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Hermann von Boyen

b. 1771

Prussian army officer

Hermann von der Hardt

b. 1660

German historian and orientalist

Hermann von Helmholtz

b. 1821

German physicist and physiologist (1821–1894)

Hermann von Ihering

b. 1850

German-Brazilian zoologist (1850–1930)

Hermann Weingärtner

b. 1864

German gymnast (1864–1919)

Hermann Weyl

b. 1885

German mathematician (1885–1955)

Hermann Witsius

Dutch theologian (1636–1708)

Hermann Wlach

b. 1884

Austrian actor

Hermann Zapf

b. 1918

German type designer and calligrapher (1918–2015)

Hermanus Brockmann

b. 1871

Dutch rower (1871–1936)

Hermes da Fonseca

President of Brazil from 1910 to 1914

Hermes Pan

American dancer and choreographer

Hermeto Pascoal

b. 1936

Brazilian jazz musician (1936–2025)

Hermine Braunsteiner

Austrian Nazi concentration camp guard (1919–1999)

Herminio Masantonio

b. 1910

Argentine footballer (1910–1956)

Hermione Baddeley

English actress (1906–1986)

Herms Niel

b. 1888

German composer (1888–1954)

Hernán Crespo

b. 1975

Argentine footballer (born 1975)

Hernán Garín

b. 1983

Italian-Argentine footballer

Hernán Gaviria

Colombian footballer (1969-2002)

Hernando Alonso

Spanish conquistador

Hernando Arias de Saavedra

b. 1561

Spanish colonial governor (1561–1634)

Hernando de Aragón

b. 1498

Aragonese humanist, archbishop and historian