List of Famous people named Harry

Often it's a shorthand for Harold, Henry. Similar names: Harold, Henry, Hari, Harri, Harrie, Hara, Hary, Harie, Harro. Here are some famous Harrys:

Harry McNish

First Name Harry
Last Name McNish
Born on September 11, 1874
Died on September 24, 1930 (aged 56)

Henry McNish, often referred to as Harry McNeish or by the nickname Chippy, was the carpenter on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. He was responsible for much of the work that ensured the crew's survival after their ship, the Endurance, was destroyed when it became trapped in pack ice in the Weddell Sea. He modified the small boat, James Caird, that allowed Shackleton and five men to make a voyage of hundreds of miles to fetch help for the rest of the crew.

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Harry Frank

First Name Harry
Last Name Frank
Born on October 15, 1896
Died on December 12, 1947 (aged 51)
Born in Germany

Harry Frank was a German actor.

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Harry Hines Woodring

First Name Harry
Last Name Woodring
Born on May 31, 1890
Died on September 9, 1967 (aged 77)

Harry Hines Woodring was an American politician. A Democrat, he was the 25th Governor of Kansas and was Secretary of War in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration from 1936 to 1940. He was previously the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1933 to 1936.

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Harry Grey, 8th Earl of Stamford

First Name Harry
Last Name Stamford
Born on February 26, 1812
Died on June 19, 1890 (aged 78)

Harry Grey, 8th Earl of Stamford was an English peer.

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Harry Gardner

First Name Harry
Last Name Gardner
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Harry Todd

First Name Harry
Last Name Todd
Born on December 13, 1863
Died on February 15, 1935 (aged 71)

Harry Todd was an American actor. He appeared in 391 films between 1909 and 1935. He died in Glendale, California, from a heart attack at the age of 71. He was married to actress Margaret Joslin.

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Harry Babcock

First Name Harry
Last Name Babcock
Born on December 15, 1890
Died on June 5, 1965 (aged 74)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Henry Stoddard "Harry" Babcock was an American pole vaulter who won the gold medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics, setting an Olympic record at 3.95 meters.

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Harry Fultz

First Name Harry
Last Name Fultz
Born on December 29, 1888
Died on December 30, 1980 (aged 92)
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Harry O. Hoyt

First Name Harry
Last Name Hoyt
Born on August 6, 1885
Died on July 29, 1961 (aged 75)

Harry O. Hoyt was an American screenwriter and film director whose film career began in 1912, during the silent era. He graduated with a degree in literature from Yale University in 1910. His 1925 film The Lost World, based on the book by Arthur Conan Doyle, is notable as a pioneering effort in the use of stop-motion animation. His brother, actor Arthur Hoyt, also appeared in The Lost World.

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Harry Spanjer

First Name Harry
Last Name Spanjer
Born on January 9, 1873
Died on July 16, 1958 (aged 85)

Henry John "Harry" Spanjer was an American lightweight and welterweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century.

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