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Name | Main Title | Dynasty | Date | Comment |
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Hakor (or Akoris) | Pharaoh | 29th dynasty | reigned 393 BC – 380 BC | Hakor overthrew his predecessor Psammuthes. Hakor revolted against his overlord, the Persian King Artaxerxes, and with the support of Athenian mercenaries held off the Persians in a three year war between 385 and 383 BC. |
Hannu | Egyptian noble | 11th dynasty | 21st to 20th century BC | Served as m-r-pr "majordomus" under Mentuhotep II and Mentuhotep III. |
Hapuseneb | High Priest of Amun | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-15th century BC | High priest from the time of Hatshepsut. |
Harkhebi | Astronomer | Ptolemaic | fl. c. 3rd century BC | An astronomer who lived in Ptolemaic Egypt during the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty. |
Harkhuf | Governor | 6th dynasty | fl. c. 23rd century BC | Governor of Upper Egypt and overseer of caravans. His primary business was trade with Nubia, forging political bonds with local leaders and preparing the ground for an Egyptian expansion into Nubia. Also known as Herkhuf or Hirkhuf. |
Harsiese | High Priest of Ptah | 21st dynasty | fl. c. late-11th century BC | He was a contemporary of Pharaoh Psusennes I. |
Harsiese Hedjkheperre Setepenamun | Pharaoh | 23rd dynasty | fl. c. mid-9th century BC | King of Thebes during the early years of the reign of 22nd dynasty pharaoh Osorkon II. |
Harsiese | High Priest of Amun | 22nd dynasty | fl. c. late-9th century BC | A High Priest of Amun during the reigns of the pharaohs Osorkon II, Shoshenq III and Pedubast I. |
Harsiotef | King of Meroe | fl. c. early 4th-century BC | A Kushite King of Meroe (reigned c. 404 BC – c. 369 BC). Harsiotef was probably the son of Queen Atasamale and King Amanineteyerike. His wives were Batahaliye and probably Pelkha. | |
Harwa | Chief Steward | 25th dynasty | ca 8th century BC | Chief Steward of Amenirdis I. His tomb, TT37, is located in El-Assasif, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the West Bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. |
Hatshepsut | Queen | 18th dynasty | reigned c. 1479 BC – c. 1458 BC | Wife of Tuthmose II. Served as regent for her stepson Tuthmose III and eventually had herself depicted as Pharaoh. |
Hatshepsut-Merytre | Queen | 18th dynasty | see Merytre-Hatshepsut | |
Hedjetnebu | Princess | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 24th century BC | Her father was Pharaoh Djedkare. Also known as Hedjetnub. |
Hekenuhedjet | Queen | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | Wife of Pharaoh Khafra. Her son was the vizier Sekhemkare. |
Hemaka | Royal Seal-bearer | 1st dynasty | fl. c. 30th century BC | An important official during the long reign of Pharaoh Den. |
Hemetre | Princess | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | She may have been a daughter or granddaughter of Khafre. She did not hold the title king's wife.. She is mainly known from her tomb, which is located in the central field of Giza. |
Hemiunu | Prince | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A son of Prince Nefermaat and his wife Itet. He is believed to be the architect of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt. |
Henutmehyt | Priestess | 19th dynasty | fl. c. mid-13th century BC | An Egyptian Theban priestess who lived during the 19th dynasty. |
Henutmire | Queen | 19th dynasty | fl. c. mid-13th century BC | A princess and queen, one of the eight wives of 19th dynasty pharaoh Ramesses II. Either a daughter or a younger sister of Ramesses II as well as his wife. |
Henutsen | Queen | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | She was a daughter of Pharaoh Sneferu and married her elder half-brother Khufu. |
Henuttaneb | Princess | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-14th century BC | A daughter of Egyptian 18th dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye. She was a sister of Pharaoh Akhenaten. |
Henuttawy | Princess | 19th dynasty | fl. c. mid-13th century BC | She was a daughter of Pharaoh Ramesses II and Queen Nefertari. |
Henuttawy | Princess | 21st dynasty | fl. c. mid-11th century BC | Her father was Pinedjem I, High Priest of Amun and de facto ruler of Southern Egypt and her mother was Duathathor-Henuttawy, a daughter of Ramesses XI. |
Henuttawy | God's Wife of Amun | 20th dynasty | fl. c. early-10th century BC | A God's Wife of Amun during the 21st dynasty. Her father was Pinedjem II, High Priest of Amun and her mother was Isetemkheb, Singer of Amun. |
Henutwati | Queen | 20th dynasty | fl. c. mid-12th century BC | The Great Royal Wife of Ramesses V. Also known as Ta-Henutwati. |
Hepu | Vizier | 18th dynasty | fl. c. late-15th century BC | Hepu held office during the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose IV. |
Heqanakht | Viceroy of Kush | 19th dynasty | fl. c. 13-12th century BC | Viceroy of Kush during the reign of Ramesses II. His titles include: King's son of Kush, overseer of the Southern Lands, Fan-bearer on the king's right, Messenger to every land, etc. |
Herihor | General, High Priest of Amun, Pharaoh | 20th dynasty | fl. c. early-11th century BC | An Egyptian general and High Priest of Amun at Thebes during the reign of Ramesses XI. Herihor played an integral role in restoring order by ousting Pinehesy, viceroy of Nubia, from Thebes. He then assumed a number of titles, from high priest to vizier, before claiming to be pharaoh, although his power base remained limited to Thebes. |
Herneith | Queen | 1st dynasty | fl. c. 31st century BC | Queen consort to Djer. |
Hesy-Ra | Physician, noble man | 3rd dynasty | fl. c. 27th century BC | Hersy-Ra was an official, physician and scribe who served under the pharaoh Djoser. |
Hetepheres | Princess | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | She was a daughter of pharaoh Sneferu and his half-sister, Queen Hetepheres I. Hetepheres married her younger half-brother Ankhhaf, who was a vizier. |
Hetepheres I | Queen | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A daughter of pharaoh Huni, Hetepheres is considered to have been the wife of Sneferu. Hetepheres was the mother of Princess Hetepheres and King Khufu. |
Hetepheres II | Queen | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A daughter of Khufu, during his reign she married her brother, the Crown Prince Kawab, with whom she had at least one child, a daughter named Meresankh III. |
Hetephernebti | Queen | 3rd dynasty | fl. c. 27th century BC | The only known wife of Pharaoh Djoser. |
Hewernef | Vizier | 20th dynasty | fl. c. early-12th century | He served during the reign of the 20th dynasty pharaoh Ramesses III. |
Hor | Pharaoh | 13th dynasty | fl. c. mid-18th century | An Egyptian king of the 13th dynasty. Also known as Au-ib-Rê. |
Hor-Aha | Pharaoh | 1st dynasty | fl. 31st century BC | Probably the second pharaoh of the 1st dynasty of Egypt. |
Horbaef | King's Son | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | Horbaef was a son of Pharaoh Khufu. He married his half-sister Meresankh II and they had daughters named Nefertkau III and Nebty-tepites. Also known as Baefhor or Horbaf. |
Horemheb (or Horemhab or Haremhab) | Pharaoh | 18th dynasty | fl. c. late-14th to early-13th century BC | Last pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (reigned c. 1319 BC – c. 1292 BC). Before he became pharaoh, Horemheb was the commander in chief of the army for Tutankhamen and Ay. He appointed his vizier Paramesse as his successor, who would assume the throne as Ramesses I. |
Hori I | High Priest of Ptah | 20th dynasty | fl. c. late-13th century BC | He served at the very end of the reign of the 19th dynasty pharaoh Ramesses II. Hori succeeded Neferronpet in office. Hori was a son of prince Khaemwaset and hence a grandson of Ramesses II. |
Hori I | Viceroy of Kush | 20th dynasty | fl. c. early-12th century BC | Hori, son of Kama, was Viceroy of Kush under the 19th dynasty pharaoh Siptah. He continued to serve under the 20th dynasty pharaohs Setnakhte and Ramesses III. |
Hori II | Vizier | 19th/20th dynasty | fl. c. early to mid-12th century BC | He served during the reigns of the 19th and 20th dynasty pharaohs Sethi II, Siptah, Tawosret, Setnakhte and Ramesses III. Hori II was the son of the High Priest of Ptah Hori I and the grandson of Prince Khaemweset. |
Hori II | Viceroy of Kush | 20th dynasty | fl. c. mid-12th century BC | Ason of the Viceroy of Kush, Hori I, and also served as Viceroy of Kush. |
Hornakht | King's Son | 22nd dynasty | fl. c. mid-9th century BC | A son of pharaoh Osorkon II. He was appointed by his father to the office of chief priest of Amun at Tanis to strengthen Osorkon's authority in Lower Egypt but Hornakht died at age 10. |
Hotepibre | Pharaoh | 13th dynasty | fl. c. 17th century BC | Hotepibre Siharnedjheritef was likely a son of Ameny Qemau. |
Hotepsekhemwy | Pharaoh | 2nd dynasty | fl. c. 29th century BC | The first king of the 2nd dynasty of Egypt. (or Boethos) |
Hsekiu | King | pre-dynastic | Also known as Seka, was a Predynastic ancient Egyptian king who ruled in the Nile Delta. | |
Hugronaphor | Noble man | Ptolemaic | fl. c. late-3rd century BC | A Nubian noble who led Upper Egypt's secession from the rule of Ptolemy IV Philopator in 205 BC. His name is some times given as Hurganophor, Haronnophris, Harmachis, Hyrgonaphor, Herwennefer, or Horwennefer. |
Hui | Divine Adoratrice | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-15th century | She was the mother of Merytre-Hatshepsut, the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III. |
Hunefer | Priest | 19th dynasty | fl. c. 13th century BC | Hunefer was "Scribe of Divine Offerings", "Overseer of Royal Cattle", and steward of Pharaoh Seti I. Known for his copy of the Egyptian funerary Book of the Dead. |
Huni | Pharaoh | 3rd dynasty | fl. c. 27th century BC | The last pharaoh of Egypt of the 3rd dynasty. He was the successor to Khaba. |
Huy | High Priest of Ptah | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-13th century BC | High Priest of Ptah during the reign of the 19th dynasty pharaoh Ramesses II. Huy was succeeded by Pahemnetjer. |
Huya | Steward of Queen Tiye | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-14th century BC | He was the Superintendent of the Royal Harem, Superintendent of the Treasury and Superintendent of the House, all titles that are associated with Queen Tiye, mother of Akhenaten. |
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