- Anthony Stewart Head
Anthony Head (born 20 February, 1954) is an English actor and musician who has appeared in theatre, television and films. He is most widely known for his role as Rupert Giles in the American television drama series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", as the Prime Minister in the British comedy show "Little Britain", as Dr.
- Antony Head 1st Viscount Head
Antony Henry Head, 1st Viscount Head GCMG CBE MC PC (1906 - 1983) was a British Member of Parliament, peer and statesman. Head was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was a career soldier, joining the King's Royal Hussars and later the Life Guards, serving through World War II and achieving the rank of Brigadier. Head was elected Conservative MP for Carshalton in 1945. He served as Secretary of State for War from 1951 to 1956, …
- Murray Head
Murray Seafield Saint George Head (born March 5, 1946) is a British actor and singer. He was born in London to Seafield Head, a documentary-maker, and Helen Shingler, an actress. His younger brother is "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" star Anthony Head. Head began acting and writing songs as a child, and by the mid-1960s he had a London recording contract.
- Sundance Head
Jason Sundance Head (born January 22 1979) is an American singer from Porter, Texas in the outskirts of Houston. He was a semi-finalist on the sixth season of the Fox television series "American Idol", but was eliminated one week before the finals. He is the son of country/blue-eyed soul singer Roy Head. He also had an older brother who died in a car crash several years prior. In 2006, Head was married and around Christmas Day their child was born.
- Luther Head
Luther Head (born November 26, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Houston Rockets. Standing 6'3" (1.91 m) and weighing 185 lb (84 kg), Head plays primarily point guard but played shooting guard and small forward as a college basketball star at the University of Illinois.
- Roy Head
Roy Head (born January 9, 1941, Three Rivers, Texas) is an American singer, best known for his hit "Treat Her Right." He first formed his group, The Traits, in 1958, and recorded for several local labels, often with producer Huey Meaux. However, he did not have major success until 1965 when "Treat Her Right" reached #2 on both the US pop and R&B charts. The song, with its pumping horns and punchy rhythm, …
- Francis Bond Head
Sir Francis Bond Head, 1st Baronet KCH PC (1 January 1793 - 20 July 1875), known as "Galloping Head", was Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada during the rebellion of 1837. Bond Head was a soldier in the British army from 1811-1825, and afterwards attempted to set up a mining company in Argentina. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada in 1836 in an attempt by the British government to appease the reformers in the colony, such as William Lyon Mackenzie, …
- Edith Head
Edith Head (October 28, 1897 - October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood that garnered her more Academy Awards than any other woman in history.
- Kasie Head
Kasie Lee Head (born April 19, 1981), a former beauty queen from Braman, Oklahoma, who has competed in the Miss USA pageant, is best known as a briefcase model on NBC's "Deal or No Deal". Head won the Miss Oklahoma USA 2002 title in a state pageant held in late 2001. This was her first attempt at the title. She went on to represent Oklahoma in the Miss USA 2002 pageant broadcast live from Gary, Indiana in March 2002, but did not place.
- Howard Head
Howard Head (born 1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died 1991) was an aeronautical engineer who is credited with the invention of laminate skis and oversized tennis racket. He was the founder of Head Ski Company in 1948 and later Prince Manufacturing Inc. The U.S. patents for the laminate skis and oversized tennis racquet are in the name of Howard Head. Alex Wright, Howard Head's favorite child and also his god-father has started a children's hospital in his name.
- Bessie Head
Bessie Emery Head (1937-1986) is usually considered Botswana's most important writer. She was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, the child of a wealthy white South African woman and a black servant when interracial relationships were illegal in South Africa. Her mother was apparently mentally ill; the exact circumstances are disputed but it should be noted that some comments by Bessie Head, which are often quoted as if straight autobiography, …
- Dj Head
DJ Head is a hip-hop producer and deejay from Detroit, Michigan. He is known for producing or co-producing songs for Eminem, often drum programming. He also has his own record company called Blockhead Entertainment, where his main artists La The Darkman & Willie The Kid are both from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Ed Head
Edward Marvin Head (January 25, 1918 in Selma, Louisiana - January 31, 1980 in Bastrop, Louisiana), was a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1940-1946. He would play for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- Michael Head
Michael Head (28 January 1900 - 24 August 1976) was a British composer, pianist, organist and singer who left some enduring works still popular today.
- Freddy Head
Freddy Head (born June 19, 1947, in Neuilly, France) is a retired champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing and currently a horse trainer. Known also as "Freddie", his grandfather was a jockey as was his father Alec Head who also became a successful trainer and owner of Haras du Quesnay near Deauville. Alec Head's horses won the Epsom Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In the 1976 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, …
- Edmund Walker Head
Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet, KCB (Wiarton Place, near Maidstone February 16, 1805 - January 28, 1868 London) was British colonial administrator. He was simultaneously Governor General of the Province of Canada and Lieutenant Governor of Canada West and Canada East (1854-1861) and formerly Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. He was an Oxford scholar and tutor who published several books.
- Lindsay Head
Lindsay Head MBE (born September 16, 1935) is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). His consummate skills were acknowledged by being awarded three Magarey Medals during his career.
- Mathew Head
Matthew Head (born May 9, 1982 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League competition. Mathew Head's career has been plagued by recurring knee injuries. However, when not injured he is known for his consistency and his ability to set up points and he adds spark in attack for his team. He also was the number one goal converter prior to his knee injuries.
- Mick Head
Michael Head (born in Kensington, Liverpool) often called Mick Head, is an English musician. He is most famous as the lead singer and songwriter for Shack and The Strands, both of which also feature his younger brother John. Though the band never achieved mainstream success, they have a strong following and NME have described him as "a lost genius and among the most gifted British songwriters of his generation".
- Matthew Head
Matthew Head (born 2nd November 1975 in Victoria, Australia) is an umpire (Australian rules football). He currently officiates in the Australian Football League and has been involved in a number of controversies in his career. In 2005 he was involved in the Whispers in the Sky controversy where he allegedly remarked "Now I know what a victory feels like" (in reference to the influence his umpiring decisions had on the game).
- Douglas M. Head
Douglas Michael Head (b. April 14, 1930) is an American politician from the Republican Party and former Attorney General of Minnesota. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and an LL.B. from the University of Minnesota Law School, where he graduated in 1956 along with fellow classmate and also future Attorney General Walter Mondale.
- Tommy Head
Tommy Head (born June 4, 1945 in Robertson County, Tennessee) is a Tennessee Democratic politician and a former member of that state's House of Representatives. He is also a farmer and a utility contractor. Head is a 1965 graduate of Cumberland College in Lebanon, Tennessee with an associate's degree, and a 1967 graduate of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. He taught high school and coached basketball for two years after his university graduation.
- Jesse Head
Jesse Head (born 1 September 1983) is a Texas-born American actor, best known for his co-starring role on the Olsen twins' sitcom "So Little Time". He has also had a recurring role on "Huff". He has made guest appearances on several other TV shows, including "NUMB3RS" and "Grey's Anatomy".
- Dena Head
Dena Head (born August 16, 1970) is a former Women's National Basketball Association player. She is best remembered as the first player ever drafted in the WNBA.
- Medicine Head
Medicine Head was a British blues/rock band, active in the 1970s.
- Ivan Head
Ivan Leigh Head, O.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.M., LL.D. (July 28 1930 - November 1 2004) was a Canadian lawyer, legal academic, and civil servant. He was an influential foreign policy adviser of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Born in Calgary, Alberta, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1951 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1952 from the University of Alberta. He was called to the Bar of Alberta in 1953 and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1974.
- Edward D. Head
Most Rev. Edward D. Head (August 5, 1919 - March 29, 2005) was the 11th Bishop of Buffalo, New York. Bishop Head was born in White Plains, New York and was raised in The Bronx. Bishop Head was ordained into the priesthood of the Archdiocese of New York in 1945. In 1970, he was ordained an auxiliary bishop. Bishop Head served, among other assignments, as executive director of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of New York.
- Frederick Waldegrave Head
Frederick Waldegrave Head was Anglican archbishop of Melbourne, Australia. Head was son of the Rev. Canon George Frederick Head, was born in Tollington Park, London. Educated at Repton School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he graduated B.A. with first class honours in history in 1896, M.A. in 1900, and B.D. in 1929. He was ordained deacon in 1902 and priest in 1903, was dean and tutor of Emmanuel College 1903-7, …
- Henry Head
Sir Henry Head (August 4 1861 - October 8 1940) was an English neurologist who conducted pioneering work into the somatosensory system and sensory nerves. Much of this work was conducted on himself, in collaboration with the psychiatrist W. H. R. Rivers, by severing and reconnecting sensory nerves and mapping how sensation returned over time. Head-Holmes syndrome and Head-Riddoch syndrome are named after him.
- Nathaniel Head
Nathaniel Head (May 20, 1828-November 12, 1883), also known as Natt Head, was an American construction material supplier and Republican politician from Hooksett, New Hampshire. He served New Hampshire as a member of the state's House of Representatives, Adjutant General, state Senator, and Governor.
- Bert Head
Bertram James Head (June 6, 1916 - February 2002) was an English professional football player and manager.
- Freddie Head
Freddie Head (born June 19, 1947, in Neuilly, France) is a retired jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing and currently a horse trainer. His grandfather was a jockey as was his father Alec Head who also became a successful trainer and owner of Haras du Quesnay near Deauville. Alec Head's horses won the Epsom Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
- Tim Head
Tim Head (born 1946) is a British artist. Born in London, He studied at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1965 to 1969, where his teachers included Richard Hamilton and Ian Stephenson. His contemporary students included Roxy Music frontman Brian Ferry. They remain friends, in spite of Ferry's enthusiasm for Nazi-related art and near obsession with buying galoshes from Marks and Spencer.
- Richard Head
Richard Head (1637?-1686?), author of the first part of the "English Rogue" (1665) and " Proteus redivivus: the art of wheedling or insinuation in general and particular conversations and trades. Together with the several actions, inclinations and passions of both sexes, and of all their professions and occupations. Discovering their many tricks and designs to self-advancement, though by indirect wayes and methods; fitly suited to these times, …
- Patrick Head
Patrick Head (born June 5, 1945) in Farnborough, England, is co-founder and Engineering Director of the Williams Formula One team. For 25 years from Head was technical director at Williams Grand Prix Engineering, and responsible for many innovations within Formula One. Head oversaw the design and construction of Williams cars until May 2004 when his role was handed over to Sam Michael.
- Venissa Head
Venissa Head (born 1st September, 1956) is a former international athlete. She was part of the British Olympic team for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles where she attained 6th place in the Shot Put final and 7th Place in the Discus final. Head also represented Wales in the Commonwealth Games.
- Sally Head
Sally Head is a British television producer. She began as a television script editor, before working as a producer, mainly for the BBC. Her credits as producer include "First Born" (1988) and "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" (1986) and she was executive producer of the first four "Prime Suspect" television films. She founded her own production company, Sally Head Productions in 2001.
- William O. Head
William O. Head was mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1909 to 1913. He was the son of a captain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was raised on a farm near Providence, Kentucky and came to Louisville age age 21 to take a job in a tobacco warehouse. He worked his way up through the tobacco industry for the rest of his professional career. In 1894 he was elected to the Kentucky General Assembly as a Democrat.
- Chris Head
Chris Head is a musician from the Northern Suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Chris plays guitar for the punk band Anti-Flag. He plays rhythm guitar and does backing vocals, but initially he played bass until other musicians were found to fill that spot. He is also known for his pottery and sculpting work, and in general is into art. His ambition even up to college was to be an art teacher. He is known among Anti-Flag fans to very rarely speak. <br>
- John Head
John Head is an English musician from Kensington, Liverpool. He is the younger brother of Mick Head and has performed with in Shack and The Strands as lead guitarist. He has also performed with Love.