William J. vanden Heuvel (1930–2021) was an American diplomat, lawyer, and public servant who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations European Office in Geneva and later as Deputy U.S. Representative to the United Nations, while also leading several major international organizations.
Katrina vanden Heuvel (born 1959) is an American editor, publisher, and political commentator. She has served as editor and later publisher of The Nation magazine and is known as a prominent voice of liberal political commentary in the United States.
Roger W. Heyns (1918–1995) was an American psychologist and university administrator who served as chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley from 1965 to 1971 during a period of intense student activism. He later led the American Council on Education.
Peter Hoekstra (born 1953) is a Dutch-born American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan from 1993 to 2011. He also chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
William S. Hofstra (1861–1932), son of a Dutch immigrant from Friesland, was a successful lumber businessman whose Hempstead, Long Island estate later became the site of Hofstra University, established through a memorial trust created by his widow, Kate Mason Hofstra.
James A. Van Hoften (born 1944) is a former NASA astronaut and engineer who flew on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-41-C (1984) and STS-51-I (1985), serving as a mission specialist and performing satellite repair and spacewalk operations.
Chris Van Hollen (born 1959) is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Maryland from 2003 to 2017 and later became a U.S. Senator. He previously chaired the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and has focused on economic and public policy issues.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894) was an American physician, professor, poet, and essayist associated with the Fireside Poets, best known for works such as Old Ironsides and the Breakfast-Table essays. His son, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935), became one of the most influential justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice appointed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 and served until 1932. A veteran of the American Civil War and former professor at Harvard Law School, he became one of the most influential jurists in American history and authored the landmark legal work The Common Law (1881).
Edward Hopper (1882–1967) was an American realist painter known for evocative scenes of urban and small-town life. His iconic painting Nighthawks captured the mood and isolation of twentieth-century America through stark light, quiet streets, and solitary figures.
