Hank

Henry "Hank" Jones Jr. (1918 – 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award. He was also honored in 2003 with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Jazz Living Legend Award. In 2008, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. On April 13, 2009, the University of Hartford presented Jones with an honorary Doctorate of Music for his musical accomplishments.

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Jones recorded more than 60 albums under his own name, and countless others as a sideman, including Cannonball Adderley's celebrated album Somethin' Else. On May 19, 1962, he played piano as actress Marilyn Monroe sang her famous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" song to then U.S. president John F. Kennedy.

Makes me think of Hank J Wimbleton...

Hank is also the name of the titular murderous bounty hunter character from the early 2000's filler internet animation "Madness Combat".

Hank Yarbo is a character in the Canadian sitcom Corner Gas.

Hank is one of the doctors in the game Trauma Team.

Hank Snow is a famous singer.

Hank is a character on Breaking Bad.

Hank Jennings was the sociopathic henchman for town bigwig Ben Horne, and later for drug kingpin Jean Renault, on the cult classic TV show "Twin Peaks."

I can't believe no one has mentioned Hank The Cowdog of the humorous book series as a famous bearer!

Dr. Henry "Hank" Lawson is a leading character of USA Network's hit television series "Royal Pains."
American actor Mark Feuerstein brilliantly portrays the concierge doctor through all of his trials and triumphs.

The poet Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was only called Hank, never Charles. (His full name was Henry Charles Bukowski.)

There's also Hank Venture from the show 'The Venture Brothers'. Other than that, I find Hank to be a bland name. It would be suitable for a boy scout. If, you know, you somehow could tell your son was going to be a boy scout.

Hank [short for Henry] Cunningham is a character in Elizabeth Berg's novel "Dream When You're Feeling Blue". In the story Hank says that he prefers being called 'Hank' to 'Henry' because 'Henry' is just to formal.

Hank Green, the "younger half" of the wildly popular (and endlessly awesome) internet project, Vlogbrothers.

Let's not be forgetting Hank Williams Jr. or Hank Lochlin, both great singers in their own right (if you haven't heard of Please Help Me, I'm Falling, you have issues).

Henry "Hank" McCoy, better known as "Beast" is a Marvel comics superhero best known as a member of the X-Men.

A famous bearer of this name would be Hank Williams Sr. He is a very notable singer and song writer in country music history.

Actor Hank Azaria and character Hank Hill on "King of the Hill."