Harry may refer to:
TV shows
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''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin
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''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons
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''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show hosted by Harry Connick Jr.
People and fictional characters
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Harry (given name)
Harry is a male given name, the Middle English form of Henry. It is also a diminutive form of Harold, Harrison or Harvey.
People
* Harry Akst (1894–1963), American songwriter
* Harry Altham (1888–1965), English cricketer
* Harry Anderson ...
, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
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Harry (surname) Harry is the surname of:
* Bill Harry (born 1938), creator of the newspaper ''Mersey Beat''
* David G. Harry (1880–1955), American politician and farmer
* Debbie Harry (born 1945), American singer-songwriter and actress
* J. S. Harry (1939-201 ...
, a list of people with the surname
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Dirty Harry (musician)
Victoria Harrison (born 10 May 1982) is a British rock singer and DJ who performs under the stage name Amazonica (and formerly Harry and Dirty Harry).
Biography
Early life
Harry spent her early life living in Singapore and New York City as ...
(born 1982), British rock singer who has also used the stage name Harry
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Harry Potter (character)
Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the titular protagonist in J. K. Rowling's series of eponymous novels. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Harry, who, on his eleventh birthday, le ...
, the main protagonist in a
Harry Potter fictional series by
J. K. Rowling
Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The ser ...
Other uses
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Harry (derogatory term) Harry is a Norwegian derogatory term used in slang, derived from the English name Harry. The best English translation may be "cheesy" or "tacky". '' Norsk ordbok'' defines "harry" as "tasteless, vulgar".
The term "harry" was first used by upper ...
, derogatory term used in Norway
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''Harry'' (album), a 1969 album by Harry Nilsson
*The tunnel used in the
Stalag Luft III escape
, partof = ''Luftwaffe''
, location = Sagan, Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany (now Żagań, Poland)
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, caption = Model of the set used to film the movie ''The Great Escape.'' It depicts a smaller version of a single compound in ''Stalag ...
("The Great Escape") of World War II
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''Harry'' (newspaper), an underground newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland
See also
*Harrying (laying waste), may refer to the following historical events:
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Harrying of Buchan
The Harrying of Buchan, also known as the ''Herschip'' (hardship) or Rape of Buchan, took place in 1308 during the Wars of Scottish Independence. It saw vast areas of Buchan in northeast Scotland, then ruled by Clan Comyn, burned to the ground b ...
, Scotland (1308)
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Harrying of the North
The Harrying of the North was a series of campaigns waged by William the Conqueror in the winter of 1069–1070 to subjugate northern England, where the presence of the last Wessex claimant, Edgar Ætheling, had encouraged Anglo- Danish re ...
, England (1069–70)
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