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Herman Frazier

Herman Frazier (Herman Ronald Frazier, born 1954), American sprinter and athletics administrator; 1976 Olympic gold in 4x400 m relay and bronze in 400 m; later athletic director at UAB, Hawaii, and Syracuse and 2004 US Chef de Mission.

Herman Glass

Herman Theobald Glass (1880–1961), American gymnast with the Richmond YMCA; won the men's rings gold at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics with a perfect 45 points, his only major title; worked as a bookbinder.

Herman Moore

Herman Moore (born 1969, Danville, Virginia) is a former Virginia Cavaliers and Detroit Lions wide receiver, 1995 NFL receptions record holder (123), 4x Pro Bowl, 3x All-Pro, 2026 College Football Hall of Fame inductee.

Herman Nyberg

Herman Andreas Nyberg (1880-1968), Swedish sailor from GKSS Gothenburg; won gold in the 10-metre class aboard yacht Kitty at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, Sweden's first sailing gold. Distinct from the 1912 shooter Herman Nyberg.

Herman Rijkaard

Herman Harry Rijkaard (1935–2010) was a Surinamese-born footballer who settled in Amsterdam after migrating from Paramaribo in 1955, and was the father of Dutch star Frank Rijkaard.

Herman Whiton

Herman Frasch "Swede" Whiton (1904–1967), American sailor and oil executive, won Olympic 6 Metre gold in 1948 and 1952 aboard Llanoria with different crews, after the 1924 6 Meter World Championship.

Hermann Barrelet

Hermann Barrelet (Hermann Joseph Barrelet de Ricou), French rower, 1879–1964; won the men's single sculls at the 1900 Paris Olympics in 7:35.6, his only Games, after protesting St George Ashe's inclusion in the final.

Hermann Gehri

Hermann Gehri names two people: a German painter, lithographer, and illustrator (1879-1944) of Freiburg, dismissed in 1933 and killed in a 1944 bombing raid; and a Swiss freestyle wrestler (1899-1979), 1924 Olympic welterweight champion and 1930 European champion.

Hermann Heibel

Hermann Heibel (Hermann Hans Heibel, 1912–1941), German freestyle swimmer of Bremischer Schwimmverband Bremen; 10th in the 1936 Olympic 100 m freestyle, fifth in the 4×200 m relay, and 1938 world record holder in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.

Hermann Kohler

Hermann Köhler (born 1950, Niedermarsberg) is a retired West German 400 m sprinter of TV Wattenscheid; fourth in the 4x400 m relay at the 1972 Munich Olympics, European relay champion 1971, and 1975 European indoor 400 m champion.

Hermann Linkenbach

Hermann Linkenbach (1889-1959), German cavalry officer and equestrian; won team dressage gold and placed sixth individually riding Gimpel at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics; later Wehrmacht Generalmajor and commandant of Trieste in 1945.

Hermann Maier

Hermann Maier, the Herminator, Austrian alpine ski racer born 1972; 54 World Cup wins, four overall titles, 1998 Nagano double gold after a famous downhill crash, 2001 motorcycle comeback.

Hermann Pentz

Hermann Pentz, German backstroke swimmer for Neptun Hannover; set the 400 m backstroke long course world record, 5:59.2 min, 11 October 1913 in Magdeburg, and a 200 m backstroke world record 2:50.6 in 1911.

Hermann Schridde

Hermann Schridde (1937–1985), German show jumper, Olympic team gold and individual silver at Tokyo 1964 on Dozent, team bronze 1968, European champion 1965, later West German national coach until dying in a 1985 plane crash.

Hermann Tilke

Hermann Tilke (born 1954, Olpe) is a German civil engineer and former touring car racer whose Tilke Engineers & Architects designed most new Formula 1 circuits since 1999, including Sepang, Shanghai, Bahrain, and Circuit of the Americas.

Hermann von Oppeln Bronikowski

Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1899–1966), German Generalmajor and dressage rider; won 1936 Berlin Olympic team dressage gold on Gimpel with Pollay and Gerhard, commanded the 20th Panzer Division, Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

Hermann Weingartner

Hermann Weingärtner (1864–1919), German artistic gymnast of the Berliner Turnerschaft; won six medals including three golds at the 1896 Athens Olympics, the most of any athlete there, later ran his family's swimming pool in Frankfurt (Oder).

Hermann Wilker

Hermann Wilker (1874–1941), German rower of Ludwigshafener RV; Olympic bronze in coxed fours 1900 Paris and gold 1912 Stockholm; five-time German coxless pair champion with Otto Fickeisen; author of Das Rudern.

Hermanni Pihlajamaki

Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903–1982), Finnish policeman and wrestler of Vaasan Voima-Veikot; Olympic freestyle featherweight gold 1932, lightweight bronze 1936, European champion 1931; cousin of Kustaa Pihlajamäki.

Hermanus Brockmann

Hermanus Gerardus Brockmann (1871–1936), Dutch physician and rowing coxswain of club Nereus, won gold, silver, and bronze at Paris 1900 steering Minerva Amsterdam boats, but was replaced in the coxed pairs final by an unknown French boy.

Hermes Ramirez

Hermes Ramírez (Hermes Julián Ramírez Limonta), Cuban sprinter born 1948 in Guantánamo, died 2024. Olympic 4x100 m relay silver at Mexico 1968 (38.40); three Olympian; Pan American and CAC Games medalist.

Hermijntje Drenth

Hermijntje Drenth (Hermine Catherine Drenth), Dutch rower born 1994 in Arnhem, R.S.V.U. Okeanos and TeamNL; Olympic gold 2024 and world champion 2023 in the women's coxless four, also healthcare project manager at partzorg.

Hermon Phillips

Hermon Phillips was an American sprinter who won three NCAA 440-yard dash titles for Butler University and finished sixth in the 400 meters at the 1928 Olympics.

Hernán Crespo

Hernán Jorge Crespo (born 1975, Florida, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine ex-striker, Serie A top scorer 2000-01 and Parma's all-time scorer, now manager; appointed Atlas head coach in July 2026.

Hernandez (wrestler)

Hernandez (Shawn Hernandez, b. 1973, "SuperMex") is an American pro wrestler, five-time TNA World Tag Team Champion and LAX member with Homicide and Konnan.

Hernanes

Hernanes (Anderson Hernanes de Carvalho Viana Lima, O Profeta), Brazilian midfielder born 1985; São Paulo idol with 2007-08 Brasileirão titles, Lazio, Inter, Juventus, 2013 Confederations Cup winner, retired 2021.

Héroes Inmortales (2026)

Héroes Inmortales 2026, the 18th edition of AAA's Antonio Peña tribute show, is a WWE-partnered premium live event on October 24, 2026 at Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City, headlined by El Grande Americano defending the AAA Mega Championship against Dominik Mysterio.

Héroes Inmortales XVII

Héroes Inmortales XVII (Héroes Inmortales 2025), AAA's annual Antonio Peña tribute pay-per-view, held October 25, 2025 at Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City; Dominik Mysterio retained the AAA Mega Championship against Dragon Lee.

Heroes of Might and Magic

Heroes of Might and Magic (HoMM) is a turn-based fantasy strategy series spun off from the Might and Magic RPGs, created by New World Computing in 1995, owned by Ubisoft since 2003, and revived in 2026 by Olden Era and a Heroes 3 Remake.

Heroes of Might and Magic III

Heroes of Might and Magic III, subtitled The Restoration of Erathia, is a 1999 turn-based strategy game by New World Computing, published for Windows by 3DO.