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
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the Name