Henri is the French form of the masculine given name
Henry, also in Estonian, Finnish, German and Luxembourgish. Bearers of the given name include:
People
French nobles
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Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France
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Henri I, Duke of Nemours (1572–1632), the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anna d'Este
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Henri II, Duke of Nemours (1625–1659), the seventh Duc de Nemours
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Henri, Count of Harcourt (1601–1666), French nobleman
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Henri, Dauphin of Viennois (1296–1349), bishop of Metz
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Henri de Gondi (disambiguation)
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Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555–1623), member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne
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Henri Emmanuel Boileau, baron de Castelnau (1857–1923), French mountain climber
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Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1955), the head of state of Luxembourg
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Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway (1648–1720), French Huguenot soldier and diplomat, one of the principal commanders of
Battle of Almansa
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François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (1628–1695), French general,
marshal of France
Marshal of France (, plural ') is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to General officer, generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished (1793–1804) ...
, one of the principal commanders of
Battle of Steenkerque
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Henri, Prince of Condé (1552–1588), French Prince du Sang and Huguenot general
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Henri, Prince of Condé (1588–1646), member of the reigning House of Bourbon
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Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11 September 161127 July 1675), commonly known as Turenne (), was a French general and one of only six Marshal of France, marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. The most illus ...
(1611–1675), French Marshal General and one of the principal commanders of
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...
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Prince Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999), claimant to the throne of France from 1940 until his death
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Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France (1933–2019), claimant to the French throne
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Prince Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat (1934–2018), Prince Consort to Queen
Margrethe II of Denmark
Others
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Henri Aalto (born 1989), Finnish footballer
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Henri Anspach (1882–1979), Belgian Olympic champion épée and foil fencer
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Henri Anier (born 1990), Estonian footballer
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Henri Ardel (1863-1938), French writer
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Henri Arnaut de Zwolle (1400-1466), Dutch physician, astrnomer, astologer and organist
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Henri Becquerel (1852–1908), French physicist who discovered radioactivity
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Henri Bergson (1859–1941), French philosopher
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Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861–1931), French general during World War I
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Henri Bertini (1798–1876), French classical composer and pianist
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Henri Betti (1917–2005), French composer and pianist
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Henri Beunke (1851–1925), Dutch writer
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Henri Bienvenu (born 1988), Cameroonian footballer
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Henri Boério (born 1952), French former gymnast
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Henri Bol (1945–2000), Dutch still life painter
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Henri Cappetta, French ichthyologist
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Henri Cartan (1904–2008), French mathematician
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson (; 22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004) was a French artist and Humanist photography, humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 135 film, 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street ...
(1908–2004), French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism
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Henri Casadesus (1879–1947), French violist and music publisher
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Henri Cassini (1781–1832), French botanist and naturalist
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Henri Charriere (1906–1973), French author
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Henri Coandă (1886–1972), Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and builder of an experimental aircraft
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Henri Cohen (water polo) (died 1930), Belgian water polo Olympic silver medalist
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Henri Cordier (1849–1925), French linguist and historian
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Henri Cordier (1856–1877), French mountain climber
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Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772–1794), French loyalist and commander of the Vendeans resistance during civil wars in France
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Henri Drell (born 2000), Estonian basketball player
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Henri Dufaux (1879–1980), Swiss painter
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Henri Duvanel (1896–1953), French Olympic water polo player
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Henri Estienne (1528 or 1531–1598), Parisian printer and classical scholar
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Henri Farman (1874–1958), French aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer
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Henri-Nicolas Frey (1847–1932), French general, one of the principal commanders of
Boxer Rebellion,
Gaselee Expedition and
Battle of Beijing
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Henri Giraud (1879–1949), French general, best known for being a commander of the Free French Forces in the Second World War
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Henri Gouraud (1867–1946), French general, best known for his leadership of the French Fourth Army at the end of the First World War
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Henri Häkkinen (born 1980), Finnish sport shooter
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F. Henri Henriod (1905–1986), justice of the Utah Supreme Court
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Henri Järvelaid (born 1998), Estonian footballer
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Henri Kanninen (born 1994), Finnish ice hockey player
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Henri Kichka (1926–2020), Belgian writer and
Holocaust survivor
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Henri Koba (1936–2005), Central African diplomat and journalist
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Henri Kontinen (born 1990), Finnish tennis player
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Henri Krasucki (1924–2003), French trade unionist
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Henri Le Masne (1919–1954), Formerly missing person
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Henri Lansbury (born 1990), English footballer
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Henri Lebesgue (1875–1941), French mathematician
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Henri Leconte (born 1963), French professional tennis player
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Henri Legay (1920–1992), French operatic tenor
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Henri Lehmann (1814–1882), German-born French historical painter and portraitist
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Henri Matisse (1869–1954), French artist
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Henri Menier (1853–1913), French businessman and adventurer
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Henri Messerer (1838–1923), French organist and music composer
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Henri Moissan (1852–1907), the French winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1906
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Henri Nouwen (1932–1996), Dutch Catholic priest, professor and writer
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Henri van Opstal (born 1989), Dutch kickboxer
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Henri Pélissier (1889–1935), French racing cyclist
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Henri Pescarolo (born 1942), French racing driver
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Henri Piispanen (born 1994), Finnish voice actor
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Henri Poincaré
Jules Henri Poincaré (, ; ; 29 April 185417 July 1912) was a French mathematician, Theoretical physics, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosophy of science, philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathemati ...
(1854–1912), French mathematician, theoretical physicist and philosopher of science
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Henri Rang (1902–1946), Romanian horse rider
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Henri Richard (1936–2020), Canadian professional ice hockey player
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Henri Saint Cyr (1902–1979), Swedish military officer and equestrian
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Henri Tasso (1882–1944), French politician
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), French painter, printmaker, illustrator
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Henri Toivonen (1956–1986), Finnish rally driver
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Henri Toivomäki (born 1991), Finnish footballer
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Henri Treial (born 1992), Estonian volleyball player
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Henri Weber (1944–2020), French politician
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Henri, cat in the web series ''Henri, le Chat Noir''
Fictional characters
* Henri, in the French romantic drama movie ''
Love Is a Funny Thing''
* Henri, a French pigeon in the 1986 film ''
An American Tail''
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Henri, le Chat Noir, an existential cat
* Henri, title character of
''Henri'' (2013 film)
* Henri Richard Maurice Dutoit LeFevbre, a French boy in the 2002 animated series ''
Liberty's Kids''
See also
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Henry (given name)
Henry is a masculine given name derived from Old French ''Henri'' or ''Henry'', which is derived from the Old Frankish name ''Heimeric'', from Common Germanic “''Haimarīks”'' (from '':wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haimaz, *haima-'' "hom ...
, an equivalent English given name
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Hurricane Henri (disambiguation)
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French masculine given names
Estonian masculine given names
Finnish masculine given names
German masculine given names
Masculine given names