Harry
Harry is an English male given name.
origin
The name comes from medieval English and is a nickname of Henry or Heinrich . Nowadays Harry is also used as a short form of Harald or Harold .
Name bearer
family name
- Debbie Harry (* 1945), American singer
- Eric L. Harry (* 1958), American writer and lawyer
- Gérard Harry (1856–1931), Belgian newspaper publisher
- Mark Harry (* 1957), Australian badminton player
- Michael Harry (* around 1955), Danish curler
- Myriam Harry (1869–1958), French writer
- Rex Harry (1936-2019), Australian cricketer
- Robert Rees Harry-Rofen (* 1925), American ichthyologist
- Tesha Harry (* 1981), American volleyball player
First name
- Blind Harry , blind 15th century Scottish poet, best known for a poem on William Wallace
- Harry Belafonte (born 1927), American singer, actor and entertainer
- Harry Böseke (1950–2015), German writer
- Harry F. Byrd Sr. (1887–1966), American politician
- Peter Harry Carstensen (* 1947), German politician
- Harry Ebersbach (* 1921), German legal scholar
- Harry von de Gass (1942–2005), actually Harry Seegebarth , German city original
- Harry Goaz (* 1960), American actor
- Harry Harrison (1925–2012), American science fiction writer
- Harry Heine , real birth name of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
- Harry Hoppe (1894–1969), German lieutenant general in World War II
- Harry Houdini (1874–1926), Hungarian-American magician
- Harry Jacobson (1912– †), South African jazz pianist and singer
- Harry Kupfer (1935–2019), German opera director
- Harry Luck (* 1972), German author and journalist
- Harry Maguire (* 1993), English football player
- Harry Mehlhose (1914–1976), German middle-distance runner
- Harry Mulisch (1927-2010), Dutch writer
- Harry Nick (1932–2014), German economist
- Harry Pease (1886–1945), American songwriter
- Harry Ristock (1928–1992), German politician (SPD) and senator in Berlin
- Harry Rowohlt (1945–2015), German writer, translator and reciter
- Harry von Rosen-von Hoewel (1904–2003), German lawyer, ministerial official and federal judge
- Harry Schmidt (* 1960), German actor
- Harry Schwarzwälder (1929–2019), Bremen homeland researcher
- Harry Sheppard (* 1928), American jazz vibraphonist
- Harry Shields (1899–1971), American jazz clarinetist
- Harry Siljander (1922-2010), Finnish boxer
- Harry Styles (* 1994), singer in the British-Irish boy group One Direction
- Harry Thomas (1890–1941), British-Canadian ragtime pianist
- Harry Tisch (1927–1995), GDR functionary
- Harry Valérien (1923–2012), German sports journalist, author and presenter
- Harry Wijnvoord (* 1949), Dutch presenter
- Harry Wüstenhagen (1928–1999), German actor and voice actor
Nickname
- Angelos Charisteas (* 1980), Greek football player, called Harry
- Gert Goolkate (* 1970), Dutch football player, known as Harry
- Harry, Duke of Sussex (* 1984), British Prince (younger son of Prince Charles)
- Thomas Weinkauf , police superintendent from Bochum, called Harry
Fictional people
- Harry Haller, main character from Herman Hesse's Der Steppenwolf
- Harry Hasler , character of the Swiss cabaret artist Viktor Giacobbo
- Dirty Harry
- Harry Hirsch, a fictional character by Otto Waalkes
- Harry Klein, inspector from the TV series “ Derrick ”, played by Fritz Wepper
- Harry Lime
- Harry Potter
- Harry, murdered in the comedy film " Always Trouble With Harry " by Alfred Hitchcock (1955)
Others
- Harry Island , island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
- Mount Harry , mountain in Ellsworthland, Antarctica
synonym
In Norwegian colloquial language, the name "Harry" is a synonym for a very specific type of man; roughly comparable to Manni Manta in everyday German in the 1990s. A "Harry" is a somewhat simple proletarian from educationally distant classes , who stands out from the crowd both by his behavior and by his external appearance. This designation always has a negative connotation.