Henry

## Other Names

### Related Names

* Heinrich, Heinz, Heino, Henno, Henrich, Hinrich, Hinnerk, Henning, Emerich, Emmerich (German)
* Henrik, Henric (Scandinavian)
* Henri, Aymeric, Emeric (French)
* Enrique, Americo (Spanish)
* Enrico, Ennio, Amerigo (Italian)
* Imre (Hungarian)
* Hein, Hendrik (Dutch)
* Henrique (Portuguese)
* Henryk (Polish)
* Jindřich (Czech)
* Hynek (Czech)
* Genri, Genrikh (Russian)
* Enzo (Italian)
* Heinrici, Henrici, Henricus (Latin)
* Anri (Abkhaz)
* Anry (Armenian)
* Henrijs, Ints, Ingus, Inguss, Indriķis, Indulis, Anrijs (Latvian)
* Henrikas, Herkus (Lithuanian)
* Heiki, Indrek, Hindrek, Henn, Enn, Enno (Estonian)
**Nicknames**
* Harry
* Hank
* Hal
* Hankie
**Feminine forms**
* Henrietta
* Harriet
* Etta
* Jete

**Henry** is a masculine given name derived from Old French *Henri* / *Henry*, itself derived from the Old Frankish name *Heimeric*, from Common Germanic *\*Haimarīks* (from *\*haima-* "home" and *\*rīk-* "ruler"). In Old High German, the name was conflated with the name *Haginrich* (from *hagin* "enclosure" and *rich* "ruler") to form **Heinrich**.

The Old High German name is recorded from the 8th century, in the variants *Haimirich, Haimerich, Heimerich, Hemirih*. Harry, its English short form, was considered the "spoken form" of Henry in medieval England. Most English kings named *Henry* were called *Harry*. The name became so popular in England that the phrase "Tom, Dick, and Harry" began to be used to refer to men in general. The common English feminine forms of the name are Harriet and Henrietta.

It has been a consistently popular name in English-speaking countries for centuries. It was among the top 100 most popular names used for men born in the United States, England and Wales, and in Australia in 2007. It was the 46th most common name for boys and men in the United States in the 1990 census. Harry, its short form, was the fifth most popular name for boys in England and Wales in 2007 and among the top 50 names in Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland in recent years. Harry was ranked as the 578th most popular name in the United States in 2007.

It is also in use as a surname.

Its variant, Amerigo, thanks to explorer Amerigo Vespucci, was the source from which the continents of the Americas were named (see naming of the Americas).

Although the form Henry has not, its German form *Heinrich* has seen a large downfall in popularity, mostly due to negative associations with Heinrich Himmler, Reichsfuhrer-SS of Nazi Germany and the principal orchestrator of The Holocaust, one of the most devastating genocides in history.

## Masculine variants

In the High Middle Ages, the name was Latinized as *Henricus*. It was a royal name in Germany, France and England throughout the high medieval period and widely used as a given name; as a consequence, many regional variants developed in the languages of Western and Central Europe:

Within German, Low German, Frisian and Dutch, numerous diminutives and abbreviated forms exist, including Low German, Dutch and Frisian *Heike*, *Heiko*; Dutch *Hein*, *Heintje*; German *Heiner*, *Heinz*.

The original diphthong was lost in Dutch *Hendrik* (hypocoristics *Henk*, *Hennie*, *Rik*), Scandinavian *Henrik* (whence *Henning*).

Eastern European languages have developed native forms during the medieval period under the influence of German and the Scandinavian languages, hence Polish *Henryk*, Czech *Jindřich*, *Hynek*.
Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian *Henrik*, Finnish *Henrikki* (hypocoristic *Heikki*), and Lithuanian *Henrikas* or *Herkus*.

The Old French form *Henri* / Middle French *Henry* became productive in the British Isles, in Middle English adopted as *Harry, Herry*. *Herry* was adopted into Welsh as *Perry*, into Irish as *Annraoi, Anraí, Einrí* and into Scottish Gaelic as *Eanraig, Eanruig*.

In Southern Europe variants without the initial H- include Italian *Arrigo*, *Enrico*, Catalan / Occitan *Enric* and Spanish *Enrique* (whence Basque *Endika*) and Italian *Enzo*.

## Feminine variants

Several variants of *Heinrich* have given rise to derived feminine given names.
Low German *Henrik*, *Hendrik* gave rise to *Henrike, Hendrike, Hendrikje, Hendrina, Henrika* and others, Low German *Heiko* to *Heike*, Italian *Enrico* gave rise to *Enrica*, Spanish *Enrique* to *Enriqueta, Enriquetta, Enriquette*. French *Henri* gave rise to *Henriette, Henrietta*, further modified to *Enrieta, Enrietta*, English *Harry* to *Harriet, Harriett, Harrietta, Harriette*, hypocorisms *Hattie, Hatty, Hettie, Etta, Ettie*; various other hypocorisms include *Hena, Henna, Henah, Heni, Henia, Henny, Henya, Henka,* Dutch *Jet, Jett, Jetta, Jette, Ina*. In Polish *Henryka, Henia, Heniusia, Henka, Henryczka, Henrysia, Rysia* are attested. The hypocorisms *Rika, Rike* etc. may be from this or other names with the second element *-ric*. Spanish and Portuguese *América* from the *Emmerich* variant *Amérigo* .

## Surnames

Harrison (surname), Henson (surname), Harris (surname), Heaney (Irish surname), Fitzhenry (Irish Hiberno-Norman surname), Heinz (German surname), Enríquez (Spanish surname), Henriques (Portuguese surname), Heney, Henney,
Hendrick,
Hendricks,
Hinrichs,
Hendrickx,
Hendriks,
Hendrikx,
Hendrix,
Hendryx.

### Royalty

**Kings of England**
* **Henry I of England**
* **Henry II of England**
* **Henry III of England**
* **Henry IV of England**, one of the principal commanders of Hundred Years' War
* **Henry V of England**, one of the principal commanders of Hundred Years' War, Siege of Rouen (1418–1419) and Battle of Agincourt
* **Henry VI of England**, one of the principal commanders of Hundred Years' War
* **Henry VII of England**, one of the principal commanders Battle of Bosworth Field, Sieges of Boulogne (1544–1546), Siege of Boulogne (1492) and Wars of the Roses
* **Henry VIII of England**, one of the principal commanders of Italian War of 1542–1546, Rough Wooing, Anglo-Scottish Wars, War of the League of Cambrai and Battle of the Spurs, instigator of Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535, principal leader of Dissolution of the monasteries and English Reformation
* **Henry the Young King**

**Kings of Germany**
* **Henry the Fowler** (876–936)
* **Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor**
* **Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor**
* **Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor**
* **Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor**
* **Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor**
* **Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor**

**Kings of France**
* **Henry I of France**, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Mortemer and Battle of Val-ès-Dunes
* **Henry II of France**, one of the principal commanders of Italian War of 1551–1559 and Anglo-French War (1557–1559)
* **Henry III of France**, one of the principal commanders of War of the Portuguese Succession
* **Henry IV of France**, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Ivry, Siege of Paris (1590), Siege of Caudebec, Siege of Rouen (1591–1592), Siege of Calais (1596), Luxembourg campaigns, Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and Eighty Years' War

**Kings of Castile**
* **Henry I of Castile**
* **Henry II of Castile**, one of the principal commanders of Hundred Years' War, Battle of Nájera and Battle of Montiel
* **Henry III of Castile**, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Collejares
* **Henry IV of Castile**, one of the principal commanders of Second Battle of Olmedo

**King of Portugal**
* **Henry, King of Portugal**, king of Portugal and a cardinal of the Catholic Church

**High Dukes of Poland**
* **Henry I the Bearded** (c. 1165/70 – 19 March 1238), High Duke of Poland
* **Henry II the Pious**, Duke of Silesia at Wrocław and Duke of Kraków, High Duke of all Poland, and Duke of Southern Greater Poland

**Byzantine Emperor**
* **Henry of Flanders**, Byzantine emperor, one of the principal commanders of Bulgarian-Latin wars, Battle of Philippopolis (1208) and Battle of the Rhyndacus (1211)

**Others Monarchs**
* **Prince Harry** (born 1984; formally Prince Henry, Duke of Sussex), British prince, celebrity and military officer
* **Prince Henry of Prussia**, one of the principal commanders of Seven Years' War, Third Silesian War and Silesian Wars
* **Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley** (1545–1567), king consort of Scotland
* **Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales** (1594–1612)
* **Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange** (1584–1647), Stadtholder of Holland, one of the principal commanders of the Dutch Revolt
* **Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg** (1564–1614)
* **Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester**, third son and fourth child of King George V and Queen Mary, served as Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947
* **Henry**, Crown prince of England
* **Henry, Duke of Villena**, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago
* **Henry the Lion**, Duke of Saxony and Duke of Bavaria, one of the principal commanders of the Second Crusade, Wendish Crusade, and Battle of Verchen
* **Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster**, one of the principal commanders of Hundred Years' War

### Religious figures

* **Henry Bretislaus**, member of the Přemyslid dynasty, Bishop of Prague from 1182, then Duke of Bohemia as "Bretislaus III"
* **Henry Compton**, Bishop of London during the Glorious Revolution
* **Henry Oldenburg**, German theologian, diplomat, natural philosopher, and creator of scientific peer review, one of the foremost intelligencers of Europe of the seventeenth century
* **Henry Zdik**, Bishop of Olomouc, one of the principal commanders of the Wendish Crusade

### Nobility

* Henry de Audley (1175–1246), English baron
* Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762–1834)
* Henry de Bohun, medieval knight killed by King Robert I of Scotland
* Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg
* Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham
* Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer
* Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (1526–1596)
* Henry Dandolo (1107–1205), 41st Doge of Venice, one of the principal commanders of the Fourth Crusade, Battle of Adrianople (1205), Sack of Constantinople, Siege of Constantinople (1203) and Byzantine–Venetian war of 1171
* Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (c. 1310–1361), member of the English royal family, diplomat, politician, and soldier, one of the principal commanders of the Hundred Years' War (1337–1360), Battle of Bergerac, Battle of Auberoche and Lancaster's chevauchée of 1346
* Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785–1856), British Army officer and politician
* Henry Hotspur Percy, late-medieval English nobleman, one of the principal commanders of the Battle of Homildon Hill, Battle of Otterburn and Battle of Shrewsbury
* Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester
* Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough
* Henry de Nassau, Lord Overkirk, Dutch nobleman and military general
* Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573–1624)

### Presidents and prime ministers

* Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844), Prime minister of Great Britain, one of the principal commanders of War of the Second Coalition, Napoleonic Wars and French Revolutionary Wars
* Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime minister of Great Britain, one of the principal commanders of World War I
* Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British statesman and Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* Henry Pelham, British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death, one of the principal commanders of the War of the Austrian Succession and War of Jenkins' Ear
* Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century, one of the principal commanders of Crimean War
* Henry A. Wallace, American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 33rd Vice President of the United States, the 11th United States Secretary of Agriculture and the 10th United States Secretary of Commerce

### Wartime figures and military leaders

* Henry Athukorale (1930-2019), Sri Lankan Sinhala army officer
* Henry Bagenal (c. 1556–1598), marshal of the Royal Irish Army, one of the principal commanders of the Irish Nine Years' War and Battle of the Yellow Ford
* Henry Washington Benham, American general and civil engineer, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Secessionville
* Henry "Harry" Chauvel, senior officer of the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, one of the principal commanders of Sinai and Palestine campaign, Battle of Romani, Battle of Magdhaba, Battle of Beersheba (1917), Battle of Sharon, Capture of Damascus and Pursuit to Haritan
* Henry Clay Jr., American politician and soldier from Kentucky, one of the principal commanders of Mexican-American War and Battle of Buena Vista
* Henry Crerar, senior officer of the Canadian Army who became the country's "leading field commander" in World War II, where he commanded the First Canadian Army, one of the principal commanders of the Battle of the Scheldt
* Henry Docwra, 1st Baron Docwra of Culmore, English-born soldier and statesman in 17th-century Ireland, founder of the city of Derry, one of the principal commanders of the Irish Nine Years' War
* Henry Every (born c. 1653), British pirate
* Henry Gurney, British colonial administrator, one of the principal commanders of the Malayan Emergency
* Henry Ruhl Guss (1825-1907), Union Army brevet Major General
* Henry Halkema, Dutch military commander, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Banjarmasin
* Henry Hawley, British army officer who served in the wars of the first half of the 18th century, one of the principal commanders of the Battle of Falkirk Muir and Jacobite rising of 1745
* Henry Kent Hewitt, United States Navy commander of amphibious operations in north Africa and southern Europe through World War II, one of the principal commanders of Operation Torch, Naval Battle of Casablanca, Battle of Gela (1943) and Operation Dragoon
* Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter, third director of the post–World War II United States Central Intelligence Group (CIG), the third Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and the first director of the Central Intelligence Agency created by the National Security Act of 1947
* Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne (1861–1929), British military officer during World War I, one of the principal commanders of the Battle of Arras (1917) and Battle of Cambrai (1918)
* Henry Jackson, Royal Navy officer, one of the principal commanders of the U-boat Campaign (World War I)
* Henry Kissinger (born 1923), German-born American politician, one of the principal commanders of Operation Freedom Deal and Cambodian Civil War
* Henry Louis Larsen (1890–1962), United States Marine Corps general, Governor of American Samoa and Governor of Guam
* Henry Leach, British Royal Army officer, one of the principal commanders of Falklands War
* Henry Lukin, South African military commander
* Henry Perera (1930–2009), admiral and Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy from 1979 to 1983
* Henry Rathbone (1837–1911), American military officer and diplomat present during the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
* Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson (1864–1925), British General, commander of British Indian Army, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Rooiwal, Battle of Amiens (1918), Battle of the Somme, Second Battle of the Somme and Battle of St Quentin Canal
* Henry Jenner Scobell, British military leader who served as the last officer in command of Cape Colony before the formation of the Union of South Africa, one of the principal commanders of the Battle of Groenkloof
* William Henry Hudson Southerland (1852–1933), American rear admiral, one of the principal commanders of the United States occupation of Nicaragua
* Henry Tandey, English soldier, most highly decorated private of World War I who supposedly spared Adolf Hitler's life during the war, recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions during the First World War
* Henry Hugh Tudor, British soldier and officer during the Second Boer War and First World War, one of the principal commanders of the Irish War of Independence
* Sir Henry Wells, a senior officer in the Australian Army, Chief of the General Staff from 1954 to 1958, one of the principal commanders of the Malayan Emergency
* Henry Tingle Wilde (1872–1912), chief officer of the RMS *Titanic*
* Henry Williams, leader of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) mission in New Zealand in the first half of the 19th century and during the Flagstaff War
* Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864–1922), senior British Army staff officer during the First World War and Irish unionist politician
* Henry Maitland Wilson, senior British Army officer of the 20th century, one of the principal commanders of Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II, Balkans campaign (World War II), Battle of Greece and Operation Compass
* Henry Wirz, Swiss-American officer of the Confederate States Army and a convicted war criminal, the commandant of the stockade of Camp Sumter concentration camp
* Henry Hodgson (British Army officer)

### Politicians

* Henry Abeywickrema (1905–1976), Sri Lankan Cabinet minister
* Henry Woodward Amarasuriya (1904–1981), Sri Lankan Cabinet minister, founding member of the United National Party, educationist, philanthropist, and plantation owner
* Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, British politician and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
* Henry Bertram Price, Governor of Guam
* Henry Givens Burgess, Irish railway executive and politician
* Henry Francis Bryan (1865–1944), 17th Governor of American Samoa
* Henry Clay (1777–1852), American statesman, politician, war hawk, presidential candidate, and founder of the Whig Party
* Henry De Mel (1877-1936), Sri Lankan Sinhala industrialist, lawyer, philanthropist, and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon
* Henry D. Gilpin (1801-1860), 14th Attorney General of the United States
* Henry Goulburn (1784–1856), British Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846
* Henry Schell Hagert (1826-1885), District attorney for Philadelphia
* James Henry Hammond (1807–1864), 60th governor of South Carolina
* Henry Harcourt (1873–1933), British politician
* Henry Kotelawala, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician
* Henry McMaster (born 1947), American politician
* Henry Morgan (1635–1688), Welsh pirate, privateer, slaveholder, and Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica, one of the principal commanders of the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)
* Henry Paulson, American banker who served as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009
* Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, British politician and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
* Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, British statesman who served successively as the fifth Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
* Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, British politician and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
* Henry Pollock, English barrister who became a prominent politician in Hong Kong, the attorney general of Hong Kong
* Henry Riggs Rathbone (1870–1928), congressman from Illinois
* Henry Thambiah (1906–1997), Sri Lankan Tamil academic, judge, and diplomat
* Henry Lorensz Wendt (1858-1911), Sri Lankan Burgher lawyer, judge, and legislator

### Film

* Henry, Indian producer
* Henry Cavill (born 1983), British actor
* Henry Czerny, Canadian film, stage, and television actor
* Henry Daniell (1894–1963), English actor
* Henry Fonda (1905–1982), American actor
* Henry Golding (born 1987), British Malaysian actor
* Henry Hathaway (1898–1985), American film director
* Henry Hunter Hall (born 1997), American actor
* Henry Jayasena (1931–2009), Sri Lankan actor in cinema, television, and theater
* Henry King (1886–1982), American actor and film director
* Henry Koster (1905–1988), German-American film director
* Henry Roxby Beverley (1790–1863), English actor
* Henry Selick (born 1952), American stop-motion film director
* Henry B. Walthall (1878–1936), American actor
* Henry Winkler (born 1945), American actor and producer

### Music

* Henry "Harry" Champion (1865-1942), English music hall composer, singer and comedian
* Henry Jackman (born 1974), English composer, regarded as one of the most significant film composeers of modern era
* Henry John Deutschendorf Jr (1943-1997) known professionally as John Denver, American singer
* Henry Krtschil (1932–2020), German composer
* Henry Lau (born 1989), Canadian singer, musician, and actor
* Henry Mancini (1924–1994), American composer
* Henry Purcell (1659–1695), English composer
* Henry Rollins (born 1961), American singer
* Henry Samuel (born 1963), British singer-songwriter known professionally as Seal

### Scientists

* W. Henry Bragg, British physicist, chemist, mathematician, and active sportsman
* Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877), English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer
* Henry Parker Sartwell (1792–1867), American botanist

### Businessmen

* Henry Bizot (1901–1990), French banker and first chairman of the Banque Nationale de Paris
* Henry Flagler (1830–1913), American tycoon, real estate promoter, and railroad developer, known as the father of Miami, Florida
* Henry Ford (1863–1947), American inventor, industrialist, father of the modern assembly line, and founder of Ford Motor Company
* William Henry "Bill" Gates, American business magnate, software developer, investor, philanthropist, and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, one of the entrepreneurs and pioneers of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s
* Henry Givens Burgess, Irish railway executive and politician
* Henry J. Heinz, German entrepreneur and founder of Heinz Ketchup company
* H. F. S. Morgan (1881–1959), English sports car manufacturer and founder and chairman of the Morgan Motor Company
* Henry Sy (1924–2019), Chinese-Filipino billionaire, business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

### Explorers

* Henry Hudson (born c. 1560s/70s), English sea explorer
* Prince Henry the Navigator (1394–1460), responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents

### Literary figures

* Ralph Henry Barbour, American novelist
* Henry G. Brinton (born 1960), American author and pastor, a contributor to the *Washington Post* and *USA Today*
* Henry James (1843–1916), American author
* Henry Charles Lea (1825-1909), American historian
* Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), American poet
* Henry Miller (1891–1980), American writer
* Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), American author

### Criminals

* Henry Lee Lucas, American serial killer

### Artists

* Henry Ward Ranger (1858–1916), American artist
* John Henry Lorimer, Scottish painter
* Henry Moore (1898–1986), English sculptor and artist
* Henry Orth (1866–1946), American architect
* Henry Parayre (1879–1970), French sculptor
* Henry Payne, British stained glass artist, watercolourist and painter of frescoes
* Henry Perlee Parker, artist who specialised in portrait and genre paintings
* Henry Richardson (born 1961), American sculptor
* Henry Strater (1896–1987) American painter, and illustrator
* Henry Ossawa Tanner, American artist and the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim

### Sportsmen

* Henry "Hank" Aaron (1934–2021), American baseball player
* Henry Austin (baseball) (1844–1904), American baseball player
* Henry Adrian Austin (born 1972), Barbadian cricketer
* Henry Fitzherbert Austin (1874–1957), Barbadian cricketer
* Henry Bibby (born 1949), American basketball player
* Henry Cárdenas (born 1965), Colombian road cyclist
* Henry Cejudo (born 1987), American mixed martial artist and UFC Flyweight Champion
* Henry Collins (boxer) (born 1977), Australian boxer
* Henry Cooper (1934–2011), British boxer, British, European and Commonwealth heavyweight champion in 1970
* Henry Duhamel (1853–1917), French mountaineer, author, and skiing pioneer
* Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (1903–1941), American baseball player nicknamed "The Iron Horse"
* Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), American hall of fame baseball player
* Henry Hynoski (born 1988), American football player
* Henry Hynoski Sr. (born 1953), American football player
* Henry Marsh (athlete) (born 1954), American long-distance runner
* Henry Maske (born 1964), German boxer
* Henry Menzies (1867–1938), Scottish rugby union player
* Henry Mondeaux (born 1995), American football player
* Henry Obst (1906–1975), American football player
* Henry Orth (American football) (1897–1980), American football player
* Henry Prusoff (1912–1943), American professional tennis player
* Henry Ruggs (born 1999), American football player
* Henry Schichtle (born 1941), American football player
* Henry Speight (born 1988), Australian rugby union player
* Henry Surtees (1991–2009), British racing driver
* Henry Sugut (born 1985), Kenyan long-distance runner

### Others

* Henry Allingham (1896–2009), briefly the world's oldest man
* H. Parrott Bacot (born Henry Parrott Bacot; 1941–2020), art historian and museum director
* Henry Adams Bellows, newspaper editor and radio executive
* Henry Engelbert (1826–1901), German-American architect
* Henry Louis Gates Jr., American literary critic, professor, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University
* Henry Alfred Ian Goonetilleke, Sri Lankan Sinhala library director at the University of Peradeniya and scholar
* Henry Wilson Hodge (1865-1919), American civil engineer
* Henry Kelly (born 1946), Irish television presenter and radio DJ
* Henry George, American political economist and journalist
* Henry Goddard Leach (1880–1970), American Scandinavian studies scholar
* Henry Mayhew, English social researcher, journalist, playwright, and reform advocate
* Henry More, English philosopher of the Cambridge Platonist school
* Henry Newman, British political adviser
* Henry Omaga-Diaz (born 1961), Filipino journalist, news anchor, and radio newscaster
* Henry F. Pulitzer (1899–1979), Austrian-born publisher and art collector
* Henry Winthrop Sargent (1810–1882), American horticulturist

## Fictional characters

* Henry of Skalitz, the main protagonist from the medieval open-world videogame *Kingdom Come: Deliverance*
* Henry, a green lizard character from the 1996 animated TV series *Amazing Animals*
* Henry Branwell, a character from *The Infernal Devices*, part of The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
* Henery Hawk, Warner Bros. *Looney Tunes* character
* Henry and Orville, the second pair of ghosts who Luigi encounters in *Luigi's Mansion*
* Henry, a character from the television show *KaBlam!*
* Henry, a character from the animated series *Oswald*
* Henry, a persona or character from John Berryman's *The Dream Songs*
* Henry, a playable dark mage in the 2012 game *Fire Emblem Awakening*
* Henry, the main protagonist in the game *Bendy and the Ink Machine*
* Henry, the main protagonist of the 2015 film *Hardcore Henry*
* Henry, a character from the 2008 video game *No More Heroes*
* Henry the Octopus, a character from *The Wiggles*
* Henry (comic), a comic character that began in 1932
* Henry the Green Engine, a steam locomotive from *The Railway Series* of books by Reverend W. Awdry
* Henry I, another character from the television series *Once Upon a Time*
* Uncle Henry, character from the Oz books by L. Frank Baum
* Horrid Henry, fictional character from the eponymous children's comedy television show
* Henry Baker, a character from the 2003 film *Cheaper by the Dozen* and its sequel
* Henry Bennett, the main character in American author Mark Twain's 1889 novel *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court*
* Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake, a character in the *M\*A\*S\*H* novels, film, and television series
* Henry Bowers, a character from Stephen King's novel *It*
* Henry Deaver, protagonist of the *Castle Rock* television series inspired by the Stephen King novels
* Henry Desmond, a character in the American television sitcom *Bosom Buddies*
* Henry Clerval, character from *Frankenstein* by Mary Shelley
* Henry Crabbe, main character of the series *Pie in the Sky*
* Henry Creel, main antagonist of Netflix Sci-fi drama series Stranger Things
* Henry Deacon, fictional character from the television series *Eureka*
* Henry "Hank" Daughtry, fictional character from the video game *Infamous Second Son*
* Henry Emily, a major character and the creator/owner of Freddy Fazbears Pizzeria in the *Five Nights at Freddy's* horror game franchise
* Henry Francis, a character from the American television series *Mad Men*
* Henry Forman, a character from *Marvin Marvin*
* Henry Gupta, character from the James Bond film *Tomorrow Never Dies*
* Henry Hart, a character from *Henry Danger*
* Henry Higgins, a major character in George Bernard Shaw's play *Pygmalion* and also in the musical adaptation *My Fair Lady*
* Henry Huggins, a character created by Beverly Cleary
* Henry Hugglemonster, a character from *Henry Hugglemonster*
* Henry Jekyll, title character in the Robert Louis Stevenson novel *The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde*
* Henry/Hank Jennings, a character from the television series *Twin Peaks*
* Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr. (Indiana Jones), the title character and the protagonist of the *Indiana Jones* franchise
* Henry Keddys, minor character in Chris Lilley's mockumentary series *Angry Boys*
* Henry Legolant, a character from the anime *Black Clover*
* Henry "Hank" MacDougall (played by Fred Willard), the pious father-in-law of Robert Barone, from the sitcom *Everybody Loves Raymond*
* Dr. Henry McCord, character from the television series *Madam Secretary*
* Henry Mills, a primary character from the television series *Once Upon a Time*
* Henry "Hank" Moody, protagonist of the Showtime television series *Californication*
* Henry F. Potter, the main villain from *It's a Wonderful Life*
* Henry Pym (a.k.a. Ant Man, Giant Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional comic book superhero in the Marvel Universe
* Henry Rearden, steelmaker from the Ayn Rand book *Atlas Shrugged*
* Henry Townshend, main protagonist in the video game *Silent Hill 4*
* Mr. Henry J. Waternoose III, a company president, CEO, character and the secondary main antagonist in the 2001 Disney/Pixar animated film *Monsters, Inc.*
* Henry "Hank" Voight, a main character from the television series Chicago P.D.
* Lord Henry Wotton, character from *The Picture of Dorian Gray* by Oscar Wilde
* Henry Rush, the main character played by Ted Knight in the American sitcom television series *Too Close for Comfort*
* Henry Shoop, a character in the 1990 American action comedy movie *Kindergarten Cop*
* Henry Sikorsky, a character played by Christopher Lloyd in the 1989 American comedy movie *The Dream Team*
* Henry Stein, the main protagonist of Bendy and the Ink Machine
* Henry Tomasino, soldato from the Clemente crime family and secondary character from *Mafia II* and Mafia II Mobile, part of the *Mafia (series)*
* Henry Warnimont, a character in the television sitcom *Punky Brewster*
* Henry "Hank" Zipzer, character from the television series *Hank Zipzer*

## Other uses

* Military Order of St. Henry
* Henry (unit), the SI unit of inductance
* Henry's law, which describes the distribution of a chemical between the gas and the liquid phase
* Henry (vacuum), flagship vacuum cleaner manufactured by Numatic International Limited
* Henry the Hexapus, a six-legged octopus found by British marine scientists in 2008

## Names with a similar meaning

The names second element, \*Rīk, can also be found in names:

* Alaric, Amalric, Frederick / Friedrich, Eric, Patrick, Richard, Roderick

Other names also meaning "ruler", "power", "king", "lord":

* Donald
* Waldemar / Vladimir
* Walter / Walther
* Valentine / Valentin / Valentino / Valentinian
* Kaan / Khan
* Raja
* Rakesh