Persons

Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Susan Hopkins

Chief Medical Advisor for the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

Susan Hopkinsis an Irish epidemiologist and civil servant working in the UK. She is honorary clinical senior lecturer in the Department of Medicine at Imperial College London, and Chief Medical Adviso...

Bernard Hopkins

American former professional boxer

Bernard Hopkins Jr.is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships ...

Josh Hoppen

Senior Account Director

Josh Hoppenis an experienced communications professional, PR practitioner and researcher, working for nearly a decade across a range of international corporates and technology organisations including ...

Niall Horan

Irish singer and songwriter

Niall James Horan is an Irish singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the English-Irish boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the British singing competition The X Factor. The ...

Jeff Hordley

English actor

Jeff Hordleyis an English actor, best known for playing Cain Dingle in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. For his portrayal of Cain, he was nominated for the British Soap Award for Best Actor at three cere...

Sharon Horgan

Irish actress

Sharon Lorencia Horganis an Irish actress, writer, director, producer, and comedian. She is best known for creating and starring in the comedy series Pulling (2006–2009), Catastrophe (2015–2019), and ...

Andy Hornby

Businessman

Andy Hornby(born 21 January 1967) is an English businessman, currently chief executive of the bookmakers Coral and chairman of the online pharmacy retailer Pharmacy2U. Biography Hornby was born in Sca...

Alexander Horne

English comedian and musician

Alexander James Jeffery Horneis an English comedian, writer, musician, and television presenter best known as the creator of the BAFTA-winning comedy series Taskmaster. Born on September 10, 1978, Hor...

Mathew Horne

English actor

Mathew Frazer Horneis an English actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and narrator. He is best known for appearing on several BBC sketch shows and sitcoms, most notably Gavin & Stacey (as Gav...

Christian Horner

British motorsport executive

Christian Edward Johnston Horneris a British motorsport executive and former racing driver. Since 2005, he has been team principal of the Red Bull Formula One team, winning thirteen world titles (six ...

Lola Young Baroness Young Of Hornsey

British actress

Margaret Omolola Young,Baroness Young of Hornsey OBEis a British actress, author, crossbench peer, and Chancellor of the University of Nottingham. Education and career Born in Kensington, Lola Young w...

Craig Horwood

Dancer and choreographer

Craig Revel Horwood is an Australian-British author, dancer, choreographer, conductor and theatre director, who also previously performed as a drag artist in the United Kingdom. Across his stage caree...

Ben Houchen

British Conservative politician

Ben Houchen,Baron Houchen of High Leven, is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He has been Tees Valley Mayor since 2017, winning the inaugural mayoral election in the combined authority....

Nicholas Hoult

English actor

Nicholas Caradoc Houltis an English actor. His filmography includes supporting work in big-budget mainstream productions and starring roles in independent projects in the American and British film ind...

Ronald Howard

American filmmaker and actor

Ronald William Howardis an American filmmaker and actor. Howard started his career as a child actor before transitioning to directing films. Over his six-decade career, Howard has received multiple ac...

Stephen Howe

English musician

Stephen James Howeis an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as the guitarist in the progressive rock band Yes across three stints since 1970. Born in Holloway, North London, Howe dev...

Edward Howe

English professional football manager

Edward John Frank Howeis an English professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of Premier League club Newcastle United. A defender during his playing career, Howe spent most of...

Daniel Howell

English YouTuber, presenter, and author

Daniel James Howellis an English YouTuber, presenter, and author. He gained prominence through his YouTube channels Daniel Howell (formerly known as danisnotonfire), which reached over six million sub...

Joshua Howie

English political commentator

Joshua Howieis an English political commentator. He is a broadcaster for GB News. Howie is also a stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and actor. Career Stand up Howie started performing on the London com...

Diane Howse

Artist

Diane Howseis an artist, curator and producer with extensive experience of developing a wide range of projects across the cultural spectrum. She studied fine art at Exeter College of Art and after gra...