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Harold Walden

Harold Walden (1887–1955) was a British amateur footballer who won gold with Great Britain at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and later became a Music Hall comedian.

Harold Whitlock

Harold Whitlock (Hector Harold Whitlock, 1903-1985), British race walker, Metropolitan Walking Club; 1936 Berlin Olympic 50km walk gold in 4:30:41.4, 1938 European champion, six national titles, later coach of Don Thompson.

Harrah's Philadelphia

Harrah's Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack, formerly Harrah's Chester, is a Chester, PA racino with a 5/8-mile limestone harness track partly over the Delaware River; racing opened September 10, 2006, casino January 2007.

Harri Larva

Harri Larva (born Harry Edvin Lagerström, 1906-1980), Finnish runner, won 1928 Amsterdam 1,500 m gold in 3:53.2 Olympic record, beating Ladoumègue; 10th at 1932 Los Angeles.

Harri Pesonen

Harri Pesonen (born 1988, Muurame, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey left wing, Olympic champion 2022 and world champion 2019 and 2022; two-time Finnish champion with JYP, brief NHL stint with New Jersey, long SCL Tigers career, returned to JYP in 2026.

Harrie Lavreysen

Harrie Lavreysen, Dutch track cyclist (born 1997, Luyksgestel), former BMX rider, five-time Olympic champion in sprint, keirin and team sprint, holder of 20 track world titles, most successful Dutch summer Olympian.

Harriet Bland

Harriet Claiborne Bland (1915–1991), American sprinter of the St. Louis Athletic Club; lead-off runner on the United States 4 × 100 m relay team that won gold in 46.9 at the 1936 Berlin Olympics after Germany dropped the baton.

Harriet Dart

Harriet Dart (born 1996, Hampstead, London) is a British WTA tennis player, career-high singles No. 70 and doubles No. 59, two-time 2026 WTA doubles champion with Maia Lumsden, Wimbledon mixed doubles finalist 2021, and Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup regular.

Harrisburg Senators

Harrisburg Senators, Eastern League Double-A baseball team in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Washington Nationals affiliate since 2005 (Expos 1991-2004), playing at FNB Field on City Island since 1987; never affiliated with the major league Washington Senators.

Harrison Armstrong (footballer)

Harrison David Armstrong (born 2007, Liverpool) is an English central midfielder for Everton, academy product since age five, with Championship loans at Derby and Preston, and subject of a blocked 2026 Nottingham Forest transfer.

Harrison Bader

Harrison Bader (Harrison Joseph Bader), born 1994 in Bronxville, NY, is an MLB center fielder and 2021 NL Gold Glove winner who has played for the Cardinals, Yankees, Reds, Mets, Twins, Phillies, and Giants, with +67 career OAA.

Harrison Barnes

Harrison Barnes, NBA forward (born 1992, Ames, Iowa), 2012 seventh overall pick from North Carolina; 2015 champion with Golden State, 2016 Olympic gold medalist, now a San Antonio Spurs veteran wing.

Harrison Bettoni

Harrison Bettoni (Harrison Lee Bettoni), English attacking midfielder born 2007, left-footed, 191 cm. Wigan Athletic 2025-26 breakthrough (27 apps, 4 goals), signed by Chelsea in July 2026 on a contract until 2030.

Harrison Butker

Harrison Butker (born 1995) is the Kansas City Chiefs placekicker, a 2017 seventh-round pick from Georgia Tech; three-time Super Bowl champion, holder of the 57-yard Super Bowl-record field goal and Chiefs' 62-yard franchise record.

Harrison Dillard

Harrison "Bones" Dillard (William Harrison Dillard, 1923–2019), American sprinter-hurdler; only man to win Olympic gold in both the 100 m (London 1948) and 110 m hurdles (Helsinki 1952), plus two relay golds.

Harrison Jones (English footballer)

Harrison Martin Jones (born 2004) is an English midfielder who came through Sunderland's academy, made 7 first-team appearances, and joined EFL League One club Peterborough United in 2026.

Harro Bode

Harro Bode (born 1951) is a German sailor and civil engineer; with Frank Hübner he won 470-class Olympic gold at Montréal 1976, then became a University of Hannover professor and Ruhrverband chairman in water management.

Harrogate Town A.F.C.

Harrogate Town A.F.C., nicknamed the Sulphurites, is an English football club founded in 1914 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, which reached the Football League for the first time in 2020.

Harry Adams

Harry Adams: name of two American athletes, rifle shooter Harry Lester Adams (1880-1968), 1912 Olympic military rifle team gold medalist, and Harry Adams (born 1989), Auburn sprinter with a 9.96-second 100 m best.

Harry Agganis

Harry Agganis (Aristotle George Agganis, the Golden Greek, 1929-1955), Lynn, MA multi-sport star; BU All-American quarterback drafted 12th overall by the Browns, who chose baseball and played first base for the Red Sox until dying of a pulmonary embolism at 26.

Harry Amass

Harry Amass (born 2007) is an English left-back at Manchester United, formerly of Watford; debuted on his 18th birthday in 2025, loaned to Sheffield Wednesday and Norwich City in 2025/26.

Harry Arter

Harry Arter, English-born Irish midfielder; brother-in-law of Scott Parker. Released by Charlton, revived at Woking, signed by Bournemouth for £4,000, won the 2014/15 Championship, played in the Premier League, and won 19 Ireland caps.

Harry Ashfield

Harry Ashfield (born 2006, Wrexham, Wales) is a Welsh attacking midfielder for Peterborough United. Wrexham academy graduate, EFL Trophy goalscorer, Cheltenham Town loanee, Wales U21 call-up.

Harry Babcock

Harry Babcock (Henry Stoddard Babcock, 1890–1965), American pole vaulter with the NYAC, won the 1912 Stockholm Olympic pole vault gold at 3.95 m, an Olympic record, ahead of Nelson and Wright.

Harry Blackstaffe

Harry Blackstaffe (Henry Thomas Blackstaffe, 1868-1951), English sculler of Vesta Rowing Club who won 1908 Olympic single sculls gold at age 40, oldest Olympic sculling champion, and 15-time winner of Britain's Triple Crown sculling events.

Harry Boldt

Harry Boldt (born 23 February 1930, Insterburg) is a German dressage rider and coach; individual silver and team gold at the 1964 Tokyo and 1976 Montreal Olympics on Remus and Woycek, author of Das Dressurpferd, and German national dressage coach 1981–1996.

Harry Brightmore

Harry Brightmore (born 1994, Chester) is a British rowing coxswain who steered the GB men's eight to Paris 2024 Olympic gold, plus world titles in 2022 and 2023 and European titles in 2022 and 2024; now an Oxford University Boat Club assistant coach.

Harry Brook

Harry Cherrington Brook (born 1999), English right-handed batter for Yorkshire and England, white-ball captain from April 2025, 2022 T20 World Cup winner, Test triple-centurion (317 at Multan 2024), average 54.79.

Harry Chamberlin

Harry Dwight Chamberlin (1887–1944), US Army brigadier general and Olympic equestrian, won 1932 team eventing gold and individual jumping silver on Show Girl; pioneered the American forward seat.

Harry Charles

Harry Charles (born 1999, Belfast) is a British show jumper, son of Peter Charles; Olympic team gold at Paris 2024 on Romeo 88, world bronze at Aachen 2026 on LT Holst Freda.