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Hannelore Anke
Hannelore Anke (Hofmann), East German (GDR) breaststroke swimmer born 1957 in Bad Schlema; double 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist in 100 m breaststroke and 4x100 m medley relay, both world records, plus 1975 world titles; later admitted East German doping recipient.
Hannelore Knuts
Hannelore Knuts (born 1977, Hasselt) is a Belgian model of the late-1990s Belgian wave, a Vogue Italia cover icon (three consecutive 2001 covers), later stylist, UltraMegaLore curator, and mindfulness teacher.
Hannelore Schmatz
Hannelore Schmatz (née Ledermann, 1940–1979), German mountaineer, fourth woman and first German woman to summit Everest (2 Oct 1979); died of exposure on descent, first woman to die on Everest.
Hannes Alfvén
Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (1908–1995) was a Swedish plasma physicist who founded magnetohydrodynamics, predicted the Alfvén wave in 1942, and won a share of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Hannes Hahne
Hannes Hahne is a German biochemist who co-founded the proteomics contract research organization OmicScouts GmbH in Freising, Bavaria, in 2014, serving as its managing director until 2025.
Hannes Jónsson
Hannes Jónsson is an Icelandic theoretical chemist and professor at the University of Iceland known for the climbing-image nudged elastic band and dimer methods for finding saddle points in atomic-scale simulations.
Hannes Kolehmainen
Hannes Kolehmainen (Johan Pietari Kolehmainen, 1889-1966), Finnish distance runner, first of the Flying Finns; won 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and cross-country gold at Stockholm 1912 and the 1920 Olympic marathon.
Hannes Ludewig
Hannes Ludewig (born 1988) is a German biochemist and structural enzymologist, an HHMI postdoctoral scientist at The Scripps Research Institute since 2024, known for macrocyclase and halogenase research.
Hannes Miettinen
Hannes Miettinen (Hannu Kleofas Miettinen, 1893–1968), Finnish long-distance runner of HKV Helsinki; 23rd in the 1920 Antwerp Olympic cross-country, on the winning Finnish team but not awarded a medal.
Hannes Mühleisen
Hannes Mühleisen is the German-born computer scientist who co-created DuckDB with Mark Raasveldt at CWI Amsterdam and co-founded DuckLabs (formerly DuckDB Labs), which joined AWS in 2026.
Hannes Steinbach
Hannes Steinbach (born 2006) is a German basketball forward-center from Würzburg; drafted 14th overall in 2026 by the Charlotte Hornets after leading NCAA Division I in rebounding (11.8 rpg) as a Washington freshman.
Hannes Þór Halldórsson
Hannes Þór Halldórsson (born 1984) is an Icelandic filmmaker and former goalkeeper, 77-cap Iceland record keeper, who saved Messi's penalty at the 2018 World Cup and directed Cop Secret (2021).
Hanni (singer)
Hanni (Phạm Ngọc Hân, 팜하니), born 2004 in Melbourne, is a Vietnamese-Australian singer in K-pop group NewJeans (later NJZ), a lyricist on "Hype Boy" and "OMG", and a 2024 National Assembly workplace-harassment witness who stayed with ADOR.
Hanni Hölzner
Hanni Hölzner (Johanna Hedwig Hölzner), German breaststroke swimmer, 1913–1988; set three 100m breaststroke world records (1:24.5 to 1:20.2, 1935–36) and placed fourth in the 200m breaststroke at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Hanni of Ayapir
Hanni of Ayapir, also written Hanne and Hanni son of Tahhi, was a local ruler of Ayapir in the Izeh/Malamir valley of southwest Iran during the Neo-Elamite period.
Hanni Wenzel
Hanni Wenzel (Hannelore Wenzel, Weirather-Wenzel), Liechtenstein alpine skier born 1956 in Straubing; 1980 Olympic gold in slalom and giant slalom, silver downhill; two overall World Cup titles, 33 wins.
Hannibal
Hannibal Barca (247–182 BCE), Carthaginian general, son of Hamilcar Barca; invaded Italy across the Alps in 218 BCE with 37 elephants, destroyed a Roman army at Cannae in 216, and was finally defeated by Scipio Africanus at Zama in 202.
Hannibal (2001 film)
Hannibal is a 2001 American psychological horror film directed by Ridley Scott, with Anthony Hopkins returning as Hannibal Lecter in the sequel to The Silence of the Lambs.
Hannibal (Harris novel)
Hannibal is Thomas Harris's 1999 Delacorte novel, the third Hannibal Lecter book and direct sequel to The Silence of the Lambs, in which Mason Verger uses Clarice Starling to lure Lecter from Florence; its 1.3-million first printing and controversial lovers' ending made it a publishing event.
Hannibal (TV series)
Hannibal is Bryan Fuller's NBC psychological thriller (2013–2015, three seasons) starring Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy, a prequel to Red Dragon that reworks Thomas Harris's Lecter novels minus Silence of the Lambs rights.
Hannibal Buress
Hannibal Buress (born 1983, Chicago) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer known for his laid-back delivery, SNL and 30 Rock writing, The Eric André Show and Broad City, and the viral 2014 Cosby routine; he raps as Eshu Tune.
Hannibal Directive
Hannibal Directive, also called Hannibal Procedure or Protocol, was a secret IDF standing order drafted in 1986 to prevent soldier capture by any means, used notably in Rafah 2014, canceled 2016, reportedly reapplied October 7, 2023.
Hannibal Gisco
Hannibal Gisco was a Carthaginian commander of the First Punic War who lost the naval battle of Mylae in 260 BC and was crucified by mutinous troops.
Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine lawyer and politician, 15th U.S. vice president under Lincoln (1861-1865); former Democrat, Republican governor of Maine, later senator and minister to Spain.
Hannibal in Bithynia
Hannibal in Bithynia, also called Hannibal at the court of Prusias I, is the Carthaginian general's final exile, ending in his death by poison after a Roman embassy.
Hannibal in Bruttium
Hannibal in Bruttium, also known as Hannibal at Croton, was the final phase of Hannibal's Italian campaign, 204 to 203 BC, ending with his embarkation from Croton.
Hannibal King
Hannibal King is a Marvel Comics vampire detective created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan, debuting in Tomb of Dracula #25 (1974). Turned by Deacon Frost, he refuses human blood, hunts vampires with Blade in the Nightstalkers and Midnight Sons, and was played by Ryan Reynolds in Blade: Trinity (2004).
Hannibal Lecter
Hannibal Lecter, aka Hannibal the Cannibal, is Thomas Harris's fictional forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer, debuting in Red Dragon (1981), played by Brian Cox, Anthony Hopkins, and Mads Mikkelsen.
Hannibal Lecter (franchise)
Hannibal Lecter franchise: novels, films, and TV built on Thomas Harris's cannibal psychiatrist, spanning Red Dragon (1981), The Silence of the Lambs, Ridley Scott's Hannibal, the NBC series Hannibal, and CBS's Clarice.
Hannibal Mejbri
Hannibal Mejbri, born 2003 in Ivry-sur-Seine, is a Tunisian midfielder for Burnley, formerly of Monaco, Manchester United, Birmingham (loan), and Sevilla (loan); Tunisia international since 2021, Kirin Cup 2022 winner, 2026 World Cup squad member.