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

Academics and scientists

• Etienne Ossian Henry (1798–1873), French chemist
• George Morrison Reid Henry (1891–1983), entomologist and ornithologist
• Joseph Henry (1797–1878), American physicist
• Ken Henry (public servant), Australian economist
• Michel Henry (1922–2002), French philosopher
• Nathalie Henry Riche, French-American information visualization researcher
• Stuart Henry (criminologist) (born 1949), professor of criminal justice
• Teuira Henry (1847–1915), Tahitian ethnologist
• Victor Henry (1850–1907), French philologist
• Warren Elliot Henry (1909–2001), American physicist

Artists and entertainers

• Big Boy Henry (1921–2004), American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Buck Henry (1930–2020), American actor and screenwriter
• Chad Henry (born 1946), American musical theatre composer
• Clarence "Frogman" Henry (born 1937), American rhythm and blues singer
• David Eugene Henry (born 1946), American painter and sculptor
• Dorothy Henry (1925–2020), American artist and cartoonist
• Edward Lamson Henry (1841–1919), American genre painter
• Francesca Henry (born 1995), English actress
• François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French opera singer
• George Henry (painter) (1858–1943), Scottish painter
• Gregg Henry, American actor
• Gloria Henry (1923–2021), American actress
• Jim Henry (singer) (born 1964), bass singer in barbershop quartets
• Katie Henry, American blues rock singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
• Lenny Henry (born 1958), British comedian
• Mike Henry (actor), (born 1964), American writer, producer, voice actor, and comedian
• Pierre Henry (1927–2017), French composer
• Robert Henri (1865–1929), American painter
• Stuart Henry (DJ) (1942–1995), British disc jockey

Clergy

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

Politicians and public servants

• Albert Henry (politician) (1907–81), Premier of the Cook Islands
• Alexander Henry (Philadelphia) (1823–1883), mayor of Philadelphia, U.S.
• Bonnie Henry (born 1965), Canadian physician, Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia
• Brad Henry (born 1963), Governor of Oklahoma, U.S.
• Cameron Henry (born 1974), Louisiana politician
• Daniel Maynadier Henry (1823–1899), U.S. Representative from Maryland
• Douglas Henry (1926–2017), American politician
• Edward Henry (1850–1931), London police commissioner
• Edward Stevens Henry (1836–1921), American politician
• Émile Henry (anarchist) (1872–1894), French anarchist
• Geoffrey Henry, (1940–2012), Premier of the Cook Islands
• George Stewart Henry, (1871–1958) Canadian politician
• Joyce Henry, American politician
• Ken Henry (public servant), Australian economist
• Patrick Henry (1736–1799), American politician
• Stuart Henry (politician) (born 1946), Australian politician

Athletes

• Alan Henry, British motorsports journalist
• Beau Henry, Australian rugby league footballer
• Bernard Henry (American football) (born 1960), American football player
• Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player
• Chris Henry (wide receiver) (1983–2009), American football player
• Clarence Henry (boxer) (1926–1999), 1950s leading heavyweight American boxer
• Derrick Henry (born 1994), American football player
• Frank Henry (cricketer) (dates unknown), cricketer
• Gordon Henry (footballer) (1930–2007), Scottish footballer
• Graham Henry (born 1946), New Zealand rugby union coach
• Hunter Henry (born 1994), American football player
• Jim Henry (equestrian) (born 1947), Canadian Olympic equestrian
• KJ Henry (born 1999), American football player
• Lerissa Henry (born 1997), Micronesian sprinter
• Malik Henry (born 1998), American football player
• Marcus Henry (offensive lineman) (born 1993), American football center
• Marcus Henry (wide receiver) (born 1986), American former wide receiver
• Mark Henry (born 1971), American professional wrestler
• Matt Henry (cricketer) (born 1991), New Zealand cricketer
• Mike Henry, (1936–2021), American football player and actor
• Mitchell Henry (American football) (1992–2017), American football player
• Neil Henry, Australian rugby league football coach
• Payton Henry (born 1997), American baseball player
• Sek Henry (born 1987), American-Jamaican professional basketball player, 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
• Thierry Henry (born 1977), French footballer
• Tommy Henry (American football) (born 1969), American football player
• Tommy Henry (baseball) (born 1997), American baseball player
• Travis Henry (born 1978), American football player
• Triston Henry (born 1993), Canadian soccer player
• Xavier Henry (born 1991), American basketball player
• Willie Henry (born 1994), American football player

Other

• Alan Henry, Lifehacker staff writer
• Benjamin Tyler Henry (1821–1898), American inventor of the Henry rifle
• Beulah Louise Henry (1887–1973), American inventor; nicknamed "Lady Edison"
• Hubert-Joseph Henry, French soldier involved in the Dreyfus Affair
• Philip Henry, 4th and 5th Earl Stanhope
• S. M. I. Henry (1839–1900), American evangelist, temperance reformer, poet, author

Disambiguation

• Alexander Henry (disambiguation) several people
• Charles Henry (disambiguation), several people
• David Henry (disambiguation), several people
• Frederick Henry (disambiguation), several people
• Jim Henry (disambiguation), several people
• John Henry (disambiguation), several people
• Paul Henry (disambiguation), several people
• Robert Henry (disambiguation), several people
• Bill, Will or William Henry (disambiguation), several people
• Justice Henry (disambiguation)

See also

• Henry family of New Zealand

References

External links

Wikispecies has information related to Henry.

• The dictionary definition of Appendix:Translations of male given names in multiple languages at Wiktionary

Surname list

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