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Hank Gathers
Hank Gathers, Loyola Marymount basketball star who led NCAA Division I in scoring (32.7 PPG) and rebounding (13.7 RPG) in 1988-89; died March 4, 1990 after collapsing in a WCC tournament game; autopsy cited cardiomyopathy.
Hank Green
Hank Green (William Henry Green II, born 1980), American science communicator, novelist, and entrepreneur; Vlogbrothers co-founder, Complexly and VidCon founder, Crash Course, #1 NYT bestselling author.
Hank Greenberg
Hank Greenberg (Henry Benjamin Greenberg), 1911–1986, American MLB first baseman/outfielder for Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates; two-time AL MVP (1935, 1940), 331 home runs, 58-HR 1938 season, 47 months WWII service, Hall of Fame 1956.
Hank Hall
Hank Hall (Henry Hall) is DC Comics' original Hawk, created by Steve Ditko and Steve Skeates in Showcase #75 (1968). Brother of Don Hall (Dove), later Dawn Granger's partner; became villains Monarch and Extant, died, and returned in Blackest Night.
Hank Henshaw
Hank Henshaw, the Cyborg Superman, is a DC Comics villain created by Dan Jurgens, debuting in Adventures of Superman #465 (1990). A shuttle accident destroyed his body, leaving a machine-inhabiting consciousness who impersonated Superman after Doomsday killed him.
Hank Hill
Hank Hill, voiced by Mike Judge, is the propane-selling protagonist of King of the Hill, set in Arlen, Texas; the Fox sitcom ran 1997–2009 and returned in a 2025 Hulu revival.
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson (Henry C. Johnson Jr.), Democratic U.S. Representative for Georgia's 4th District since 2007, covering parts of DeKalb and Gwinnett counties; former DeKalb judge and commissioner, impeachment manager, Judiciary Committee courts subcommittee leader.
Hank Jones
Hank Jones, born Henry Jones Jr., was an American jazz pianist whose seven-decade career made him one of jazz's most recorded accompanists, including for Ella Fitzgerald.
Hank Ketcham
Hank Ketcham (Henry King Ketcham, 1920–2001), American cartoonist, Seattle-born, creator of the Dennis the Menace daily panel (debut 1951), former Disney animator, Reuben Award winner, retired 1994.
Hank Kuehne
Hank Kuehne (Henry August Kuehne II, born 1975, Dallas) is an American golfer, 1998 U.S. Amateur champion, and 2003 PGA Tour driving-distance leader at a record 321.4 yards; no PGA Tour wins, back injuries ended his career.
Hank Marvin
Hank Marvin (Brian Robson Rankin, born 1941, Newcastle upon Tyne) is the English lead guitarist of the Shadows, Cliff Richard's backing band, known for the Fiesta Red Stratocaster, Vox AC30, and echo sound behind hits like Apache and Wonderful Land.
Hank McCoy (film character)
Hank McCoy, aka Beast, film character from Marvel's X-Men, played by Steve Bacic (X2 cameo), Kelsey Grammer (The Last Stand, The Marvels, Doomsday), and Nicholas Hoult (First Class through Dark Phoenix).
Hank Molt
Hank Molt (Henry A. Molt Jr.) was an American reptile dealer whose Philadelphia Reptile Exchange supplied rare reptiles to zoos, and who received one of the first prison sentences for a wildlife crime.
Hank Moody
Hank Moody (Henry James Moody) is the fictional novelist protagonist of Showtime's Californication (2007-2014), played by David Duchovny; a drinking, womanizing one-hit-wonder writer pursuing ex-girlfriend Karen and daughter Becca across seven seasons, a role that won Duchovny a Golden Globe.
Hank Patterson
Hank Patterson (Elmer Calvin Patterson, 1888–1975) was an American character actor and vaudeville pianist; stableman Hank Miller on Gunsmoke and farmer Fred Ziffel on Green Acres, not the ballplayer or the Delaware namesake.
Hank Pym
Hank Pym (Dr. Henry Jonathan Pym), Marvel Comics' original Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket; Pym Particles discoverer, founding Avenger, and Ultron's creator, distinct from successor Scott Lang and from Michael Douglas's MCU portrayal.
Hank Russell
Hank Russell (Henry Argue Russell, "Honey", 1904–1986), American sprinter from Buffalo, NY; Cornell IC4A champion who won 1928 Olympic gold in the 4x100 m relay at Amsterdam.
Hank Schrader
Hank Schrader is the fictional DEA agent and Walter White's brother-in-law in Breaking Bad, played by Dean Norris; created by Vince Gilligan, defined by PTSD after El Paso and his Heisenberg investigation.
Hank Scurless
Hank Scurless (also spelled Hank Surless) is a co-founder and managing partner of Old Mission Capital, a Chicago proprietary trading and ETF market-making firm founded in 2008.
Hank Snow
Hank Snow (Clarence Eugene Snow, 1914-1999), "The Singing Ranger," Canadian country star; "I'm Movin' On" spent 21 weeks at No. 1 in 1950; RCA Victor artist for about 45 years; Country Music Hall of Fame 1979.
Hank Steinbrenner
Hank Steinbrenner (Henry George Steinbrenner III, 1957–2020), Yankees general partner and co-chairman with brother Hal, oldest son of George Steinbrenner, also a thoroughbred breeder at Kinsman Farm.
Hank Stram
Hank Stram (Henry Louis Stram, 1924–2005), Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (2003) of the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs, three-time AFL champion and Super Bowl IV winner, winningest AFL coach with 87 wins, later Saints coach and CBS Radio analyst.
Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf
Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, real name Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr., was a Fall River, Massachusetts Wack Pack member on the Howard Stern Show from 1996 until his 2001 death, famous for drunken rants, rock trivia, and winning People's 1998 online beauty poll.
Hank Voight
Hank Voight (Henry Voight) is the fictional Chicago PD Intelligence Unit sergeant played by Jason Beghe, introduced as a Chicago Fire antagonist in 2012 and lead of Chicago P.D. since 2014, known for morally gray, extralegal methods.
Hank Walker
Hank Walker (Joseph Sculthorpe, born 1998) is an American WWE NXT wrestler, former security officer and Atlanta Falcons training-squad athlete; one half of Hank & Tank, NXT Tag Team and NOAH GHC Tag Team champion.
Hank Williams
Hank Williams (Hiram Williams, 1923-1953), Alabama-born country singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry star, wrote "Lovesick Blues," "Your Cheatin' Heart," and "Cold, Cold Heart"; 36 country Top 10 records, 1961 Country Music Hall of Fame charter inductee, 2010 Pulitzer Special Citation.
Hank Williams III
Hank Williams III (Shelton Hank Williams, born 1972, Nashville) is an American outlaw country, punk, and metal singer-songwriter, grandson of Hank Williams and son of Hank Jr., known for hellbilly fusion, the 2006 album Straight to Hell, his Curb Records dispute, and inactivity since 2013.
Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams Jr. (Randall Hank Williams, Bocephus), born 1949, American outlaw-country singer-songwriter, son of Hank Williams; 21 gold/platinum albums 1979-1992, five Entertainer of the Year awards, a Grammy, and 22 years as the Monday Night Football voice.
Hank Willis Thomas
Hank Willis Thomas, born 1976 in Plainfield, New Jersey, is an American conceptual artist known for the Unbranded advertising series and The Embrace, the 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. monument on the Boston Common.
Hank Worden
Hank Worden (Norton Earl Worden, 1901–1992), American Western character actor; Mose Harper in The Searchers, Simms Reeves in Red River, the Twin Peaks waiter; 15 John Wayne films.