Heinrich () is a

German given name Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the "Name order, ...

of ancient Germanic origin and a

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to ''

Henry Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainmen ...

''. The female forms are ''Henrike'' and ''Henriette''. The most famous patron saint is Henry (died 1024), as the German Emperor

Henry II Henry II may refer to: Kings * Saint Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (972–1024), crowned King of Germany in 1002, of Italy in 1004 and Emperor in 1014 *Henry II of England (1133–89), reigned from 1154 *Henry II of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1271–1 ...

Monarchs and royalty

Henry the Fowler Henry the Fowler ( or '; ; – 2 July 936) was the duke of Saxony from 912 and the king of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non- Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ottonian dynasty of kings and emper ...

(Heinrich I der Vogler; 876–936), first German king * Heinrich II (972–1024), Holy Roman emperor * Heinrich III (1017–1056), Holy Roman emperor *

Heinrich IV Henry IV may refer to: People * Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050–1106), King of the Romans and Holy Roman Emperor * Henry IV, Duke of Limburg (1195–1247) * Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251/1252–1272) * Henryk IV Probus (c. 1258–1290), ...

(1050–1106), king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor * Heinrich V (1086–1125), king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor * Heinrich VI (1165–1197), king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor * Heinrich VII (1275–1313), king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor * Heinrich I, Duke of Bavaria (919/921–955) * Heinrich II, Duke of Bavaria (951–995) * Heinrich III, Duke of Bavaria and Carinthia (940–989) * Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (1919–2012), head of the German Princely House of Reuss * Heinrich, Count of Bellegarde (1756–1845), viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Generalfeldmarschall * Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (1661–1738), member of the House of Wettin * Heinrich, Prince of Fürstenberg (born 1950) * Heinrich of Bavaria (1884–1916), member of the House of Wittelsbach, World War I officer * Heinrich of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby (1657–1728), German prince of the House of Wettin *

Prince Heinrich of Prussia A prince is a Monarch, male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary title, hereditary, in some ...

, several Prussian princes with the same name

Archbishops

* Heinrich I, Archbishop of Trier (d. 964) * Heinrich I, Archbishop of Mainz (served 1142–1153) * Heinrich I, Archbishop of Cologne (1190–1238) * Heinrich II, Archbishop of Cologne (1244–1332)

Other people

* Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535), German astrologer and alchemist * Heinrich Andergassen (1908–1946), Austrian member of the SS and Gestapo, executed for his role in the Holocaust * Heinrich Aviksoo (1880–1940), Estonian politician and sports figure *

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber correctly ''Biber von Bibern'' ( bapt. 12 August 1644, Stráž pod Ralskem – 3 May 1704, Salzburg) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left ...

(1644–1704), Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist *

Heinrich Boere Heinrich Boere (27 September 1921 – 1 December 2013) was a convicted German- Dutch war criminal and former member of the Waffen-SS. He was on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals. Early life Heinrich Boere w ...

(1921-2013), German-Dutch war criminal * Heinrich Böll (1917–1985), German writer *

Heinrich von Brühl Heinrich, Count von Brühl (, 13 August 170028 October 1763), was a Polish-Saxon statesman at the court of Electorate of Saxony, Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and a member of the powerful German von Brühl family. The incumbenc ...

(1700–1763), German statesman *

Heinrich Bullinger Heinrich Bullinger (18 July 1504 – 17 September 1575) was a Swiss Reformer and theologian, the successor of Huldrych Zwingli as head of the Church of Zürich and a pastor at the Grossmünster. One of the most important leaders of the Swiss Re ...

(1504–1575), Swiss Reformer * Heinrich Danckelmann (1889–1947), German Luftwaffe general sentenced to death for war crimes * Heinrich Danioth (1896–1953), Swiss painter and poet * Heinrich Deubel (1890–1962), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant * Heinrich Dusemer (died 1353), 21st Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights * Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812–1865), Moravian-Jewish violinist and composer * Heinrich von Gagern (1799–1880), German statesman *

Heinrich George Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (), was a German stage and film actor. Early life George was born in Pomerania to August Friedrich Schulz, a former Deck Officer in t ...

(1893–1946), German stage and film actor * Heinrich Grünfeld (1855–1931), Bohemian-Austrian cellist * Heinrich von Handel-Mazzetti (1882–1940), Austrian botanist * Heinrich Hart (1855–1906), German literary critic *

Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; ; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was an outstanding poet, writer, and literary criticism, literary critic of 19th-century German Romanticism. He is best known outside Germany for his ...

(1797–1856), German poet *

Heinrich von Herford Heinrich von Herford (also ''Heinrich von Hervord'', ''Henricus de Hervordia''), anglicized as Henry of Herford (c. 1300 – 9 October 1370), was a Dominican Order, Dominican friar, chronicler, historian, and theologian. Biography Born around 1300 ...

(c. 1300–1370), Dominican friar, historian, and theologian *

Heinrich Hertz Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (; ; 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. Biography Heinri ...

(1857–1894), German physicist * Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843–1900), Austrian composer and conductor *

Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a German Nazism, Nazi politician and military leader who was the 4th of the (Protection Squadron; SS), a leading member of the Nazi Party, and one of the most powerful p ...

(1900–1945), German Nazi officer and commander of the SS (

Schutzstaffel The ''Schutzstaffel'' (; ; SS; also stylised with SS runes as ''ᛋᛋ'') was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. It beg ...

) * Heinrich Hoffmann (author) (1809–1894), German psychiatrist *

Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer) Heinrich Hoffmann (12 September 1885 – 16 December 1957) was Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's inner circle. Hoffmann's photographs were a significant part of Hitler's propa ...

(1885–1957), German photographer * Heinrich Holk, Danish-German mercenary, one of the principal commanders at the Battle of Wolgast,

Battle of Lützen (1632) The Battle of Lützen, fought on 16 November 1632, is considered one of the most important battles of the Thirty Years' War. Led by the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus, an Allied army primarily composed of troops from Sweden, Electorate of Sa ...

and

Siege of Stralsund (1628) The siege of Stralsund was a siege laid on Stralsund by Albrecht von Wallenstein's Imperial Army during the Thirty Years' War, from 13 May 1628 to 4 August 1628. Stralsund was aided by Denmark and Sweden, with considerable Scottish participa ...

Heinrich von Kittlitz Friedrich Heinrich, Freiherr von Kittlitz (16 February 1799 – 10 April 1874) was a Prussian artist, naval officer, explorer and naturalist. He was a descendant of a family of old Prussian nobility ("Freiherr" meaning "independent lord" - ranking ...

(1799–1874), German artist, naval officer, and explorer * Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811), German poet, dramatist, and novelist * Heinrich Ritter von Kogerer (1819–1899), Austrian nobleman and government official * Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick (1797–1882), German lawyer and Lord Mayor of Berlin * Heinrich Klaasen, South African cricketer * Heinrich Krippel (1883–1945), Austrian sculptor, painter, engraver, and illustrator *

Heinrich von Lüttwitz Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...

(1896–1969), German Panzer general during World War II *

Heinrich Marx Heinrich Marx (born Herschel HaLevi, ; 15 April 1777 – 10 May 1838) was a German lawyer who was the father of the communist philosopher Karl Marx, as well as seven other children, including Louise Juta. Life Heinrich Marx was born in Saarloui ...

(1777–1838) Prussian lawyer and father of

Karl Marx Karl Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet '' The Communist Manifesto'' (written with Friedrich Engels) ...

* Heinrich von Melk (born 1163), German satirist of the 12th century * Heinrich Müller (disambiguation), several people with the same name * Heinrich Parler (c. 1310 – c. 1370), German architect and sculptor * Heinrich Prell (1888-1962), German zoologist * Heinrich Scheidemann (c. 1595–1663), German Renaissance-Baroque composer *

Heinrich Schliemann Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeolo ...

(1822–1890), German businessman and amateur archaeologist *

Heinrich Schönfeld Heinrich Schönfeld (3 August 1900 – 3 September 1976) was an Austrian footballer who played as a forward, and football manager. Club career Nicknamed "Beppo", Schönfeld was born in Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary, and was Jewish. He made his ...

(1900–1976), Austrian football player *

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque music, Baroque composer and organ (music), organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of ...

(1585–1672), German Renaissance-Baroque composer * Heinrich Schwarz (1906–1947), German SS Nazi concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes * C. Heinrich Stratz (1858–1924), German-Russian gynecologist * Heinrich von Sybel (1817–1895), German historian * Heinrich Thyssen (1875–1947), German-Hungarian entrepreneur and art collector * Heinrich von Treitschke (1834–1896), German historian and political writer * Heinrich von Tschirschky (1858–1916), German diplomat and politician * Heinrich Uukkivi (1912–1943), Estonian footballer, bandy, and ice hockey player * Heinrich von Veldeke (1140/1150 – c. 1190), Limburgish-German Medieval composer * Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887–1952), German colonel-general during World War II * Heinrich Voes (died 1523), one of the first two Lutheran martyrs

Fictional characters

* Heinrich, a character in the '' Conker'' series * Heinrich, first name of the title character in the opera '' Tannhäuser'' * Heinrich Zemo, a character in the Marvel Comics universe * Heinrich, is one of the terrorists from ''

Die Hard ''Die Hard'' is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart (writer), Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel ''Nothing Lasts Forever (Thorp novel), Nothing Lasts Forever'' by Roderick ...

'' * Heinrich Reichenau, a central character from Total Conquest * Heinrich Leroyheimer, a character from the comedy skit "Das Negros" in '' Key and Peele''. * Heinrich Von Marzipan, from Codename: Kids Next Door

Monarchs and royalty

Archbishops

Other people

Fictional characters

See also