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Hamza ibn Muhammad al-Uqbi

Hamza ibn Muhammad al-Uqbi, kunya Abu Ahmad, was a tenth-century Sunni hadith narrator of Baghdad, graded trustworthy, who transmitted to al-Daraqutni and al-Hakim and died in 958.

Hamza Igamane

Hamza Igamane (born 2002, Temara) is a Moroccan forward for Lille and Morocco. AS FAR Rabat graduate, 16 goals in his 2024/25 Rangers season, sold to Lille in August 2025.

Hamza Kastrioti

Hamza Kastrioti was a fifteenth-century Albanian nobleman and nephew of Skanderbeg who served as his close commander, defected to Sultan Mehmed II, and was captured in 1457.

Hamza Mirza

Hamza Mirza (حمزه میرزا) was a Safavid crown prince of Iran, son of Shah Mohammad Khodabanda, who led the war against the Ottomans before dying in 1586.

Hamza Namira

Hamza Namira (حمزة نمرة) is an Egyptian singer-songwriter born in 1980 who debuted in 2008 and became a leading independent voice of Egyptian pop, tied to the 2011 revolution.

Hamza Yassin

Hamza Yassin (born 1990, Sudan) is a Scottish wildlife cameraman, ornithologist and CBeebies' Ranger Hamza who won Strictly Come Dancing 2022 with Jowita Przystał.

Hamza Yerlikaya

Hamza Yerlikaya (born 1976, Kadıköy, Istanbul) is a Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler and sports administrator, nicknamed Asrın Güreşçisi (Wrestler of the Century). Two Olympic golds (1996, 2000), three world and eight European titles; now Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports.

Hamza Yusuf

Hamza Yusuf, born Mark Hanson, is an American Sunni Muslim scholar of the Maliki school and co-founder of Zaytuna College, the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the United States.

Hamzah Fansuri

Hamzah Fansuri was a Malay Sufi poet and mystic from Barus on Sumatra's west coast, active in the late 16th century, who introduced the syair genre of classical Malay verse.

Hamzah Saadah

Hamzah Saadah (Absorber, AbsorberYT), born 2003, Palestinian-American creator from New Jersey; gaming and magic content, then post-Oct 2023 livestreamed interviews with Israelis, about 11 million followers.

Hamzah Zainudin

Hamzah Zainudin is a Malaysian politician, MP for Larut since 2008, twice Minister of Home Affairs, and now Leader of the Opposition and president of Parti Wawasan Negara.

Hamzanama

The Hamzanama (حمزہ نامہ, "Book of Hamza") is a monumental illustrated manuscript of Amir Hamza's adventures, made for Emperor Akbar between about 1562 and 1577.

Hamziya

Hamziya, also spelled Hamziyya, is the Swahili translation of al-Būṣīrī's Arabic panegyric praising the Prophet Muhammad, generally cited as the oldest surviving Islamic Swahili poem.

Han

Han: name of two East Asian rivers. The Chinese Hanjiang (汉江), 1,577 km, is the Yangtze's largest tributary and source of the South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route; the Korean Han River flows through Seoul.

Han (cultural)

Han (한, 恨) is a Korean cultural emotion concept of unresolved resentment, grief, and binding wounds, celebrated as uniquely Korean and traced in Goryeo songs, Joseon literature, minjung theology, and modern film.

Han (musician)

Han (musician), also known as Han Jisung, is a South Korean rapper and singer. He is a main member of the group Stray Kids and part of the production trio 3RACHA.

Han Arming Hanafia

Han Arming Hanafia, born in 1956, is an Indonesian businessman who co-founded DCI Indonesia with Otto Toto Sugiri and Marina Budiman in 2011, holding a 14.11% stake.

Han army (Liu Bang's forces)

The Han army (汉军) was the military force raised by Liu Bang during the fall of the Qin dynasty, which destroyed Xiang Yu's Chu forces at Gaixia.

Han Bangqi

Han Bangqi (韩邦奇, 1479–1555) was a Ming dynasty scholar-official from Chaoyi, Shaanxi, who rose to Nanjing Minister of War and is remembered for his writings on pitch-pipe theory.

Han Bangqing

Han Bangqing (韩邦庆, 1856–1894), who wrote as Hua Ye Lian Nong, was a late Qing novelist best known for The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai, the major Wu-dialect novel.

Han Byung-do

Han Byung-do is a South Korean politician of the Democratic Party of Korea, serving as its floor leader and a three-term National Assembly member for Iksan-B.

Han campaign against Loulan

The Han campaign against Loulan was a Western Han military action against the Loulan kingdom, ending in 77 BC with the king's assassination and the state renamed Shanshan.

Han campaigns against the Southwestern Yi

The Han campaigns against the Southwestern Yi (西南夷之役) were Han dynasty military and diplomatic efforts to bring the peoples southwest of Ba and Shu under imperial administration.

Han Chae-young

Han Chae-young (한채영, real name Kim Ji-young; born 1980, Daegu) is a South Korean actress, nicknamed 'the Barbie.' Known for Sassy Girl Chun-hyang (2005), Boys Over Flowers, Good Morning President, and Dami in Netflix's XO, Kitty; married businessman Choi Dong-joon in 2007.

Han Chao

Han Chao (韩超, 1799 to 1878) was a Qing dynasty civil official and field commander from Changli, Zhili, who fought uprisings in Guizhou and rose to acting Governor of Guizhou.

Han Chinese

Han Chinese (汉族, Hanzu) are the PRC's majority minzu, about 91.5% of the population, one of 56 recognized groups, tracing roots to the Huaxia and speaking seven major Sinitic fangyan groups.

Han clan of Jin

The Han clan (韩氏) was a hereditary ministerial lineage of Jin, founded by Han Jue, that helped partition Jin into three states recognized in 403 BC.

Han Cong

Han Cong (韩聪), born 1992 in Harbin, is a Chinese pair skater; with Sui Wenjing he won 2022 Olympic gold and 2018 silver, two world titles, then returned for 2025/26.

Han conquest of Nanyue

The Han conquest of Nanyue (汉平南越) was Emperor Wu's 111 BC war that destroyed the southern kingdom of Nanyue and annexed it as nine Han commanderies.

Han Dang

Han Dang (韩当), appellation Yigong, was a general of Eastern Wu during the late Han and Three Kingdoms period who served Sun Jian, Sun Ce, and Sun Quan, fighting at Nanjun and against Cao Cao.