedy Award 2024 winner, Edinburgh Fringe regular, Live at the Apollo 2025; distinct from the Australian actress of the same name.
Harriet Hageman
Harriet Hageman, Republican U.S. representative for Wyoming at-large since 2023, defeated Liz Cheney in 2022, and is the 2026 GOP Senate nominee facing James Byrd.
Harriet Harman
Baroness Harriet Harman (KC) is a British Labour politician, MP for Peckham/Camberwell and Peckham 1982–2024, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, twice acting leader, first female Solicitor General, and now UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls.
Harriet Herbig-Matten
Harriet Herbig-Matten (born 2003, Munich) is a German actress known as Tina in Bibi & Tina and as Ruby Bell in Prime Video's Maxton Hall, plus Schwarzes Gold and mama?.
Harriet Hosmer
Harriet Goodhue Hosmer was an American neoclassical sculptor who spent most of her career in Rome, the first American woman to gain an international sculpting reputation.
Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville
Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville (1785–1862), born Lady Harriet Cavendish, daughter of the 5th Duke of Devonshire, was a Georgian society hostess, ambassadress in Paris, and celebrated letter writer, wife of the 1st Earl Granville.
Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), English writer and journalist from Norwich, popularizer of political economy via Illustrations of Political Economy (1832), author of Society in America and How to Observe, translator of Comte, first woman sociologist.
Harriet Miers
Harriet Ellan Miers, American lawyer and White House counsel under George W. Bush; first woman president of the Dallas and Texas bar associations; her 2005 Supreme Court nomination to replace O'Connor was withdrawn October 28, 2005 amid bipartisan opposition, and Alito was confirmed instead.
Harriet Nelson
Harriet Nelson (Peggy Lou Snyder, 1909–1994), also known as Harriet Hilliard, was an American singer and actress who played herself as the mother on the radio and TV sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966) with husband Ozzie Nelson.
Harriet P. Dustan
Harriet P. Dustan, also known as Harriet Dustan, was an American internist and hypertension researcher who helped make high blood pressure a treatable disease, and who served as president of the American Heart Association.
Harriet Powers
Harriet Powers (1837–1910), African American story-quilt maker from Clarke County, Georgia, born into slavery; her Bible Quilt (Smithsonian) and Pictorial Quilt (MFA Boston) survive of at least five quilts; honored on 2026 USPS Forever stamps.
Harriet Primrose, Countess of Rosebery
Harriet Primrose, Countess of Rosebery, born Harriet Clapham, is a British art adviser who married Harry Primrose, 8th Earl of Rosebery, in 2022, becoming countess in 2024.
Harriet Rose
Harriet Rose is an English broadcaster, DJ, and podcaster known for KISS Radio's Say It or Shot It interviews, The Masked Singer: The After Mask, the podcasts By The Way... and That Lionesses Podcast, and the queer event series GAY4U.
Harriet S. Gilbert
Harriet S. Gilbert is an American hematologist whose research centered on polycythemia vera and vitamin B12-binding proteins, working at Mount Sinai and Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Harriet Sansom Harris
Harriet Sansom Harris (born 1955, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American character actress and 2002 Tony winner as Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie, also known as Bebe Glazer on Frasier, Felicia Tilman on Desperate Housewives, and a 2022 Emmy nominee for Hacks.
Harriet the Spy (film)
Harriet the Spy is a 1996 American children's comedy drama directed by Bronwen Hughes, starring Michelle Trachtenberg and Rosie O'Donnell, adapted from Louise Fitzhugh's 1964 novel.
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman, born Araminta Ross, was an American abolitionist who escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849 and then made about 13 return trips to rescue others.
Harriet Walter
Harriet Walter is a British actress, born in London in 1950, known for Shakespearean stage work and television roles in Succession, Killing Eve, and Ted Lasso.
Harriet Webb
Harriet Webb (born 1986, Lancashire) is an English actor known as Theodora in I May Destroy You, Cousin Shannon in Big Boys, and Kirsty in Mr Bigstuff; LIPA-trained comedy and drama performer.
Harriette Chick
Harriette Chick (1875–1977) was a British microbiologist and nutritionist who proved rickets was a deficiency disease through controlled feeding trials in Vienna, and a founder of nutrition science.
Harriette G.C. Van Spall
Harriette G.C. Van Spall is a Canadian cardiologist and clinical trialist at McMaster University whose research focuses on heart failure care, digital health equity, and inclusive trial design.
Harriman family
Harriman family, American dynasty descended from Leonard of Rowley and John of New Haven; E. H. Harriman built the Union Pacific fortune, Averell Harriman became governor and diplomat, and the name survives in Brown Brothers Harriman and Columbia's Harriman Institute.
Harringay
Harringay is a north London neighbourhood in the London Borough of Haringey, centred on Green Lanes between Finsbury Park and Turnpike Lane, known for the 19-street Harringay Ladder of Victorian terraces built 1880-1900 and its Turkish food scene.
Harrington Power Plant
Harrington Power Plant, also called Harrington Station, is a 1,018-megawatt power plant near Amarillo, Texas, owned by Xcel Energy. Built as a coal plant in 1976, it was converted to natural gas in 2025.
Harrington Regio
Harrington Regio is a 1,213-km-wide equatorial region on Pluto, IAU-approved September 11, 2024, named for Robert S. Harrington, US Naval Observatory astronomer and co-discoverer of Charon.
Harrington Station
Harrington Station, also called Harrington Generating Station, is a power plant near Amarillo, Texas, owned by Xcel Energy. Opened in 1976, it burned coal until converting to natural gas in 2025.
Harringtonine
Harringtonine, chiefly homoharringtonine (高三尖杉酯碱, omacetaxine mepesuccinate), is a Cephalotaxus alkaloid inhibiting protein synthesis elongation, used in China since 1977 for AML and FDA-approved in 2012 for CML.
Harris (Martian crater)
Harris is an 83-km-diameter IAU-named impact crater on Mars at 21.65°S, 66.73°E, northeast of Hellas Planitia, formed about 3.7 to 3.3 billion years ago and containing alluvial fans and a delta deposit.
Harris B.B. Seaton
Harris B.B. Seaton, also known as Harris Lloyd Seaton, was a Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, and producer, a founding member of The Gaylads and reportedly the first reggae artist signed by Virgin Records.
Harris Busch
Harris Busch was an American biochemist and cancer researcher who chaired pharmacology at Baylor College of Medicine from 1960 to 1998 and first observed ubiquitin attached to another protein.