**Exhibit
      31.1**






**PRINCIPAL
      EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S CERTIFICATION**


**PURSUANT
      TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**






I,
      Sidney
      Harman, certify that:




1.    I
      have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Harman International
      Industries, Incorporated;




2.    Based
      on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
      fact or omit


to
      state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
      circumstances


under
      which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
      covered by this


report;






3.    Based
      on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
      included in this report,


fairly
      present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations
      and cash flows of the


registrant
      as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;






4.    The
      registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing
      and maintaining disclosure


controls
      and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
      internal control


over
      financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act  Rules 13a-15(f) and
      15d-15(f)) for the registrant and


have:






(a)    Designed
      such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
      and
      procedures


to
      be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating
      to the registrant,


including
      its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
      entities,


particularly
      during the period in which this report is being prepared;






(b)   Designed
      such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
      over financial


reporting
      to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding
      the


reliability
      of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
      purposes in


accordance
      with generally accepted accounting principles;






(c)    Evaluated
      the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and
      presented in this


report
      our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
      procedures, as of the end


of
      the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and






(d)    Disclosed
      in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial
      reporting that


occurred
      during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth
      fiscal quarter in the


case
      of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
      to
      materially affect, the


registrant’s
      internal control over financial reporting; and






5.     The
      registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most
      recent evaluation of


internal
      control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit
      committee of the


registrant’s
      board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
      functions):




(a)    All
      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
      of
      internal control over


financial
      reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s
      ability to record,


process,
      summarize and report financial information; and






(b)    Any
      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
      who
      have a


significant
      role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.






Date:   August
      29, 2007    /s/  Sidney
      Harman


Sidney
      Harman


Executive
      Chairman