diff --git a/pandas/io/excel/_base.py b/pandas/io/excel/_base.py
index 073115cab8695..6def0024d9073 100644
--- a/pandas/io/excel/_base.py
+++ b/pandas/io/excel/_base.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
         IntStrT,
         ReadBuffer,
         Self,
+        SequenceNotStr,
         StorageOptions,
         WriteExcelBuffer,
     )
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ def read_excel(
     sheet_name: str | int = ...,
     *,
     header: int | Sequence[int] | None = ...,
-    names: list[str] | None = ...,
+    names: SequenceNotStr[Hashable] | range | None = ...,
     index_col: int | Sequence[int] | None = ...,
     usecols: int
     | str
@@ -426,7 +427,7 @@ def read_excel(
     sheet_name: list[IntStrT] | None,
     *,
     header: int | Sequence[int] | None = ...,
-    names: list[str] | None = ...,
+    names: SequenceNotStr[Hashable] | range | None = ...,
     index_col: int | Sequence[int] | None = ...,
     usecols: int
     | str
@@ -465,7 +466,7 @@ def read_excel(
     sheet_name: str | int | list[IntStrT] | None = 0,
     *,
     header: int | Sequence[int] | None = 0,
-    names: list[str] | None = None,
+    names: SequenceNotStr[Hashable] | range | None = None,
     index_col: int | Sequence[int] | None = None,
     usecols: int
     | str
@@ -730,7 +731,7 @@ def parse(
         self,
         sheet_name: str | int | list[int] | list[str] | None = 0,
         header: int | Sequence[int] | None = 0,
-        names=None,
+        names: SequenceNotStr[Hashable] | range | None = None,
         index_col: int | Sequence[int] | None = None,
         usecols=None,
         dtype: DtypeArg | None = None,
@@ -1589,7 +1590,7 @@ def parse(
         self,
         sheet_name: str | int | list[int] | list[str] | None = 0,
         header: int | Sequence[int] | None = 0,
-        names=None,
+        names: SequenceNotStr[Hashable] | range | None = None,
         index_col: int | Sequence[int] | None = None,
         usecols=None,
         converters=None,
diff --git a/pandas/io/parsers/readers.py b/pandas/io/parsers/readers.py
index 32f8a1fe81a9f..df5b08029a08b 100644
--- a/pandas/io/parsers/readers.py
+++ b/pandas/io/parsers/readers.py
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ def read_csv(
     infer_datetime_format: bool | lib.NoDefault = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
     date_parser: Callable | lib.NoDefault = ...,
-    date_format: str | None = ...,
+    date_format: str | dict[Hashable, str] | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: Literal[True],
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ def read_csv(
     infer_datetime_format: bool | lib.NoDefault = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
     date_parser: Callable | lib.NoDefault = ...,
-    date_format: str | None = ...,
+    date_format: str | dict[Hashable, str] | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: bool = ...,
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ def read_csv(
     infer_datetime_format: bool | lib.NoDefault = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
     date_parser: Callable | lib.NoDefault = ...,
-    date_format: str | None = ...,
+    date_format: str | dict[Hashable, str] | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: Literal[False] = ...,
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ def read_csv(
     infer_datetime_format: bool | lib.NoDefault = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
     date_parser: Callable | lib.NoDefault = ...,
-    date_format: str | None = ...,
+    date_format: str | dict[Hashable, str] | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: bool = ...,
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ def read_csv(
     infer_datetime_format: bool | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
     keep_date_col: bool = False,
     date_parser: Callable | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
-    date_format: str | None = None,
+    date_format: str | dict[Hashable, str] | None = None,
     dayfirst: bool = False,
     cache_dates: bool = True,
     # Iteration
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ def read_table(
     infer_datetime_format: bool | lib.NoDefault = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
     date_parser: Callable | lib.NoDefault = ...,
-    date_format: str | None = ...,
+    date_format: str | dict[Hashable, str] | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: Literal[True],
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ def read_table(
     infer_datetime_format: bool | lib.NoDefault = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
     date_parser: Callable | lib.NoDefault = ...,
-    date_format: str | None = ...,
+    date_format: str | dict[Hashable, str] | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: bool = ...,
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ def read_table(
     infer_datetime_format: bool | lib.NoDefault = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
     date_parser: Callable | lib.NoDefault = ...,
-    date_format: str | None = ...,
+    date_format: str | dict[Hashable, str] | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: Literal[False] = ...,
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ def read_table(
     infer_datetime_format: bool | lib.NoDefault = ...,
     keep_date_col: bool = ...,
     date_parser: Callable | lib.NoDefault = ...,
-    date_format: str | None = ...,
+    date_format: str | dict[Hashable, str] | None = ...,
     dayfirst: bool = ...,
     cache_dates: bool = ...,
     iterator: bool = ...,
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ def read_table(
     infer_datetime_format: bool | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
     keep_date_col: bool = False,
     date_parser: Callable | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
-    date_format: str | None = None,
+    date_format: str | dict[Hashable, str] | None = None,
     dayfirst: bool = False,
     cache_dates: bool = True,
     # Iteration