Harry

E891860

businessperson entrepreneur human

Harry is the given first name of American businessman Wayne Huizenga, known for building Fortune 500 companies in waste management, video rental, and auto sales.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Harry canonical	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10902593 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Harry
Context triple: [Wayne Huizenga, givenName, Harry]

A. Harry
Harry is the given name of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States who led the country through the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.
B. Harry
Harry is the given name of Harry F. Byrd Sr., a prominent 20th-century American politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Virginia.
C. Harry
Harry is the given first name of Roy Halladay, the late Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher renowned for his dominance with the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies.
D. Harry
Harry is the given name of Harry Gregson-Williams, a prominent British film composer and music producer known for his work on numerous Hollywood soundtracks.
E. Harry
Harry is the given name of Lord Woolf, a prominent British judge and former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Harry
Target entity description: Harry is the given first name of American businessman Wayne Huizenga, known for building Fortune 500 companies in waste management, video rental, and auto sales.

A. Harry
Harry is the given name of Harry M. Wegeforth, an American physician and founder of the San Diego Zoo.
B. Harry
Harry is the given name of Harry Dent, an American financial author and economic forecaster known for his controversial market predictions.
C. Harry
Harry is the given name of Harry Nyquist, a pioneering engineer and physicist known for foundational contributions to information theory and telecommunications.
D. Harry
Harry is the given name of the famed American baseball broadcaster Harry Caray, known for his exuberant announcing style and long association with the Chicago Cubs.
E. Harry
Harry is the given name of Harry Nilsson, the influential American singer-songwriter known for hits like "Without You" and "Everybody's Talkin'."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ
businessSector	auto sales ⓘ video rental ⓘ waste management ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
familyName	Huizenga ⓘ
fieldOfWork	automotive retail industry ⓘ video rental industry ⓘ waste management industry ⓘ
founded	AutoNation ⓘ Blockbuster Video ⓘ Waste Management, Inc. ⓘ
fullName	Harry Wayne Huizenga ⓘ linked to: Wayne Huizenga
givenName	Harry ⓘ
hasGivenName	Harry ⓘ
hasMiddleName	Wayne ⓘ
hasSurname	Huizenga ⓘ
notableFor	auto sales business ⓘ building Fortune 500 companies ⓘ video rental business ⓘ waste management business ⓘ
occupation	businessman ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wayne Huizenga → givenName → Harry ⓘ

Harry Wayne Huizenga → givenName → Harry ⓘ

subject linked to: Harry

Harry Wayne Huizenga → hasGivenName → Harry ⓘ