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Han shot first
Han shot first: fan slogan for the Star Wars cantina dispute over whether Han Solo or Greedo fired first in A New Hope; the 1977 cut and 1976 script show Han shooting first, later editions revised it.
Han So-hee (한소희)
Han So-hee (한소희) is a South Korean actress who debuted in the 2017 SBS drama Reunited Worlds, broke out as Yeo Da-kyung in The World of the Married (2020), and led My Name and Gyeongseong Creature, with 2026 films Project Y and The Intern.
Han Solo
Han Solo (ハン・ソロ), Captain Solo, is the Star Wars smuggler created by George Lucas and played by Harrison Ford and Alden Ehrenreich, Corellian captain of the Millennium Falcon who flew the Kessel Run and died at Starkiller Base.
Han Sui
Han Sui (韩遂) was a warlord of Liangzhou in the late Eastern Han dynasty who fought the Han court and Cao Cao for about thirty years.
Han Suk-kyu (한석규)
Han Suk-kyu (한석규) is a South Korean actor born in Seoul in 1964 who rose to stardom in the 1990s Korean film revival with Shiri and Christmas in August.
Han Sun-hwa (한선화)
Han Sun-hwa (한선화), born 1990, is a South Korean actress and former member of girl group Secret (debuted 2009, left 2016). Known for Work Later Drink Now, Rosy Lovers, and the film Pilot.
Han Sung Soo
Han Sung Soo (한성수) is a South Korean music producer and executive who founded Pledis Entertainment and serves as its executive producer, best known for producing SEVENTEEN.
Han system
The han system was the domain-level government of Tokugawa Japan, in which roughly 250 daimyo domains kept their own laws and taxes under shogunal control, until abolition by 1873.
Han Taiwanese
Han Taiwanese (臺灣漢人) are the Han Chinese majority of Taiwan, about 95–98% of the population, descended from Fujian and Guangdong migrants (Hoklo, Hakka) from the 17th century and post-1945 mainlanders.
Han Tuozhou
Han Tuozhou (韩侂胄) was a Southern Song statesman who dominated Emperor Ningzong's court, purged the Daoxue faction, and led the failed Kaixi war against the Jin.
Han van Meegeren
Han van Meegeren (Henricus Antonius van Meegeren, 1889–1947), Dutch painter and celebrated art forger who faked Vermeers, de Hooches, and Frans Hals; his Supper at Emmaus fooled experts, and he beat a Nazi-collaboration death charge by proving his forgeries.
Han Wang (semiconductor physicist)
Han Wang is a semiconductor device physicist working on 2D materials for electronics, a USC professor from 2014 to 2023, now a full professor at the University of Hong Kong.
Han Wang Xin's defection to the Xiongnu
Han Wang Xin's defection to the Xiongnu (韩王信降匈奴) was the surrender of the Han vassal king Han Wangxin to the Xiongnu, after the court suspected his peace contacts.
Han Wei
Han Wei (韩维, 1017–1098) was a Northern Song scholar-official and poet who advised Emperor Shenzong and led the Yuanyou restoration as Vice Director of the Chancellery.
Han Wen
Han Wen (韩文) was a Ming dynasty fiscal official who rose to Minister of Revenue and led the failed attempt to remove the "Eight Tigers" eunuchs.
Han Wo
Han Wo (韓偓, 842–923) was a late Tang dynasty poet and official who served Emperor Zhaozong and founded the sensual Xianglian style of love poetry.
Han Woong Yeom
Han Woong Yeom is a South Korean condensed matter physicist at POSTECH who studies atomic wires and directs an Institute for Basic Science center since 2013.
Han Xiaopeng
Han Xiaopeng (韩晓鹏), Chinese freestyle skier, born 1983 in Pei, Jiangsu; won men's aerials gold at Turin 2006 (250.77), first Chinese man to win Winter Olympic gold, and the 2007 world title.
Han Xin code (汉信码)
Han Xin code (汉信码), also called Chinese Sensible Code, is a Chinese two-dimensional matrix barcode, developed by the China Article Coding Center to encode GB 18030 Chinese characters.
Han Xin's codification of military law
Han Xin's codification of military law (韩信申军法) was the early Han project in which the general Han Xin reaffirmed the military law as founding legislation.
Han Xin's conquest of Wei and Dai
Han Xin's conquest of Wei and Dai (韩信破魏) was a 205 BC campaign in which Han Xin captured the Wei king Wei Bao and defeated Dai.
Han Xin's demotion to Marquis of Huaiyin
Han Xin's demotion to Marquis of Huaiyin (韩信贬淮阴侯) stripped the Han general Han Xin of all territory, troops, and power, leaving him under soft confinement near Liu Bang.
Han Xizai
Han Xizai (韩熙载) was a statesman of Southern Tang in tenth-century China, remembered for his iron-coin reform and the painting The Night Revels of Han Xizai.
Han Xue
Han Xue (韩雪, listed as Xue Han), Chinese swimmer born 1981 in Beijing; Atlanta 1996 relay bronze medalist and former short-course 50 m breaststroke world record holder (30.77, 1997).
Han Yanhui
Han Yanhui (韩延徽) was a Chinese statesman of the Liao dynasty who organized settlements and laws for Han Chinese under Khitan rule, serving four emperors from 882 to 959.
Han Ye-seul (한예슬)
Han Ye-seul (한예슬), real name Kim Ye-Seul-Yi, English name Leslie Kim, is a South Korean actress born 1981 in Los Angeles. Debut 2001 Super Model Competition; known for Nonstop 4, Couple or Trouble, Miss Gold Digger; last drama Big Issue (2019); married Ryu Sung-jae in May 2024.
Han Yongun
Han Yongun (한용운) was a Korean Buddhist monk, poet, and independence activist who signed the 1919 Declaration of Independence and wrote the poetry collection Nim-ui Chimmuk.
Han Young Woo
Han Young Woo is a South Korean polymer chemist, a full professor of chemistry at Korea University in Seoul, known for semi-crystalline polymer donors for organic solar cells.
Han Yu
Han Yu (韩愈), courtesy name Tuizhi, was a Tang dynasty statesman and essayist, 768 to 824, remembered for his prose and defense of Confucianism against Buddhism.
Han Yu-jin (한유진)
Han Yu-jin (한유진), also HAN YU JIN, is a South Korean singer born 2007 in Daegu; ninth-place Boys Planet finisher, former ZEROBASEONE member (2023–2026, YOUTH IN THE SHADE double million), now in YH Entertainment's five-member group AND2BLE.