| Michael Howard | British politician | 1941 |
| Michelle J. Howard | United States Navy vice admir… | 1960 |
| Philip K. Howard | American lawyer | 1948 |
| Robert E. Howard | American author | 1906–1936 |
| Terrence Howard | American actor | 1969 |
| Vernon Howard | American writer | 1918–1992 |
| Ellen Clementine Howarth | American writer | 1827–1899 |
| Susan Howatch | British writer | 1940 |
| E. W. Howe | Novelist, magazine and newspa… | 1853–1937 |
| Geoffrey Howe | British Conservative politici… | 1926–2015 |
| John Howe | English Puritan theologian | 1630–1705 |
| Julia Ward Howe | American abolitionist, social… | 1819–1910 |
| Lyman Hakes Howe | American entertainer and film… | 1856–1923 |
| Marie Howe | American writer | 1950 |
| Marie Jenney Howe | American writer | 1870–1934 |
| Dan Howell | British video blogger and rad… | 1991 |
| James Howell | Anglo-Welsh historian and wri… | 1594–1666 |
| William Dean Howells | author, critic and playwright… | 1837–1920 |
| Frankie Howerd | British actor | 1917–1992 |
| George Holmes Howison | American philosopher | 1834–1916 |
| Mary Howitt | English poet, and author | 1799–1888 |
| William Howitt | British writer | 1792–1879 |
| Enver Hoxha | the Communist leader of Alban… | 1908–1985 |
| Oscar De La Hoya | American boxer | 1973 |
| Fred Hoyle | British astronomer | 1915–2001 |
| Ricardo Hoyos | Canadian actor | 1995 |
| Elizabeth Hoyt | American writer | 1970 |
| Wayland Hoyt | American Baptist Minister | 1838–1910 |
| Bohumil Hrabal | Czech bookwriter and writer | 1914–1997 |
| Andrew Hsia | Taiwanese politician | 1950 |
| Frank Hsieh | Taiwanese politician | 1946 |
| Hung Hsiu-chu | Taiwanese politician | 1948 |
| Tan Kheng Hua | Singaporean actress | 1963 |
| Vanessa Hua | American journalist and writer | |
| Yu Hua | Chinese writer | 1960 |
| Justin Huang | Taiwanese politician | 1959 |
| Qin Shi Huang | founding emperor of the Qin D… | -258–-210 BC |
| Ma Huateng | Chinese internet entrepreneur | 1971 |
| Alice Moore Hubbard | American activist | 1861–1915 |
| Elbert Hubbard | American writer, publisher, a… | 1856–1915 |
| Kin Hubbard | cartoonist | 1868–1930 |
| L. Ron Hubbard | American science fiction auth… | 1911–1986 |
| M. King Hubbert | American geoscientist | 1903–1989 |
| Edwin Hubble | American astronomer | 1889–1953 |
| Mike Huckabee | Arkansas politician | 1955 |
| Erich Hückel | German physical chemist known… | 1896–1980 |
| Huston Huddleston | | |
| Quiara Alegría Hudes | American playwright and compo… | 1977 |
| Ray Hudson | English footballer | 1955 |
| Douglas Huebler | American conceptual artist | 1924–1997 |
| Richard Huelsenbeck | German poet | 1892–1974 |
| Dolores Huerta | American labor leader | 1930 |
| Paz de la Huerta | American actress | 1984 |
| Tanya Huff | Canadian fantasy author | 1957 |
| Arianna Huffington | Greek-American author and syn… | 1950 |
| Steve Huffman | American businessman | 1983 |
| Barry Hughart | American novelist | 1934–2019 |
| Alfred Clifton Hughes | Roman Catholic archbishop | 1932 |
| Billy Hughes | Australian politician, sevent… | 1862–1952 |
| Charles Evans Hughes | American judge | 1862–1948 |
| Dorothy B. Hughes | American writer | 1904–1993 |
| John Hughes | | 1950–2009 |
| Langston Hughes | American writer and social ac… | 1902–1967 |
| Margaret Hughes | British actress | 1645–1719 |
| Matt Hughes | American mixed martial artist | 1973 |
| Robert Hughes | Australian critic, historian,… | 1938–2012 |
| Shirley Hughes | English children's writer and… | 1927 |
| Ted Hughes | English poet and children's w… | 1930–1998 |
| Thomas Hughes | English lawyer, author and cr… | 1822–1896 |
| D. L. Hughley | American actor and comedian | 1963 |
| Victor Hugo | French poet, novelist, and dr… | 1802–1885 |
| Ann Hui | Hong Kong film director | 1947 |
| Jopie Huisman | Dutch painter | 1922–2000 |
| Lin Huiyin | Chinese architect and writer | 1904–1955 |
| Johan Huizinga | Dutch historian | 1872–1945 |
| Ali Hujwiri | Sufi mystic | 1009–1072 |
| Bobby Hull | Canadian ice hockey player | 1939 |
| Cordell Hull | American politician, U.S. Sec… | 1871–1955 |
| David Hull | American philosopher | 1935–2010 |
| Keri Hulme | New Zealand writer | 1947 |
| T. E. Hulme | English Imagist poet and crit… | 1883–1917 |
| Humayun | second Mughal Emperor | 1508–1556 |
| Alexander von Humboldt | Prussian geographer, naturali… | 1769–1859 |
| Wilhelm Von Humboldt | German (Prussian) philosopher… | 1767–1835 |
| Alexander Hume | | |
| Basil Hume | Catholic cardinal | 1923–1999 |
| David Hume | Scottish philosopher, economi… | 1711–1776 |
| Hubert H. Humphrey | Vice-President of the USA und… | 1911–1978 |
| Barry Humphries | Australian comedian and actor | 1934 |
| Derek Humphry | British-born American euthana… | 1930 |
| John Humphrys | British broadcaster, journali… | 1943 |
| Friedensreich Hundertwasser | Austrian artist | 1928–2000 |
| James Huneker | American music critic | 1857–1921 |
| Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford | Royal Air Force air marshal (… | 1893–1971 |
| Tien Hung-mao | Taiwanese Minister of Foreign… | 1938 |
| Gertrude Breslau Hunt | | 1869–1952 |
| Greg Hunt | Australian politician | 1965 |
| Irene Hunt | | |
| James Hunt | British racing driver | 1947–1993 |
| Jeremy Hunt | British politician | 1966 |
