# John Henry

John Henry most commonly refers to:
John Henry may also refer to:

## People
### Artists and entertainers

* John Henry (actor) (1738–1794), Irish and early American actor
* Seán Ó hEinirí (1915–1998), known in English as John Henry, Irish storyteller and known monolingual speaker of the Irish language
* Don Marion Davis (1917–2020), American former child actor known as John Henry Jr.
* John Raymond Henry (1943–2022), American sculptor
* John Henry (born c. 1972), American vocalist in the band Darkest Hour
* Jon Henri, a pseudonym used by American cartoonist Joe Simon

### Politicians

* John Henry (Maryland politician) (1750–1798), U.S. senator from and governor of Maryland
* John Vernon Henry (1767–1829), American politician, New York State comptroller
* John Flournoy Henry (1793–1873), U.S. representative from Kentucky
* John Franklin Henry, Mississippi state representative from 1884 to 1885
* John Henry (representative) (1800–1882), U.S. representative from Illinois
* John Snowdon Henry (1824–1896), British politician from South-East Lancashire
* John Henry (Australian politician) (1834–1912), Tasmanian House of Assembly member and treasurer of Tasmania
* Jack Henry (Australian communist) (1904–1976)
* John Henry (Ontario politician) (born 1960), Canadian politician, mayor of Oshawa, Ontario
* John Henry (Cook Islands politician), Cook Islander politician
* John Henry Mitchell, Canadian politician from Ontario

### Sportsmen

* John Henry (outfielder/pitcher) (1863–1939), American baseball outfielder/pitcher
* John Henry (catcher) (1889–1941), American baseball catcher
* John Henry (footballer) (born 1971), Scottish footballer

### Other people

* John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (1322–1375), also Count of Tyrol
* John Joseph Henry (1758–1811), American Revolutionary War soldier
* John Henry (spy) (c. 1776 – 1853), British spy
* J. L. Henry (John Lane Henry, 1831–1907), Supreme Court of Texas judge
* John Henry (judge) (born c. 1933), New Zealand jurist
* John Henry (toxicologist) (1939–2007), English toxicologist
* John Ruthell Henry (1951–2014), American serial killer
* John W. Henry (born 1949), American businessman and owner of sports teams
* John B. Henry Jr. (1916–2013), United States Air Force general

## In arts and entertainment
### Fictional characters

* John Henry, a character/stage name of the comedian Norman Clapham (1879–1934)
* John Henry, character in the 2006 comic series The Transformers: Evolutions
* John Henry, character in the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles science-fiction TV series
* John Henry (DC Comics), alter ego of John Wilson, character in DC Comics
* Steel (John Henry Irons), character from DC Comics, more commonly known as the superhero Steel

### Film

* John Henry (2000 film), a short film in the Disney's American Legends series
* John Henry (2020 film), a dramatic thriller film starring Terry Crews and Ludacris
* John Henry, a character in the 1963 film All the Way Home

### Literature

* John Henry (novel), a 1931 novel by Roark Bradford
* John Henry, an American Legend (1971), a children's book by Ezra Jack Keats
* John Henry (picture book) (1994) a children's picture book by Julius Lester

### Music

* John Henry (album), a 1994 album by They Might Be Giants
* "John Henry" or "John Henry Blues", a song recorded by DeFord Bailey
* John Henry (musical), a 1940 Broadway musical based on the 1931 novel

## Other uses

* John Henry (horse) (1975–2007), American Thoroughbred race horse
* John Henry, an American brand of clothing, originated by Henry Grethel, now owned by Perry Ellis International