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Hakan Algotsson
Håkan Algotsson (born 1966), Swedish ice hockey goaltender for Västra Frölunda HC; first Swedish goalie to win both the 1992 World Championship and 1994 Olympic gold, leaving Lillehammer mid-tournament for his daughter's birth.
Håkan Andersson (professor)
Håkan Andersson is a Swedish professor of civil law at Uppsala University, specializing in tort law (skadeståndsrätt) and legal methodology; author of Skyddsändamål och adekvans (1993) and Trepartsrelationer i skadeståndsrätten (1997).
Hakan Çalhanoğlu
Hakan Çalhanoğlu (born 1994, Mannheim) is a Turkish midfielder and set-piece specialist who captains Türkiye (108 caps, 22 goals) and plays for Inter Milan, winning two Scudetti after moving from AC Milan as a free agent in 2021.
Hakan Günday
Hakan Günday (born 1976) is a Turkish novelist and screenwriter known for his dark underground literature, especially Daha, which won France's Prix Médicis in 2015.
Håkan Loob
Håkan Loob, Swedish ice hockey right winger (born 1960, Gotland), Calgary Flames star, 1989 Stanley Cup winner, only Swede with 50 NHL goals in a season, Triple Gold Club member, later Färjestad GM.
Hakan Malmrot
Håkan Malmrot (1900–1987), Swedish breaststroke swimmer for Örebro SS; won 200 m (3:04.4) and 400 m (6:31.8) gold at Antwerp 1920, first Swedish Olympic swimming champion; 400 m breaststroke discontinued after 1920.
Håkan Nesser
Håkan Nesser, born 1950 in Kumla, is a Swedish crime writer, creator of the Van Veeteren series set in Maardam and the Barbarotti series, winner of the Glass Key and three Swedish Crime Writers' Academy prizes, convicted of gross tax crime in 2024.
Hakan Oral
Hakan Oral is a Turkish-trained cardiac electrophysiologist and professor at the University of Michigan whose trials on pulmonary-vein ablation helped make catheter ablation standard treatment for atrial fibrillation.
Håkan Persson
Håkan Persson (1952–1993) was a Swedish cellular and molecular neuroscientist who founded the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology at the Karolinska Institute, where his group helped clone NT-3 and discovered neurotrophin 4/5.
Hakan Şükür
Hakan Şükür (born 1971, Sakarya) is a Turkish former forward, Galatasaray legend, Turkey's record scorer (51 goals in 112 caps), and holder of the fastest World Cup goal, 10.8 seconds in 2002; exiled in the US since 2016.
Hakan Taşıyan
Hakan Taşıyan (born 1973, Ankara) is a Turkish arabesk and fantezi singer, composer, and actor, presented as heir to Müslüm Gürses, whose hit era ran from 1997 to 2000.
Håkan the Red
Håkan the Red (Håkan Röde), Swedish king of the 1070s, born and buried at Levene, Västergötland. Known from Adam of Bremen, the Westrogothic law king list, and runestone U 11 at Hovgården, the only runestone naming a Swedish king.
Hakan Westesson
Håkan Westesson, Swedish freestyle swimmer of SK Poseidon Lund in the 1950s; 11th in the 100 m freestyle and fourth in the 4×200 m relay at the 1954 European Championships; brother of Olympian Margareta Westesson; distinct from the theater producer and HORSCH manager of the same name.
Hákarl
Hákarl (kæstur hákarl) is Iceland's traditional fermented and dried Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), documented since 1374; fermentation detoxifies toxic urea and TMAO, raising pH from 6 to 9, and the ammonia-scented result is eaten at þorrablót with Brennivín.
Hakata-ori
Hakata-ori is a thick, tightly woven silk fabric from Fukuoka City, Japan, used chiefly for kimono obi sashes and known for the striped kenjo pattern; it dates to 1241.
Hakawati
A hakawati (ḥakawātī; حكواتي) is a professional oral storyteller of the Arab world, closely identified with Syrian coffeehouses, who performed tales and epics over many sessions.
Hake
Hake is the common name for marine fish of the family Merlucciidae and related Phycidae, cod-like predators found near the sea floor at depths of over 1,000 meters that support major commercial fisheries on every continent.
Hakeem Dawodu
Hakeem Dawodu, "Mean" Hakeem, Canadian featherweight MMA fighter from Calgary, former WMC Intercontinental Muay Thai champion; UFC veteran 2018-2025, pro record 14-4-1, now with Unified MMA.
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries, Brooklyn-born Democratic representative for New York's 8th District since 2013, is House Minority Leader and the first Black leader of a congressional party, elected unanimously in 2022.
Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Hakeem Kae-Kazim, also Hakeem Kae-Adebola, Nigerian-born British-raised actor (born 1962) known for George Rutaganda in Hotel Rwanda, Dubaku in 24, Mr. Scott in Black Sails, voice work in Halo and Call of Duty, and producing and directing African films.
Hakeem Lyon
Hakeem Lyon is a fictional rapper in the Fox drama Empire, the youngest son of Lucious and Cookie Lyon, portrayed by Bryshere Y. Gray, founder of Lyon Dynasty and briefly CEO of Empire Entertainment.
Hakeem Nicks
Hakeem Nicks (Hakeem Amir Nicks), born 1988, is a former NFL wide receiver drafted 29th overall in 2009 by the New York Giants out of North Carolina; he won Super Bowl XLVI, with 444 postseason receiving yards, second-most in NFL history.
Hakeem Olajuwon
Hakeem Olajuwon, born 1963 in Lagos, Nigeria, is a Hall of Fame NBA center, 1984 first pick, two-time champion and Finals MVP with the Houston Rockets (1994, 1995), 1994 MVP, and NBA all-time leader in blocked shots (3,830).
Haken (band)
Haken are a London progressive metal band formed in 2007 by Richard Henshall of To-Mera. Seven albums from Aquarius (2010) to Fauna (2023), the Vector/Virus concept diptych, Peter Jones's 2021 return, and the 2026 departures of Griffiths and Green define the band.
Hakham Bashi
Hakham Bashi, also known as Hahambaşı or Chief Rabbi of Turkey, is the title of the chief rabbi leading the Jewish community of the Ottoman Empire and, since 1953, the Republic of Turkey.
Hakham Bashi of Salonika
The Hakham Bashi of Salonika was the chief rabbi of Salonica's Sephardi Jewish community, today Thessaloniki, Greece, overseeing kashrut, courts, and education until the 1943 deportations ended the office.
Hakham of the Cairo Sephardi community
The Hakham of the Cairo Sephardi community was the chief rabbinic leader of Cairo's Jews, an office documented from about 1065 to 1126 and held by Moses Maimonides.
Hakho Lee
Hakho Lee is a biomedical engineer and radiologist, Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and director of biomedical engineering at Massachusetts General Hospital, known for the DMR biosensor and the SCOPE method.
Haki (crater on Callisto)
Haki is a 72.20-km-wide impact crater on Callisto at 25.00°N, 315.10°W, adopted by the IAU in 1979 and named after a Norse giant, one of about 150 major cataloged Callisto craters.
Hakim Ajmal Khan
Hakim Ajmal Khan (हकीम अजमल ख़ान), honored as Masih-ul-Mulk, was a Unani physician and Indian nationalist who led the Congress in 1921, founded Tibbia College, and was Jamia Millia Islamia's first chancellor.