Top 10 Famous Harry's

With the next installment of the Harry Potter movies released in the United States tonight, I found it fitting to do a tribute to all things Harry. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is the sixth book written by J.K. Rowling set as Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Here are the top ten notable Harry's.

10) Harry Vardon: won the British Open six times. He also popularized the overlapping grip.

9) Harry Wright: father of baseball. Wright invented pregame batting practice, handsignals and the double steal. He also started the first professional baseball team.

8) Harry Backmun: US Supreme Court Justice. Backmun retired in 1994 and was a well know civil liberties advocate.

7) Dirty Harry: played by Clint Eastwood.

6) Harry Fox: dancer and comedian. Originated the foxtrot.

5) Harry Frazee: sold Babe Ruth's contract to the Yankees and started "The Curse of the Bambino"

4) Harry Truman: US President. Beat Dewey by more than 2 million votes.

3) Harry Belafonte: singer of "Banana Boat Song."

2) Harry Houdini: American Magician. His ability to escape still mystifies many.

and the number one most notable Harry ever:

1) HARRY POTTER!