# Hank

Hank is a male given name. It may have been inspired by the Dutch name Henk, itself a short form of Hendrik and thus related to Harry, Harvey, and Henry.

## Given name or nickname

* Hank Aaron (1934-2021), Hall of Fame baseball player
* Hank Aguirre (1931–1994), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Hank Allen (born 1940), Major League Baseball outfielder
* Hank Anderson (1920–2005), American college basketball coach
* Hank Azaria (born 1964), American actor, director, voice actor and comedian best known for his voice work on The Simpsons
* Hank Bachmeier (born 1999), American football quarterback
* Hank Ballard (1927–2003), American R&B singer and songwriter, born John Henry Kendricks
* Hank Bauer (1922–2007), American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager
* Hank Bauer (American football) (born 1954), National Football League running back and television and radio broadcaster
* Hank Biasatti (1922–1996), Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player
* Hank Blalock (born 1980), Major League Baseball player
* Hank Borowy (1916–2004), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Hank Brown (born 1940), American retired politician and former senator from Colorado
* Hank Brown (American football), American college football player
* Hank Burnine (1932–2020), American National Football League player
* Hank Earl Carr (1968–1998), American convicted criminal who committed suicide
* Hank Cochran (1935–2010), American country music singer and songwriter
* Harry "Hank" Feldman (1919–1962), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Hank Garland (1930–2004), American studio musician
* Hank Gathers (1967–1990), basketball player
* Hank Green (born 1980), video blogger
* Hank Goldup (1918–2008), Canadian National Hockey League player
* Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
* Hank Johnson (born 1954), U.S. Representative from Georgia
* Hank Johnson (baseball) (1906–1982), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Hank Jones (1918–2010), American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer
* Henry Iba (1904–1993), American Hall-of-Fame college basketball head coach
* Hank Ketcham (1920–2001), American cartoonist who created Dennis the Menace
* Hank Ketcham (American football) (1891–1986), American college football player
* Hank Kuehne (born 1975), American former professional golfer
* Hank Locklin (1918–2009), American country music singer and songwriter
* Hank Marvin, English musician, singer and songwriter born Brian Robson Rankin in 1941
* Hank Mobley (1930–1986), American hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist and composer
* Hank Norberg (1920–1974), American football player
* Hank Nowak (born 1950), Canadian National Hockey League player
* Henry Paulson (born 1946), former Secretary of the Treasury
* Hank Pfister (born 1953), American retired tennis player
* Hank J. Ratner (born 1959), American media, sports, entertainment and telecommunications executive
* Hank Sauer (1917–2001), Major League Baseball player
* Henrik Sedin (born 1980), Swedish National Hockey League player
* Hank Snow (1914–1999), Canadian-American country music artist and songwriter
* Hank Stackpole (1935–2020), retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general
* Hank Steinbrenner (1957–2020), part-owner of the New York Yankees
* Hank Stram (1923–2005), American National Football League head coach
* Hank Thompson (baseball) (1925–1969), baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball
* Hank Thompson (musician) (1925–2007), American country music singer and songwriter
* Hank Wangford (born 1940), English country musician and psychiatrist
* Hank Williams (1923–1953), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
* Hank Williams Jr. (born 1949), American country music singer, songwriter and musician, son of Hank Williams
* Hank Williams III (born 1972), American musician and singer, son of Hank Williams Jr.
* Hank Worden (1901–1992), American actor born Norton Earl Worden
* Henrik Zetterberg (born 1980), National Hockey League player from Sweden
* Henrik Lundqvist (born 1982) National Hockey League player from Sweden
* Hank (dog), a dog rescued by the Milwaukee Brewers named after Hank Aaron
* Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a nickname of entertainer Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr.

## Surname

* Carlos Hank González (1927–2001), Mexican politician and businessman
* Carlos Hank González (businessman, born 1971) (born 1971), Mexican businessman
* Carlos Hank Rhon, Mexican businessman
* Jorge Hank Rhon (born 1956), Mexican businessman and former municipal president of Tijuana
* William Hank (1902–1942), World War II US Navy officer

## Fictional characters

* Hank, the main villain in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie
* Hank Anderson, a character in the game Detroit: Become Human
* Hank Dearborn, protagonist of the 1965 TV series Hank
* Hank Gannon, from the soap opera One Life to Live
* Hank Hall, a DC Comics character
* Hank Henshaw, DC Comics villain
* Hank Thunderman, from the TV show The Thundermans
* Hank, from the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen
* Hank Hill, protagonist of the animated TV series King of the Hill
* Hank Jennings, from the TV show Twin Peaks
* Hank Lawson, protagonist of TV series Royal Pains
* Hank McCoy, a superhero, The Beast, from the Marvel comic series "X-Men"
* Hank Moody, protagonist of the TV series Californication
* Hank Morgan, the Yankee in Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
* Hank Pym (aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional character in the Marvel Universe
* Hank Rearden, a central character in the novel Atlas Shrugged
* Hank Schrader, from the TV show Breaking Bad
* Hank Venture, fictional character in The Venture Bros.
* Hank Voight, police sergeant in Chicago P.D.
* Hank Zipzer, fictional character from the TV series Hank Zipzer
* Talking Hank, one of the main characters of Talking Tom and Friends
* Hank, main character in the Hank the Cowdog series of children's novels
* Hank, one of the two beavers in Pajanimals
* Hank, a giant Pacific octopus with a missing tentacle in the 2016 Disney/Pixar animated film Finding Dory
* Hank the American Engine, one of the characters in the twelfth series of Thomas and Friends
* Hank, the younger half brother of the titular character in The Bed and Breakfast Star by Jacqueline Wilson
* Hank, an epic brawler from the mobile game Brawl Stars developed by Supercell