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Ham (chimpanzee)
Ham (July 1957 – January 17, 1983), also known as Ham the Astrochimp, was the first chimpanzee in space, flying Mercury-Redstone 2 on January 31, 1961, before Alan Shepard's flight; later at the National Zoo and North Carolina Zoo.
Ham Hill Hillfort
Ham Hill Hillfort (Hamdon Hill Camp), Somerset: England's largest Iron Age hillfort at 84 ha, multivallate L-shaped contour fort near Yeovil, occupied 1st century BC to AD 60-70, with Roman villa and ongoing hamstone quarrying.
Ham hock
Ham hock, also known as pork knuckle, is the lower portion of a hog's leg. It is cured or smoked and is used to flavor long-cooked dishes.
Ham House
Ham House, Richmond upon Thames: Grade I listed 1610 Jacobean mansion built for Sir Thomas Vavasour, transformed by the Duchess of Lauderdale, National Trust since 1948, with 17th-century interiors and gardens.
Ham Mukasa
Ham Mukasa, also written Hamu Mukasa, was a chief, historian, and author in the kingdom of Buganda, in present-day Uganda, who accompanied Apolo Kagwa to England in 1902.
Ham Nghi
Ham Nghi (Hàm Nghi) was the eighth emperor of Vietnam's Nguyen dynasty, enthroned in 1884, who led anti-French resistance and died in exile in Algeria.
Ham Polo Club
Ham Polo Club, founded 1926 as Ham Common Polo Club, is London's last remaining polo club, on 23 acres beside Richmond Park and Ham House; revived 1946 by Billy Walsh, centenary season 2026.
Ham sandwich theorem
The ham sandwich theorem, also called the Stone–Tukey theorem, states that n measurable sets in n-dimensional space can all be bisected at once by one hyperplane.
Ham Serunjogi
Ham Serunjogi is a Ugandan entrepreneur who co-founded the cross-border payments company Chipper Cash in 2018 and leads it as chief executive from San Francisco, California.
Ham test
The Ham test, also called the acidified serum lysis test, is a hematology assay for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, developed by Thomas Hale Ham in 1939.
Ham's Redemption
Ham's Redemption (A Redenção de Cam) is an 1895 oil painting by Modesto Brocos in Rio de Janeiro's Museu Nacional de Belas Artes depicting three generations of a family whitening through miscegenation, the emblematic image of Brazil's whitening ideology.
Hama (حماة)
Hama (حماة), known as Hamath in antiquity, is a large city in central Syria on the Orontes River, best known for its wooden waterwheels and the 1982 massacre.
Hama Governorate
Hama Governorate (محافظة حماة), central Syria on the Orontes River, capital Hama city; five districts, ~1.5–1.8 million people, major agricultural and industrial region; captured by HTS in December 2024, later under Syrian government control with large-scale returns.
Hama inscriptions
The Hama inscriptions, also called Hama orthostats or Hama stelae, are Hieroglyphic Luwian royal monuments from Hama, Syria, chiefly of the 9th-century BC kings Urhilina and Uratami.
Hamaca Oil and Gas Field
Hamaca Oil and Gas Field is an extra-heavy oil field in Venezuela's Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt, producing upgraded Hamaca Blend crude since 2004 under PDVSA and Chevron.
Hamad Al Ameri
Hamad Al Ameri is an Emirati businessman, Managing Director and Group CEO of Alpha Dhabi Holding, an Abu Dhabi investment holding company, and founder of Trojan General Contracting.
Hamad Al Qattan
Hamad Al Qattan (حمد القطان), born in 1987, is a Kuwaiti singer and composer of Khaleeji pop who wrote for Gulf artists before his 2016 hit 'Ma Fi Ahad'.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (حمد بن عيسى آل خليفة), king of Bahrain since 2002 and emir from 1999, son of Isa bin Salman; former BDF commander, reformer via the 2002 constitution, reigning through the 2011 uprising.
Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani
Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (HBJ, حمد بن جاسم بن جابر آل ثاني), Qatari foreign minister 1992–2013 and prime minister 2007–2013, architect of Qatar's gas-funded mediation diplomacy, resigned with Emir Hamad's 2013 abdication.
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (1952-2026), Father Amir, Emir of Qatar 1995-2013 after bloodless coup against his father; drove LNG growth, founded Al Jazeera, adopted the 2004 constitution, abdicated to son Tamim.
Hamad ibn Said
Hamad ibn Said (حمد بن سعيد) was a ruler of Oman from the Al Bu Said dynasty, governing from Muscat until his death in 1792.
Hamad International Airport (مطار حمد الدولي)
Hamad International Airport (مطار حمد الدولي) is Qatar's main international airport and the hub of Qatar Airways, opened in Doha in 2014 and serving 54.3 million passengers in 2025.
Hamad Town tumuli
The Hamad Town tumuli are Bronze Age Dilmun burial mounds in northern-central Bahrain, where thousands were excavated from 1981 and a preserved field of 754 mounds remains.
Hamada al Hamra-Az-Zawiyah Oil Pipeline
The Hamada al Hamra-Az-Zawiyah Oil Pipeline is a 387 km crude oil pipeline in western Libya, connecting the Hamada al Hamra oilfield to the Zawiya refinery.
Hamada de Tinrhert
Hamada de Tinrhert (Plateau du Tinrhert) is a roughly 20,000 km² Cretaceous limestone rock desert in Illizi Province, southeastern Algeria, extending over 300 km toward Libya and a key Cenomanian–Turonian fossil locality.
Hamada du Draa
Hamada du Draa, also spelled Hammada du Dra, is a rocky desert plateau on the Algeria–Morocco border, the largest of the Grandes Hamadas and named after the Draa River.
Hamada Shōji
Hamada Shōji (濱田庄司) was a Japanese ceramic artist, a central figure of the mingei folk craft movement who made the pottery town of Mashiko famous.
Hamadab
Hamadab, also rendered Domat al-Hamadab, is a Meroitic-period town site in Sudan on the east bank of the Nile, about 3 km south of the royal capital Meroe.
Hamadab Stela
The Hamadab Stela is a sandstone stela found at Hamadab, south of Meroe in Sudan, bearing one of the longest Meroitic inscriptions, naming Queen Amanirenas and Prince Akinidad.
Hamadan
Hamadan (Hamedan, همدان), western Iran, ancient Ecbatana, Median capital and Achaemenid summer residence at ~1,800 m on Alvand; star-shaped 1933 plan, 401,000 people by 1996, Hegmataneh UNESCO site inscribed 2024.