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Harshad Mehta (હર્ષદ શાંતિલાલ મહેતા)

Harshad Mehta (હર્ષદ શાંતિલાલ મહેતા), born Harshad Shantilal Mehta, was an Indian stockbroker and the central figure of the 1992 Indian securities scam, dying in custody in 2001.

Harshad number

A Harshad number, also called a Niven number, is a positive integer divisible by the sum of its digits; 1729 qualifies because 1729 = 91 × 19, the sum of its digits.

Harshal Patel

Harshal Vikram Patel (born 1990, Sanand, Gujarat) is an Indian right-arm fast-medium bowler, IPL debut 2012 Delhi Daredevils, T20I debut 2021, two-time Purple Cap winner (2021 RCB, 2024 PBKS), now Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Harshali Thawil-Chaudhary

Harshali Thawil-Chaudhary is an Indian Shiv Sena politician and lawyer, a second-term corporator elected unopposed as Mayor of Kalyan-Dombivli in February 2026, ending six years of administrative rule.

Harshavardhan Rameshwar

Harshavardhan Rameshwar, Indian film composer from Chennai; scored Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Arjun Reddy, Kabir Singh, and Animal, winning Filmfare, IIFA, and a 2025 National Film Award for Best Background Score.

Harshdeep Kaur (ਹਰਸ਼ਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ)

Harshdeep Kaur (ਹਰਸ਼ਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ), born 1986 in Delhi, is an Indian playback singer of Bollywood, Punjabi and Sufi music, winner of MTV Video Ga Ga (2003) and Junoon (2008), known for Ik Onkar, Heer, Katiya Karun, Zaalima, and Dilbaro.

Harshil Mathur

Harshil Mathur (हर्षिल माथुर) is an Indian fintech entrepreneur who co-founded Razorpay, India's largest payment gateway, in 2014 and leads it as chief executive officer.

Harshita Arora

Harshita Arora is an Indian-born venture capitalist who became a General Partner at Y Combinator in 2026, its youngest ever, after co-founding the trucking-fintech company AtoB.

Harshjit Sethi

Harshjit Sethi, also known as Harshjit Singh Sethi, is an Indian venture investor who spent a decade at Sequoia Capital India and Peak XV Partners before co-founding Ambition Capital.

Harshvardhan Rane

Harshvardhan Rane (born 1983, Rajahmundry) is an Indian actor in Telugu and Hindi cinema, known for Sanam Teri Kasam (2016), Haseen Dillruba, Taish, and the 2025 hit Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat.

Harshwardhan Chauhan

Harshwardhan Chauhan is an Indian National Congress politician from Himachal Pradesh who has represented Shillai six times since 1993 and holds Industries, Parliamentary Affairs, and Labour & Employment portfolios.

Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal

Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal is an Indian National Congress politician from Buldhana, Maharashtra, a former MLA who was appointed state Congress president by Mallikarjun Kharge in February 2025.

Harsiese A

Harsiese A, also rendered Horsiese, was a king at Thebes in southern Egypt in the mid-ninth century BC, ruling alongside Osorkon II and buried at Medinet Habu.

Harsiese B

Harsiese B was a Theban High Priest of Amun of the late 22nd Dynasty, in office from Osorkon II's reign into Pedubast I's, and distinct from the earlier Theban king Harsiese A.

Harsiesi

Harsiesi, also known as Harsiesis, was probably a rebel king who briefly ruled Thebes in Upper Egypt around 131 to 130 BC, during the civil war of Ptolemy VIII.

Harsimrat Kaur Badal (ਹਰਸਿਮਰਤ ਕੌਰ ਬਾਦਲ)

Harsimrat Kaur Badal (ਹਰਸਿਮਰਤ ਕੌਰ ਬਾਦਲ), Shiromani Akali Dal politician, four-time MP from Bathinda, Punjab (2009, 2014, 2019, 2024), and Union Food Processing Minister until her September 2020 resignation over the farm bills.

Harsiotef

Harsiotef was a king of Kush during the Napatan period, ruling from Meroe for at least 35 years, probably the longest reign of any Kushite king.

Harsiotef's campaigns

Harsiotef's campaigns are the wars of Kushite king Harsiotef, recorded on a donation stela from Gebel Barkal, with campaigns in regnal years 2 through 35.

Harsu

Harsu is the eighth of the seventeen early "kings who lived in tents" on the Assyrian King List, between Imsu and Didanu, known only from later copies.

Hart (literary organization)

Hart (Ukrainian: «Гарт») was the Union of Proletarian Writers of Ukraine, a Soviet Ukrainian literary organization founded in Kharkiv in 1923 and led by Vasyl Blakytny.

Hart Bochner

Hart Matthew Bochner, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter born 1956 in Toronto, son of Lloyd Bochner; known for Breaking Away, Harry Ellis in Die Hard, and directing PCU.

Hart Crane

Hart Crane (Harold Hart Crane, 1899–1932) was an American modernist poet whose collections White Buildings and The Bridge made him one of the major poets of his generation before his death by suicide at thirty-two.

Hart family murders

Hart family murders: 2018 murder-suicide in which Jennifer and Sarah Hart drove their SUV off a California cliff with six adopted children, after years of abuse reports across three states.

Hart Lyon (Hirschel Levin)

Hart Lyon, also known as Hirschel Levin, was a Polish-born Ashkenazi rabbi (1721–1800) who served as Rabbi of the Great Synagogue in London from 1758 to 1764.

Hart Memorial Trophy

Hart Memorial Trophy, NHL most valuable player award since 1924, voted by the Professional Hockey Writers Association; Gretzky won a record nine times; 2025-26 winner Nikita Kucherov.

Hart of Dixie

Hart of Dixie is an American comedy-drama series on The CW from 2011 to 2015, starring Rachel Bilson as a New York doctor in small-town Alabama.

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart, American ABC mystery series (1979–1984) created by Sidney Sheldon, starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as millionaire amateur detectives Jonathan and Jennifer Hart; five seasons, 110 episodes, eight 1993–1996 reunion movies.

Hart wrestling family

Hart wrestling family (Hart dynasty), Canadian family led by Stu Hart, founder of Stampede Wrestling (1948) and the Dungeon training school; produced Bret, Owen, and Natalya.

Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act

The Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 is a US federal law requiring parties to large mergers to notify the FTC and DOJ and observe a waiting period before closing.

Hart's War

Hart's War (2002) is a Gregory Hoblit POW courtroom drama starring Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, and Terrence Howard, adapted from John Katzenbach's 1999 novel inspired by Nicholas Katzenbach's Stalag Luft III captivity; MGM release, mixed reviews, $19.1M US gross.