Hal
Hal is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Harold, and a nickname. It may refer to:
People
- Hal Ashby (1929–1988), American film director
- Hal Barwood, American game designer
- Hal Bidlack (born 1958) retired United States Air Force officer, national security aide, and unsuccessful candidate for Congress
- Hal Blaine (born 1929- 2019), American drummer, member of several Halls of Fame, born Harold Simon Belsky
- Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch (born 1945), Australian author, poet, lecturer, journalist, editor and lawyer
- Hal Daub (born 1941), American politician
- Hal Dixon (biochemist) (1928–2008), Irish biochemist
- Hal Duncan (born 1971), Scottish writer
- Hal Goldsmith (1930–2004), American Olympic foil and épée fencer
- Hal Holbrook (born 1925), American actor
- Hal Hunter (disambiguation)
- Hal Linden (born 1931), American actor
- Hal Lindsey (born 1929), American evangelist and Christian writer
- Harold Prince (1928–2019), American theatrical producer and director
- Hal Roach (1892-1992), American film and television producer, director and actor
- Hal Robson-Kanu (born 1989), Welsh footballer
- Hal Rogers (born 1937), American politician
- Hal Singer (born 1919), American R&B and jazz bandleader and saxophonist
- Hal Smith (disambiguation)
- Hal Sparks (born 1969), American actor and comedian
- Hal Steinbrenner (born 1969), principal owner, managing general partner and co-chairman of the New York Yankees baseball franchise
- Hal B. Wallis (1898-1986), American film producer
- Hal Willis (ice hockey) (born 1946), Canadian World Hockey Association player
- Hal Willis (singer) (1933–2015), Canadian country singer
- Hal Willis, sometime pseudonym of Charles Robert Forrester (1803–1850), English writer
Fictional characters
- Prince Hal, a term used for Shakespeare's portrayal of Henry V of England before he became king
- HAL 9000, a sentient computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series
- Dr. Hal Emmerich, nicknamed Otacon, from the Metal Gear video game series
- Hal Hunt, in the children's Adventure novel series
- Hal Jordan, a DC Comics superhero better known as Green Lantern
- Hal Willis, a police detective of the 87th Precinct series written by Ed McBain
- Hal Yorke, a lead character in the British TV series Being Human
- Hal (Malcolm in the Middle), from the TV series Malcolm in the Middle
- Hal (A Series of Unfortunate Events), a recordkeeper from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Hal the Dog, one of the main characters in the animated children's TV series Nature Cat
- Hal Stewart, villain of the animated film Megamind
- Hal Turner, a character from 24 (TV series)
- Hal, a male emerald toucanet in the Angry Birds series
- Hal Incandenza, a major character in the novel Infinite Jest
- Hal is a Hearthian character in Outer Wilds, located in the Observatory in the Village on Timber Hearth.
- Hal Strider, a miner character and AI from the Webcomic Homestuck, he is also know as Dirk Striders auto-responder
Animals
- Hal (coyote), a coyote that wandered into New York City in 2006
Places
- Hal, Azerbaijan, a village
- Hal, the French name for Halle, Belgium, a city and municipality
Other uses
- Jean Ven Robert Hal (born 1970), Italian composer of electronic and new age music
- Hal (band), from Dublin, Ireland
- Hal (2013 film), a Japanese animated film
- Hal (2018 film), an American documentary film
- HAL (robot), the world's first wearable cyborg-type robot
- HAL (Acronym), Android_(operating_system) Hardware Abstraction Layer
See also
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