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Hurricane No. 1 Hurricane #1 were a UK indie band formed in 1997 by former Ride guitarist Andy Bell along with vocalist/guitarist Alex Lowe, bassist Will Pepper and drummer Gareth Farmer. Signed to Creation Records (along with fellow bands such as Oasis, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Primal Scream), they released their first album in 1997, entitled Hurricane #1.
Hurricane Noel (2001) Hurricane Noel was a short-lived hurricane in the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. The fourteenth tropical storm and eigth hurricane of the season, Noel developed as a subtropical cyclone from a frontal low on November 4 to the west of the Azores.
Hurricane Nora (1997) Hurricane Nora was the fourteenth named tropical cyclone and seventh hurricane of the 1997 Pacific hurricane season. The September storm formed off the Pacific coast of Mexico, and aided by waters warmed by El Niño, eventually peaked at Category 4 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Burial Site The Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Burial Site (also known as Paupers Cemetery) is a historic site in West Palm Beach, Florida. It is located near the junction of 25th Street and Tamarind Avenue, between I-95 and US 1.
Hurricane Ophelia (2005) Hurricane Ophelia was the fifteenth named tropical cyclone and the eighth hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was a long-lived storm that was most remembered for its very erratic and extremely slow track off the East Coast of the United States, alternating several times between tropical storm and hurricane intensity.
Hurricane preparedness Hurricane preparedness includes actions taken before a tropical cyclone strikes to mitigate the damage and personal danger such storms can cause. Personal preparedness consists of actions that individuals can take, anywhere from hours to months before a storm may strike, that minimizes the damage a cyclone can do to their possessions and improves their chances of coming through the storm safely.
Hurricane Paul (1982) Hurricane Paul was the sixteenth tropical storm and tenth hurricane in the 1982 Pacific hurricane season. Making landfall on Central America as a tropical depression, it unleashed torrential rainfall across the mountainous region, causing deadly mudslides that killed over 1,000.
Hurricane Paul (2006) Hurricane Paul was a hurricane that ultimately struck Mexico as a tropical depression in October of 2006. It developed from an area of disturbed weather on October 21, and slowly intensified as it moved into an area of warm waters and progressively decreasing wind shear.
Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard Area The Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard Area is a small ski resort located within Olympic National Park south of Port Angeles, Washington, United States. Hurricane Ridge is one of only two lift serviced ski areas operating in a US National Park (Badger Pass in Yosemite National Park is the other) and it the western-most ski area in the continental United States.
Hurricane Rita in Shreveport Reduced to a Tropical Storm Rita entered DeSoto and Caddo Parishes, the eye passed just west of Downtown Shreveport before crossing the Arkansas border. At the height of the storm over 175,000 people had lost power in the National Weather Service Shreveport's forecast area, mainly across Deep East Texas into northwest Louisiana.
Hurricane Roxanne Hurricane Roxanne was the seventeenth storm, tenth hurricane, and the fifth and final major hurricane of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. Roxanne was the first storm to be assigned a name beginning with 'R' since hurricane naming began in the Atlantic in 1950 (and one of only two such names ever used - the other being Rita in 2005).
Hurricane shutter Hurricane shutters are used in hurricane mitigation to protect houses and other structures from damage caused by storms. They are frequently constructed from steel or aluminum, but homeowners sometimes use the low-cost alternative of plywood.
Hurricane Stan Hurricane Stan was the eighteenth named tropical storm and eleventh hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the sixth of seven tropical cyclones (three hurricanes, two of them major, three tropical storms and one tropical depression) to make landfall in Mexico.
Hurricane Tanya (1995) Hurricane Tanya was the final storm of the very active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. It developed in the subtropical central Atlantic Ocean and remained at relatively high latitudes, affecting the Azores at the end of its lifespan.
Hurricane Vince (2005) Hurricane Vince was one of the most unusual hurricanes ever to develop in the Atlantic basin, forming in October during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Vince was the 20th named tropical cyclone and twelfth hurricane of the extremely active season.
Hurricanes (TV series) The Hurricanes animated series was produced by DIC and distributed by BKN for syndication, 65 episodes were animated, and the series first aired in 1993. The series focused on a fictional soccer team headed by the female inheritor of the teams' legacy, Amanda Carey (who,in one episode is revealed to be the youngest soccer team owner in the World Soccer League), and their coach, Jock Stone, whose character was notibly based on Celtic F.
Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon is a tribute album released in 2005 by the American label Wampus Multimedia. It focuses on Zevon's contributions to literate songcraft, and traces his career from the late 1960s until his death from mesothelioma, an inoperable lung cancer, in 2003.
Hurry sickness Hurry sickness is a modern affliction primarily seen in urbanized areas. Symptoms include, pressing the elevator button over and over again in order to increase its speed (a corollary symptom is to press the door close button while in the lift), cursing at your microwave because it is too slow, etc.
Hurry Up England "Hurry Up England - The People's Anthem" is a charity single by English punk rock band Sham 69, featuring Graham Coxon on guitar. The single was recorded as an alternative football anthem for England's entry in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Hurry-up offense The hurry-up offense, no-huddle offense or two-minute drill, is an American football offensive strategy designed to run a series of plays quickly and efficiently using as little of the time remaining as possible. Very few rushing plays are called and most passing plays are designed to be out patterns, towards the sideline so the receiver can get out of bounds.
Hurst Green, Lancashire Hurst Green is a small village in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, connected in its history to the Jesuit school, Stonyhurst College. The village is not far from Longridge and Clitheroe, and is very close to the River Hodder.
Hurst Robins Anderson Hurst Robins Anderson (16 September, 1904–19 April, 1989) was president of American University from 1952 until 1968, during which he oversaw one of the institution's most important periods of growth and development.
Hurst/Bell Station Hurst/Bell Station is a Trinity Railway Express commuter rail station located near Hurst, Texas on Bell Spur Drive at Trinity Boulevard (between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas). It opened on September 18, 2000 and is a station on the TRE commuter line (Green Line), serving the city of Hurst, Texas and the nearby main plant of Bell Helicopter Textron.
Hurstbridge railway line, Melbourne The Hurstbridge railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia. It branches from the City Loop in the central business district and heads in a northeast direction through the City of Yarra, City of Darebin, City of Banyule, and the Shire of Nillumbik.
Hurstbridge, Victoria Hurstbridge is a township located in the Diamond Valley, in the Shire of Nillumbik, on the north eastern fringe of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located at the watercourse junction of Diamond Creek and Arthurs Creek. The area includes a diverse mix of farmers, artists, commuters and tourists.
Hurstville Grove, New South Wales Hurstville Grove is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 19kms south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the Municipality of Kogarah, in the St George area.
Hurstville-Strathfield railway line, Sydney The Hurstville-Strathfield railway line, Sydney was proposed in the Action For Transport 2010 plan released by the NSW Government in the mid 1990s. As the name suggests the line would link the railway station in the southern suburb of Hursville Railway Station located on the Illawarra Line with the major railway interchange at Strathfield Railway Station.
Hurt (song) "Hurt" is a promotional single from Nine Inch Nails' remix album Further Down the Spiral (Halo Ten). Originally from 1994's The Downward Spiral, "Hurt" and its remixes were released as a radio-only single to promote Halo Ten the following year.
Hurter The von Hurter family belonged to the Swiss nobility; in the 18th and 19th centuries three of them were known for their conversions to Roman Catholicism, their ecclesiastical careers in Austria and their theological writings.
Hurter and Driffield Ferdinand Hurter (1844–1898) and Vero Charles Driffield (1848–1915) were nineteenth-century photographic scientists who brought quantitative scientific practice to photography through the methods of sensitometry and densitometry.
Hurtigruten Hurtigruten or Hurtigruta (English: Coastal Express) is a Norwegian passenger and freight line with daily sailings along Norway's spectacular west coast. Ships sail almost the entire length of the country, completing the roundtrip journey in 11 days.
Hurufism Hurufism (Arabic حروفية hurufiyya, adjective form hurufi) is a mystical esoteric Sufi sect, that was active in areas of western Persia, Turkey and Azerbaijan in later 14th - early 15th century. The Arabic word hurūf literally means "letters (of the alphabet)".
Huruph Runasimi Huruph Runasimi is a constructed script that was first documented by Langmaker user Eran of Arcadia, and is currently under development by user Rcgy. In its current form, it is an attempt to modify the Perso-Arabic script for use in writing the Southern Quechua literary standard (Southern Quechua is a standard written language based on the two largest "dialects," which are in actuality more like languages) in the Quechuan Family, a family of closely related languages spoken in the Andean regions of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Argentina).
Hurwitz polynomial A Hurwitz polynomial is a polynomial whose coefficients are positive real numbers and whose zeros are located in the left half-plane of the complex plane, that is, the real part of every zero is negative. One sometimes uses the term Hurwitz polynomial simply as a (real or complex) polynomial with all zeros in the left-half plane (i.
Hurwitz quaternion In mathematics, a Hurwitz quaternion (or Hurwitz integer) is a quaternion whose components are either all integers or all half-integers (a mixture of integers and half-integers is not allowed). The set of all Hurwitz quaternions is
Hurwitz's automorphisms theorem In mathematics, Hurwitz's automorphisms theorem bounds the group of automorphisms, via conformal mappings, of a compact Riemann surface of genus g > 1, telling us that the order of the group of such automorphisms is bounded by
Hurworth Grange Community Centre Built in 1875, Hurworth Grange Community Centre in the village of Hurworth-on-Tees, Durham, United Kingdom, has had a long and varied history, from private residence of a wealthy Quaker banking family to its modern-day use as a well-loved community centre.
Hurworth school Hurworth School Maths & Computing College, is a high performing secondary school situated in Hurworth-on-Tees located in the borough of Darlington. The school caters for around 650 students aged 11-16 and is currently one of the top ranking schools in Darlington, in 2006 93% of students achieved 5 or more A*-C grades in their GCSE.
Hurworth-on-Tees Hurworth-on-Tees is a village in the borough of Darlington, within the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated to the south of Darlington, next to the meeting point of the River Skerne and River Tees.
Hury Hury is a village in Baldersdale, in the Pennines of England. It is traditionally located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.
Husain Husain is a common Middle Eastern name especially among Shiite Muslims, because of the popularity of Hussein bin Ali, the grandson of Muhammad and the Shi'ites' third Imam. It also occurs in India, Pakistan, Malaysia and other countries with Muslim populations.
Husain al-Radi Husain al-Radi (born 1924, Najaf – died 24 February 1963, Baghdad), also known as Hashiim, 'Ammar, and Salam 'Adil, was an Iraqi Communist politician as well as a poet and painter. He was leader of the Iraqi Communist Party from 1955 until his death under torture after the Baathist coup in 1963.
Husain Borujerdi Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Husayn Borujerdi (آیت الله العظمی حسین بروجردی in Persian, 1875 – 1962) was a Shi'a Grand Ayatollah. His given name is of that of Husayn bin Ali, the third Imam and grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
Husain Haqqani Husain Haqqani (Urdu: حسین حقانی) (b. July 1, 1956) is a journalist, Pakistan's former ambassador to Sri Lanka and is currently Associate Professor of International Relations and director of the Institute for International Relations at Boston University.
Husain Sagar Hussain Sagar is a lake in Hyderabad, India built by Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali in 1562, during the rule of Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali. The Tank Bund dams the Hussain Sagar lake and separates the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
Husaybah Husaybah (Arabic: حسيبة) is an Iraqi city situated along the Euphrates River on the Syrian border. Traditionally housing as many as 300,000, it currently has only approximately 15,000 residents, chiefly Sunnis.
Husayn (name) Husayn, Hussein, Hussain, Husain (Arabic:حسین), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hasan, meaning "good" or "handsome". It is commonly given as a male given name among Muslims, after Husayn ibn Ali.
Husayn al-Shami Husayn al-Shami is the head of Bayt al-Mal and a senior Hezbollah leader who has served as a member of Hezbollah's Shura Council and as the head of several Hezbollah-controlled organizations, including the Islamic Resistance Support Organization. Shami is also responsible for foreign donations to Hezbollah fundraising organizations.
Husayn Kamil His Highness Sultan Husayn Kamil (November 21, 1853 - October 9 1917) (Arabic: سلطان حسين كامل) was the Sultan of Egypt and King of The Sudan from December 19 1914 - October 9 1917, during the British occupation which lasted from 1882-1922.
Husayn of Zaragoza Husayn of Zaragoza (also known as Wali of Zaragoza, in the Arabic sources Al Hossain ben Yahia al Ansari ben Saad al Obadi) was the ruler Zaragoza, which is now the Spanish province of AragĂłn, from 774 to 781.
Husayni al-Isfahani Ghiyath al-Din 'Ali ibn Amirin al-Husayni al-Isfahani was a 15th-century Persian physician and scientist from Isfahan, Iran. He is best known for a Persian encyclopedia of the natural sciences entitled Danish'namah-i Jahan, which he completed in either 1474 or 1466.
Husby Court District Husby Court District, or Husby tingslag, was a district of Dalarna in Sweden. The court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of the rural areas in Dalarna, except for one district that was a hundred (härad).
Husbysjøen Husbysjøen is a village in Rissa municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It was previously the administrative centre of the municipality Stjørna, but as Stjørna ceased to exist as a separate entity on 1 January 1964 the southern part of the municipality, where Husbysjøen was located, was moved to Rissa.
Husein Gradaščević Husein-kapetan Gradaščević (1802 – August 17, 1834) was a Bosniak general who fought for Bosnian autonomy in the Ottoman Empire. He is often referred to as "Zmaj od Bosne", meaning "Dragon from Bosnia", a title he may have invented himself.
Huseni Mershah Huseni Mershah aka James Monroe Madison is a Muslim inmate on the HBO drama Oz played by Roger Guenveur Smith. Imprisoned for an attempted murder of a Hasidic Jew, he challenges current Muslim leader Kareem Said upon his arrival.
Huser Huser (ヒューザー, Human User Company) is a Japanese real estate agency (a developer) based in Ota, Tokyo which develops and sells condominiums. It's marked by the greatest average area of per household of the condominiums which it develops in the business world.
Huseyn Khan Nakhichevanski Huseyn Khan Nakhichevanski, francised spelling: Hussein Nahitchevansky (Azeri: Hüseyn-xan Naxçıvanski, Russian: Гусейн-хан Нахичеванский or Хан-Гуссейн Нахичеванский) (28 July 1863, Nakhichevan City – January 1919, St. Petersburg), was a Russian Cavalry General of Azeri origin.
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (September 8, 1892 - December 5, 1963) was a politician from Bengal in undivided India, and later in East Pakistan, who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 until 1957. He is also known for his controversial role in the Direct Action Day of August 16, 1946.
Hush Arbors Hush Arbors, whose real name is Keith Wood, is an American folk musician. His music sees traditional folk merged with elements of drone and psychedelic music, with the vein of other modern folk acts such as Six Organs of Admittance.
Hush harbor In antebellum America, a hush harbor was a place where slaves secretly gathered to practice Christianity or syncretic forms of worship, and to sing religious spirituals. Hush harbors were generally located in fields, swamps, or wooded areas so as to make the sounds of the slaves' worship inaudible to nearby slaveowners.
Hush kit A hush kit is a device for reducing noise from an engine; most commonly the term refers to devices which reduce noise emissions from low-bypass turbofan engines, as fitted to older commercial aircraft (see below for examples).
Hush Records Hush Records is a Portland, Oregon based record label founded by Chad Crouch, frontman of the band Blanket Music, originally in 1997 when he self-released a solo record called Portland, Or. The following year, Crouch bought a CD burner and began recording and distributing music by Mike Johnson (Reclinerland), Jeff London, and Ben Barnett (Kind of Like Spitting) to record stores locally.
Hushabye Mountain "Hushabye Mountain" is a popular ballad which appears in the 1968 Cubby Broccoli motion picture, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. In the motion picture it is sung twice, first as an idealic lullabye by Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) to his children.
Hushai Hushai was a friend of King David and an early spy. During Absalom`s rebellion described in the Second Book of Samuel,(chapter 15) he agrees to act as an advisor to Absalom to sabotage his strategies while secretly sending information to David.
Hushang Hushang (in ), older Persian Hōšang, was the second Shāh to rule the world according to Ferdowsi's Shāhnāma. Hushang is based upon the legendary figure Haošyaŋha in the ancient Zoroastrian scripture of the Avesta.
Hushang Ansary Hushang Ansary (in Persian: هوشنگ انصاری) was Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs under Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda of Iran. He also served as Ambassador to the United States before Ardeshir Zahedi and led the Constructionist wing of the Rastakhiz Party, which opposed the Progressives under Jamshid Amuzegar.
Hushmail Hushmail is a free web-based email service founded by Cliff Baltzley after leaving Ultimate Privacy. Hushmail offers PGP-encrypted e-mail, file storage, vanity domain service, and instant messaging (Hush Messenger).
Hushpuppy Hushpuppies or Hush puppies is an American term for small cornmeal breads that are deep fried in a spherical or oblong shape. The usual ingredients include cornmeal, flour, eggs, salt, baking soda, milk, and water, and can include onions and pepper.
Husi Chun Husi Chun (斛斯椿) (495-537), courtesy name Fashou (法壽), formally Prince Wenxuan of Changshan (常山文宣王), was a general and official of the Chinese/Xianbei state Northern Wei and Northern Wei's branch successor state Western Wei.
Husk Husk (or hull) usually refers to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize (corn) as it grows on the plant. In the literal sense, a husk or hull includes the protective outer covering of a seed, fruit or vegetable.
Huskies Pep Band The Huskies Pep Band is a scramble band from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI. They are known for their often irreverent cheers and taunts as well as their unique uniforms consisting of Black and Gold striped bib overalls (known simply as "Stripes") and creative hats unique to each band member.
Huskisson Dock The Huskisson Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool it is situated in the northern end of the dock system, connected to Canada Dock to the north and Sandon Half Tide Dock to the south. It opened in 1852.
Huskisson railway station Huskisson railway station was a station located on the North Liverpool Extension Line near Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, England, it opened on the July 13 1880and closed to passenger on 13 July 1885. The site was with in Huskisson Goods railway station and it continued in use as a freight depot until 1975.
Huskvarna Huskvarna (older spelling Husqvarna), in western Sweden, is a part of Jönköping Municipality that once was a City in Sweden but has grown together with Jönköping urban area to only be the name of a municipal district. It is situated on the south-east edge of Lake Vättern, and has a population of about 21,500 inhabitants.
Husky Hardcore The 'Husky Hardcore' refers to the student supporters of the University of Connecticut basketball programs. Until recently, the demand for tickets has lead to a tradition of camping outside of Gampel Pavilion nights before tickets go on sale.
Husky Rescue Husky Rescue is an ambient-pop band from Helsinki, Finland. The band was formed by Marko Nyberg who single-handedly began composing under the name in 2002, wanting to create cinematic music influenced by film, photography and painting.
Husmukh Bhikha Husmukh Bhikha (born April 28, 1958 in Wellington) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished seventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Husnock The Husnock are a fictional alien race mentioned in Episode 51 ("The Survivors") of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The Husnock were described as "a species of hideous intelligence, who knew only aggression and destruction".
Husqvarna Husqvarna is a brand used by several companies, all related to Husqvarna Vapenfabrik (Husqvarna weapons factory), founded in 1689 to produce muskets for the Swedish military. The Husqvarna logo is based on a cross section through a gun barrel and sight.
Husqvarna AB Husqvarna AB is a Swedish company that is one of the world's largest manufactures of chain saws, lawn and garden equipment, and cutting equipment for the stone and construction industries. The company was spun out by Electrolux in 2006.
Hussade Hussade is a team game played throughout the Alastor Cluster, ‘a whorl of thirty thousand stars in an irregular volume twenty to thirty light-years in diameter’, colonized by humans in a far-future age imagined in three novels by the American science fiction writer Jack Vance. Play is most fully described in Trullion: Alastor 2262 (pub.
Hussain al-Shahristani Hussain Ibrahim Saleh al-Shahristani is the current Iraqi Minister of Oil. He is a former nuclear scientist who was imprisoned in Abu Ghraib for ten years and subjected to tortureThe Big Picture, Oliver Miles, The Guardian, November 19 2005 for objecting to Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons programme.
Hussain Andaryas Hussain Andaryas is a man from Afghanistan who converted from Islam to Christianity after nine years of research on both religions. He runs over 20 websites ( in دری the Afghan Persian) that represent Afghan Christians around the world.
Hussain Ghuloum Husain Ghuloum, full name Hussain Ghuloum Abbas (born in 1965), is a UAE football (soccer) player who played as a left winger for the UAE national football team and Sharjah Club in Sharjah. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was selected by FIFA as one of the best 100 players played in World Cup tournaments.
Hussain Haroon Hussain Haroon, formerly speaker of the provincial assembly in Sindh,On 28th February, 1985 General Zia-ul-Haqhold elections on non party basis, sits on the board of several educational institutes, sports associations and charity organisations. He also has the distinction of being the youngest President of the Sind Club.
Hussain Shah Syed Hussain Shah Syed (born August 14, 1964) is a boxer from Pakistan, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division (71-75 kg) at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He shared the podium with Kenya's Chris Sande.
Hussain Tekri The shrine of Hussain Tekri was built by the Nawab of Jaora, Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Bahadur, in the 19th century. It is situated on the outskirts of Jaora town in the Ratlam district of Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh.
Hussain Yasser Abdulrahman Hussain Yasser is a Qatari footballer who plays for Al Rayyan in the Q-League. In August 2005 Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce signed him on the recommendation of former City player Ali Benarbia who played with him in Qatar.
Hussainia A Hussainia (Arabic: حسينية Persian: Hosseiniyeh) is a congregation hall for Shia ritual ceremonies, especially those associated with the Remembrance of Muharram. The name comes from Husayn Ibn Ali, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad and the third Imam of the Shia.
Hussainiwala Hussainiwala is a small border village on banks of Sutlej river in Ferozepur district of Punjab state; famous for Bhagat Singh Memorial which marks the location where Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were cremated on March 23, 1931.
Hussam Abdo Hussam Abdo (born 1987) is a Palestinian who made international headlines on March 24, 2004, when he was apparently forced to enter the Hawara Checkpoint, in West Bank, Israel, carrying bombs as part of a suicide attack attempt.
Hussar Hussar (original Hungarian spelling: huszár, plural huszárok) refers to a number of types of cavalry used throughout Europe since the 15th century. Some modern military units retain the title 'hussar' for reasons of tradition.
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca Hussein bin Ali (1852-1931) (حسین بن علی; Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī) was the Sharif of Mecca, and Emir of Mecca from 1908 until 1917, when he proclaimed himself king of Hejaz, which received international recognition. In 1924, he further proclaimed himself Caliph of all Muslims.
Hussein Bassir Hussein Bassir, an Egyptian archaeologist of Giza Pyramids, is one of the directors (field director) of the excavation team in the Valley of the Golden Mummies at Bahariya Oasis. In 1994, he got his BA in Egyptology from Cairo University.
Hussein Bikar Hussein Amin Bikar (Alexandria, 1912 - November 2002), is one of the most famous Egyptian portrait painters. His career, however, spanned a number of disciplines, notably caricature, teaching, journalism and art criticism.
Hussein Dey (ruler) Hussein Dey (also spelled Husayn Dey; 1765 - 1838), was the last of the Ottoman provincial rulers of Algiers (or Deys). He is most well known for sparking the war that led to decades of French rule over the country of Algeria.
Hussein el-Husseini Hussein el-Husseini (Arabic: حسين الحسيني) is a prominent Lebanese politician from Beqaa, who brought the end of the Lebanese civil war in 1990, the reform of the Lebanese government and the disarmement of sectarian militias.
Hussein Fatal Hussein Fatal (also known as Dizza and Fatalveli, after Tupac Shakur's Makaveli alias), born Bruce Washington in 1977 in Montclair, NJ, is an African-American rapper. Washington is sometimes erroneously identified as Fatal Hussein.
Hussein Ibish Hussein Yusuf Kamal Ibish was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1963. His father, Yusuf Ibish, studied at Harvard University's Department of Government in the 1950s and later became a scholar of Islam at the American University of Beirut.
Hussein Kamel Hussein Kamel Hassan al-Majid (Arabic: حسين كامل حسن الماجد) (died February 23, 1996) was the son-in-law and second cousin of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. He defected to Jordan and took to helping the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) and the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA inspection teams assigned to look for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

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