Might and Magic II Hirelings Page
Details on how to get the hirelings can be found here.

Hirelings
Name	Class/ Align/ Level	Gold	Where
Sir Hyron	Kt/?/1	2	Middlegate dungeon (0,15)
Drog	Ba/?/1	2	Middlegate dungeon (0,15)
H K Phooey	Ni/?/?	?	Sandsobar tavern (4,10)
Thund R	Ba/G/3	10	Vulcania bar, 1e
Aerial	So/G/3	12	Vulcania bar, 1e
Gertrude	Ba/?/?		Tundara, (15,10)
Rat Fink	R/?/?		Tundara, (15,10)
Harry Kari	Ni/?/6	25	Vulcania dungeon (1,14)
No Name	Ar/G/?		Vulcania dungeon (1,14)
Flailer	Kt/?/?	2000	A3 (8,1)
Fumbler	R/?/?	2000	A3 (8,1)
Sherman	Pa/?/13	1200	B4 (10,1)
Nakazawa	Ni/G/13	700	B4 (10,1)
Dark Mage	So/?/?	200	Hillstone (x,x)
Friar Fly	Cl/?/?	200	Hillstone (x,x)
Big Bootay	Cl/?/?	?	Atlantium (0,14)
Cleogotcha	Ar/?/?	?	Atlantium (0,14)
Sir Kill	Kt/?/15	4000	Sarakin's Mine (7,2)
Jed I	Ar/?/15	6000	Sarakin's Mine (7,2)
Holey Moley	?	?	Dawn's Mist Bog (4,11)
Slick Pick	?	?	Dawn's Mist Bog (4,11)
Dead Eye	Ar?/?/?	?	D2(11,1)
Red Duke	P?/?/?	?	D2(11,1)
Mr. Wizard	So/?/21	50000	E2(1,14): giant beetle.

The best hirelings are probably the robbers. Load them up with Magic Herbs and Ray Guns as you have them go on the class-specific quests. It doesn't hurt to have all three of a certain class along with your robber and other character of specific class for the quest. For instance, as a level-one character, Sir Hyron would seem pretty useless, but give him a magic weapon and a magic item and some herbs, and he'll be useful against the jouster if only as another warm body. Besides, you can always use skill potions and the like to improve levels temporarily.
Also, Robbers after the first quest they've completed will have a LOT of levels. They'll be hard to destroy.
One annoying thing about hirelings is that they take their share of gold and then some. I ignore them unless there's a quest to be completed with them.