Hiram (name)

Hiram (Phoenician "benevolent brother", Hebrew חִירָם "high-born", Standard Hebrew Ḥiram, Tiberian Hebrew Ḥîrām) is a biblical given name referring to Phoenician kings.

People

 * Hiram I, king of Tyrus, 980–947 BC
 * Hiram II, king of Tyrus (modern-day Tyre, Lebanon), 739–730 BC
 * Hiram Abiff, an appellation in Masonic myth applied to the "skillful man" whom Hiram the king of Tyre sent to make the furnishings of Solomon's temple. 966 BC
 * Hiram Abas (1932–1990), official in the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey
 * Hiram Abrams (1878–1926), American movie mogul and one of the first presidents of Paramount Pictures
 * Hiram G. Andrews (1876–1968), speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
 * Hiram Barak (born 1979), General of the Israel Defense Forces
 * Hiram I. Bearss (1875–1938), Marine Corps officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor
 * Hiram Bell, several people with this name
 * Hiram Bennet (1826–1914), Congressional delegate from the Territory of Colorado and Colorado Secretary of State
 * Hiram Berdan (1824–1893), American engineer and Army officer, creator of the Berdan rifle
 * Hiram Berry (disambiguation), several people with this name
 * Hiram Bingham (disambiguation), several people with this name
 * Hiram Bithorn (1916–1951), first Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
 * Hiram Blanchard (1820–1874), Canadian lawyer and politician, first premier of Nova Scotia
 * Hiram Boateng (born 1996), English association football player
 * Hiram Abiff Boaz (1866–1962), president of Polytechnic College from 1902 to 1911, and of Southern Methodist University from 1920 to 1922
 * Hiram Bocachica (born 1976), Puerto Rican baseball player
 * Hiram Bond (1838–1906), American lawyer and banker
 * Hiram N. Breed (1809–1893), American cordwainer and politician
 * Hiram J. Brendlinger (1824–1894), American politician and mayor of Denver
 * Hiram Bullock (1955–2008), American jazz musician
 * Hiram Burgos (born 1987), Puerto Rican baseball player
 * Hiram R. Burton (1841–1927), American physician and politician
 * Hiram Calvin (1841–1932), Canadian businessman and politician
 * Hiram Cancio (1920–2008), judge of the US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
 * Hiram Caton (1936–2010), Australian professor of politics and history
 * Hiram Chittenden (1858–1917), American historian
 * Hiram Cleaver (1801–1877), American politician from Pennsylvania
 * Hiram Codd (1838–1887), English engineer and inventor
 * Hiram Cody, Canadian clergyman and novelist
 * Hiram Cronk (1800–1905), American soldier, last surviving veteran of the War of 1812 at the time of his death
 * Hiram Corson (1828–1911), American professor of literature
 * Hiram Cox (1760–1799), English diplomat, serving in Bangladesh and Burma
 * Hiram Davison (1894–1874), Canadian Air Force officer
 * Hiram Deats (1810–1887), American businessman
 * Hiram Edmund Deats (1870–1963), American philatelist
 * Hiram Denio (1799–1871), American lawyer and politician, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
 * Hiram Drache (1924–2020), American writer on agriculture, and historian-in-residence at Concordia College, Minnesota
 * Hiram Edson (1806–1882), American pioneer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, known for introducing the sanctuary doctrine to the church
 * Hiram Eugene (born 1980), American football player (safety)
 * Hiram Evans (disambiguation), several people with this name
 * Hiram Everest (1830–1913), American businessman and farmer
 * Hiram Fairchild (1845–1925), American politician and legislator
 * Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong; 1906–2004), first Asian-American to serve in the US Senate
 * Hiram Ford (1884–1969), US federal judge
 * H. Robert Fowler (born Hiram Robert Fowler; 1851–1926), US Representative from Illinois
 * Hiram Fuller (also known as: Hesham Ali Salem; born 1981), Libyan basketball player
 * Hiram Fuller (journalist) (1814–1880)
 * Hiram Gardner (1800–1874), American lawyer and politician
 * Hiram Gill (1866–1919), first US mayor to undergo a recall election
 * Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; 1822–1885), 18th President of the United States
 * Hiram Gray (1801–1890), American lawyer and politician
 * Hiram Griswold (1807–1881), American politician and lawyer from Ohio
 * Hiram Halle (1867–1944), American businessman
 * Hiram Hiller, Jr. (1867–1921), American physician, medical missionary, explorer, and ethnographer
 * Hiram Hulse (1868–1938), second Bishop of the Diocese of Cuba in The Episcopal Church
 * Hiram P. Hunt (1796–1865), American politician
 * Hiram Hunter (1874–1966), New Zealand politician and trade unionist
 * Hiram Hutchinson [1808–1869, American industrialist
 * Hiram Hyde (1817–1907), Canadian stagecoach operator and political figure in Nova Scotia
 * Hiram Imus, father of Hiram Imus, jr.
 * Hiram Imus, jr. (1804–1876), American politician
 * Hiram Johnson (1866–1945), American progressive and later isolationist politician and governor
 * Hiram Kahanawai (1835–1874), Hawaiian high chief and husband of Princess Poʻomaikelani
 * Hiram Keller (born Hiram Keller Undercofler, jr.; 1944–1997), American stage and film actor
 * Hiram Kennedy (1852–1913), American physician and politician
 * Hiram Kimball (died 1863), American Mormon pioneer
 * Hiram Knowles (1834–1911), US federal judge
 * Hiram Leavitt (1824–1901), early American settler, innkeeper, and judge, namesake of features such as Leavitt Peak, Leavitt Meadow, Leavitt Creek and Leavitt Lake''
 * Hiram Lowry (1843–1924), Chinese educator and Methodist clergyman
 * Hiram Mather (1796–1868), American lawyer and politician
 * Hiram Maxim (1840–1916), English creator of the Maxim gun
 * Hiram E. McCallum (1899–1989), mayor of Toronto from 1948 to 1951
 * Hiram McCullough (1813–1885), US Congressman
 * Hiram Z. Mendow (1894-2001), Al Capone's lawyer during his trial
 * Hiram Messenger, several people with this name
 * Hiram Mier (born 1989), Mexican association football player
 * Hiram Frederick Moody, III, also known as Rick Moody, American author
 * Hiram Monserrate (born 1967), expelled member of the New York State Senate
 * Hiram N. Moulton (1818–1899), mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
 * Hiram Norton (ca. 1799–1875), merchant and political figure in Upper Canada
 * Hiram Page (1800–1852), American, early member of the Latter Day Saint movement
 * Hiram Paulding (1797–1878), American Navy officer
 * Hiram Powers (1805–1873), American sculptor
 * Hiram Pratt (1800–1840), mayor of Buffalo, New York
 * Hiram Price (1814–1901), American businessman
 * Hiram F. Reynolds (1854–1938), American minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene
 * Hiram Revels (1827–1901), first African-American to serve in the US Senate
 * Hiram Richmond (1810–1885), Pennsylvanian member of the US House of Representatives
 * Hiram Torres Rigual (1922–2006), Puerto Rican Superior Court judge
 * Hiram Runnels (1796–1857), American politician
 * Hiram Scofield (1830–1906), American lawyer and Union Army officer
 * Hiram Sherman (1908–1989), American actor
 * Hiram Sibley (1807–1888), American industrialist and philanthropist
 * Hiram Sinsabaugh (c. 1832–1892), American banker and Methodist Episcopal minister
 * Hiram Stevens (disambiguation), several people with this name
 * Hiland Stickney (born Hiram Stickney; 1867–1911), American football player (tackle) and football coach
 * Hiram Straight (1814–1897), American farmer and politician
 * Hiram Tua (born 1983), ring name of Puerto Rican wrestler Hiram Mulero
 * Hiram Tuttle (disambiguation), several people with this name
 * Hiram A. Unruh (1845–1916), American soldier and politician
 * Hiram Walbridge (1821–1870), American politician
 * Hiram Walden (1800–1880), American politician
 * Hiram Walker (1816–1899), American grocer and distiller, and the eponym of the famous distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
 * Hiram Ward (1923–2002), US federal judge
 * Hiram Widener, jr. (1923–2007), US federal judge
 * Hiram Wilkinson (disambiguation), several people with this name
 * Hank Williams (born Hiram King Williams; 1923–1953), American country music singer
 * Hiram D. Williams (1917–2003), American painter and professor of art
 * Hiram James Williamson, Jr (1810-1836), Sergeant Major, Defender of the Alamo
 * Hiram Wilson (1803–1864), American anti-slavery abolitionist
 * Hiram V. Willson (1808–1866), US federal judge
 * Hiram A. Wright (1823–1855), American educator and politician
 * Hiram Young (c. 1812–1882), African-American wagon manufacturer and entrepreneur

Fictional people

 * Hiram Abiff, a character in Masonic lore
 * Hiram Burrows, a character from the game Dishonored
 * Lieutenant Hiram Coffey, a character in the movie The Abyss
 * Hiram Flagston, a character in the comic Hi and Lois by Greg and Brian Walker
 * Hiram Grewgious, a character in the novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
 * Hiram Gummer, the anti-hero of Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
 * Hiram "Brains" Hackenbacker, aka Brains in Thunderbirds
 * Hiram Hillburn, the fictional friend of Emmett Till in the young adult novel Mississippi Trial, 1955
 * Hiram Holliday, A character created by Paul Gallico in an eponymous novel and television series
 * Hiram Lodge, a fictional character in Archie Comics
 * Hiram McDaniels, a character in Welcome to Night Vale
 * Hiram Patterson, a media mogul in the science fiction novel The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
 * Sebastian Hiram Shaw, a supervillain by Marvel Comics
 * Hiram Walker, superhuman protagonist in the novel The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
 * Hiram Wolfe the adoptive grandfather wolf of Heffer Wolfe from Rocko's Modern Life
 * Hiram Worchester, a character from the book series Wild Cards
 * Dr. Hiram Baker, doctor in Walnut Grove, a character in a television series "Little House on the Prairie"

Similar spelling

 * Hyrum Smith, several people with this name