William Henry

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William Henry is the name of:

• William Henry (delegate) (1729-1786), American gunsmith and Pennsylvania delegate to Continental Congress
• William Henry (brother of Patrick Henry) (1735-?), representative in the House of Burgesses
• William Henry (chemist) (1775-1836), English chemist who formulated Henry’s law
• William Henry (congressman) (1788-1861), United States Congressman from Vermont
• William Alexander Henry (1816-1888), justice of the Canadian Supreme Court
• William Henry (swimmer) (1859-1928), British swimmer
• William Henry (actor) (1918-1982), United States movie actor
• William Henry (historian), Irish historian
• William A. Henry III (1950-1994), United States author and cultural critic
• William Thomas Henry, politician in Alberta, Canada and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• William Bill Rodman Henry (Bill Henry) a Major League baseball player

Other:

• William III of England is sometimes known as William Henry, Prince of Orange
• William IV of England was known as William Henry, Duke of Clarence before he became king

Place:

• William Henry was the original name for the town of Sorel, Quebec
• Fort William Henry - The British fort built in upper New York during the French & Indian War, 1754-1763; immortalized in James Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans