Raymond Hoagland (1894 - 1956)

Owner of Rumson Farms kennels of Cartersville. Georgia, a breeding facility specializing in setters and pointers. He was president of the Amateur Field Trial Clubs of America.

Phineas Warren Hitchcock (1831 - 1881)

Phineas Hitchcock attended prep school at Great Barrington, Maine and then attended Williams College, graduating in 1855. After graduation he remained in New York for two years; part of the time as a reporter in central New York and part of the time in law practice. He came to Omaha in 1857 and opened a […]

Tomiji Hirano (1970 - 1970)

Hirano was a trusted pupil of Shozo Motoki, “The Gutenberg of Japan,” who had created the first Japanese typesetting system and founded the Tsukiji Type Foundry. When Motoki decided to step down, he left the business in the hands of Hirano. In 1872, Hirano attempted to revive the company by moving it to Tokyo, which […]

Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Sr (1887 - 1979)

Businessman. He was born in New Mexico Territory to Augustus and Mary Hilton, who ran a small family inn. He purchased his first hotel in Cisco, Texas in 1919 after returning from service in World War I. He quickly acquired other hotels, and formed Hilton Corporation in 1946. His first luxury Hilton Hotel was built […]

Samuel Hill (1800 - 1857)

In 1829 Samuel Hill and John McNamar (aka McNeil) built the first general store in New Salem. A few years later they dissolved the partnership by mutual consent and Hill expanded his investments & opened a carding mill. He was postmaster until 1833 when Lincoln assumed the position in an appointment by President Andrew Jackson. […]

Napoleon Hill (1883 - 1970)

Author. Born in Pound, Virginia, his mother died when he was very small. His family was very poor so they required him to work to pay his way to attend college.  As a young man he was known as the “Mountain Reporter” for rural newspapers.  He dropped out of college for lack of funds.  He […]

James Jerome Hill (1838 - 1916)

Railroad Pioneer. Born in Ontario, Canada, he was the chief railroad executive responsible for establishing the Great Northern Railway lines which served the upper Midwest, the northern Great Plains and Pacific Northwest of America. In 1873, as a steamboat shipping businessman in Minnesota, he saw the need to expand railways to the  western territories. Between […]

George Washington Hill (1884 - 1946)

Businessman. He introduced the Lucky Strike Brand of cigarettes.  Family links:  Parents:  Percival S. Hill (____ – 1925)  Cassie Rowland Milnes Hill (____ – 1934)

Pattillo Higgins (1863 - 1955)

Texas Oil Pioneer. He was known as, “The prophet of Spindletop.” As a young man, he was often in trouble and wounds from one fight even caused him to lose his left arm. In 1886, he started a company in Beaumont, Texas that made bricks. He learned how some industries were using oil rather than […]

David Higgins (1970 - 1903)

Newspaper Publisher. He was the owner and publisher of Seattle’s “Daily Intelligencer.” Born in New York state, he learned his early skills as a printer before deciding on a career in law. He was admitted to the New York Bar Association in 1850 at the age of 23. Shortly thereafter he traveled to San Joaquin […]

William Reddington Hewlett (1913 - 2001)

Co-founder with David Packard of the Hewlett-Packard Company.  He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and moved to San Francisco at the age of three.  William graduated from Lowell High School and received a bachelor’s degree in 1934 from Stanford University.  In 1935 he earned a MS degree in EECS from MIT and in 1939 […]

William Hewitt (1875 - 1966)

Businessman, Hockey Pioneer and Innovator. Hewitt served as the President of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, Vice President of the International Ice Hockey Federation from 1925 to 1926, and 1928 to 1931, and led Canada as a team leader in the Olympics of 1920, 1924, 1928, and 1936. From 1919 to 1920 he was Secretary […]

Gilbert Heublein (1849 - 1937)

Business Magnate. Born in Germany, he is credited with introducing the “A-1 Steak Sauce” and “Smirnoff Vodka” into the United States. The son of a restaurateur and hotel owner in Hartford, Connecticut, he and his brother Louis took over the family business in 1890. In 1892 they began bottling the first pre-mixed cocktails that were […]

John Daniel Hertz (1879 - 1961)

Business Magnate. Born Sandor Herz on April 10, 1879. When he was five years old, Mr. Hertz’s family immigrated to this country from the little village of Vrutsky, in what was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and later became Czechoslovakia.In his early twenties, he met Fannie Kesner, a member of a well-to-do Chicago family, […]

Iwan D. Herstatt (1913 - 1995)

On 26 June 1974, the bank closed its doors to the complete surprise of many. What had really happened and now followed is described in detail by Iwan D. Herstatt in his book “The Destruction”, on which the following statements are also based. His son Johann David Herstatt (1952) lived with his father under one […]

Milton Snavely “M.S.” Hershey (1857 - 1945)

Businessman. He founded the Hershey Company confection manufacturer, and built it into the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America. Born in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, at age 13 he worked as an apprentice for a newspaper but was later fired. He traveled west to Denver, Colorado, where he worked for a caramel maker. When […]

James Stauffer Herr (1924 - 2012)

Businessman. As founder of Herr Foods Incorporated, he emerged as one of the top producers of snack foods within the industry. Raised on his family’s farm with his sibblings, he acquired skills during his teenage years which proved invaluable throughout his adult life in business. His empire began under humble conditions in 1946, when at […]

Theodore Herold (1863 - 1907)

The son of merchant, manufacturer & vessel-owner Ferdinand Herold, Theodore was employed for a time at the Budweiser Beer & Wine Company. Later he became connected with the Cherokee Brewing Company, of which he became secretary. Severing his connection with this well-known brewery, he organized the Home Brewing Company, of which he became president. He […]

Fritz Henkel (1848 - 1930)

Founder of the Henkel detergent factories (Persil).

Kenneth Albert Hendricks (1941 - 2007)

Entrepreneur. Founder and CEO of ABC Supply, the largest wholesale distributor of roofing and siding supplies in the United States. With a net worth of $3.5 billion he was one of America’s richest people,  ranking 91st in Forbes Magazine’s list for 2007. In his youth he dropped out of school and learned the roofing business […]

Morris Helzberg (1867 - 1922)

Business Magnate. He founded the Kansas City-based Helzberg Diamonds in 1915.  Today there are approximately 265 Helzberg franchises in 37 states. (bio by: Tom Denardo)  Family links:  Spouse:  Lena C Cohen Helzberg (1873 – 1950)*  Children:  Henry Morton Helzberg (1892 – 1952)*  Elsa Helzberg Goldblatt (1895 – 1952)*  Barnett C. Helzberg (1902 – 1976)* *Calculated […]

Leona Mindy Rosenthal Helmsley (1920 - 2007)

Entrepreneur. New York City hotel operator and real estate investor. She was convicted of federal income tax evasion and other crimes in 1989 and served 18 months in prison, after receiving an initial sentence of 16 years. She was born as Leona Mindy Rosenthal in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York, and raised in Brooklyn. Before […]

Harry B. Helmsley (1909 - 1997)

Real estate billionaire. At the time of his death he owned New York’s Empire State Building. He was married to Leona Helmsley.  Family links:  Parents:  Henry Helmsley (1877 – 1948)  Wilhelmina Brakmann Helmsley (1879 – 1943)  Spouses:  Leona Mindy Rosenthal Helmsley (1920 – 2007)*  Eve Ella Green Helmsley (1904 – 1994)* *Calculated relationshipCause of death: […]

James Held (1970 - 1970)

Western Pioneer. Along with Nicklaus Schnieder, he was one of the two founders of Dutchtown, Missouri and the founders of the German Evangelical Church which is now a national landmark in Dutchtown. They settled the town in 1835 and founded the church the next year. At one time Dutchtown was a thriving little community, but […]

Michael Heisley, Sr (1937 - 2014)

American Businessman, Sports Team Owner. He was the majority proprietor of the Memphis Grizzlies from 2000 to 2012. He relocated the franchise from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to Memphis in 2001. he attained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University and following graduation, he worked as a computer salesman. He amassed his wealth of […]

Henry John Heinz (1844 - 1919)

Business Magnate. The son of German immigrants, he was the founder of the H.J. Heinz Company that grew into one of the largest food processers in the United States. As a youth, his father ran a brickyard and part of that property was used by his mother as a garden. By the age of 14 […]

Gerhard Heintzman (1845 - 1926)

Piano manufacturer.  Family links:  Spouse:  Katherine Killer Heintzman (1857 – 1932)* *Calculated relationship

Gottlieb Heileman (1824 - 1878)

Brewer. He founded the brewery that became the huge G. Heileman Brewing Co. Born in Kirchheim, Wurttemberg (Germany), he emigrated to the USA in 1852, working first in Philadelphia and then went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1853 where he helped Gottlieb Maier found a bakery. In 1857 he moved to La Crosse and was employed […]

William Randolph Hearst Sr (1863 - 1951)

William Randolph Hearst Sr American journalist, patron of the arts and media magnate, best known as the founder of the Hearst Corporation and builder of Hearst Castle, at San Simeon, California.  William Randolph Hearst was born on April 29, 1863 in San Francisco, California, the only child of George and Phoebe Hearst.  His father’s vast […]

Randolph Apperson Hearst (1915 - 2000)

He was chairman of the Hearst Corporation from 1973 to 1996. He was the last surviving son of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst and the father of Patty Hearst. (bio by: Cynthia Price)  Family links:  Parents:  William Randolph Hearst (1863 – 1951)  Millicent Veronica Willson Hearst (1882 – 1974)  Spouse:  Catherine Wood Campbell Hearst (1917 […]