Henry

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Henry is an English male given name and a surname, derived from Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henrik (Scandinavian), Enrico (Italian), Henri (French), Enrique (Spanish), Henrik (Hungarian), Henryk (Polish) and Henrique (Portuguese). Henry may refer to:

Contents 1 Things 2 Places in the United States 3 Animals 4 People and fictional characters 4.1 Surname 5 First name 5.1 Royalty 5.2 Shakespearean plays 5.3 Novel

[edit] Things

• Henry (unit), the SI unit of inductance
• Henry (comic)
• Henry (vacuum cleaner), a red vacuum cleaner manufactured by Numatic International
• Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, a horror movie
• Henry Rifle, the first "practical" repeating rifle
• Henry's law, a gas law in chemistry

[edit] Places in the United States

• Henry, Illinois
• Henry, South Dakota
• Henry, Tennessee
• Henry, Franklin County, Virginia
• A number of counties named after Patrick Henry:
  • Henry County, Alabama
  • Henry County, Georgia
  • Henry County, Illinois
  • Henry County, Indiana
  • Henry County, Iowa
  • Henry County, Kentucky
  • Henry County, Missouri
  • Henry County, Ohio
  • Henry County, Tennessee
  • Henry County, Virginia

[edit] Animals

• Henry the Hexapus, the world's first six-legged octopus

[edit] People and fictional characters

[edit] Surname

• Alan Henry, British motorsport journalist
• Alexander Henry (1739-1824), American fur trader
• Benjamin Tyler Henry (1821–1898), American inventor of the Henry rifle
• Beulah Louise Henry (1887–1973), American inventor; nicknamed "Lady Edison"
• Caleb Sprague Henry (1804-84), American clergyman
• Charles Henry (1859- ? ), French librarian and editor
• Edward Henry (1850–1931), London police commissioner
• Edward Lamson Henry (1841-1919), American genre painter
• Etienne Ossian Henry (1798-1873), French chemist
• George Henry (painter) (1858-1943), Scottish painter (1880s to 1910s)
• George Stewart Henry, (1871-1958) Canadian politician
• Graham Henry, (b. 1946), New Zealander rugby union coach
• Jim Henry (b. 1950), American author, attorney, and economist
• John Henry, several people
• Joseph Henry (1797–1878), American physicist
• Lenny Henry (1958 –), British comedian
• Mark Henry (1971 –), American professional wrestler
• Matthew Henry (1662-1714), English divine
• O. Henry [pen name] (1862–1910), American writer
• Patrick Henry (1736–1799), American politician
• Paul Henry and Prosper Henry (1848-1905), French astronomers
• Philip Henry, 4th and 5th Earl Stanhope
• Philip Henry (clergyman) (1631-1696), English clergyman
• Pierre Henry (1927–), French composer
• Robert Henry (1718-90), Scottish historian and minister
• Robert L. Henry (1864-1931), American politician
• Robert L. Henry, Jr. (1882- ? ), American professor of law
• Stuart Henry (b. 1946), Australian politician
• Thierry Henry (b. 1977), French footballer
• Travis Henry (b. 1978), American Football player
• Victor Henry (1850-1907), French philologist
• William Henry, several people

[edit] First name

• Bishop Henry, bishop of Uppsala that became a martyr in Finland
• Henry of Cocket, a hermit in Northumberland
• Henry of Livonia, Catholic priest, author of Chronicle of Henry of Livonia
• Henry Aaron, baseball player
• Henry G. Brinton, author
• Henry Cavill, British actor
• Henry Clay, statesman
• Henry Collins (boxer), Australian boxer
• Henry Cooper (boxer), British boxer
• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, painter
• Henry Every, pirate
• Henry Flagler
• Henry Fonda, actor
• Henry Ford, industrialist
• Hank Greenberg, baseball player
• Henry Hathaway, film director
• Henry Hudson, sea explorer
• Henry James, author
• Henry Jekyll, title character in the Robert Louis Stevenson novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Henry Kissinger, politician
• Henri Legay, French operatic tenor
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet
• Henry Mancini, composer
• Henry Marsh, American long-distance runner
• Henry Matisse, artist
• Henry Miller, author
• Henry Pym (aka Ant Man, Giant Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional character in the Marvel Universe
• Henry Purcell, composer
• Henry Ramsay, from the Australian soap Neighbours
• Henry "Hank" Rearden, steelmaker from the Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
• Henry Rollins, singer
• Henry David Thoreau, author
• Henry Townshend, the main protagonist in the game Silent Hill 4
• Henry Turner, the title character from the Harrison Ford film Regarding Henry.
• Henry Winkler, actor, producer
• Henry the Green Engine, a steam locomotive from The Railway Series of books by Reverend W. Awdry
• Henry, a character from the 2008 video game No More Heroes

[edit] Royalty

See also List of rulers named Henry.

• King Henry of Portugal
• Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal
• Henry the Fowler (876-936), first king of Germany
• Four kings of Castile:
  • Henry I of Castile
  • Henry II of Castile
  • Henry III of Castile
  • Henry IV of Castile
• Five kings of France:
  • Henry I of France
  • Henry II of France
  • Henry III of France
  • Henry IV of France
  • Henry V of France
• Six Holy Roman Emperors:
  • 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
• Eight kings of England:
  • Henry I of England
  • Henry II of England
  • Henry III of England
  • Henry IV of England
  • Henry V of England
  • Henry VI of England
  • Henry VII of England
  • Henry VIII of England
• Prince Henry of Wales ("Harry"), the third in line to British throne
• Heinrich, Prince of Prussia, three men, (1726-1802) and (1747-1767) and (1862-1929)
• Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
• Prince Henry of Battenberg

[edit] Shakespearean plays

• Henry IV, Part 1
• Henry IV, Part 2
• Henry V (play)
• Henry VI, Part 1
• Henry VI, Part 2
• Henry VI, Part 3
• Henry VIII (play), an historical drama, produced in 1613

[edit] Novel

• Henry Esmond, by William Makepeace Thackeray (1852)