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Hilarie Burton

Hilarie Burton (Hilarie Burton Morgan), born 1982 in Sterling, Virginia, is an American actress who played Peyton Sawyer on One Tree Hill, hosted MTV's TRL, and later hosted True Crime Story: It Couldn't Happen Here; married to Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Hilarion

Saint Hilarion (c. 291–371) was a Palestinian ascetic from Thabatha near Gaza, remembered through Jerome's Life of Hilarion as the monk who introduced monasticism to Palestine.

Hilarión Daza

Hilarión Daza, born Hilarión Grosolé Daza, was a Bolivian military officer who ruled as president from 1876 to 1879 and led Bolivia into the War of the Pacific.

Hilarion of Kiev

Hilarion of Kiev (Иларион Киевский) was Metropolitan of Kiev from 1051, the first native Rus' in the see, and author of the Sermon on Law and Grace.

Hilarius

Hilarius, also Hilarus, was the 46th pope, a Sardinian who held the see from 461 to 468 and enforced Leo I's jurisdictional settlements in Gaul and Spain.

Hilary and Jackie

Hilary and Jackie (1998) is Anand Tucker's British biographical drama about cellist Jacqueline du Pré and sister Hilary, based on A Genius in the Family; Oscar-nominated for Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths, controversial for its affair storyline.

Hilary Benn

Hilary Benn, Labour MP for Leeds South (formerly Leeds Central), son of Tony Benn; Cabinet minister at DFID and Defra, Brexit committee chair, Benn Act sponsor, and Northern Ireland Secretary 2024–2026.

Hilary Boudet

Hilary Boudet is a sociologist and professor at Oregon State University who studies public perceptions of energy technologies, including shale gas, offshore wind, and microgrids.

Hilary Cremin

Hilary Cremin, Professor of Education and Head of Faculty at Cambridge, works on peace education, conflict transformation, restorative approaches, and peer mediation; author of Positive Peace in Schools and Rewilding Education.

Hilary Devey

Hilary Lorraine Devey (1957–2022) was an English haulage entrepreneur who founded Pall-Ex in 1996 and became known as a Dragons' Den investor and Channel 4 presenter.

Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff (born 1987, Houston) is an American actress and singer known for Lizzie McGuire, multi-platinum Metamorphosis, Younger, and her 2026 comeback album luck… or something and the lucky me tour.

Hilary Duff (album)

Hilary Duff (2004) is the American singer's second studio album on Hollywood Records, a rock-tinged follow-up to Metamorphosis; RIAA platinum, lead single Fly, UK peak number 20.

Hilary Farr

Hilary Farr (born Hilary Labow, 1951, Toronto) is a British-Canadian interior designer and TV host, former actress (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), longtime co-host of HGTV's Love It or List It (2008-2023), founder of Hilary Farr Design, and host of Tough Love With Hilary Farr.

Hilary Gosher

Hilary Gosher is a Managing Director at Insight Partners, a New York growth equity firm, best known as founder and leader of its Insight Onsite scaling team.

Hilary Hahn

Hilary Hahn (born 1979, Lexington) is an American violinist, three-time Grammy winner, Curtis-trained, Baltimore Symphony debut at 12, first Bach album at 17; distinct from Cincinnati singer-songwriter Hillary Hahn.

Hilary Holley

Hilary Holley is an American Republican politician and member of the Florida House of Representatives from District 51, elected in a March 2026 special election.

Hilary Howe

Hilary Howe is a venture capital investor who is Partner, Select at Seedcamp, leading its early growth investing practice from New York since rejoining the firm in 2022.

Hilary Hoynes

Hilary Hoynes is an American economist at UC Berkeley who studies poverty and the social safety net, and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2023.

Hilary Knight

Hilary Knight (Hilary Atwood Knight, born 1989) is an American ice hockey forward, five-time Olympian and two-time gold medalist, record 10-time IIHF world champion holding Women's World Championship records of 67 goals, 53 assists, and 120 points.

Hilary Koprowski

Hilary Koprowski (1916–2013) was a Polish-born American virologist who developed the first oral polio vaccine, trialed in 1950, and the oral rabies vaccine, directing The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia from 1957 to 1991.

Hilary Longhurst

Hilary Jane Longhurst is a New Zealand clinical immunologist and hereditary angioedema specialist at Auckland City Hospital who led the first CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing trials for the condition.

Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel (1952-2022), British novelist, first woman and first British writer to win the Booker Prize twice, for Wolf Hall (2009) and Bring Up the Bodies (2012); author of the 2,000-plus-page Thomas Cromwell trilogy.

Hilary Minc

Hilary Minc (1905–1974) was a Polish economist and communist politician who, as deputy prime minister and planning chief, built Poland's centrally planned economy after 1944.

Hilary of Arles

Hilary of Arles (c. 401–449) was a Gallic aristocrat who became bishop of Arles around 429 or 430 and was defeated by Pope Leo I in the papal primacy conflict of 445.

Hilary of Poitiers

Hilary of Poitiers (c. 315–367) was a Gallo-Roman bishop and Doctor of the Church, exiled to Asia Minor from 356 to 360 or 361 for opposing Arianism.

Hilary Putnam

Hilary Putnam (1926–2016), American philosopher and Harvard Cogan University Professor, known for functionalism in philosophy of mind, semantic externalism and Twin Earth, the brain-in-a-vat argument in Reason, Truth and History (1981), the no-miracles and model-theoretic arguments, internal realism, and liberal naturalism.

Hilary Rhoda

Hilary Rhoda (Hilary St. Claire), American model born 1987 in Chevy Chase, Maryland; Estée Lauder face since 2007, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2009-2011, Balenciaga Spring 2006 breakthrough, married Sean Avery 2015.

Hilary Rose (sociologist)

Hilary Rose is a British sociologist of science and feminist theorist, Emerita Professor at the University of Bradford, known for her feminist epistemology of the natural sciences.

Hilary Smart

Hilary Smart (Hilary Hurlburt Smart, 1925-2000), American Star class sailor; won 1948 London Olympic gold with father Paul Smart as crew, the first father-son gold in the same Olympic sport.

Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank (born 1974, Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American actress with two Best Actress Oscars, for Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby. Married to Philip Schneider since 2018; expecting a third child in 2026 at age 52.