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Henry
Henry (given name)
Henry is an English male given name and a surname, from the Old French Henry , derived itself from the Germanic name Haimric , which was derived from the word elements haim, meaning "home" and ric, meaning "power, ruler". Harry, its English short form, was considered the "spoken form" of Henry in...

is an English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

male given name

Given name

A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

and a surname

Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

, borrowed from Old French

Old French

Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...

, originally of Germanic origin (Haimirich
Haimirich
Haimirich is an old Middle High German given name from which many modern names derive. Among them are names like Henry, Henri, Heinrich, Enrico, Enrique and their female counterparts...

) from the elements haim (“‘home’”) and ric (“‘ruler’”). Equivalents in other languages are Henrik

Henrik

Henrik is a male given name of Germanic origin, primarily used in Scandinavia, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia. In Poland, the name is spelt Henryk but pronounced similarly. Equivalents in other languages are Henry , Heikki , Henryk , Hendrik , Heinrich , Enrico , Henri , Enrique and Henrique...

(Scandinavian), Heinrich

Heinrich

Heinrich is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry , Hendrik , Hinnerk , Enrico , Henri , Enrique , Enric , and Henrique . A pet form of Heinrich is "Heinz". The once-common Americanized nickname "Heinie" is largely obsolete...

(German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

), Eanruig (Scots Gaelic), Enri (Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

), Enrico (Italian), Henri

Henri

Henri is a French masculine given name. It may refer to :French noblemen* Henri I de Montmorency , a Marshal and Constable of France* Henri I, Duke of Nemours , the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anna d'Este...

(Modern French), Enrique

Enrique

Enrique is the Spanish variant of Heinrich of Germanic origin. As a given name, it ranked 298 out of 1219 for males of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census. Equivalents in other languages are Henry , Enrico , Henrik , Henri , and Henrique...

(Spanish), Henrik

Henrik

(Hungarian), Henryk (Polish), Henning (Swedish) and Henrique

Henrique

Henrique is the name of two rulers and two princes of Portugal:*Henry, Count of Portugal .*Henry I, King of Portugal .*Henry the Navigator , a royal prince and important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire....

(Portuguese).

Arts

Chad Henry
Chad Henry
Chad Henry is an American composer, actor, lyricist, playwright, and author. He has written over twenty shows that premiere in his home state, Washington.-Biography:...

(born 1946), American musical theatre composer
Charles Henry (librarian) (1859–?), French librarian and editor
Clarence "Frogman" Henry (born 1937), American rhythm and blues singer
Edward Lamson Henry
Edward Lamson Henry
Edward Lamson Henry , commonly known as E.L. Henry, was an American genre painter, born in Charleston, South Carolina.-Early life :...

(1841–1919), American genre painter
George Henry (painter)
George Henry (painter)
George Henry was a Scottish painter, one of the most prominent of the Glasgow School. He was born in Irvine, North Ayrshire, and studied at the Glasgow School of Art, later in Macgregor's studio, but learned most from his nature studies at Kirkcudbright.He was influenced also by his collaboration...

(1858–1943), Scottish painter (1880s to 1910s)
Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry
Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry, is a British actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter.- Early life :...

(born 1958), British comedian
Mike Henry, (born 1964), American writer, producer, voice actor, and comedian
O. Henry
O. Henry
O. Henry was the pen name of the American writer William Sydney Porter . O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.-Early life:...

[pen name] (1862–1910), American writer
Pierre Henry
Pierre Henry
Pierre Henry is a French composer, considered a pioneer of the musique concrète genre of electronic music.-Biography:...

(born 1927), French composer
Robert Henri
Robert Henri
Robert Henri was an American painter and teacher. He was a leading figure of the Ashcan School in art.- Early life :...

(1865–1929), American painter
Victor Henry
Victor Henry
Victor Henry was a French philologist, born at Colmar in Alsace.Having held appointments at Douai and Lille, he was appointed professor of Sanskrit and comparative grammar in the university of Paris...

(1850–1907), French philologist
Michel Henry
Michel Henry
Michel Henry was a French philosopher and novelist. He wrote five novels and numerous philosophical works. He also lectured at universities in France, Belgium, the United States of America, and Japan.- Biography :...

(1922-2002), French continental philosopher

Clergy

Carl F. H. Henry
Carl F. H. Henry
Carl Ferdinand Howard Henry was an American evangelical Christian theologian who served as the first editor-in-chief of the magazine Christianity Today, established to serve as a scholarly voice for evangelical Christianity and a challenge to the liberal Christian Century.-Early Years and...

(1913–2003), American theologian
Caleb Sprague Henry
Caleb Sprague Henry
Caleb Sprague Henry was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman and author. He was born in Rutland, Mass., graduated from Dartmouth College in 1825 and studied theology at Andover Theological Seminary and New Haven. In 1828 he became a Congregational minister at Greenfield, Mass., and in 1833...

(1804–1884), American clergyman
Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry was an English commentator on the Bible and Presbyterian minister.-Life:He was born at Broad Oak, a farmhouse on the borders of Flintshire and Shropshire. His father, Philip Henry, had just been ejected under the Act of Uniformity 1662...

(1662–1714), English divine
Philip Henry (clergyman)
Philip Henry (clergyman)
Philip Henry was an English Nonconformist clergyman and diarist.-Early life:Henry graduated from Oxford in 1652 and was ordained in 1657. He was the eldest son of John Henry, keeper of the orchard at Whitehall, and was born at Whitehall on 24 August 1631...

(1631–1696), English clergyman

Inventors and scientists

Benjamin Tyler Henry
Benjamin Tyler Henry
Benjamin Tyler Henry was an American gunsmith and manufacturer. He was the inventor of the Henry rifle, the first reliable lever-action repeating rifle....

(1821–1898), American inventor of the Henry rifle
Beulah Louise Henry
Beulah Louise Henry
Beulah Louise Henry was an American inventor. In the 1930s, she was given the nickname "Lady Edison" for her many inventions.Her inventions include a bobbin-free sewing machine and a vacuum ice cream freezer...

(1887–1973), American inventor; nicknamed "Lady Edison"
Etienne Ossian Henry
Etienne Ossian Henry
Etienne Ossian Henry was a French chemist, son of Nöel Etienne Henry , born in Paris, and trained by his father, who was director of the Central Pharmacy of the Parisian hospitals and professor in the School of Pharmacy. In 1824 he became director of the chemical laboratory of the Academy of...

(1798–1873), French chemist
Joseph Henry
Joseph Henry
Joseph Henry was an American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as a founding member of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science, a precursor of the Smithsonian Institution. During his lifetime, he was highly regarded...

(1797–1878), American physicist
Paul Henry and Prosper Henry
Paul Henry and Prosper Henry
Paul-Pierre Henry and his brother Mathieu-Prosper Henry were French opticians and astronomers....

(1848–1905), French astronomers

Politics

Brad Henry
Brad Henry
Charles Bradford "Brad" Henry was the 26th Governor of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected governor in 2002...

(born 1963), Governor of Oklahoma
Cameron Henry
Cameron Henry
John Cameron Henry, Jr. is a business analyst from Metairie, Louisiana, who has been a Republican member of his state's House of Representatives from District 82 since January 2008. Henry is a former member of the Jefferson Parish School Board and was an aide to Steve Scalise, his predecessor in...

(born 1974), Louisiana politician
Émile Henry (anarchist) (1872–1894), French anarchist
George Stewart Henry
George Stewart Henry
George Stewart Henry was a farmer, businessman and politician in Ontario, Canada.Born in Township of King, York County, Ontario, the son of William and Louisa Henry, Henry was educated at the public schools of Toronto, Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto where he received a B.A. and...

, (1871–1958) Canadian politician
Hubert-Joseph Henry
Hubert-Joseph Henry
Hubert-Joseph Henry , French Lieutenant-Colonel in 1897 involved in the Dreyfus affair. Arrested for having forged evidence against Alfred Dreyfus, he was found dead in his prison cell...

, French soldier involved in the Dreyfus Affair
L. B. Henry
L. B. Henry
Louie Brannon Henry, known as L. B. Henry , was a figure in Louisiana parish government between 1956 and 1992. A businessman in Pineville, Henry served on the Rapides Parish Police Jury from, first, 1956–1960, and, again, from 1968-1992...

(1920–2008), Louisiana politician
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry was an orator and politician who led the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779 and subsequently, from 1784 to 1786...

(1736–1799), American politician
Robert Harlan Henry
Robert Harlan Henry
See also Robert Henry Robert Harlan Henry is a former U.S. judge and politician from Oklahoma, and President of Oklahoma City University since July, 2010.-Biography:...

(born 1953), American judge and Oklahoma politician, on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Robert L. Henry
Robert L. Henry
Robert Lee Henry was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1897 to 1917 .-Early life:...

(1864–1931), American politician
Stuart Henry (born 1946), Australian politician

Sport

Alan Henry
Alan Henry
Alan Henry is a Grand Prix reporter, working since the early 1970s. He is the Formula One correspondent of the Guardian newspaper and currently holds the title of Editor at Large of F1 Racing magazine. Henry is also the chief editor of the yearly Autocourse Formula One season review books, a...

, British motorsport journalist
Beau Henry
Beau Henry
Beau Henry is a rugby league footballer for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League. He plays at five eighth and halfback.-Early career:...

, Australian rugby league footballer
Chris Henry (wide receiver) (1983–2009), American footballer
Frank Henry (cricketer)
Frank Henry (cricketer)
Frank Henry was an English cricketer. Henry's batting and bowling styles are unknown.Henry made a single first-class appearance for Middlesex against Surrey in 1882. In this match, he bowled 12 wicket-less overs in Surrey's first-innings, while in their second-innings he took the wickets of J.V...

(dates unknown), cricketer
Graham Henry
Graham Henry
Graham Henry is a New Zealand Rugby Union coach, and former head coach of the country's national team, the All Blacks. He played rugby union for Canterbury and cricket for Otago in the Plunket Shield. Henry was heavily criticized following the All Blacks quarterfinal exit at the 2007 Rugby World...

, (born 1946), New Zealander rugby union coach
Mark Henry
Mark Henry
Mark Jerrold Henry is an American professional wrestler signed with WWE, where he performs on its SmackDown brand as the reigning World Heavyweight Champion. He is a 1992 Olympian, and winner of the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic...

(born 1971), American professional wrestler
Mike Henry, (born 1936), American football player and actor
Neil Henry
Neil Henry
Neil Henry is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. Since 2009 he has been head coach for the North Queensland Cowboys of the National Rugby League. Henry previously played for, then coached the Canberra Raiders.Henry was a foundation player of the Raiders,...

, Australian rugby league football coach
Robert Henry (bowls)
Robert Henry (bowls)
Robert Henry is a former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the men's pairs gold medal alongside Evan Exelby.-References:...

, New Zealand lawn bowler
Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry
Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...

(born 1977), French footballer
Travis Henry
Travis Henry
Travis Deion Henry is a former American football running back for the Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans and Denver Broncos. He was drafted by the Bills in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft...

(born 1978), American football player
Xavier Henry
Xavier Henry
Xavier Henry is an American professional basketball shooting guard with the Memphis Grizzlies of the Xavier Henry is an American professional [[basketball]] [[shooting guard]] with the [[Memphis Grizzlies]] of the Xavier Henry is an American professional [[basketball]] [[shooting guard]] with...

(born 1991), American basketball player

Other and Disambiguation

Alexander Henry (1739–1824), American/Canadian fur trader
Charles Henry (disambiguation)
Charles Henry (disambiguation)
Charles Henry may refer to:*Charles Henry , French librarian and editor*Brad Henry , Charles Bradford "Brad" Henry,, Governor of Oklahoma*Charles H. Henry , physicist...

, several people
David Henry (disambiguation), several people
Edward Henry
Edward Henry
Sir Edward Richard Henry, 1st Baronet GCVO KCB CSI KPM was the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 1903 to 1918....

(1850–1931), London police commissioner
Frederick Henry (disambiguation), several people
Jim Henry (disambiguation), several people
John Henry (disambiguation), several people
Paul Henry (disambiguation), several people
Philip Henry, 4th and 5th Earl Stanhope
Earl Stanhope
Earl Stanhope was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1718 for James Stanhope, 1st Viscount Stanhope, the principal minister of King George I, with remainder to the heirs male of his body. Stanhope was the son of the Hon. Alexander Stanhope, fifth and youngest son of Philip...
Robert Henry
Robert Henry
Robert Henry was a Scottish historian.Born into a farming family at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, Henry was educated at Stirling High School and the University of Edinburgh. After teaching at Annan, he entered the Church of Scotland, becoming minister at New Greyfriars in Edinburgh in 1768...

(1718–1790), Scottish historian and minister
Robert L. Henry, Jr.
Robert L. Henry, Jr.
Robert L. Henry, Jr. was an American professor of law.-Biography:Born in Chicago, Illinois he was educated at the University of Chicago and as Rhodes Scholar in Oxford...

(1882–?), American professor of law
William Henry (disambiguation), several people

Other and Disambiguation

See also