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  • plural of Han.

Hans

American  
[hanz, hahns] / hænz, hɑns /

noun

  1. a male given name, Germanic form of John.


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To achieve that, she commissioned additional music from film trailer composers, including Hans Zimmer's company Bleeding Fingers.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Krasner, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to a Jewish family from Ukraine, had fairly traditional art training, but she also studied profitably with Hans Hofmann.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Brugge won a penalty that was scored by Hans Vanaken, with the Belgian side winning the match 1-0.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

To all of which the historian Hans van de Ven might say: Yes, but you are missing a few things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

On July 22, 1942, the White Rose group held a small farewell party, and the next day Hans, Willi Graf, Christoph Probst, and Alexander Schmorell were dispatched as student medics to the Russian front.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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