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Harry S. Jacob

Harry S. Jacob is a Harvard-trained hematologist who led the University of Minnesota's Division of Hematology from 1968 to 1998 and served as president of the American Society of Hematology.

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), 33rd U.S. president (1945–1953), Missouri senator and Truman Committee chair; approved atomic bombings, launched Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, desegregated the military, won the 1948 upset.

Harry S. Truman (Twin Peaks)

Harry S. Truman is the fictional sheriff of Twin Peaks, Washington, in David Lynch and Mark Frost's series, played by Michael Ontkean. Cooper's partner in the Laura Palmer case, Bookhouse Boy, brother Frank replaces him in The Return.

Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, houses President Truman's papers and museum exhibits; it was the first library created under the 1955 Presidential Libraries Act.

Harry S. Truman Supreme Court candidates

Harry S. Truman Supreme Court candidates: the four justices Truman appointed, 1945-1949, namely Harold Burton, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, Tom Clark, and Sherman Minton, all confirmed, mostly non-judicial allies.

Harry Sears

Harry Edward Sears (1870–1920), American physician and Olympic sport shooter; won gold in team free pistol at Stockholm 1912, placed 7th individual free pistol; not the Navy vice admiral of the same name.

Harry Secombe

Sir Harry Secombe (8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001), Welsh comedian and tenor, played Neddie Seagoon on The Goon Show (1951–1960), starred in Pickwick and Oliver!, and presented Highway and Songs of Praise.

Harry Shearer

Harry Shearer, full name Harry Julius Shearer, is an American actor and comedian born in 1943, known as the voice of Mr. Burns and Ned Flanders on The Simpsons.

Harry Shum Jr.

Harry Shum Jr., born 1982 in Limón, Costa Rica, is a Chinese American actor, dancer, and choreographer known as Mike Chang on Glee, Magnus Bane on Shadowhunters, and Dr. Benson Kwan on Grey's Anatomy.

Harry Shwachman

Harry Shwachman was an American pediatrician at Children's Hospital, Boston, whose four decades of work established cystic fibrosis as a diagnosable, treatable disease and whose name survives in the Shwachman–Diamond syndrome.

Harry Sinclair

Harry Alan Sinclair (born 1959, Auckland) is a New Zealand director, writer and actor: co-founder of The Front Lawn with Don McGlashan, director of Topless Women Talk About Their Lives (1997) and The Price of Milk (2000), Isildur in The Lord of the Rings, and creator of the claymation children's series Kiri and Lou.

Harry Sisson (influencer)

Harry Joseph Sisson (born 2002, Singapore) is an American liberal TikTok and Substack political influencer, pro-Biden and pro-Harris creator with 2.3 million TikTok followers, subject of 2025 Snapchat allegations and a Trump AI video.

Harry Smith (American journalist)

Harry Smith (born 1951, Illinois), American TV journalist: CBS This Morning and The Early Show co-anchor 1987-2010, NBC News correspondent 2011-2024, returned as NBC contributor in 2026 producing 'Common Good' features.

Harry Snyder

Harry Snyder (1913–1976) was an American restaurateur who, with his wife Esther, founded In-N-Out Burger in Baldwin Park, California, in 1948, pioneering the drive-thru two-way speaker ordering system.

Harry Sokol

Harry Sokol is a French gastroenterologist and microbiome researcher, professor at Sorbonne Université and Hôpital Saint-Antoine, known for work on gut microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease.

Harry Souttar

Harry James Souttar (born 1998, Aberdeen) is an Australian centre-back at Leicester City, Australia's tallest ever outfield player, with 42 Socceroos caps and 11 goals; he captained Australia at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Harry Spanjer

Harry Spanjer (Henry John Spanjer, 1873–1958), American boxer of the National Turnverein, Newark; won 1904 Olympic lightweight gold and welterweight silver, later an AAU wrestling champion and Chicago sign manufacturer.

Harry Stamper

Harry Stamper (Harold Jack Stamper, 1889-1939), English amateur footballer for Stockton FC; 1912 FA Amateur Cup winner and Olympic gold medalist with Great Britain at Stockholm 1912, later coached Barcelona and Genoa.

Harry Stapley

Harry Stapley (Henry Stapley, 1883-1937), English amateur centre forward and schoolteacher; Olympic football gold with Great Britain at London 1908, six goals including four against the Netherlands; played for West Ham United and Glossop.

Harry Steel

Harry Dwight Steel (1899–1971), American freestyle wrestler for Ohio State, won gold in men's heavyweight (over 87 kg) at the 1924 Paris Olympics, coached there by Robin Reed; not the British shooter Henry Steele.

Harry Steenbock

Harry Steenbock (1886–1967) was an American biochemist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who discovered in 1923 that ultraviolet light generates vitamin D in foods, prompting the founding of WARF.

Harry Stenqvist

Harry Stenqvist (Erik Harry Stenqvist, 1893–1968), Swedish road cyclist, 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold medalist in the individual road race and team silver medalist, after a 4:15 time deduction; multiple Swedish time trial champion.

Harry Stiff

Harry Stiff (Harold Joseph Stiff, 1881–1939), English City of London Police officer and tug-of-war puller who won Olympic gold for Great Britain at Antwerp 1920, the last Olympic tug-of-war; later landlord of the Horse and Groom, Essex.

Harry Stonecipher

Harry Stonecipher, also known as Harrison Curtis Stonecipher, is an American aerospace executive who led McDonnell Douglas and served as Boeing's CEO from December 2003 until his 2005 resignation.

Harry Styles

Harry Styles, full name Harry Edward Styles, is an English singer and actor who rose to fame in One Direction before a Grammy-winning solo career.

Harry Styles (album)

Harry Styles is the 2017 debut solo album by English singer Harry Styles, featuring the lead single "Sign of the Times" and reaching number 1 in over 55 countries.

Harry Styles discography

Harry Styles discography: four Columbia studio albums, Harry Styles (2017), Fine Line (2019), Harry's House (2022), Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. (2026), with UK/US chart peaks, Grammy wins, and singles data.

Harry Styles: Live on Tour

Harry Styles: Live on Tour was the English singer's first solo world tour, supporting his 2017 debut album across 86 shows from September 2017 to July 2018.

Harry Stylli

Harry Stylli is a San Diego-based diagnostics entrepreneur, best known as president and CEO of Sequenom from 2005 until his 2009 termination, and later co-founder of Progenity.

Harry Suhl

Harry Suhl (1922–2020) was a German-born American condensed-matter physicist known for his work on magnetism, including the Suhl instability, and a founding faculty member of UC San Diego.