Henryk (given name)

Henryk ([ˈxɛnrɨk]) is a Polish male given name of Germanic origin. It means 'ruler of the home' or 'lord of the house'. It is pronounced similarly to Henrik, the spelling used in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia.

The most common equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Heikki (Finnish), Hendrik (Dutch), Heinrich (German), Enrico (Italian), Henri (French), Enrique (Spanish) and Henrique (Portuguese). A longer list can be found here.

Notable Henryks[]

Henryk Mazowiecki (1368/1370–1392/1393), Polish noble and bishop
Henryk I Brodaty the Bearded (ca. 1165/70–1238), King of Poland
Henryk I Jaworski (1292/96-1346)
Henryk II Pobozny (1196/1207–1241)
Henryk II Ziębicki (1396–1420)
Henryk III Biały (1227/1230–1266)
Henryk III Walezy (1551–1589)
Henryk III głogowski (1251/60–1309))
Henryk IV Probus (1258–1290)
Henryk V Brzuchaty (1248–1296))
Henryk IX of Lubin (1369–1419/1420))
Henryk X of Chojnów ((1426–1452))

Henryk Chmielewski (comics) (born 1923), Papcio Chmiel comic artist
Henryk Gotlib (1890–1966), Polish-born painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and writer, who settled in England after World War II
Henryk Siemiradzki (1843–1902), Polish painter
Henryk Stażewski (1894–1988), Polish painter
Henryk Tomaszewski (mime) (1919–2001), mime artist
Henryk Tomaszewski (poster artist) (1914–2005), poster artist

Henryk Goldszmit, the real name of author, paediatrician, and child pedagogue Janusz Korczak
Henryk Grossman (1881–1950), Polish-German economist and historian of Jewish descent
Henryk Lipszyc (born 1941), Polish specialist in Japanese culture and former ambassador to Japan

Henryk Rzewuski (1791–1866), Polish Romantic-era journalist and novelist
Henryk Samsonowicz (1930–2021), Polish historian specializing in medieval Poland, prolific writer, and professor of the University of Warsaw
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916), Polish author Nobel Prize for Literature laureate 1905

Henryk Cybulski (1910–1971), Polish forester and resistance fighter
Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755–1818), Polish general and national hero , one of the principal commanders of French Revolutionary Wars, Kościuszko Uprising, War of the Fourth Coalition and Battle of Trebbia (1799)
Henryk Dembiński (1791–1864), Polish engineer, traveler and general
Henryk Dobrzański (1897–1940), Polish soldier, sportsman and partisan
Henryk Lederman (died 1944), cadet officer of the Polish Army, participant in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the Warsaw Uprising
Henryk Minkiewicz (1880–1940), Polish socialist politician and General of the Polish Army, murdered in the Katyń massacre
Henryk Śniegocki (1893–1971), Scout and freedom fighter
Henryk Sucharski (1898–1946), Polish military officer and a major in the Polish Army
Henryk Woliński (1901–1986), member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II

Henryk Czyż (1923–2003), Polish musician, conductor and teacher
Henryk Górecki (1933–2010), Polish composer
Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński (1869–1928), Polish composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher
Henryk Szeryng (1918–1988), Polish-born violinist
Henryk Wars (1902–1977), Polish and later an American neutralized citizen pop music composer
Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880), Polish composer

Henryk Ehrlich (1882–1942), Polish activist
Henryk Gołębiewski (born 1942), Polish politician
Henryk Józewski (1892–1981), Polish visual artist, politician
Henryk Milcarz (born 1950), Polish politician
Henryk Sławik (1894–1944), Polish politician, diplomat, and social worker who during World War II helped save 5,000 Hungarian and Polish Jews from Budapest by giving them false Polish passports

Henryk Arctowski (1871–1958), Polish scientist, oceanographer and explorer of Antarctica
Henryk Grabowski (1792–1842), German botanist and pharmacist of Polish heritage
Henryk Iwaniec (born 1947), Polish American mathematician, professor
Henryk Jordan (1842–1907), Polish philanthropist, physician and pioneer of physical education in Poland
Henryk Niewodniczański (1900–1968), Polish physicist
Henryk Zygalski (1908–1978), Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma ciphers before and during World War II

Henryk Alszer (1918–1959), Polish footballer
Henryk Apostel (born 1941), Polish international football player
Henryk Bałuszyński (born 1972), Polish international football player
Henryk Budzicz (born 1953), Polish sprint canoer
Henryk Chmielewski (boxer) (1914–1998), Polish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
Henryk Czapczyk (1922–2010), Warta Poznań football player
Henryk Glücklich (born 1945), former international motorcycle speedway rider
Henryk Grabowski (athlete) (1929–2012), Polish long jumper
Henryk Kasperczak (born 1946), Polish football manager and a football player
Henryk Kukier (1930–2020), Polish boxer
Henryk Leliwa-Roycewicz (1898–1990), Polish Olympic silver medallist in Eventing at 1936 Olympics
Henryk Maculewicz (born 1950), retired Polish footballer
Henryk Martyna (1907–1984), Polish international football player
Henryk Miłoszewicz (1956–2003), Polish international football player
Henryk Reyman (1897–1963), attacking soccer player, sports official and military officer
Henryk Średnicki (born 1955), Polish boxer
Henryk Szordykowski (born 1944), Polish middle distance runner

Henryk Abicht (1835–1863), Polish socialist and independence activist
Henryk Firlej (1574–1626), Polish noble, bishop
Henryk Grohman (1862–1939), Polish industrialist of German origin
Henryk Gulbinowicz (1972-), Cardinal Emeritus
Henryk de Kwiatkowski (1924–2003), Polish-born member of the Royal Air Force
Henryk Łowmiański (1898–1984), Polish medieval historian
Henryk Muszyński (born 1933), Primate Emeritus of Poland and former Archbishop
Henryk Pająk (born 1937), Polish writer, journalist and publisher
Henryk Tomasik (born 1946), Bishop of Radom
Henryk Zieliński (1920–1981), Polish historian and professor at the University of Wrocław