Hiram (name)
Hiram, Hiram is a biblical given name referring to Phoenician kings.
People
- Hiram I, king of Tyrus, 980–947 BC
- Hiram II, king of Tyrus, 739–730 BC
- Hiram Abiff, An appellation applied to the “skillful man” whom Hiram the king of Tyre sent to make the furnishings of Solomon’s temple. 966 BC
- Hiram Abas, Turkish intelligence official in the National Intelligence Organization
- Hiram Abrams, American movie mogul and one of the first presidents of Paramount Pictures
- Hiram G. Andrews, speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Hiram I. Bearss, Marine Corps officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Hiram Bell, several people with this name
- Hiram Bennet, Congressional delegate from the Territory of Colorado and Colorado Secretary of State
- Hiram Berdan, American engineer and Army officer, creator of the Berdan rifle
- Hiram Berry, several people with this name
- Hiram Bingham, several people with this name
- Hiram Bithorn, first Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
- Hiram Blanchard, Canadian lawyer and politician, first premier of Nova Scotia
- Hiram Boateng, English association football player
- Hiram Abiff Boaz, president of Polytechnic College from 1902 to 1911, and of Southern Methodist University from 1920 to 1922
- Hiram Bocachica, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Hiram Bond, American lawyer and banker
- Hiram N. Breed, American cordwainer and politician
- Hiram J. Brendlinger, American politician and mayor of Denver
- Hiram Bullock, American jazz musician
- Hiram Burgos, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Hiram R. Burton, American physician and politician
- Hiram Calvin, Canadian businessman and politician
- Hiram Cancio, judge of the US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
- Hiram Caton, Australian professor of politics and history
- Hiram Chittenden, American historian
- Hiram Codd, English engineer and inventor
- Hiram Cody, Canadian clergyman and novelist
- Hiram Cronk, American soldier, last surviving veteran of the War of 1812 at the time of his death
- Hiram Corson, American professor of literature
- Hiram Cox, English diplomat, serving in Bangladesh and Burma
- Hiram Davison, Canadian Air Force officer
- Hiram Deats, American philatelist
- Hiram Denio, American lawyer and politician, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
- Hiram Drache, American writer on agriculture, and historian-in-residence at Concordia College, Minnesota
- Hiram Edson, American pioneer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, known for introducing the sanctuary doctrine to the church
- Hiram Eugene, American football player
- Hiram Evans, several people with this name
- Hiram Everest, American businessman and farmer
- Hiram Fairchild, American politician and legislator
- Hiram Leong Fong, first Asian-American to serve in the US Senate
- Hiram Ford, US federal judge
- H. Robert Fowler, US Representative from Illinois
- Hiram Fuller, Libyan basketball player
- Hiram Fuller
- Hiram Gardner, American lawyer and politician
- Hiram Gill, first US mayor to undergo a recall election
- Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States
- Hiram Gray, American lawyer and politician
- Hiram Halle, American businessman
- Hiram Hiller, Jr., American physician, medical missionary, explorer, and ethnographer
- Hiram Hulse, second Bishop of the Diocese of Cuba in The Episcopal Church
- Hiram P. Hunt, American politician
- Hiram Hunte, Saint Lucien football player
- Hiram Hunter, New Zealand politician and trade unionist
- Hiram Hutchinson 1808–1869, American industrialist
- [Hiram Hyde, Canadian stagecoach operator and political figure in Nova Scotia
- Hiram Imus, father of Hiram Imus, jr.
- Hiram Imus, jr., American politician
- Hiram Johnson, American progressive and later isolationist politician and governor
- Hiram Kahanawai, Hawaiian high chief and husband of Princess Poʻomaikelani
- Hiram Keller, American stage and film actor
- Hiram Kennedy, American physician and politician
- Hiram Kimball#Sarah Granger Kimball, American Mormon pioneer
- Hiram Knowles, US federal judge
- Hiram Leavitt, early American settler, innkeeper, and judge, namesake of features such as Leavitt Peak, Leavitt Meadow, Leavitt Creek and Leavitt Lake
- Hiram Lowry, Chinese educator and Methodist clergyman
- Hiram Mather, American lawyer and politician
- Hiram Maxim, English creator of the Maxim gun
- Hiram E. McCallum, mayor of Toronto from 1948-1951
- Hiram McCullough, US Congressman
- Hiram Z. Mendow, Al Capone's lawyer during his trial
- Hiram Messenger, several people with this name
- Hiram Mier, Mexican association football player
- Hiram Frederick Moody, III, also known as Rick Moody, American author
- Hiram Monserrate, expelled member of the New York State Senate
- Hiram N. Moulton, mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
- Hiram Norton, merchant and political figure in Upper Canada
- Hiram Page, American, early member of the Latter Day Saint movement
- Hiram Paulding, American Navy officer
- Hiram Powers, American sculptor
- Hiram Pratt, mayor of Buffalo, New York
- Hiram Price, American businessman
- Hiram F. Reynolds, American minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene
- Hiram Revels, first African-American to serve in the US Senate
- Hiram Richmond, Pennsylvanian member of the US House of Representatives
- Hiram Torres Rigual, Puerto Rican Superior Court judge
- Hiram Runnels, American politician
- Hiram Scofield, American lawyer and Union Army officer
- Hiram Sherman, American actor
- Hiram Sibley, American industrialist and philanthropist
- Hiram Sinsabaugh, American banker and Methodist Episcopal minister
- Hiram Stevens, several people with this name
- Hiland Stickney, American football player and football coach
- Hiram Straight, American farmer and politician
- Hiram Tua, ring name of Puerto Rican wrestler Hiram Mulero''
- Hiram Tuttle, several people with this name
- Hiram A. Unruh, American soldier and politician
- Hiram Walbridge, American politician
- Hiram Walden, American politician
- Hiram Walker, American grocer and distiller, and the eponym of the famous distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Hiram Ward, US federal judge
- Hiram Widener, jr., US federal judge
- Hiram Wilkinson, several people with this name
- Hank Williams, American country music singer
- Hiram D. Williams, American painter and professor of art
- Hiram Wilson, American anti-slavery abolitionist
- Hiram V. Willson, US federal judge
- Hiram A. Wright, American educator and politician
- Hiram Young, African-American wagon manufacturer and entrepreneur
Fictional people
- Hiram Abiff, a character in Masonic lore
- Hiram Burrows, a character from the game Dishonored
- Hiram "Brains" Hackenbacker, aka Brains
- Lieutenant Hiram Coffey, a character in the movie The Abyss
- Hiram Gummer, formerly wealthy anti-hero of and great-grandfather of Burt Gummer
- Hiram Holliday, A character created by Paul Gallico in an eponymous novel and television series
- Hiram Lodge, a fictional character by Archie Comics
- Hiram McDaniels, a character in Welcome to Night Vale.
- Hiram Patterson, a media mogul in the sci-fi book The Light of Other Days by Sir Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
- 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
- Hiram Flagston, a character in the comic Hi and Lois by Greg & Brian Walker
- Hiram, aka "Hymie", a baby in the TV show Shameless
- Hiram Wolfe the adoptive grandfather wolf of Heffer Wolfe from Rocko's Modern Life
Similar spelling
- Hyrum Smith, several people with this name