As a nickname, Hap or Haps is commonly short for Henry, Harry, Harold, or Harrison. It may refer to:
People with the nickname Henry H. Arnold (1886–1950), American General of the Army and General of the Air Force Hap Collard (1898–1968), American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Hap Day (1901–1990), Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) Hall of Fame player, coach, and general manager Hap Emms (1905–1988), Canadian NHL player, coach, general manager, and team owner Hap Farber (born 1948), American National Football League (NFL) player Harrison Farber, American professor of medicine and Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center at Boston University Frank S. Farley (1901–1977), American politician and New Jersey State Senator Hobart R. Gay (1894–1983), US Army lieutenant general Hap Hadley (1895–1976), American artist specializing in pen and ink representations Hap Holmes (1892–1941), Canadian NHL goaltender Emil Huhn (1892–1925), American MLB player B. Kliban (1935–1990), American cartoonist Louis Kuehn (1901–1981), American diver and 1920 Olympic gold medalist Harry McSween (born 1945), Professor of Planetary Geoscience and Distinguished Professor of Science at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Hap Marre, American soccer player of the 1910s Herb Mitchell (ice hockey) (1895–1969), Canadian NHL player Hap Moran (1901–1994), American NFL halfback Hap Myers (1887–1967), American MLB player Hap Myers (ice hockey) (born 1947), Canadian NHL player Harold Ridley (Jesuit) (1939–2005), Roman Catholic priest and President of Loyola College in Maryland Hap Sharp (1928–1993), American race car driver Hap Spuhler (1918–1982), American college head baseball coach and athletic director Hap Ward (1868–1944), American comedian and actor Hap Ward (1885–1979), who played one game in the MLB when the Detroit Tigers went on strike
Fictional characters with the nickname Hap Eckhart, in Christopher Nolan's 2002 film Insomnia, played by Martin Donovan Harry "Hap" Loman, in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman Hap, in the 1989 film Always, played by Audrey Hepburn Hap Collins, in novels and stories by Joe R. Lansdale – see Hap and Leonard Hap Shaughnessy on the Canadian TV comedy series The Red Green Show Hap Smith, in the 1952 film Jumping Jacks, played by Jerry Lewis Harlan "Hap" Briggs, played by actor Don Johnson on the ABC prime time television drama series Blood & Oil Leslie "Hap" Hapablap, an Air Force colonel in The Simpsons, voiced by R. Lee Ermey Dr. Hunter "Hap" Aloysius Percy, the antagonist in The OA, played by Jason Isaacs
See also All pages with titles beginning with Hap All pages with titles containing Hap Happy (nickname) Haps (disambiguation) HAP (disambiguation)
