Hanna

American

[han-uh] / ˈhæn ə /

noun

Marcus Alonzo Mark, 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.

Hanna British

/ ˈhænə /

noun

William. 1910–2001, US animator and film producer who with Joseph Barbera (1911–2006) created the cartoon characters Tom and Jerry in the 1940s; the Hanna–Barbera company later produced numerous cartoon series for television.

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Hanna helped develop a mobile shipping container called ScanVan that physically travels to the Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and academic centers to pull data from archives and make it available.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Hanna cited the state’s “high likelihood” of success in the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Shasta County Superior Court Judge Benjamin L. Hanna on Friday issued a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks Measure B, a citizens’ initiative approved by 56% of voters in the June primary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Little slows down a user’s decision to spend, report Hanna Krueger and Sarah Nassauer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Antonio and Hanna Damasio, a husband-and-wife team of doctors, regularly see people who remind them of Phineas Gage.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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