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Henry is a masculine
given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
derived from
Old French Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intel ...
''Henri'' / ''Henry'', itself derived from the Old Frankish name ''Heimeric'', from
Common Germanic Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic bra ...
''*Haimarīks'' (from '' *haima-'' "home" and ''*rīk-'' "ruler"). In
Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old Hig ...
, the name was conflated with the name ''Haginrich'' (from ''hagin'' "enclosure" and ''rich'' "ruler") to form Heinrich. The Old High German name is recorded from the 8th century, in the variants ''Haimirich, Haimerich, Heimerich, Hemirih''. Harry, its English short form, was considered the "spoken form" of Henry in medieval England. Most English kings named ''Henry'' were called ''Harry''. The name became so popular in
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
that the phrase " Tom, Dick, and Harry" began to be used to refer to men in general. The common English feminine forms of the name are Harriet and Henrietta. It has been a consistently popular name in English-speaking countries for centuries. It was among the top 100 most popular names used for men born in the
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,
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
and
Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
, and in
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in 2007. It was the 46th most common name for boys and men in the
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in the 1990 census. Harry, its short form, was the fifth most popular name for boys in
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
and
Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
in 2007 and among the top 50 names in
Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the s ...
,
Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to ...
and
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...
in recent years. Harry was ranked as the 578th most popular name in the
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in 2007. It is also in use as a surname. Its variant, Amerigo, was the source from which the continents of the Americas were named.


Masculine variants

In the
High Middle Ages The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the periodization, period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300. The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and were followed by the Late Middle Ages, which ended ...
, the name was Latinized as '' Henricus''. It was a royal name in
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
,
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
and
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
throughout the high medieval period ( Henry I of Germany, Henry I of England, Henry I of France) and widely used as a given name; as a consequence, many regional variants developed in the languages of Western and
Central Europe Central Europe is an area of Europe between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, based on a common historical, social and cultural identity. The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) between Catholicism and Protestantism significantly shaped the a ...
: Within
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...
, Low German, Frisian and Dutch, numerous diminutives and abbreviated forms exist, including Low German, Dutch and Frisian ''Heike'', ''Heiko''; Dutch ''Hein'', ''Heintje'';
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...
''Heiner'', ''Heinz''. The original diphthong was lost in Dutch '' Hendrik'' (hypocoristics ''Henk'', ''Hennie'', ''Rik''), Scandinavian '' Henrik''from an Old Norse ''*Heinrekr''
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under the influence of German and the
Scandinavian languages The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages—a sub-family of the Indo-European languages—along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages. The language group is als ...
, hence Polish '' Henryk'', Czech '' Jindřich'', '' Hynek''. Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian ''Henrik'', Finnish ''Henrikki'' (hypocoristic ''Heikki''), and Lithuanian ''Henrikas'' or ''Herkus''. The Old French form ''
Henri Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the ' List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Mon ...
'' / Middle French ''Henry'' became productive in the British Isles, in Middle English adopted as '' Harry, Herry''. ''Herry'' was adopted into Welsh as '' Perry'', into Irish as ''Annraoi, Anraí, Einrí'' and into Scottish Gaelic as ''Eanraig, Eanruig''. In Southern Europe variants without the initial H- include Italian ''Arrigo'', '' Enrico'', Catalan / Occitan ''Enric'' and Spanish ''
Enrique Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (D ...
'' (whence Basque ''Endika'') and Italian ''Enzo''. A separate variant, which may originate with the Old High German name ''Haimirich'', but possibly conflated with the names ''Ermenrich'' (first element '' ermen'' "whole") or ''Amalric'' (first element ''amal'' "vigour, bravery") is Emmerich. Emmerich is the origin of a separate suit of variant names used across Western and Central Europe, although these never rose to the ubiquity of the variants of ''Henry''; they include English ''Emery, Amery, Emory'', French ''Émeric'' / ''Aymeric'', Hungarian ''
Imre Imre is a Hungarian masculine first name, which is also in Estonian use, where the corresponding name day is 10 April. It has been suggested that it relates to the name Emeric, Emmerich or Heinrich. Its English equivalents are Emery and Henr ...
, Imrus'', Slovak ''Imrich'', Italian ''Amerigo'' and Iberian (Portuguese, Spanish, Galician) ''Américo'', etc. Hendick


Feminine variants

Several variants of ''Heinrich'' have given rise to derived feminine given names. Low German ''Henrik'', ''Hendrik'' gave rise to ''Henrike, Hendrike, Hendrikje, Hendrina, Henrika'' and others, Low German ''Heiko'' to ''Heike'', Italian ''Enrico'' gave rise to ''Enrica'', Spanish ''Enrique'' to ''Enriqueta, Enriquetta, Enriquette''. French ''Henri'' gave rise to '' Henriette, Henrietta'', further modified to ''Enrieta, Enrietta'', English ''Harry'' to '' Harriet, Harriett, Harrietta, Harriette'', hypocorisms ''Hattie, Hatty, Hettie, Etta, Ettie''; various other hypocorisms include ''Hena, Henna, Henah, Heni, Henia, Henny, Henya, Henka,'' Dutch ''Jet, Jett, Jetta, Jette, Ina''. In Polish ''Henryka, Henia, Heniusia, Henka, Henryczka, Henrysia, Rysia'' are attested. The hypocorisms ''Rika, Rike'' etc. may be from this or other names with the second element ''-ric''. Spanish and Portuguese ''América'' from the ''Emmerich'' variant ''Amérigo'' .


Surnames

Harrison (surname),
Henson Henson may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places United States * Henson, Colorado, a ghost town * Henson, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Henson Creek, Colorado * Henson Branch, Missouri, a stream Antarctica * Mount Henson, Ross Dependency Other * H ...
(surname), Harris (surname), Heaney (Irish surname), Fitzhenry (Irish Hiberno-Norman surname), Heinz (German surname),
Enríquez Enriquez is a Spanish patronymic surname meaning "son of Enrique" and a common surname in Spain and Latin America.Henriques (Portuguese surname), Heney, Henney,
Hendrick Hendrick may refer to: People * Hendrick (given name), alternative spelling of the Dutch given name Hendrik * Hendrick (surname) * King Hendrick (disambiguation), one of two Mohawk leaders who have often been conflated: ** Hendrick Tejonihokarawa ( ...
, Hendricks, Hinrichs,
Hendrickx Hendrickx is a Dutch-language surname of Belgian origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Hendrickx (1916–1990), Belgian racing cyclist * Alexander Hendrickx (born 1993), Belgian field hockey player * Björn Hendrickx (born 1974) ...
,
Hendriks Hendriks is a Dutch patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A. L. Hendriks (1922–1992), Jamaican poet, writer, and broadcasting director * Arnoud Hendriks (born 1949), Dutch figure skater * Berend Hendriks (1918–1997), Du ...
,
Hendrikx Hendrikx is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jan Hendrikx (mayor) (born 1944), Dutch mayor * Marc Hendrikx (born 1974), Belgian football player See also * Jimi Hendrix * Hendric * Hendrick (disambiguation) * Hendricks ...
, Hendrix,
Hendryx Hendryx is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * James Hendryx (1880-1963), American author of western fiction * John Hendryx (born 19?), American theologian (adherent of monergism) * Nona Hendryx (born 1944), American singer and ...
.


People with the given name


Royalty

;Kings of England * Henry I of England *
Henry II of England Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (french: link=no, Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress, or Henry Plantagenet, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189, and as such, was the first Angevin kin ...
*
Henry III of England Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême, Henry ...
* Henry IV of England, one of the principal commanders of
Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagen ...
* Henry V of England, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Agincourt * Henry VI of England *
Henry VII of England Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry's mother, Margaret Beauf ...
, one of the principal commanders Battle of Bosworth Field and
Wars of the Roses The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487), known at the time and for more than a century after as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the throne of England, English throne in the mid-to-late fifteenth century. These w ...
*
Henry VIII of England Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...
, one of the principal commanders of Italian War of 1542–1546 and
Rough Wooing The Rough Wooing (December 1543 – March 1551), also known as the Eight Years' War, was part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars of the 16th century. Following its break with the Roman Catholic Church, England attacked Scotland, partly to break th ...
, principal leader of Dissolution of the monasteries ;Junior King of England *
Henry the Young King Henry the Young King (28 February 1155 – 11 June 1183) was the eldest son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine to survive childhood. Beginning in 1170, he was titular King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Mai ...
;Kings of Germany * Henry the Fowler (876–936) *
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor Henry II (german: Heinrich II; it, Enrico II; 6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry the Exuberant, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024, and was the last ruler ...
*
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor Henry III (28 October 1016 – 5 October 1056), called the Black or the Pious, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 until his death in 1056. A member of the Salian dynasty, he was the eldest son of Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia. Henry was raised ...
*
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV (german: Heinrich IV; 11 November 1050 – 7 August 1106) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105, King of Germany from 1054 to 1105, King of Italy and Burgundy from 1056 to 1105, and Duke of Bavaria from 1052 to 1054. He was the ...
* Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor * Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor * Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor ;Kings of France * Henry I of France, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Mortemer and
Battle of Val-ès-Dunes The Battle of Val-ès-Dunes was fought in 1047 by the combined forces of the Norman duke William II and the French king Henry I against the forces of several rebel Norman barons, led by William's cousin Guy of Brionne. As a result of winning ...
*
Henry II of France Henry II (french: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claude of Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder bro ...
, one of the principal commanders of
Italian War of 1551–1559 Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional ...
and Anglo-French War (1557–1559) ;Kings of Castile * Henry I of Castile * Henry II of Castile, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Nájera and Battle of Montiel *
Henry III of Castile Henry III of Castile (4 October 1379 – 25 December 1406), called the Suffering due to his ill health (, ), was the son of John I and Eleanor of Aragon. He succeeded his father as King of Castile in 1390. Birth and education Henry was bo ...
, one of the principal commanders of
Battle of Collejares The Battle of Collejares also known as the Battle of los Collejares was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista that took place in 1406 at Collejares nearby the towns of Úbeda and Baeza, Spain, Baeza in Granada, Spain. The battle was fought betwe ...
*
Henry IV of Castile Henry IV of Castile ( Castilian: ''Enrique IV''; 5 January 1425 – 11 December 1474), King of Castile and León, nicknamed the Impotent, was the last of the weak late-medieval kings of Castile and León. During Henry's reign, the nobles became ...
, one of the principal commanders of Second Battle of Olmedo ;King of Portugal * Henry, King of Portugal, king of Portugal and a cardinal of the Catholic Church ;Byzantine Emperor *
Henry of Flanders Henry (c.1178 – 11 June 1216) was Latin emperor of Constantinople from 1205 until his death in 1216. He was one of the leaders of the Fourth Crusade in which the Byzantine Empire was conquered and Latin Empire formed. Life Henry was born i ...
, Byzantine emperor, one of the principal commanders of Bulgarian–Latin wars,
Battle of Philippopolis (1208) The Battle of Philippopolis or Battle of Plovdiv ( bg, Битка при Пловдив) took place on 30 June 1208 in the surroundings of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv, Bulgaria) between the armies of the Bulgarian Empire and the Latin Empir ...
and Battle of the Rhyndacus (1211) ;Others * Prince Harry (born 1984; formally Prince Henry, Duke of Sussex), British prince and military officer *
Henry I the Bearded Henry the Bearded ( pl, Henryk (Jędrzych) Brodaty, german: Heinrich der Bärtige; c. 1165/70 – 19 March 1238) was a Polish duke from the Piast dynasty. He was Duke of Silesia at Wrocław from 1201, Duke of Kraków and High Duke of all P ...
(c. 1165/70 – 19 March 1238), High Duke of Poland * Henry VII (died 1313), Holy Roman Emperor * Henry II the Pious, Duke of Silesia at
Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, r ...
and Duke of Kraków, High Duke of all
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
, and Duke of Southern Greater Poland * Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545–1567), king consort of
Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to ...
* Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594–1612) * Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584–1647), Stadtholder of Holland, one of the principal commanders of the Dutch Revolt *
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Henry Julius (german: Heinrich Julius; 15 October 1564 – 30 July 1613), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1589 until his death. He also served as administrator of the ...
(1564–1614) * Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, third son and fourth child of
King George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Qu ...
and Queen Mary, served as Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947 *
Henry (son of Edward I) Henry of England (6 May 1268 – 14 October 1274 in Merton, Surrey) was the fifth child and second son of Edward I of England by his first wife, Eleanor of Castile.Alison Weir, ''Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy'' (London, U. ...
*
Henry, Duke of Villena Infante Henry of Aragon (1400 – 15 June 1445), 1st Duke of Villena, 4th Count of Alburquerque, Count of Ampurias, was the Grand Master of the Order of Santiago. Childhood A member of the House of Trastamara, Henry was the third son of K ...
, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago *
Henry the Lion Henry the Lion (german: Heinrich der Löwe; 1129/1131 – 6 August 1195) was a member of the Welf dynasty who ruled as the duke of Saxony and Bavaria from 1142 and 1156, respectively, until 1180. Henry was one of the most powerful German p ...
, Duke of Saxony and Duke of Bavaria, one of the principal commanders of the Second Crusade, Wendish Crusade, and
Battle of Verchen The Battle of Verchen (german: Schlacht bei Verchen) was a battle between Saxons and West Slavic Obotrites on 6 July 1164. The Obotrites were attacked by Saxons and Danes in 1160, resulting in the death of the Obotrite prince, Niklot, and th ...


Religious figures

* Henry Bretislaus, member of the Přemyslid dynasty, Bishop of Prague from 1182, then Duke of Bohemia as "Bretislaus III" * Henry Compton, Bishop of London during the Glorious Revolution * Henry Oldenburg, German theologian, diplomat, natural philosopher, and creator of scientific
peer review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer revie ...
, one of the foremost intelligencers of Europe of the seventeenth century * Henry Zdik, Bishop of Olomouc, one of the principal commanders of the Wendish Crusade


Nobility

*
Henry de Audley Henry Audley (or Aldithel or Alditheley; c. 1175–1246) was an English baron. Audley was a royalist baron, born about 1175 to Adam de Alditheley and Emma, daughter of Ralph/Radulphus fitzOrm. His father Adam held Alditheley ( Staffordshire) fro ...
(1175–1246), English baron * Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762–1834) *
Henry de Bohun Sir Henry de Bohun (died 23 June 1314) was an English knight, the grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford. He was killed on the first day of the Battle of Bannockburn by Robert the Bruce. Riding in the vanguard of heavy cavalry, de Bo ...
, medieval knight killed by King Robert I of Scotland *
Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg (1170 – 5 June 1226) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg, was a Prince of Mecklenburg from 1219 to 1226 and Lord of Rostock (1225-1226). Life Henry Borwin II was a son of Henry Borwin I, Lord of ...
* Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham * Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer * Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (1526–1596) * Henry Dandolo (1107–1205), 41st
Doge of Venice The Doge of Venice ( ; vec, Doxe de Venexia ; it, Doge di Venezia ; all derived from Latin ', "military leader"), sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian '), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice between 726 ...
, one of the principal commanders of the Fourth Crusade, Battle of Adrianople (1205), Sack of Constantinople, Siege of Constantinople (1203) and
Byzantine–Venetian war of 1171 The Byzantine–Venetian War of 1171 was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice as a result of the Byzantine imprisonment of Venetian merchants and citizens across the Empire. 10,000 Venetians were imprisoned in the Byzantine ...
* Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (c. 1310–1361), member of the English royal family, diplomat, politician, and soldier, one of the principal commanders of the Hundred Years' War (1337–1360),
Battle of Bergerac The Battle of Bergerac was fought between Anglo-Gascon and French forces at the town of Bergerac, Gascony, in August 1345 during the Hundred Years' War. In early 1345 Edward III of England decided to launch a major attack on the French from t ...
,
Battle of Auberoche The Battle of Auberoche was fought on 21 October 1345 during the Gascon campaign of 1345 between an Anglo- Gascon force of 1,200 men under Henry, Earl of Derby, and a French army of 7,000 commanded by Louis of Poitiers. It was fought at t ...
and
Lancaster's chevauchée of 1346 Lancaster's ''chevauchée'' of 1346 was a series of offensives directed by Henry, Earl of Lancaster, in southwestern France during autumn 1346, as a part of the Hundred Years' War. The year had started with a "huge" French army under Jo ...
* Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785–1856), British Army officer and politician *
Henry Hotspur Percy Sir Henry Percy (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), nicknamed Hotspur, was an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots in the northern border and against the French during the Hundred Years' War. The nickname "Hots ...
, late-medieval English nobleman, one of the principal commanders of the
Battle of Homildon Hill The Battle of Holmedon Hill or Battle of Homildon Hill was a conflict between English and Scottish armies on 14 September 1402 in Northumberland, England. The battle was recounted in Shakespeare's ''Henry IV, part 1''. Although Humbleton Hil ...
, Battle of Otterburn and
Battle of Shrewsbury The Battle of Shrewsbury was a battle fought on 21 July 1403, waged between an army led by the Lancastrian King Henry IV and a rebel army led by Henry "Harry Hotspur" Percy from Northumberland. The battle, the first in which English archer ...
* Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester * Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough * Henry de Nassau, Lord Overkirk, Dutch nobleman and military general *
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, (pronunciation uncertain: "Rezley", "Rizely" (archaic), (present-day) and have been suggested; 6 October 1573 – 10 November 1624) was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of So ...
(1573–1624)


Presidents and prime ministers

* Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime minister of Great Britain, one of the principal commanders of
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
* Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British statesman and Liberal Party politician who served as
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern p ...
* Henry Pelham, British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death, one of the principal commanders of the
War of the Austrian Succession The War of the Austrian Succession () was a European conflict that took place between 1740 and 1748. Fought primarily in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, the Atlantic and Mediterranean, related conflicts included King George ...
and War of Jenkins' Ear * Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century, one of the principal commanders of
Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...
*
Henry A. Wallace Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, farmer, and businessman who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States, the 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and the 10th U.S. ...
, American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 33rd
Vice President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice p ...
, the 11th
United States Secretary of Agriculture The United States secretary of agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other governments. The department includes several organ ...
and the 10th United States Secretary of Commerce


Wartime figures and military leaders

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Henry Athukorale Lieutenant General Henry Vijaya Athukorale, VSV, psc, FBIM (30 November 1930 – 21 December 2019) was a Sri Lankan senior army officer. He served as Commandant, Volunteer Force and Commander, Task Force Anti Illicit Immigration. Militar ...
(1930-2019), Sri Lankan Sinhala army officer * Henry Bagenal (c. 1556–1598), marshal of the Royal Irish Army, one of the principal commanders of the Irish Nine Years' War and Battle of the Yellow Ford * Henry Washington Benham, American general and civil engineer, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Secessionville * Henry "Harry" Chauvel, senior officer of the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, one of the principal commanders of Sinai and Palestine campaign,
Battle of Romani The Battle of Romani was the last ground attack of the Central Powers on the Suez Canal at the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine campaign during the First World War. The battle was fought between 3 and 5 August 1916 near the Egyptian town ...
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Battle of Magdhaba The Battle of Magdhaba took place on 23 December 1916 during the Defence of Egypt section of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War.The Battles Nomenclature Committee assigned 'Affair' to those engagements between forces small ...
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Battle of Beersheba (1917) The Battle of Beersheba ( tr, Birüssebi Muharebesi, ger, Schlacht von Birüssebi)The several battles fought for the Gaza to Beersheba line between 31 October and 7 November were all assigned the title Third Battle of Gaza, although they took ...
, Battle of Sharon, Capture of Damascus and Pursuit to Haritan *
Henry Clay Jr. Henry Clay Jr. (April 10, 1811 – February 23, 1847) was an American politician and soldier from Kentucky, the third son of US Senator and Representative Henry Clay and Lucretia Hart Clay. He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representa ...
, American politician and soldier from Kentucky, one of the principal commanders of Mexican-American War and Battle of Buena Vista * Henry Crerar, senior officer of the Canadian Army who became the country's "leading field commander" in World War II, where he commanded the First Canadian Army, one of the principal commanders of the
Battle of the Scheldt The Battle of the Scheldt in World War II was a series of military operations led by the First Canadian Army, with Polish and British units attached, to open up the shipping route to Antwerp so that its port could be used to supply the Alli ...
* Henry Docwra, 1st Baron Docwra of Culmore, English-born soldier and statesman in 17th-century Ireland, founder of the city of Derry, one of the principal commanders of the Irish Nine Years' War * Henry Every (born c. 1653), British pirate * Henry Gurney, British colonial administrator, one of the principal commanders of the Malayan Emergency * Henry Ruhl Guss (1825-1907), Union Army brevet Major General *
Henry Hawley Henry Hawley (12 January 1685 – 24 March 1759) was a British army officer who served in the wars of the first half of the 18th century. He fought in a number of significant battles, including the Capture of Vigo in 1719, Dettingen, Fo ...
, British army officer who served in the wars of the first half of the 18th century, one of the principal commanders of the Battle of Falkirk Muir and
Jacobite rising of 1745 The Jacobite rising of 1745, also known as the Forty-five Rebellion or simply the '45 ( gd, Bliadhna Theàrlaich, , ), was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took ...
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Henry Kent Hewitt Henry Kent Hewitt (February 11, 1887 – September 15, 1972) was the United States Navy commander of amphibious operations in north Africa and southern Europe through World War II. He was born in Hackensack, New Jersey and graduated from the Unit ...
, United States Navy commander of amphibious operations in north Africa and southern Europe through World War II, one of the principal commanders of Operation Torch, Naval Battle of Casablanca,
Battle of Gela (1943) The amphibious Battle of Gela was the opening engagement of the American portion of the Allied Invasion of Sicily during World War II. United States Navy ships landed United States Army troops along the eastern end of the south coast of Sicily; ...
and Operation Dragoon * Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter, third director of the post–World War II
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
Central Intelligence Group (CIG), the third Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and the first director of the
Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
created by the National Security Act of 1947 *
Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne General Henry Sinclair Horne, 1st Baron Horne, (19 February 1861 – 14 August 1929) was a military officer in the British Army, most notable for his generalship during the First World War. He was the only British artillery officer to command a ...
(1861–1929), British military officer during World War I, one of the principal commanders of the Battle of Arras (1917) and Battle of Cambrai (1918) * Henry Jackson, Royal Navy officer, one of the principal commanders of the U-boat Campaign (World War I) *
Henry Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger (; ; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presid ...
(born 1923), German-born American politician, one of the principal commanders of
Operation Freedom Deal Operation Freedom Deal was a United States Seventh Air Force interdiction and close air support campaign waged in Cambodia between 19 May 1970 and 15 August 1973, as an expansion of the Vietnam War, as well as the Cambodian Civil War. Launche ...
and Cambodian Civil War * Henry Louis Larsen (1890–1962), United States Marine Corps general, Governor of American Samoa and Governor of Guam *
Henry Leach Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Conyers Leach, (18 November 1923 – 26 April 2011) was a Royal Navy officer who, as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff during the early 1980s, was instrumental in convincing the British prime minister, ...
, British Royal Army officer, one of the principal commanders of
Falklands War The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial ...
* Henry Lukin, South African military commander *
Henry Perera Admiral Alfred William Henry Perera, VSV, ndc, psc, SLN (1930-2009) was the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy from 1979 to 1983. He also served as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Kenya. Naval career Educated at St. Peter's College, Co ...
(1930–2009), admiral and
Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy The Commander of the Navy is the professional head of the Sri Lanka Navy. The current Commander of the Navy is Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera. It is a position equivalent to that of First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy or Chief of Naval Operation ...
from 1979 to 1983 *
Henry Rathbone Henry Reed Rathbone (July 1, 1837 – August 14, 1911) was a United States military officer and diplomat who was present at the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Rathbone was sitting with his fiancée, Clara Harris, next to the pre ...
(1837–1911), American military officer and diplomat present during the assassination of Abraham Lincoln *
Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, (20 February 1864 – 28 March 1925), known as Sir Henry Rawlinson, 2nd Baronet between 1895 and 1919, was a senior British Army officer in the First World War who commanded the Fourth Army ...
(1864–1925), British General, commander of
British Indian Army The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which cou ...
, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Rooiwal, Battle of Amiens (1918),
Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place be ...
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Second Battle of the Somme The Second Battle of the Somme of 1918 was fought during the First World War on the Western Front from late August to early September, in the basin of the River Somme. It was part of a series of successful counter-offensives in response to th ...
and
Battle of St Quentin Canal The Battle of St. Quentin Canal was a pivotal battle of World War I that began on 29 September 1918 and involved British, Australian and American forces operating as part of the British Fourth Army under the overall command of General Sir Hen ...
* Henry Jenner Scobell, British military leader who served as the last officer in command of
Cape Colony The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when it united with ...
before the formation of the
Union of South Africa The Union of South Africa ( nl, Unie van Zuid-Afrika; af, Unie van Suid-Afrika; ) was the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. It came into existence on 31 May 1910 with the unification of the Cape, Natal, Tr ...
, one of the principal commanders of the Battle of Groenkloof * William Henry Hudson Southerland (1852–1933), American rear admiral, one of the principal commanders of the United States occupation of Nicaragua *
Henry Tandey Private Henry James Tandey VC, DCM, MM (born Tandy, 30 August 1891 – 20 December 1977) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth f ...
, English soldier, most highly decorated private of World War I who supposedly spared
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and the ...
's life during the war, recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions during the First World War * Henry Hugh Tudor, British soldier and officer during the Second Boer War and First World War, one of the principal commanders of the Irish War of Independence * Sir Henry Wells, a senior officer in the Australian Army, Chief of the General Staff from 1954 to 1958, one of the principal commanders of the Malayan Emergency *
Henry Tingle Wilde Henry Tingle Wilde, RNR (21 September 1872 – 15 April 1912) was a British naval officer who was the chief officer of the . He died in the sinking. Early life Henry Tingle Wilde was born on 21 September 1872 in Walton, north of Liverpool, ...
(1872–1912), chief officer of the RMS ''Titanic'' * Henry Williams, leader of the
Church Missionary Society The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly known as the Church Missionary Society, is a British mission society working with the Christians around the world. Founded in 1799, CMS has attracted over nine thousand men and women to serve as mission ...
(CMS) mission in New Zealand in the first half of the 19th century and during the Flagstaff War * Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864–1922), senior British Army staff officer during the First World War and Irish unionist politician * Henry Maitland Wilson, senior British Army officer of the 20th century, one of the principal commanders of Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II, Balkans campaign (World War II), Battle of Greece and
Operation Compass Operation Compass (also it, Battaglia della Marmarica) was the first large British military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War. British, Empire and Commonwealth forces attacked Italian forces of ...
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Henry Wirz Henry Wirz (born Hartmann Heinrich Wirz, November 25, 1823 – November 10, 1865) was a Swiss-American officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was the commandant of the stockade of Camp Sumter, a Confederate ...
, Swiss-American officer of the Confederate States Army and a convicted war criminal, the commandant of the stockade of Camp Sumter concentration camp


Politicians

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Henry Abeywickrema Henry Abeywickrema (27 December 1905 - 29 August 1976) was a Sri Lankan politician. Henry Abeywickrema was born in 1905 in Baddegama and received his education at Richmond College and St. Aloysious' College in Galle. Following the death of hi ...
(1905–1976), Sri Lankan Cabinet minister * Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844), British statesman and Prime Minister of United Kingdom, one of the principal commanders of the
French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars (french: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 and resulting from the French Revolution. They pitted France against Britain, Austria, Pruss ...
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Henry Woodward Amarasuriya Henry Woodward Amarasuriya (14 October 1904 – 6 March 1981) was a Ceylonese plantation owner, politician, educationist and philanthropist. He was the Cabinet Minister for Trade and Commerce in the cabinet of D. S. Senanayake. A former member ...
(1904–1981), Sri Lankan Cabinet minister, founding member of the
United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...
, educationist, philanthropist, and plantation owner * Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, British politician and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs * Henry Bertram Price, Governor of Guam * Henry Givens Burgess, Irish railway executive and politician * Henry Francis Bryan (1865–1944), 17th Governor of American Samoa * Henry Clay (1777–1852), American statesman, politician,
war hawk In politics, a war hawk, or simply hawk, is someone who favors war or continuing to escalate an existing conflict as opposed to other solutions. War hawks are the opposite of doves. The terms are derived by analogy with the birds of the same name ...
, presidential candidate, and founder of the Whig Party * Henry De Mel (1877-1936), Sri Lankan Sinhala industrialist, lawyer, philanthropist, and member of the
Legislative Council of Ceylon The Legislative Council of Ceylon was the legislative body of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1833, along with the Executive Council of Ceylon, on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission. It was the first form of repre ...
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Henry D. Gilpin Henry Dilworth Gilpin (April 14, 1801 – January 29, 1860) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 14th Attorney General of the United States under President Martin Van Buren from 1840 to 1841. He served as the 2nd Solicitor of ...
(1801-1860), 14th Attorney General of the United States * Henry Goonesekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, member of the
2nd State Council of Ceylon The 2nd State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1936 state council election held between 22 February and 7 March 1936. The parliament met for the first time on 17 ...
* Henry Goulburn (1784–1856), British Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846 * Henry Schell Hagert (1826-1885), District attorney for Philadelphia * James Henry Hammond (1807–1864), 60th governor of South Carolina * Henry Harcourt (1873–1933), British politician * Henry Kotelawala, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Henry McMaster (born 1947), American politician *
Henry Morgan Sir Henry Morgan ( cy, Harri Morgan; – 25 August 1688) was a privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he raided settlements and shipping on the Spanish Main, becoming we ...
(1635–1688), Welsh pirate, privateer, slaveholder, and
Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica This is a list of viceroys in Jamaica from its initial occupation by Spain in 1509, to its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. For a list of viceroys after independence, see Governor-General of Jamaica. For context, see History of Jamai ...
, one of the principal commanders of the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) * Henry Paulson, American banker who served as the 74th
United States Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...
from 2006 to 2009 * Henry Peiris (1910-1959), Sri Lankan Sinhala Marxist politician * Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, British politician and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies * Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, British statesman who served successively as the fifth
Governor General of Canada The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm ...
, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs * Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, British politician and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs * Henry Pollock, English barrister who became a prominent politician in Hong Kong, the attorney general of Hong Kong *
Henry Riggs Rathbone Henry Riggs Rathbone (February 12, 1870 – July 15, 1928) was a congressman from Illinois. Rathbone was born in Washington, D.C., to Brevet Colonel Henry Reed Rathbone and Clara Rathbone née Harris; while engaged, the couple had been gu ...
(1870–1928), congressman from Illinois * Henry Thambiah (1906–1997), Sri Lankan Tamil academic, judge, and diplomat * Henry Lorensz Wendt (1858-1911), Sri Lankan Burgher lawyer, judge, and legislator


Film

* Henry, Indian producer * Henry Cavill (born 1983), British actor * Henry Czerny, Canadian film, stage, and television actor * Henry Daniell (1894–1963), English actor * Henry Fonda (1905–1982), American actor * Henry Golding (born 1987), British Malaysian actor * Henry Hathaway (1898–1985), American film director *
Henry Hunter Hall Henry Hunter Hall is an American actor. Early life The son of filmmaker Kasi Lemmons and actor Vondie Curtis-Hall, he appeared as a child in Curtis-Hall’s 1997 film ''Gridlock'd'' starring Tim Roth and Tupac. His uncle is fashion designer Ke ...
(born 1997), American actor * Henry Jayasena (1931–2009), Sri Lankan actor in cinema, television, and theater * Henry King (1886–1982), American actor and film director * Henry Koster (1905–1988), German-American film director * Henry Roxby Beverley (1790–1863), English actor * Henry Selick (born 1952), American stop-motion film director * Henry B. Walthall (1878–1936), American actor * Henry Winkler (born 1945), American actor and producer


Music

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Henry Jackman Henry Pryce Jackman (born 1974) is an English composer. He composed music for films such as '' Kong: Skull Island'', '' X-Men: First Class'', '' Winnie the Pooh'', '' Wreck-It Ralph'', '' Puss in Boots'', '' Monsters vs. Aliens'', '' Captain ...
(born 1974), English composer * Henry John Deutschendorf Jr (1943-1997) known professionally as John Denver, American singer * Henry Krtschil (1932–2020), German composer * Henry Lau (born 1989), Canadian singer, musician, and actor * Henry Mancini (1924–1994), American composer * Henry Purcell (1659–1695), English composer *
Henry Rollins Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1980, Rol ...
(born 1961), American singer * Henry Samuel (born 1963), British singer-songwriter known professionally as Seal


Scientists

* W. Henry Bragg, British physicist, chemist, mathematician, and active sportsman * Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877), English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer *
Henry Parker Sartwell Henry Parker Sartwell (April 18, 1792 – November 15, 1867) was an American botanist. Biography Sartwell was a physician-botanist for whom was named the plant-genus Sartwellia, was born at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, April 18, 1792, and died Nove ...
(1792–1867), American botanist


Businessmen

* Henry Bizot (1901–1990), French banker and first chairman of the Banque Nationale de Paris * Henry Flagler (1830–1913), American tycoon, real estate promoter, and railroad developer, known as the father of
Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...
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Henry Ford Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By creating the first automobile that ...
(1863–1947), American inventor, industrialist, father of the modern assembly line, and founder of
Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi ...
* William Henry "Bill" Gates, American business magnate, software developer, investor, philanthropist, and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, one of the entrepreneurs and pioneers of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s * Henry Givens Burgess, Irish railway executive and politician * Henry J. Heinz, German entrepreneur and founder of Heinz Ketchup company *
H. F. S. Morgan Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan (1881–1959), known as HFS, was an English sports car manufacturer and founder of the Morgan Motor Company (MMC) and its chairman from 1937 until his death in 1959. Biography Henry 'Harry' Morgan was born in Mo ...
(1881–1959), English sports car manufacturer and founder and chairman of the Morgan Motor Company * Henry Sy (1924–2019), Chinese-Filipino billionaire, business magnate, investor, and philanthropist


Explorers

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Henry Hudson Henry Hudson ( 1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States. In 1607 and 16 ...
(born c. 1560s/70s), English sea explorer *
Prince Henry the Navigator ''Dom'' Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460), better known as Prince Henry the Navigator ( pt, Infante Dom Henrique, o Navegador), was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15t ...
(1394–1460), responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents


Literary figures

* Ralph Henry Barbour, American novelist * Henry G. Brinton (born 1960), American author and pastor, a contributor to the ''Washington Post'' and ''USA Today'' *
Henry James Henry James ( – ) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the ...
(1843–1916), American author * Henry Charles Lea (1825-1909), American historian *
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include "Paul Revere's Ride", ''The Song of Hiawatha'', and '' Evangeline''. He was the first American to completely trans ...
(1807–1882), American poet *
Henry Miller Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American novelist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi- autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical re ...
(1891–1980), American writer * Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), American author


Criminals

* Henry Lee Lucas, American serial killer


Artists

* Henry Ward Ranger (1858–1916), American artist *
John Henry Lorimer John Henry Lorimer (12 August 1856 – 4 November 1936) was a Scottish painter who worked on portraits and genre scenes of everyday life. Life Lorimer was born in Edinburgh, the son of James Lorimer, who was Regius Professor of Public Law ...
, Scottish painter * Henry Moore (1898–1986), English sculptor and artist *
Henry Orth Harold (Henry) William Orth (April 14, 1866 - March 5, 1946) was an American architect. Background Harold William Orth was born on a ship en route to the United States from Christiana (Oslo), Norway, on April 14, 1866. His exact date of arrival t ...
(1866–1946), American architect * Henry Parayre (1879–1970), French sculptor * Henry Payne, British stained glass artist, watercolourist and painter of frescoes * Henry Richardson (born 1961), American sculptor * Henry Strater (1896–1987) American painter, and illustrator * Henry Ossawa Tanner, American artist and the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim


Sportsmen

* Henry "Hank" Aaron (1934–2021), American baseball player * Henry Austin (baseball) (1844–1904), American baseball player * Henry Adrian Austin (born 1972), Barbadian cricketer *
Henry Fitzherbert Austin Henry Fitzherbert Austin (1 September 1874 – 18 January 1957) was a Barbadian cricketer. He played in eight first-class cricket, first-class matches for the Barbados national cricket team, Barbados cricket team from 1897 to 1904. See also ...
(1874–1957), Barbadian cricketer *
Henry Bibby Charles Henry Bibby (born November 24, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, and San Diego Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He al ...
(born 1949), American basketball player * Henry Cárdenas (born 1965), Colombian road cyclist * Henry Cejudo (born 1987), American mixed martial artist and UFC Flyweight Champion * Henry Collins (boxer) (born 1977), Australian boxer * Henry Cooper (1934–2011), British boxer, British, European and Commonwealth heavyweight champion in 1970 * Henry Duhamel (1853–1917), French mountaineer, author, and skiing pioneer * Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (1903–1941), American baseball player nicknamed "The Iron Horse" * Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), American hall of fame baseball player *
Henry Hynoski Henry Philip Hynoski Jr. (born December 30, 1988) is a former American football fullback who played for the New York Giants from 2011 to 2014. He won Super Bowl XLVI with the team over the New England Patriots. Hynoski played college footbal ...
(born 1988), American football player * Henry Hynoski Sr. (born 1953), American football player * Henry Marsh (athlete) (born 1954), American long-distance runner *
Henry Maske Henry Maske (, ; born 6 January 1964) is a German former professional boxer and one of Germany's most popular sports figures. He held the IBF light heavyweight title from 1993 until 1996. Amateur career Maske was born in Treuen ...
(born 1964), German boxer * Henry Menzies (1867–1938), Scottish rugby union player * Henry Mondeaux (born 1995), American football player *
Henry Obst Henry D. Obst (December 23, 1906 – August 27, 1975) was an American football guard who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Staten Island Stapletons and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Syracuse ...
(1906–1975), American football player *
Henry Orth (American football) Henry William Orth (November 20, 1897 – March 25, 1980) was an American football guard who played one season with the Cincinnati Celts of the American Professional Football Association. He played college football at Miami University and attend ...
(1897–1980), American football player * Henry Prusoff (1912–1943), American professional tennis player *
Henry Ruggs Henry James Ruggs III (born January 24, 1999) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Alabama, where he was a member of the team that won the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion ...
(born 1999), American football player * Henry Schichtle (born 1941), American football player *
Henry Speight Ratu Henry Vao'ofu Speight (born 24 March 1988) is a Fiji-born Australian professional rugby union player. He currently plays for the French club Biarritz. Speight was previously with the Brumbies and Queensland Reds in Super Rugby, and has repr ...
(born 1988), Australian rugby union player * Henry Surtees (1991–2009), British racing driver * Henry Sugut (born 1985), Kenyan long-distance runner


Others

* Henry Allingham (1896–2009), briefly the world's oldest man * H. Parrott Bacot (born Henry Parrott Bacot; 1941–2020), art historian and museum director * Henry Adams Bellows, newspaper editor and radio executive *
Henry Engelbert Henry Engelbert (1826–1901) was a German-American architect. He was best known for buildings in the French Second Empire style, which emphasized elaborate mansard roofs with dormers. New York's Grand Hotel on Broadway is the most noteworthy ex ...
(1826–1901), German-American architect *
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker, who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African Amer ...
, American literary critic, professor, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the
Hutchins Center for African and African American Research The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, also known as the Hutchins Center, is affiliated with Harvard University. The Center supports scholarly research on the history and culture of people of African descent around the world ...
at
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...
* Henry Alfred Ian Goonetilleke, Sri Lankan Sinhala library director at the University of Peradeniya and scholar *
Henry Wilson Hodge Colonel Henry Wilson Hodge (April 14, 1865 – December 21, 1919) was an American civil engineer and bridge designer. He co-founded the engineering firm Boller & Hodges with Alfred P. Boller, designed numerous bridges in multiple countries, ...
(1865-1919), American civil engineer *
Henry Kelly Henry Kelly (born 17 April 1946) is an Irish radio and television broadcaster, actor and journalist. Early life Kelly was born in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, and educated at Belvedere College SJ, and at University College Dublin, where ...
(born 1946), Irish television presenter and radio DJ *
Henry George Henry George (September 2, 1839 – October 29, 1897) was an American political economist and journalist. His writing was immensely popular in 19th-century America and sparked several reform movements of the Progressive Era. He inspired the eco ...
, American political economist and journalist * Henry Goddard Leach (1880–1970), American Scandinavian studies scholar * Henry Mayhew, English social researcher, journalist, playwright, and reform advocate * Henry More, English philosopher of the Cambridge Platonist school * Henry Newman, British political adviser * Henry Omaga-Diaz (born 1961), Filipino journalist, news anchor, and radio newscaster *
Henry F. Pulitzer Dr. Henry Franz Pulitzer (1899–1979) was an Austrian-born gallery owner and "avid art collector",Jean-Pierre Isbouts, '' The Mona Lisa Myth'' (Pantheon Press, 2013), pp. 86–87. and connoisseur, described by one source as a "media mogul". He wa ...
(1899–1979), Austrian-born publisher and art collector * Henry Winthrop Sargent (1810–1882), American horticulturist


Fictional characters

* Henry of Skalitz, the main protagonist from the medieval open-world videogame '' Kingdom Come: Deliverance'' * Henry, a
green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combin ...
lizard character from the 1996 animated TV series '' Amazing Animals'' * Henry Branwell, a character from '' The Infernal Devices'', part of The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare * Henery Hawk, Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' character * Henry and Orville, the second pair of ghosts who Luigi encounters in ''
Luigi's Mansion is a 2001 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo. The game was a launch title for the GameCube and was the first game in the ''Mario'' franchise to be released for the console; it was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, ...
'' * Henry, a character from the television show '' KaBlam!'' * Henry, a character from the animated series '' Oswald'' * Henry, a persona or character from
John Berryman John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in th ...
's ''
The Dream Songs ''The Dream Songs'' is a compilation of two books of poetry, ''77 Dream Songs'' (1964) and ''His Toy, His Dream, His Rest'' (1968), by the American poet John Berryman. According to Berryman's "Note" to ''The Dream Songs'', "This volume combines ...
'' * Henry, a playable dark mage in the 2012 game '' Fire Emblem Awakening'' * Henry, the main protagonist of the 2015 film '' Hardcore Henry'' * Henry, a character from the 2008 video game '' No More Heroes'' *
Henry the Octopus The Wiggles characters are a group of characters who perform with the Wiggles, the Australian children's music group. Aside from the four Wiggles, four secondary characters, along with a troupe of singers, actors, and dancers, appear in their tel ...
, a character from ''
The Wiggles The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. The group are currently composed of Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Tsehay Hawkins, as well as supporting members Evie Ferris, John Pearce, C ...
'' *
Henry (comic) ''Henry'' is a (the funniest living American) comic strip created in 1932 by Carl Thomas Anderson. The title character is a young bald boy who is mute (and sometimes drawn minus a mouth). With the exception of a few early episodes, the comic str ...
, a comic character that began in 1932 * Henry the Green Engine, a steam locomotive from ''The Railway Series'' of books by Reverend W. Awdry *
Henry I Henry I may refer to: 876–1366 * Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936) * Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955) * Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018) * Henry I of France (1008–1060) * Henry I the Long, Margrave of the N ...
, another character from the television series ''Once Upon a Time'' * Uncle Henry, character from the Oz books by L. Frank Baum * Horrid Henry, fictional character from the eponymous children's comedy television show * Henry Baker, a character from the 2003 film ''
Cheaper by the Dozen ''Cheaper by the Dozen'' is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, published in 1948. The novel recounts the authors' childhood lives growing up in a household of 12 children. The bestsel ...
'' and its sequel * Henry Bennett, the main character in American author Mark Twain's 1889 novel '' A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' * Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake, a character in the ''M*A*S*H'' novels,
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, and television series * Henry Bowers, a character from Stephen King's novel '' It'' * Henry Deaver, protagonist of the '' Castle Rock'' television series inspired by the Stephen King novels * Henry Desmond, a character in the American television sitcom '' Bosom Buddies'' * Henry Clerval, character from ''
Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ...
'' by Mary Shelley * Henry Crabbe, main character of the series '' Pie in the Sky'' * Henry Creel, main antagonist of
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Sci-fi drama series Stranger Things * Henry Deacon, fictional character from the television series '' Eureka'' * Henry "Hank" Daughtry, fictional character from the video game '' Infamous Second Son'' * Henry Emily, a major character and the creator/owner of Freddy Fazbears Pizzeria in the '' Five Nights at Freddy's'' horror game franchise * Henry Francis, a character from the American television series '' Mad Men'' * Henry Forman, a character from ''
Marvin Marvin ''Marvin Marvin'' is an American comedy science fiction television series that aired on Nickelodeon from November 24, 2012 to April 27, 2013. The series stars Lucas Cruikshank of ''Fred'' fame as the titular character Marvin Forman, an alien te ...
'' * Henry Gupta, character from the James Bond film '' Tomorrow Never Dies'' * Henry Hart, a character from '' Henry Danger'' * Henry Higgins, a major character in
George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...
's play '' Pygmalion'' and also in the musical adaptation '' My Fair Lady'' *
Henry Huggins Henry Huggins is a character appearing in a series of children's literature novels by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling, and first appearing in '' Henry Huggins''. He is a young boy living on Klickitat Street in Portland, Oregon. I ...
, a character created by Beverly Cleary * Henry Hugglemonster, a character from '' Henry Hugglemonster'' * Henry Jekyll, title character in the
Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as '' Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll ...
novel '' The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' * Henry/
Hank Jennings The following is a list of characters from the television series ''Twin Peaks'', the film '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', and the 2017 revival. Overview Concepts Bob Frank Silva was a set decorator who worked on the pilot episode ...
, a character from the television series ''
Twin Peaks ''Twin Peaks'' is an American mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It premiered on ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991. The show returned in 2017 ...
'' * Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr. ( Indiana Jones), the title character and the protagonist of the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise * Henry Keddys, minor character in Chris Lilley's mockumentary series '' Angry Boys'' * Henry Legolant, a character from the anime '' Black Clover'' * Henry "Hank" MacDougall (played by
Fred Willard Frederic Charles Willard (September 18, 1933 May 15, 2020) was an American actor, comedian, and writer. He was best known for his roles in the Rob Reiner mockumentary film ''This Is Spinal Tap'' (1984); the Christopher Guest mockumentaries ''Wa ...
), the pious father-in-law of Robert Barone, from the sitcom '' Everybody Loves Raymond'' * Dr. Henry McCord, character from the television series ''Madam Secretary'' * Henry Mills, a primary character from the television series '' Once Upon a Time'' * Henry "Hank" Moody, protagonist of the Showtime television series '' Californication'' * Henry F. Potter, the main villain from '' It's a Wonderful Life'' * Henry Pym (a.k.a. Ant Man, Giant Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional comic book superhero in the Marvel Universe * Henry Rearden, steelmaker from the Ayn Rand book ''Atlas Shrugged'' * Henry Townshend, main protagonist in the video game ''Silent Hill 4'' * Mr. Henry J. Waternoose III, a company president,
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, character and the secondary main antagonist voiced by James Coburn in the 2001
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/ Pixar animated film '' Monsters, Inc.'' * Henry "Hank" Voight, a main character from the television series Chicago P.D. * Lord Henry Wotton, character from '' The Picture of Dorian Gray'' by Oscar Wilde * Henry Rush, the main character played by Ted Knight in the American sitcom television series '' Too Close for Comfort'' * Henry Shoop, a character in the 1990 American action comedy movie '' Kindergarten Cop'' * Henry Sikorsky, a character played by
Christopher Lloyd Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and on television since the 1960s. He is known for portraying Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the ''Back to the Future'' tril ...
in the 1989 American comedy movie '' The Dream Team'' * Henry Stein, the main protagonist of Bendy and the Ink Machine * Henry Stickmin, main protagonist of '' game series of the same name'' * Henry Tomasino, soldato from the Clemente crime family and secondary character from '' Mafia II'' and Mafia II Mobile, part of the ''
Mafia (series) ''Mafia'' is a series of action-adventure games originally created and developed by 2K Czech (formerly Illusion Softworks). Since the third installment, however, the games are developed by Hangar 13 and published by 2K Games. The franchise consi ...
'' * Henry Warnimont, a character in the television sitcom '' Punky Brewster'' * Henry "Hank" Zipzer, character from the television series ''
Hank Zipzer The ''Hank Zipzer: The World's Greatest Underachiever'Hank Zipzer: The Mostly True Confessions of the World's Best Underachiever'' in Books 1–3 and ''Hank Zipzer: The World's Best Underachiever'' in Book 4. series of American children's books ...
''


Other uses

* Military Order of St. Henry * Henry (unit), the SI unit of inductance * Henry's law, which describes the distribution of a chemical between the gas and the liquid phase * Henry (vacuum), flagship vacuum cleaner manufactured by Numatic International Limited * Henry the Hexapus, a six-legged octopus found by British marine scientists in 2008


In different languages

*
Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
: هنري (Hinri) *
Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gr ...
: Hendrik * Armenian: Հենրի (Henri) * Basque: Endika * Belarusian: Henryk * Breton: Herri * Bulgarian: Хенри (Henri) *
Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
: Enric * Croatian: Henri, Henrik * Czech: Jindra, Jindřich * Danish: Henry, Henrik * Dutch: Henry, Henri, Henrik, Hendrik *
Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * ...
: Hindrek, Indrek, Henri, Henrai, Henraiv, Raivo * Finnish: Henri, Henrik, Heikki *
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
: Henri, Henry * Frisian: Hindrik * Galician: Henrique, Enrique * Georgian: ჰენრი (Henri) *
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...
: Heinrich, Henrich, Hinrich, Henrick * Greek: Ερρίκος (Errikos) *
Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
: הנרי (Henri) * Hungarian: Henrik * Icelandic: Henry * Irish: Hanraí, Hamhrí, Anraí, Éinrí * Italian: Enrico, Arrigo * Japanese: ヘンリー (Henrī) * Korean: 헨리 (Henli) *
Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...
: Henricus * Latvian: Henrijs, Henriks, Heinrihs, Henrihs, Hinrihs, Indriķis, Inds, Ints, Ingus, Inguss, Anrijs, Anrī * Lithuanian: Henris, Henrikas *
Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Ma ...
: Хенри (Henri) *
Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
: Henare * Norwegian: Henry, Henrik * Polish: Henryk * Portuguese: Henrique *
Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania ** Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
: Henric * Russian: Генри (Genri), Генрих (Genrikh), Хенри (Henri), Хенрик (Henrik) * Samoan: Enele *
Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...
: Eanraig *
Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also * * * Old Serbian (disambiguation ...
: Хенри (Henri) * Slovak: Henrich * Slovene: Henrik * Spanish: Enrique * Swedish: Henry, Henrik, Henrick * Tongan: Heneli * Vietnamese: Hải Lý *
Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...
: Henry, Harri, Herri


Names with a similar meaning

The names second element, *Rīk, can also be found in names: * Alaric,
Amalric Amalric or Amalaric (also Americ, Almerich, Emeric, Emerick and other variations) is a personal name derived from the tribal name ''Amal'' (referring to the Gothic Amali) and ''ric'' ( Gothic ''reiks'') meaning "ruler, prince". Equivalents in d ...
, Frederick / Friedrich, Eric, Patrick,
Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...
, Roderick Other names also meaning "ruler", "power", "king", "lord": * Donald * Waldemar / Vladimir * Walter /
Walther Walther is a masculine given name and a surname. It is a German form of Walter, which is derived from the Old High German ''Walthari'', containing the elements ''wald'' -"power", "brightness" or "forest" and ''hari'' -"warrior". The name was fi ...
* Valentine / Valentin / Valentino / Valentinian * Kaan /
Khan Khan may refer to: *Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan *Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name *Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...
*
Raja ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested ...
* Rakesh


See also

* Henry (disambiguation) * Henry (surname)


Notes

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