Henry

Namesakes

American Presidents: 1 president
William Henry Harrison   1841  
Australian Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister
James Scullin (middle name Henry)   1929-1932  
Austrian Dukes and Emperors: 1 duke
Duke Heinrich II Jasomirgott (a.k.a. Henry)   1156-1177  
Bohemian Kings: 1 king
King Jindřich of Carinthia (a.k.a. Henry)   1306; 1307-1310  
British Prime Ministers: 7 prime ministers
Henry Pelham   1743-1754  
Augustus FitzRoy (middle name Henry)   1768-1770  
Henry Addington   1801-1804  
William Cavendish-Bentinck (middle name Henry)   1783; 1807-1809  
Henry John Temple   1855-1858; 1859-1865  
Henry Campbell-Bannerman   1905-1908  
Herbert Henry Asquith   1908-1916  
Emmy Award Winners: 1 actor
(actor) Bill Cosby (middle name Henry)   1966; 1967; 1968   I Spy  
English and British Kings and Queens: 8 kings
King Henry I   1100-1135  
King Henry II Plantagenet   1154-1189  
King Henry III   1216-1272  
King Henry IV   1399-1413  
King Henry V   1413-1422  
King Henry VI   1422-1461; 1470-1471  
King Henry VII Tudor   1485-1509  
King Henry VIII   1509-1547  
Fictional Characters from Books: 5 characters, 2 heroes
Henry Crawford   1814   Mansfield Park  
Henry Woodhouse   1815   Emma  
Henry Tilney   1817   Northanger Abbey  
Henry Jekyll   1886   Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde  
Lord Henry Wotton   1890   The Picture of Dorian Gray  
James Henry Trotter   1961   James and the Giant Peach  
Henry Sugar   1977   The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More  
Fictional Characters from Movies: 1 character, 1 hero
Henry Orient   1964   The World of Henry Orient  
Henry Turner   1991   Regarding Henry  
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals: 1 character
Henry Higgins   1912; 1956   Pygmalion; My Fair Lady  
Fictional Characters from Song Titles: 2 characters
(character) Henry   1992   Papa Won't Leave You, Henry  
(character) Henry   2013   Oh Henry  
Fictional Characters from Television: 12 characters
Henry Paget   1996   Early Edition  
Hank Hill (a.k.a. Henry)   1997   King of the Hill  
Hank Landry   1997   Stargate SG-1  
Henry Mitchell   1998   Charmed  
Henry Andrews   2000   CSI: Crime Scene Investigation  
Henry Taylor   2001   24  
Ben Linus (a.k.a. Henry)   2004   Lost  
Will Pope (middle name Henry)   2005   The Closer  
Henry Grubstick   2006   Ugly Betty  
Henry Francis   2007   Mad Men  
Hank Schrader   2008   Breaking Bad  
John Henry   2008   Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles  
Frankish and French Kings: 4 kings
King Henri I (a.k.a. Henry)   1031-1060  
King Henri II (a.k.a. Henry)   1547-1559  
King Henri III (a.k.a. Henry)   1574-1589  
King Henri IV (a.k.a. Henry)   1589-1610  
French Presidents and Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister
(prime minister) William Waddington (middle name Henry)   1879  
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors: 6 king-emperors, 1 king
King Heinrich I the Fowler (a.k.a. Henry)   919-936  
King-Emperor Heinrich II (a.k.a. Henry)   1002-1024  
King-Emperor Heinrich III (a.k.a. Henry)   1028-1056  
King-Emperor Heinrich IV (a.k.a. Henry)   1054-1105  
King-Emperor Heinrich V (a.k.a. Henry)   1099-1125  
King-Emperor Heinrich VI (a.k.a. Henry)   1169-1197  
King-Emperor Heinrich VII (a.k.a. Henry)   1308-1313  
Grammy Award Winners: 1 album of the year/record of the year/song of the year, 1 song of the year/record of the year
(album of the year/record of the year/song of the year) Henry Mancini   1959; 1962; 1964   The Music from Peter Gunn; Moon River; Days of Wine and Roses  
(song of the year/record of the year) Henry Olusegun Adeola "Seal" Samuel   1996   Kiss from a Rose  
Hall-of-Famers: 7 baseball, 4 basketball, 4 football, 3 ice hockey
(baseball) Lou Gehrig (a.k.a. Henry)   1939  
(ice hockey) Harry "Flip" Trihey   1950  
(baseball) Harry Wright   1953  
(baseball) Hank Greenberg   1956  
(ice hockey) Sprague Cleghorn (a.k.a. Henry)   1958  
(baseball) Heinie Manush   1964  
(basketball) Henry "Dutch" Dehnert   1968  
(baseball) John Henry Lloyd   1977  
(ice hockey) Harry Howell   1979  
(baseball) Hank Aaron   1982  
(football) John Henry Johnson   1987  
(football) Henry Jordan   1995  
(football) Hank Stram   2003  
(baseball) Hank O'Day   2013  
(football) Mick Tingelhoff (a.k.a. Henry)   2015  
(basketball) Jo Jo White (middle name Henry)   2015  
(basketball) Grant Hill (middle name Henry)   2018  
(basketball) Chuck Cooper (middle name Henry)   2019  
Most Valuable Players: 5 winners
Lou Gehrig (a.k.a. Henry)   1927; 1936   baseball  
Bucky Walters (middle name Henry)   1939   baseball  
Hank Greenberg   1935; 1940   baseball  
Hank Sauer   1952   baseball  
Hank Aaron   1957   baseball  
New Zealand Prime Ministers: 2 prime ministers
Henry Sewell   1856  
Francis Bell (middle name Henry)   1925  
Nobel Prize Winners: 2 peace, 2 physics, 1 chemistry, 1 medicine
(peace) Henri Dunant (a.k.a. Henry)   1901  
(physics) William Henry Bragg   1915  
(medicine) Henry Hallett Dale   1936  
(peace) Henry Kissinger   1973  
(chemistry) Henry Taube   1983  
(physics) Henry Way Kendall   1990  
Norwegian Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister
Einar Gerhardsen (middle name Henry)   1945-1951; 1955-1963; 1963-1965  
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries: 1 activist
(activist) Henri Dunant (a.k.a. Henry)   1828-1910  
Notable Actors and Entertainers: 30 actors, 1 presenter
Henry Travers   1874-1965  
H. B. Warner (a.k.a. Henry)   1875-1958  
Harry Carey   1878-1947  
Henry B. Walthall   1878-1936  
Henry King   1886-1982  
Groucho Marx (middle name Henry)   1890-1977  
Louis Calhern (middle name Henry)   1895-1956  
Naunton Wayne (a.k.a. Henry)   1901-1970  
Robert Montgomery (a.k.a. Henry)   1904-1981  
Henry Fonda   1905-1982  
William Hartnell (middle name Henry)   1908-1975  
Wilfrid Brambell (a.k.a. Henry)   1912-1985  
Harry Carey Jr.   1921-2012  
Henry Silva   1926-2022  
Jeffrey Hunter (a.k.a. Henry)   1926-1969  
Earl Holliman (a.k.a. Henry)   1928-  
Buck Henry (a.k.a. Henry)   1930-2020  
Henry Darrow   1933-2021  
Bill Cosby (middle name Henry)   1937-  
Terence Stamp (middle name Henry)   1938-  
Peter Fonda (middle name Henry)   1940-2019  
Tobin Bell (middle name Henry)   1942-  
Henry Winkler   1945-  
Erik Estrada (a.k.a. Henry)   1949-  
Henry Czerny   1959-  
Henry Ian Cusick   1967-  
Henry Simmons   1970-  
Henry Thomas   1971-  
Rove McManus (middle name Henry)   1974-  
Sam Worthington (middle name Henry)   1976-  
Henry Cavill   1983-  
Notable Artists: 2 painters, 1 architect, 1 cartoonist, 1 game designer, 1 sculptor
Henry Fuseli   1741-1825  
John Henry Twachtman   1853-1902  
Henry van de Velde   1863-1957  
Henry Moore   1898-1986  
Hank Ketcham   1920-2001  
Ralph Henry Baer   1922-2014  
Notable Athletes: 3 baseball, 3 basketball, 1 boxing, 1 football, 1 ice hockey, 1 rugby, 1 soccer
(baseball) Lou Gehrig (a.k.a. Henry)   1903-1941  
(baseball) Hank Greenberg   1911-1986  
(boxing) Henry Armstrong   1912-1988  
(basketball) Chuck Cooper (middle name Henry)   1926-1984  
(ice hockey) Harry Howell   1932-2019  
(baseball) Hank Aaron   1934-2021  
(basketball) Jo Jo White (middle name Henry)   1946-2018  
(basketball) Grant Hill (middle name Henry)   1972-  
(football) Jovan Belcher (middle name Henry)   1987-2012  
(soccer) Hal Robson-Kanu   1989-  
(rugby) Henry Pyrgos   1989-  
Notable Businesspeople: 7 businesspersons
George Henry Corliss   1817-1888  
Henry Lehman   c. 1822-1855  
Henry J. Heinz   1844-1919  
Henry Royce   1863-1933  
Henry Ford   1863-1947  
Freddy Heineken (middle name Henry)   1923-2002  
Bill Gates (middle name Henry)   1955-  
Notable Evildoers: 1 murderer, 1 pirate
Henry Morgan   c. 1635-1688  
Henry Lee Lucas   1936-2001  
Notable Explorers and Adventurers: 4 explorers
Henry the Navigator   1394-1460  
Henry Hudson   c. 1570-1611  
Henry Morton Stanley   1841-1904  
Ernest Shackleton (middle name Henry)   1874-1922  
Notable Filmmakers: 1 director, 1 screenwriter
Henry King   1886-1982  
Buck Henry (a.k.a. Henry)   1930-2020  
Notable Journalists: 1 journalist
(journalist) H. L. Mencken (a.k.a. Henry)   1880-1956  
Notable Musicians: 4 composers, 4 musicians, 2 singers, 1 singer/musician
Henry Purcell   1659-1695  
Henry Clay Work   1832-1884  
Willie "The Lion" Smith (middle name Henry)   1893-1973  
Henry Mancini   1924-1994  
Hank Ballard (middle name Henry)   1927-2003  
Roger Whittaker (middle name Henry)   1936-2023  
John Denver (a.k.a. Henry)   1943-1997  
John Bonham (middle name Henry)   1948-1980  
Henry Rollins   1961-  
Henry Olusegun Adeola "Seal" Samuel   1963-  
Henry Jackman   1974-  
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers: 1 philosopher
Henry David Thoreau   1817-1862  
Notable Politicians and Statespeople: 3 politicians, 1 diplomat
Henry Wilson   1812-1875  
Henry A. Wallace   1888-1965  
Henry Kissinger   1923-2023  
Donald Rumsfeld (middle name Henry)   1932-2021  
Notable Scientists and Inventors: 3 inventors, 2 astronomers, 1 anthropologist, 1 biologist, 1 chemist, 1 physician, 1 physicist
Henry Cavendish   1731-1810  
Henry Fox Talbot   1800-1877  
George Henry Corliss   1817-1888  
Lewis H. Morgan (middle name Henry)   1818-1881  
Thomas Henry Huxley   1825-1895  
William Henry Pickering   1858-1938  
William Henry Bragg   1862-1942  
Henry Ford   1863-1947  
Henry Norris Russell   1877-1957  
Henry Heimlich   1920-2016  
Notable Writers: 7 authors, 1 poet
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   1807-1882  
Henry David Thoreau   1817-1862  
Henry James   1843-1916  
H. Rider Haggard (a.k.a. Henry)   1856-1925  
Henry Miller   1891-1980  
Wallace Thurman (middle name Henry)   1902-1934  
Graham Greene (a.k.a. Henry)   1904-1991  
Jack Higgins (a.k.a. Henry)   1929-2022  
Olympic Medalists: 15 gold, 9 bronze, 7 silver, 3 silver/gold, 2 bronze/gold, 2 gold/bronze
(bronze) Charles Gmelin (middle name Henry)   1896   400 m  
(gold/bronze) William Thompson (middle name Henry)   1904   archery - American round; archery - team round; archery - York round  
(gold) Paul Pilgrim (middle name Henry)   1904   4 mile team  
(gold) John Derbyshire (middle name Henry)   1900; 1908   water polo; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay  
(gold) Thomas Thould (middle name Henry)   1908   water polo  
(bronze) Henry B. Richardson   1904; 1908   archery - team round; archery - York round  
(gold) George Goulding (middle name Henry)   1912   10 km walk  
(gold) Victor d'Arcy (middle name Henry)   1912   4x100 m relay  
(bronze) James Duncan (middle name Henry)   1912   discus throw  
(gold) David Jacobs (middle name Henry)   1912   4x100 m relay  
(gold) Louis Scott (a.k.a. Henry)   1912   3000 m team  
(bronze) Cyril Porter (middle name Henry)   1912   3000 m team  
(gold) Henry Macintosh   1912   4x100 m relay  
(gold/bronze) Henry Taylor   1908; 1912; 1920   swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay  
(gold) William Henry Dean   1920   water polo  
(silver) Henry Dafel   1920   4x400 m relay  
(silver) Henry Hay   1920   swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay  
(silver) Henry Petersen   1920   pole vault  
(bronze) Jam Handy (a.k.a. Henry)   1904; 1924   swimming - 400 m breaststroke; water polo  
(bronze) H. B. Stallard (a.k.a. Henry)   1924   1500 m  
(bronze/gold) Eric Liddell (middle name Henry)   1924   200 m; 400 m  
(gold) Henry Russell   1928   4x100 m relay  
(gold) John Kuck (middle name Henry)   1928   shot put  
(bronze) Herbert Wildman (middle name Henry)   1932   water polo  
(bronze) Henry Jonsson   1936   5000 m  
(silver) Tom Richards (middle name Henry)   1948   marathon  
(silver/gold) Barney Ewell (a.k.a. Henry)   1948   100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay  
(gold) Henry Eriksson   1948   1500 m  
(silver/gold) Herb McKenley (middle name Henry)   1948; 1952   100 m; 400 m; 4x400 m relay  
(silver/gold) Bill Nieder (middle name Henry)   1956; 1960   shot put  
(bronze) David Jones (middle name Henry)   1960   4x100 m relay  
(gold) Henry Carr   1964   200 m; 4x400 m relay  
(gold) Jo Jo White (middle name Henry)   1968   basketball  
(silver) Ervin Hall (middle name Henry)   1968   110 m hurdles  
(bronze/gold) Veryan Pappin (middle name Henry)   1984; 1988   field hockey  
(gold) Grant Hill (middle name Henry)   1996   basketball  
(silver) Crawford Palmer (a.k.a. Henry)   2000   basketball  
(silver) Jack López (middle name Henry)   2020   baseball  
Oscar Award Winners: 1 actor
(actor) Henry Fonda   1982   On Golden Pond  
Other Leaders: 3 prime ministers
Prime Minister Henry Soum   1953-1959   Monaco  
Prime Minister Henry Neijhorst   1982   Suriname  
Prime Minister Henry McLeish   2000-2001   Scotland  
Other Royalty: 10 princes, 1 prince consort
Heinrich of Prussia (middle name Henry)   1747-1767   Prussia  
August of Prussia (middle name Henry)   1779-1843   Prussia  
Heinrich of Prussia (a.k.a. Henry)   1781-1846   Prussia  
Albrecht of Prussia (middle name Henry)   1809-1872   Prussia  
Hendrik of the Netherlands (a.k.a. Henry)   1820-1879   Netherlands  
Heinrich of Prussia (middle name Henry)   1862-1929   Prussia  
Heinrich of Prussia (a.k.a. Henry)   1900-1904   Prussia  
Henry, Duke of Gloucester   1900-1974   United Kingdom  
Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (a.k.a. Henry)   1901-1934   Netherlands  
William of Gloucester (middle name Henry)   1941-1972   United Kingdom  
Harry, Duke of Sussex   1984-   United Kingdom  
Polish High Dukes and Kings: 3 dukes, 1 king
Duke Henryk I the Bearded (a.k.a. Henry)   1232-1238  
Duke Henryk II the Pious (a.k.a. Henry)   1238-1241  
Duke Henryk IV Probus (a.k.a. Henry)   1288-1290  
King Henryk (a.k.a. Henry)   1573-1575  
Portuguese Kings and Queens: 1 king
King Henrique I the Chaste (a.k.a. Henry)   1578-1580  
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers: 3 musicians
Hank Ballard (middle name Henry)   1990     
John Bonham (middle name Henry)   1995   Led Zeppelin  
Henry Fambrough   2023   The Spinners  
Saints: 6 blessed, 5 saints
Saint Henry II   972-1024  
Saint Henry of Coquet   ?-1127  
Saint Henry   ?-1156  
Blessed Heinrich Seuse (a.k.a. Henry)   1295-1366  
Blessed Heinrich of Treviso (a.k.a. Henry)   ?-1315  
Blessed Henry Webley   1558-1588  
Saint Henry Walpole   1558-1595  
Blessed Henry Morse   1595-1645  
Blessed Henry Abbot   ?-1597  
Blessed Henry Heath   1599-1643  
Saint John Henry Newman   1801-1890  
Shakespearian Characters: 12 characters
Prince Henry   King John  
Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland   Henry IV (1); Richard II  
Henry "Hotspur" Percy   Henry IV (1); Richard II  
Henry IV; Henry Bolingbroke   Henry IV (1); Henry IV (2); Richard II  
Prince Henry; Henry V   Henry IV (1); Henry IV (2); Henry V  
Green (a.k.a. Henry)   Richard II  
Lord Henry Scrope   Henry V  
Henry VI   Henry VI (1); Henry VI (2); Henry VI (3); Richard III  
Cardinal Henry Beaufort   Henry VI (2)  
Henry, Earl of Richmond   Henry VI (3); Richard III  
Sir Henry Guildford   Henry VIII  
Henry VIII   Henry VIII  
Spanish Kings and Queens: 4 kings
King Enrique I (a.k.a. Henry)   1214-1217   Castile  
King Enrique II the Bastard (a.k.a. Henry)   1369-1379   Castile  
King Enrique III the Infirm (a.k.a. Henry)   1390-1406   Castile  
King Enrique IV the Impotent (a.k.a. Henry)   1454-1474   Castile