Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi was a German-American journalist and author. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, to a German mother and a Liberian father of Vai ethnicity, the grandson of Momulu Massaquoi, the consul general of Liberia in Germany at the time.
Hans Mayer was a German literary scholar. Mayer was also a jurist and social researcher and was internationally recognized as a critic, author and musicologist.
Hans Mommsen was a German historian, known for his studies in German social history, for his functionalist interpretation of the Third Reich, and especially for arguing that Adolf Hitler was a weak dictator. Descended from Nobel Prizewinning historian Theodor Mommsen, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
Hans Joachim Morgenthau was a German-American jurist and political scientist who was one of the major 20th-century figures in the study of international relations. Morgenthau's works belong to the tradition of realism in international relations theory; he is usually considered among the most influential realists of the post-World War II period. Morgenthau made landmark contributions to international relations theory and the study of international law. His Politics Among Nations, first published in 1948, went through five editions during his lifetime and was widely adopted as a textbook in U.S. universities. While Morgenthau emphasized the centrality of power and "the national interest," the subtitle of Politics Among Nations—"the struggle for power and peace"—indicates his concern not only with the struggle for power but also with the ways in which it is limited by ethical and legal norms.
Hans Naumann was a German literary historian (philologist) and folklorist (Germanist). Naumann was the first historian to describe the Ottonian period as a medieval renaissance.
Hans Olav Lahlum is a Norwegian historian, crime author, chess player and organizer, and politician. He has written biographies on Oscar Torp and Haakon Lie, and a history book about all the Presidents of the United States.
Hans Peter Richter was a German author. He was born in Cologne, Germany, and went to Volksschule and Aufbauschule. He took part in World War II as a soldier with the highest military rank of lieutenant from 1942 to 1945. He lost his left arm because of an injury in the war.Richter studied psychology and sociology in Cologne, Bonn and Mainz from 1948 to 1952. He achieved his promotion as Dr. rer. pol. at the University of Tübingen in 1952. He focused on independent research activities for business enterprises and broadcasting corporations from 1953 to 1973.
Hans Pöögelmann was an Estonian and Soviet Russian socialist, and later communist politician, journalist and poet. In 1917, he was elected member of the Estonian Provincial Assembly and became a leading figure in the local Bolshevik movement. After 1919, Pöögelmann continued his political activities in the USSR. In 1938, he was arrested and executed in Moscow by the Soviet Stalinist regime.
