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Hansgeorg Schnöckel

Hansgeorg Schnöckel (born 1941) is a German inorganic chemist who worked at the University of Karlsruhe and made the largest metalloid aluminum and gallium clusters, with up to 84 atoms.

Hanshan

Hanshan (寒山, Cold Mountain) is the name attached to about 300 plain, colloquial Chinese poems, attributed to a Tang dynasty hermit of the Tiantai mountains in Zhejiang.

Hanshan and Shide

Hanshan and Shide, Japanese Kanzan and Jittoku, are legendary Tang dynasty Chan eccentrics who lived at Guoqing Temple on Mount Tiantai; Hanshan's collected poems preserve more than 300 works.

Hanshi Waizhuan

Hanshi Waizhuan (韓詩外傳, Exoteric Commentary on the Han School Odes) is a Western Han anthology compiled by Han Ying of Yan, each anecdote closing with a Shijing quotation.

Hanshin Expressway

The Hanshin Expressway (阪神高速道路) is a 258.1-km network of tolled urban expressways serving Osaka and Kobe in Japan, carrying about 700,000 vehicles a day since 1964.

Hanshin Tigers (阪神タイガース)

Hanshin Tigers (阪神タイガース), Central League NPB team at Hanshin Koshien Stadium, Nishinomiya; founded 1935 as Osaka Tigers; Japan Series champions 1985 and 2023; manager Kyuji Fujikawa.

Hansi

Hansi (한시, 漢詩) is classical Chinese poetry composed by Koreans following Chinese verse principles while treating Korean subjects, a major part of hanmunhak from the Three Kingdoms period into the early twentieth century.

Hansi Flick

Hansi Flick (Hans-Dieter Flick, born 1965, Heidelberg) is a German football coach, Bayern Munich sextuple winner in 2020, ex-Germany head coach, and FC Barcelona coach since 2024.

Hansi Hinterseer

Hansi Hinterseer, born Johann Ernst Hinterseer in 1954, is an Austrian Schlager singer and former alpine ski racer who won the 1973 giant slalom World Cup.

Hansi Kürsch

Hansi Kürsch (Hans Jürgen Kürsch, born 1966) is the German vocalist, lyricist and former bassist of Blind Guardian and co-founder of Demons & Wizards with Jon Schaffer; known for Tolkien-inspired power metal and the orchestral Legacy of the Dark Lands.

Hansie Cronje

Hansie Cronje (Wessel Johannes Cronje), South African cricket captain 1994–2000, record 53 Tests and 138 ODIs led, banned for life in 2000 for taking bookmaker money, died in a 2002 plane crash.

Hansika Motwani

Hansika Motwani (born 1991, Mumbai) is an Indian actress in Tamil and Telugu cinema, formerly a Hindi child artist. Lead debut Desamuduru (2007) won Filmfare Best Female Debut – South; 50th film Maha (2022).

Hansje Bunschoten

Hansje Bunschoten (1958–2017), Dutch freestyle swimmer and broadcaster. Set six European records, first Dutch woman under one minute in the 100 m freestyle, competed at Munich 1972, later NOS Studio Sport director and Olympic swimming commentator.

Hansjörg Grützmacher

Hansjörg Grützmacher, born 1959 in Hamburg, is a German organometallic and inorganic chemist, long-time ETH Zurich professor known for the first stable aminyl radical metal complex and sodium phosphaethynolate.

Hansjorg Jakle

Hansjörg Jäkle (Hansjorg Jakle), German ski jumper born 1971 in Schonach, 1994 Lillehammer Olympic team gold and 1998 Nagano team silver, World Championship team medals 1995 and 1997, retired 2002.

Hansjörg Wyss

Hansjörg Wyss, born 1935, is a Swiss-born billionaire who built Synthes USA into a leading maker of bone fracture devices, sold to Johnson & Johnson in 2012 for $19.7 billion.

Hansle Parchment

Hansle Parchment, Jamaican 110m hurdler born 1990 in Saint Thomas; Olympic champion Tokyo 2020 (13.04), bronze London 2012, world silver 2015 and 2023; personal best 12.93.

Hansoh CDH17 antibody-drug conjugate (licensed to Roche)

HS-20110 is Hansoh Pharma's CDH17-targeting antibody-drug conjugate with a topoisomerase inhibitor payload, in Phase I trials for colorectal cancer; Roche licensed worldwide rights (excluding Greater China) for US$80 million upfront plus up to US$1.45 billion in milestones.

Hansoh Pharmaceutical

Hansoh Pharmaceutical, known as Hansoh Pharma, is a Chinese pharmaceutical company built by Zhong Huijuan from a 1995 joint venture in Lianyungang, focused on innovative cancer drugs.

Hanson (band)

Hanson is an American pop rock band of Tulsa brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson, formed 1992; their 1997 hit "MMMBop" and album Middle of Nowhere earned three Grammy nominations, and they later founded 3CG Records.

Hanson Brothers

The Hanson Brothers are a fictional trio of hockey-playing siblings, Jack, Steve, and Jeff Hanson, who play for the Charlestown Chiefs in the 1977 film Slap Shot.

Hanson Robotics

Hanson Robotics is a Hong Kong robotics company founded in 2003 by former Disney Imagineer David Hanson, best known for Sophia, the robot Saudi Arabia granted citizenship in 2017.

Hansraj College

Hansraj College (Hans Raj College), a University of Delhi North Campus college founded by the D.A.V. Committee on 26 July 1948, teaches over 5,000 students in Science, Commerce, and Arts, holds NAAC A++ (CGPA 3.71), and ranked 3rd in NIRF 2025.

Hansuli Banker Upakatha

Hansuli Banker Upakatha (হাঁসুলী বাঁকের উপকথা) is a Bengali regional novel by Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay, set among the Kahar community of Bansbadi village on the Kopai river.

Hantangang UNESCO Global Geopark

Hantangang UNESCO Global Geopark (한탄강 유네스코 세계지질공원) is a 1,165.61 km² geopark in central Korea, designated 10 July 2020, known for Quaternary basalt gorges, columnar joints, and waterfalls formed when Ori Mountain lava filled the Hantangang River valley.

Hantavirus infection

Hantavirus infection, or hantavirus disease, is rodent-borne illness from Hantaviridae viruses, causing HPS/HCPS in the Americas and HFRS in Europe and Asia; Andes virus alone spreads person to person.

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS, also HCPS) is a severe rodent-borne respiratory disease of the Americas caused by New World hantaviruses such as Sin Nombre and Andes virus, first recognized in the 1993 Four Corners outbreak, with roughly 38% fatality and no specific treatment.

Hanteo Chart

Hanteo Chart (한터차트) is a South Korean real-time physical album sales chart, begun in 1993 as Korea's first music chart and known for its Initial Chodong first-week metric.

Hanteo Music Awards

Hanteo Music Awards (한터뮤직어워즈, HMA), annual K-pop awards by Hanteo Global, operator of the Hanteo Chart. Winners come from Hanteo Chart data plus fan voting and judging; four Daesang: Best Artist, Album, Song, Performance.

Hanthawaddy Kingdom

The Hanthawaddy Kingdom was a Mon-speaking kingdom of Lower Burma centered on Pegu, today Bago, which arose as Pagan declined and fell to Toungoo in 1539.