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Hiram (Hebrew חִירָם "high-born"), Standard Hebrew Ḥiram, Tiberian Hebrew Ḥîrām) is a biblical given name.

People

• Hiram I, king of Tyrus, 980–947 BC
• Hiram II, king of Tyrus, 739–730 BC
• Hiram I. Bearss (1875–1938), American Marine Corps officer and recipien of the Medal of Honor
• 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 Bell (disambiguation), 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 I (1789–1869), American missionary to the Kingdom of Hawai'i
• Hiram Bingham II (1831–1908), son of Hiram Bingham I, also a missionary to the Kingdom of Hawai'i
• Hiram Bingham III (1875–1956), U.S. Senator from Connecticut and explorer best known for uncovering Machu Picchu
• Hiram Bingham IV (1903–1988), U.S. Vice Consul in Marseille, France during World War II who rescued Jews from the Holocaust
• 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 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 (born 1809), 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 United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
• Hiram Caton (born 1936), Australian professor of politics and history
• Hiram Chittenden (1858–1917), American historian
• 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 (1870–1963), renowed American philatelist
• Hiram Denio (1799-1871), American lawyer and politician, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
• Hiram Drache (born 1924), 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 (1906–2004), first Asian American to serve in the United States Senate, born as Yau Leong Fong
• Hiram Ford (1884–1969), United States federal judge
• H. Robert Fowler (born Hiram Robert Fowler; 1851–1926), U.S. Representative from Illinoi)
• 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 U.S. mayor to undergo a recall election
• Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), 18th President of the United States, born as Hiram Ulysses Grant
• Hiram Gray (1801-1890), American lawyer and politician
• Hiram Halle (1867–1944), American businessman
• Hiram Hiller, Jr. (1867–1921), American physician, medical missionary, explorer, and ethnographer
• Hiram Hulse (born 1868), second Bishop of the Diocese of Cuba in The Episcopal Church
• Hiram P. Hunt (1796–1865), American politician
• Hiram Hunte (born 1985), Saint Lucien football player, midfielder
• Hiram Hunter (1874–1966), New Zealand politician and trade unionist
• Hiram Hutchinson [1808–1869, American industrialist
• Hiram Hyde (1817–1907), a 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 nd 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#Sarah Granger Kimball (died 1863), American Mormon pioneer
• Hiram Knowles (1834–1911), United States 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 1948-1951
• Hiram McCullough (1813–1885), U.S. Congressman
• Hiram Messenger, several people with this name
• Hiram Mier (born 1989), Mexican association football player, defender
• Hiram Monserrate (born 1967), expelled member of the New York State Senate
• Hiram N. Moulton (1818–1899), Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
• Hiram Norton (ca. 1799–1r875), 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 naval 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 United States Senate
• Hiram Richmond (1810–1885), Pennsylvanian member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Hiram Torres Rigual (1922–2006), Puerzo Rico Superior Court judge
• Hiram Runnels (1796–1857), American politician
• Hiram Scofield (1830–1906), American lawyer and Union Army officier
• 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, tackl, and coach
• Hiram Straight (1814–1897), American farmer and politician
• Hiram Tua (born 1983), ringname of Puerto Rico 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 politican
• 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), United States federal judge
• Hiram Widener, jr. (1923–2007), United States federal judge
• Hiram Wilkinson (1866–1935), Crown Advocate of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan
• Hank Williams (1923–1953), American country music singer, born as Hiram King Williams
• Hiram D. Williams (1917-2003), American painter and professor of art
• Hiram Wilson (1803–1864), American anti-slavery abolitionist
• Hiram V. Willson (1808-1866), United States 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 "Brains" Hackenbacker, aka Brains (Thunderbirds)
• Hiram Lodge, a fictional character by Archie Comics
• Sebastian Hiram Shaw, a supervillain by Marvel Comics
• Reverend Hiram Shaw, Sorcerer Supreme and supervillain by Marvel Comics
• Hiram Worchester, a character from the book series Wild Cards
• Hiram Yeager, a character in the Dirk Pitt book series

Places

In the United States:

• Hiram Township, Cass County, Minnesota
• Hiram, Georgia
• Hiram, Kentucky
• Hiram, Maine
• Hiram, Ohio
  • Hiram High School in Hiram, Georgia
  • Hiram College
    • Hiram Terriers, the school's sports teams
• Hiram, West Virginia

See also

• Operation Hiram, a three day military operation in upper Galilee launched by the Israeli army at the end of October 1948
• Hiram Bithorn Stadium, a baseball park in Puerto Rico
• Hiram Clarke, Houston, a community in Houston, Texas
• Hiram Charles Todd House, also known as Marvin-Sackett-Todd House, in Saratoga Springs, New York
• Hiram Griggs House in Altamont, New York
• Hiram House, one of the first settlement houses in the United States
• Hiram Krum House in Glens Falls, New York
• Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7, a gothic revival building in Franklin, Tennessee; also the oldest masonic lodge in Tennessee
• Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (also known as Ballards Locks), part of the Seattle's Lake Washington Ship Canal
• Hiram na Mukha (disambiguation), several Filipino films or TV series with this name
• Hiram na Puso (international title A Change of Heart), a Filipino drama series]
• Hiram Ramsdell House, also known as the Octagon House, is an historic house in Farmington, Maine
• Hiram Scott College, a private liberal arts college in Scottsbluff, Nebraska
• Hiram W. Johnson House, also known as Mountjoy Bayly House, Chaplains Memorial Building or Parkington, a historic house in Washington, D.C.
• Hiram W. Johnson High School, a secondary school in the Sacramento City Unified School District
• Hiram Walker Historical Museum, the former name of Windsor's Community Museum
• Hiram Walker and Sons Limited
• Hiram Walker Brewing Company
• The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasonry, and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus, a book by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas

Similar spelling

• Hyrum Smith (disambiguation), several people with this name