# Hiram (name)

Hiram (Phoenician "benevolent brother", Hebrew חִירָם "high-born", Standard Hebrew Ḥiram, Tiberian Hebrew Ḥîrām) is a biblical given name referring to Phoenician kings.

## People

* Hiram I, king of Tyrus, 980–947 BC
* Hiram II, king of Tyrus (modern-day Tyre, Lebanon), 739–730 BC
* Hiram Abiff, an appellation in Masonic myth applied to the "skillful man" whom Hiram the king of Tyre sent to make the furnishings of Solomon's temple. 966 BC
* Hiram Abas (1932–1990), official in the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey
* 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 Barak (born 1979), General of the Israel Defense Forces
* Hiram I. Bearss (1875–1938), Marine Corps officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor
* Hiram Bell, 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 (disambiguation), several people with this name
* 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 Boateng (born 1996), English association football player
* 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 (1809–1893), 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 US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
* Hiram Caton (1936–2010), Australian professor of politics and history
* Hiram Chittenden (1858–1917), American historian
* Hiram Cleaver (1801–1877), American politician from Pennsylvania
* 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 (1810–1887), American businessman
* Hiram Edmund Deats (1870–1963), American philatelist
* Hiram Denio (1799–1871), American lawyer and politician, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
* Hiram Drache (1924–2020), 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 (born Yau Leong Fong; 1906–2004), first Asian-American to serve in the US Senate
* Hiram Ford (1884–1969), US federal judge
* H. Robert Fowler (born Hiram Robert Fowler; 1851–1926), US Representative from Illinois
* 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 US mayor to undergo a recall election
* Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; 1822–1885), 18th President of the United States
* Hiram Gray (1801–1890), American lawyer and politician
* Hiram Griswold (1807–1881), American politician and lawyer from Ohio
* Hiram Halle (1867–1944), American businessman
* Hiram Hiller, Jr. (1867–1921), American physician, medical missionary, explorer, and ethnographer
* Hiram Hulse (1868–1938), second Bishop of the Diocese of Cuba in The Episcopal Church
* Hiram P. Hunt (1796–1865), American politician
* Hiram Hunter (1874–1966), New Zealand politician and trade unionist
* Hiram Hutchinson [1808–1869, American industrialist
* Hiram Hyde (1817–1907), 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 and 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), US 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 to 1951
* Hiram McCreary, Canadian politician
* Hiram McCullough (1813–1885), US Congressman
* Hiram Z. Mendow (1894-2001), Al Capone's lawyer during his trial
* Hiram Messenger, several people with this name
* Hiram Mier (born 1989), Mexican association football player
* Hiram Frederick Moody, III, also known as Rick Moody, American author
* Hiram Monserrate (born 1967), expelled member of the New York State Senate
* Hiram N. Moulton (1818–1899), mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
* Hiram Norton (ca. 1799–1875), 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 Navy 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 US Senate
* Hiram Richmond (1810–1885), Pennsylvanian member of the US House of Representatives
* Hiram Torres Rigual (1922–2006), Puerto Rican Superior Court judge
* Hiram Runnels (1796–1857), American politician
* Hiram Scofield (1830–1906), American lawyer and Union Army officer
* 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 (tackle) and football coach
* Hiram Straight (1814–1897), American farmer and politician
* Hiram Tua (born 1983), ring name of Puerto Rican 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 politician
* 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), US federal judge
* Hiram Widener, jr. (1923–2007), US federal judge
* Hiram Wilkinson (disambiguation), several people with this name
* Hank Williams (born Hiram King Williams; 1923–1953), American country music singer
* Hiram D. Williams (1917–2003), American painter and professor of art
* Hiram James Williamson, Jr (1810-1836), Sergeant Major, Defender of the Alamo
* Hiram Wilson (1803–1864), American anti-slavery abolitionist
* Hiram V. Willson (1808–1866), US 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 Burrows, a character from the game Dishonored
* Lieutenant Hiram Coffey, a character in the movie The Abyss
* Hiram Flagston, a character in the comic Hi and Lois by Greg and Brian Walker
* Hiram Grewgious, a character in the novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
* Hiram Gummer, the anti-hero of Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
* Hiram Gunderson, a recurring character in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under
* Hiram "Brains" Hackenbacker, aka Brains in Thunderbirds
* Hiram Hillburn, the fictional friend of Emmett Till in the young adult novel Mississippi Trial, 1955
* Hiram Holliday, A character created by Paul Gallico in an eponymous novel and television series
* Hiram Lodge, a fictional character in Archie Comics and Riverdale TV show
* Hiram McDaniels, a character in Welcome to Night Vale
* Hiram Patterson, a media mogul in the science fiction novel The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
* Sebastian Hiram Shaw, a supervillain by Marvel Comics
* Hiram Walker, superhuman protagonist in the novel The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
* Hiram Wolfe the adoptive grandfather wolf of Heffer Wolfe from Rocko's Modern Life
* Hiram Worchester, a character from the book series Wild Cards
* Dr. Hiram Baker, doctor in Walnut Grove, a character in a television series "Little House on the Prairie"