Henry (name)

Henry is a male given name and family name .

origin

Henry is the English form of the male given name Heinrich . Henry is also an English and French surname.

Name bearer

First name

Henry has been a popular first name in English-speaking countries for centuries. Its incidence in the United States has been steadily decreasing since World War II; since the beginning of the 2000s it has been enjoying increasing popularity again.

family name

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Aimé Constant Fidèle Henry (1801–1875), botanist
• Albert Henry (1910–2002), Belgian Romanist and Medievalist
• Albert R. Henry (1907–1981), Cook Islands politician
• Alex Henry (* 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
• Alexander Henry (1739-1824), American fur trader
• Alice Henry (1857–1943), Australian journalist
• Amandine Henry (* 1989), French soccer player
• Andrew Henry (1775–1832), American trapper and fur trader
• Aneika Henry-Morello (* 1986), Jamaican basketball player
• Ashley Henry (1991), British jazz musician
• Augustin Henry (1860–1911 / 1912), farmer and politician
• Augustine Henry (1857–1930) Irish gardener, botanist and sinologist

B.

• Benjamin Tyler Henry (1821–1898), American armourer
• Beulah Louise Henry (1887–1973), American inventor
• Bob Henry († 2012), American television producer
• Boris Henry (* 1973), German athlete, see Boris Obergföll
• Brad Henry (* 1963), American politician
• Brian Tyree Henry (* 1982), American actor
• Bryan Henry (* 1995), Belgian ice hockey player
• Buck Henry (1930–2020), American director and actor
• Burke Henry (* 1979), Canadian ice hockey player

C.

• Camille Henry (1933–1997), Canadian ice hockey player
• Charles Henry (physiologist) (1859-1926), French physiologist
• Charles Bradford Henry (* 1963), American politician (Oklahoma), see Brad Henry
• Charles H. Henry (1937–2016), American physicist
• Charles L. Henry (1849–1927), American politician (Indiana)
• Charlotte Henry (1914–1980), American actress
• Chris Henry (historian) (* 1962), British museum curator
• Chris Henry (snooker player) (born 1965), Belgian snooker player and trainer
• Chris Henry (Boxer, 1966) (born 1966), British boxer
• Chris Henry (Boxer, 1973) (* 1973), Barbadian boxer
• Chris Henry (Boxer, 1981) (1981-2015), American boxer
• Chris Henry ( American Football Player , 1983) (1983-2009), American Football Player (Wide Receiver Cincinnati Bengals)
• Chris Henry (rugby player) (born 1984), Irish rugby player
• Chris Henry ( American football player , 1985) (born 1985), American football player (running back, Tennessee Titans)
• Clarence Henry (born 1937), American R&B singer
• Cory Henry (* 1987), American jazz and gospel musician

D.

• Daniel Maynadier Henry (1823–1899), American politician
• Darien Nelson-Henry (* 1994), American basketball player
• David Henry (basketball player) (* 1975), German-American basketball player
• David Henry (Bodybuilder) (* 1975), American bodybuilder
• David Morrison Reid Henry (1919–1977), British bird illustrator
• Derrick Henry (* 1994), American football player
• Desirèe Henry (* 1995), British sprinter
• Diana Henry , British cookbook author
• Doneil Henry (* 1993), Canadian-Jamaican soccer player
• Donna Henry (* 1990), Jamaican national soccer player
• Drew Henry (* 1968), Scottish snooker player

E.

• E. Stevens Henry (1836–1921), American politician
• Ed Henry (1921–2010), American political scientist, university lecturer and politician
• Edward Lamson Henry (1841-1919) American painter
• Émile Henry (1872-1894), French anarchist
• Emmaline Henry (1928–1979), American actress
• Ernest Henry (1885–1950), Swiss engineer
• Ernie Henry (1926–1957), American alto saxophonist

F.

• Fabrice Henry (* 1968), French football player
• Ferdinand Henry (1819–1891), Prussian military officer
• Flint Henry (* 1965), American comic artist
• Françoise Cotron-Henry (1936–1975), French pianist and composer
• Frank Henry (cyclist) (1892-1914), French cyclist
• Frank Henry (rider) (1909–1989), American eventing rider
• Frank Henry (screenwriter) (* 1960), French screenwriter and director
• Frederick Bernard Henry (born 1943), Canadian clergyman, Bishop Emeritus of Calgary

G

• Gareth Henry (born 1991), Jamaican badminton player
• Geoffrey Henry (1940–2012), Cook Islands politician
• Geordine Henry (* 1988), Jamaican badminton player
• George Stewart Henry (1871–1958), Canadian politician
• Gilles Henry (historian) (* 1941), French writer and historian
• Gilles Henry (cameraman) , French cameraman
• Gloria Henry (born 1923), American actress
• Graham Henry (born 1946), New Zealand rugby coach
• Gregg Henry (born 1952), American actor
• Grete Henry-Hermann (1901–1984), German scientist, philosopher, educator and university professor, see Grete Hermann
• Gustavus Adolphus Henry (1804–1880), American politician
• Guy Henry (Horseman) (1875–1967), American horseman
• Guy Henry (actor) (born 1960), British actor
• Guy Vernor Henry (1839–1899), American officer

H

• Harold William Henry (1909–1976), American clergyman, Prefect Apostolic, and Archbishop of Korea
• Haywood Henry (1913–1994), American jazz and R&B musician
• Henri-Louis Henry (1838–1905), Swiss politician (FDP)
• Hubert Henry (1846–1898), French general staff officer
• Hugh Henry (born 1952), Scottish politician
• Hunter Henry (* 1994), American football player

J

• JJ Henry (* 1975), American golfer
• Jacques Henry (1942–2016), French racing driver
• James Henry (lawyer) (1731–1804), American lawyer and politician
• James Henry (Scholar) (1798–1876) Irish scholar and poet
• James Henry (water diver) (* 1948), American water diver
• James Henry (ice hockey player) (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
• James Paget Henry (1914–1996), American physiologist
• Jean Henry (1734–1784), French painter, see Henry d'Arles
• Jean Henry (librarian) (1761–1831), German pastor, librarian and director of the art chamber of the Prussian king.
• Jean-Claude Henry (* 1934), French composer
• Jean-Michel Henry (* 1963), French fencer
• Jim Henry (1920–2004), Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
• Jodie Henry (* 1983), Australian swimmer
• Joe Henry (* 1960), American songwriter, guitarist and producer
• Joël Henry (born 1962), French football player
• Johannes Henry (1876–1958), German lawyer and politician (CDU)
• John Henry (politician, 1750) (1750–1798), American politician (Maryland)
• John Henry (politician, 1800) (1800-1882), American politician (Illinois)
• John Henry (historian) (born 1950), British historian
• John Henry (soccer player) (born 1971), Scottish soccer player
• John Flournoy Henry (1793–1873), American politician
• John Raymond Henry (born 1943), American visual artist
• John Vernon Henry (1767–1829), American lawyer and politician
• John W. Henry (* 1949), American entrepreneur
• Jordan Henry (* 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
• Joseph Henry (1797–1878), American physicist
• Joseph Kaye Henry (1866–1930), Canadian botanist
• Judith Henry (* 1968), French actress
• Justin Henry (born 1971), American actor

K

• Karl Henry (* 1982), English football player
• Kenneth Henry (1929–2009), American speed skater

L.

• Lawrence Patrick Henry (1934–2014), South African clergyman, Archbishop of Cape Town
• Lenny Henry (born 1958), British actor
• Lerissa Henry (* 1997), Micronesian athlete
• Lewis Henry (1885–1941), American politician
• Linda Henry (born 1963), British actress
• Louis Henry (1834-1913), Belgian chemist
• Louis Henry (botanist) (1854–1913), French botanist
• Louis Henry (racing driver) , French racing car driver
• Louise Henry (painter) (born Louise Claude ; 1798–1839), German painter
• Louise Henry (actress) (born Jessie Louise Heiman ; 1911–1967), American actress

M.

• Marc Henry (actually Achille Georges d'Áilly-Vaucheret ; 1873–1943), cabaret artist, chansonnier and author
• Margarete Henrÿ (* 1914), German teacher and contemporary witness of the Second World War
• Marguerite Henry (1902–1997), American writer
• Marie-Louise Henry (1911–2006), Franco-German Protestant theologian
• Mark Henry (* 1971), American weightlifter and wrestler
• Martha Henry (born 1938), Canadian actress
• Mary Gibson Henry (1884–1967), American botanist
• Matthew Henry (1662–1714), English Bible commentator
• Megan Henry (* 1987), American skeleton pilot
• Michael Henry (* 1935), Jamaican politician
• Michaela Henry (* 1980), German beach volleyball and volleyball player, see Michaela Eckl
• Michel Henry (1922–2002), French philosopher
• Mike Henry (actor) (born 1936), American football player and actor
• Mike Henry (voice actor) (born 1965), American voice actor

O

• O. Henry (real name William Sydney Porter ; 1862–1910), American writer
• Ozark Henry (real name Piet Goddaer ; * 1970), Belgian musician

P

• Pat Henry (1861–1933), American politician
• Patrick Henry (Politician, 1736) (1736–1799) British-American lawyer and politician, Governor of Virginia
• Patrick Henry (politician, 1843) (1843–1930), American politician (Mississippi)
• Patti Callahan Henry (* around 1975), American author
• Paul Henry (Huguenot) (1792-1853), pastor of the French Church in Berlin, (French Reformed), at the French Cathedral ,
• Paul Henry (painter) (1876–1958) Irish painter
• Paul Henry (soccer player, 1912) (1912–1989), Belgian soccer player
• Paul Henry (actor) (born 1947), Irish actor
• Paul Henry (chess player) (born 1951), Irish chess player
• Paul Henry (soccer player, 1988) (* 1988), English soccer player
• Paul B. Henry (1942–1993), American politician
• Paul-Pierre Henry (1848–1905), French optician and astronomer, see Paul and Prosper Henry
• Pete Henry (1897–1952) American football player and coach
• Philip Henry (* 1971), American rower
• Pierre Henry (1927-2017), French composer
• Prosper Henry (1849–1903), French optician and astronomer, see Paul and Prosper Henry

R.

• René Henry (1910–1978), Belgian classical philologist
• Rico Henry (* 1997), English football player
• Robert Henry (1718–1790), Scottish historian
• Robert Henry (mycologist) (1906-2001), mycologist
• Robert Alexander Cecil Henry (1884–1962), Canadian entrepreneur
• Robert Kirkland Henry (1890–1946), American politician
• Robert Lee Henry (1864–1931), American politician
• Robert Pryor Henry (1788–1826), American politician
• Ron Henry (1934-2014), English football player

S.

• Samantha Henry-Robinson (* 1988), Jamaican sprinter
• Sean Henry (artist) (born 1965), British sculptor
• Seán Henry (rugby union player) (born 1987), Irish rugby union player
• Shifty Henry (1921–1958), American jazz musician and composer
• Sidney Henry (born 1935), American weightlifter
• Stephen Garrett Henry (1894–1973), American officer, most recently major general
• Steve Henry (* 1953), American politician
• Susanne Henry (also Susette Henry, Suzette Henry ; 1763–1819), German painter

T

• Tabarie Henry (* 1987), athlete from the US Virgin Islands
• Thierry Henry (born 1977), French football player
• Thomas Henry (pharmacist) (1734-1816), English pharmacist and chemist
• Thomas Henry (patron) (1766–1836), French painter and art collector
• Thomas Henry (politician) (1779–1849), American politician
• Thomas Henry (Illustrator) (born Thomas Henry Fisher ; 1879–1962), British illustrator
• Thomas J. Henry , American entomologist
• Thomas Henry (soccer player) , (1994–), Belgian soccer player

• Toni Jo Henry (1916–1942), American murderess
• Tony Henry , British opera singer (tenor)
• Tyler Henry (born 1996), American reality show personality

V

• Victor Henry (philologist) (1850-1907), French philologist
• Victor Henry (1943–1985), British actor
• Virginie Henry (* 1979), French judoka

W.

• William Henry (Politician, 1729) (1729–1786), American politician (Pennsylvania)
• William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743–1805), member of the British royal family
• William Henry (chemist) (1774–1836) English chemist
• William Henry (Politician, 1788) (1788–1861), American politician (Vermont)
• William Henry (swimmer) (1859–1928), English swimmer and water polo player
• William Henry (actor) (1914–1982), American actor
• William Henry (film editor) , American film editor
• William Alexander Henry (1816–1888), Canadian politician and lawyer
• William Thomas Henry (1872–1952), Canadian politician
• Winder Laird Henry (1864–1940), American politician

Y

• Yves Henry (* 1959), French pianist and composer

X

• Xavier Henry (born 1991), American basketball player

See also

• Henri
• Heinrich
• Henrÿ

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the Name