Henry (surname)

Henry is an English and French male given name and an Irish and French^[1][2] surname, borrowed from Old French, originally of Germanic origin (Haimirich) from the elements haim ("home") and ric ("powerful"). Equivalents in other languages are Anraí (Irish), Eanruig (Scots Gaelic), Enrico (Italian), Enrique (Spanish), Heinrich (German), Henning (Swedish), Henri (Modern French), Henrik (Hungarian and Scandinavian), Henrique (Portuguese), Henryk (Polish), (H)enric (Occitan surname^[3]), Hendrik (Dutch), and Genrikh (Russian), among others.[1]

Arts[]

• Buck Henry (1930–2020), American actor and screenwriter
• Chad Henry (born 1946), American musical theatre composer
• Charles Henry (librarian) (1859–1926), French librarian and editor
• Clarence "Frogman" Henry (born 1937), American rhythm and blues singer
• David Eugene Henry (born 1946), American painter and sculptor
• Dorothy Henry (1925–2020), American artist and cartoonist
• Edward Lamson Henry (1841–1919), American genre painter
• François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French opera singer
• George Henry (painter) (1858–1943), Scottish painter (1880s to 1910s)
• Gloria Henry (1923–2021), American actress
• Jim Henry (singer) (born 1964), bass singer in barbershop quartets
• Lenny Henry (born 1958), British comedian
• Michel Henry (1922–2002), French continental philosopher
• Mike Henry, (born 1964), American writer, producer, voice actor, and comedian
• O. Henry [pen name] (1862–1910), American writer
• Pierre Henry (born 1927), French composer
• Robert Henri (1865–1929), American painter
• Teuira Henry (1847–1915), Tahitian ethnologist
• Victor Henry (1850–1907), French philologist

Clergy[]

• Caleb Sprague Henry (1804–1884), American clergyman
• Carl F. H. Henry (1913–2003), American theologian
• Harold William Henry (1909–1976), American-born Catholic archbishop in South Korea
• Matthew Henry (1662–1714), English divine
• Philip Henry (clergyman) (1631–1696), English clergyman

Inventors and scientists[]

• Benjamin Tyler Henry (1821–1898), American inventor of the Henry rifle
• Beulah Louise Henry (1887–1973), American inventor; nicknamed "Lady Edison"
• Etienne Ossian Henry (1798–1873), French chemist
• George Morrison Reid Henry (1891–1983), entomologist and ornithologist
• Joseph Henry (1797–1878), American physicist
• Paul Henry and Prosper Henry (1848–1905), French astronomers
• Warren Elliot Henry (1909–2001), American physicist

Journalism[]

• Alan Henry, Lifehacker staff writer

Politics[]

• Albert Henry (politician), (1907–81), Premier of the Cook Islands
• Brad Henry (born 1963), Governor of Oklahoma
• Cameron Henry (born 1974), Louisiana politician
• Douglas Henry (1926–2017), American politician
• Edward Stevens Henry (1836–1921), American politician
• Émile Henry (anarchist) (1872–1894), French anarchist
• Geoffrey Henry, (1940–2012), Premier of the Cook Islands
• George Stewart Henry, (1871–1958) Canadian politician
• Hubert-Joseph Henry, French soldier involved in the Dreyfus Affair
• Patrick Henry (1736–1799), American politician
• Robert Harlan Henry (born 1953), American judge and Oklahoma politician, on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Robert L. Henry (1864–1931), American politician
• Stuart Henry (born 1946), Australian politician

Sports[]

• Alan Henry, British motorsports journalist
• Beau Henry, Australian rugby league footballer
• Bernard Henry (born 1960), American football player
• Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player
• Chris Henry (wide receiver) (1983–2009), American football player
• Derrick Henry (born 1994), American football player
• Frank Henry (cricketer) (dates unknown), cricketer
• Gordon Henry (footballer) (1930–2007), Scottish footballer
• Graham Henry (born 1946), New Zealand rugby union coach
• Hunter Henry (born 1994), American football player
• Jim Henry (equestrian) (born 1947), Canadian Olympic equestrian
• John Henry (catcher) (1889–1941), American baseball player
• Malik Henry (born 1998), American football player
• Mark Henry (born 1971), American professional wrestler
• Matt Henry (cricketer) (born 1991), New Zealand cricketer
• Mike Henry, (1936–2021), American football player and actor
• Mitchell Henry (American football) (1992–2017), American football player
• Neil Henry, Australian rugby league football coach
• Robert Henry (bowls), New Zealand lawn bowler
• Sek Henry (born 1987), American-Jamaican professional basketball player, 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
• Thierry Henry (born 1977), French footballer
• Tommy Henry (born 1969), American football player
• Travis Henry (born 1978), American football player
• Triston Henry (born 1993), Canadian soccer player
• Xavier Henry (born 1991), American basketball player

Other[]

• Edward Henry (1850–1931), London police commissioner
• Philip Henry, 4th and 5th Earl Stanhope
• Robert Henry (1718–1790), Scottish historian and minister
• Robert L. Henry Jr. (1882–?), American professor of law
• Ken Henry (public servant), Australian economist
• Robert Selph Henry (1889–1970), American lawyer, railroad executive and historian
• S. M. I. Henry (1839–1900), American evangelist, temperance reformer, poet, author
• Bonnie Henry (1965- ), Canadian physician, Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia

Disambiguation[]

• Alexander Henry (disambiguation) several people
• Charles Henry (disambiguation), several people
• David Henry (disambiguation), several people
• Frederick Henry (disambiguation), several people
• Jim Henry (disambiguation), several people
• John Henry (disambiguation), several people and a renowned Thoroughbred racehorse
• Marcus Henry (disambiguation), multiple people
• Paul Henry (disambiguation), several people
• William Henry (disambiguation), several people

See also[]

• Henry family of New Zealand

References[]

External links[]

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Surname list

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