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Heather Pressdee

Heather Pressdee is a former Pennsylvania registered nurse who in 2024 pleaded guilty to murdering three nursing home patients with insulin and attempting to murder 19 others.

Heather R. Christofk

Heather R. Christofk is an American biochemist and UCLA professor who studies how metabolism is regulated in normal and cancerous cells, known for work on PKM2 in tumors.

Heather Rae El Moussa

Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young), born 1987, American real estate agent and TV personality; Playboy Miss February 2010, Selling Sunset original cast 2019–2023, HGTV's The Flipping El Moussas and The Flip Off with husband Tarek El Moussa; returns for Selling Sunset season 10.

Heather Reckless

Heather Reckless (Jaime Catherine Chambers, Heather By Elegance), American pro wrestler from Denver; TNA Elegance Brand member, two-time TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champion, AAW Women's Champion, Black and Brave graduate.

Heather Richardson Bergsma

Heather Richardson Bergsma, also Heather Richardson, American long track speed skater born 1989 in High Point, North Carolina; three-time Olympian, 2018 team pursuit bronze, first skater to hold world titles at 500m, 1000m and 1500m.

Heather Simmons (New Jersey politician)

Heather Simmons is an American Democratic politician who has represented New Jersey's 3rd district in the General Assembly since 2024, after four terms as a Gloucester County Commissioner.

Heather Simmons-Carrasco

Heather Simmons-Carrasco, born in 1970 in Mountain View, California, is an American artistic swimmer who won the first Olympic team gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games and team world titles in 1991 and 1994.

Heather Small

Heather Small is an English soul singer best known for her work with the 1990s dance-pop band M People. She is also known for her solo hit "Proud."

Heather Smiley

Heather Smiley is an American Republican politician and retired Ford Motor Company executive, the 2026 nominee for Michigan's 6th District after losing to Debbie Dingell in 2024.

Heather Somers

Heather Somers is an American Republican politician elected to the Connecticut Senate from the 18th district in 2016, and previously Mayor of Groton from 2012 to 2014.

Heather Stanning

Heather Stanning (born 1985) is a retired British rower and Army Major who with Helen Glover won Olympic women's pair gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016, unbeaten in 39 races.

Heather Sutherland (historian)

Heather Amanda Sutherland (born 1943) is an Australian historian and retired professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam specializing in Indonesian and Southeast Asian history, known for The Making of a Bureaucratic Elite (1979), Seaways and Gatekeepers (2021), and An Indonesian History (2026) on Makassar and South Sulawesi.

Heather Thomas

Heather Thomas (born 1957, Greenwich, Connecticut) is a retired American actress, Jody Banks on The Fall Guy (1981-86) with Lee Majors; also Zapped!, Cyclone, My Giant; later writer of the novel Trophies; distinct from poet Heather H. Thomas and actress Heather Tom.

Heather Tom

Heather Tom is an American actress and director known for playing Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless and Katie Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Heather Watson

Heather Watson (born 1992, Guernsey) is a British tennis player, four-time WTA singles champion, 2016 Wimbledon mixed doubles winner, and the first female tennis player to represent Team GB at four Olympic Games.

Heather Wright

Heather Wright is an American volcanologist and Director of the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program at the Cascades Volcano Observatory. She received the Presidential Early Career Award in 2019.

Heather Zar

Heather Zar is a South African pediatric pulmonologist and epidemiologist who chairs pediatrics at Red Cross Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, and studies childhood respiratory disease.

Heathers

Heathers is a 1989 American black comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann, written by Daniel Waters, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater; murders disguised as teen suicides at Westerburg High made it a box-office flop and lasting cult classic.

Heathers (TV series)

Heathers (2018) is an American dark-comedy teen drama series created by Jason Micallef from the 1988 film, starring Grace Victoria Cox, James Scully, Melanie Field, Brendan Scannell, and Jasmine Mathews; delayed after school shootings, edited to 9 episodes on Paramount Network, then canceled.

Heathers: The Musical

Heathers: The Musical is a dark comedy stage musical by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe based on Daniel Waters' 1989 film Heathers. It premiered Off-Broadway at New World Stages in 2014, broke records in London's West End in 2018, and is licensed to schools only as a censored Teen Edition.

Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Airport, also known as London Heathrow, is London's main international airport about 23 km west of central London, opened in 1946 and Europe's busiest, with 84.5 million passengers in 2025.

Heathrow Airport Holdings

Heathrow Airport Holdings, formerly BAA, is the British company that owns and operates London Heathrow Airport, renamed in October 2012 after selling Gatwick, Edinburgh, and Stansted.

Heathrow Express

Heathrow Express is a private rail service between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport, launched in 1998 and known for its non-stop 15-minute journey, running four trains an hour.

Heathrow Terminal 1

Heathrow Terminal 1, also known as London Heathrow Terminal 1, was a passenger terminal at London Heathrow Airport that operated from 1968 until its closure in 2015.

Heathrow Terminal 2

Heathrow Terminal 2, officially The Queen's Terminal, is a passenger terminal at London Heathrow Airport opened in 2014 as the home of Star Alliance airlines.

Heathrow Terminal 3

Heathrow Terminal 3, opened in 1961 as the Oceanic Terminal, is a passenger terminal at London Heathrow Airport serving over 20 airlines, including Virgin Atlantic.

Heathrow Terminal 5

Heathrow Terminal 5, opened by Queen Elizabeth II in March 2008, is Heathrow's largest terminal, built for £4.3 billion and used exclusively by British Airways and Iberia.

Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station

Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, originally Heathrow Central, is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly line serving Heathrow Airport, opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1977.

Heating element

A heating element, sold for stove ranges under the Calrod name, converts electricity into heat through resistance. Most use nichrome wire, built into toasters, ovens, water heaters, and furnaces.

Heating oil

Heating oil is a petroleum distillate fuel burned in boilers and furnaces for space and water heating, closely related to diesel and used mainly by households in the US Northeast.