John Henry

The most notable use of the name John Henry is in a ballad, "John Henry", describing the folk figure John Henry as a "steel-driving man".

John or Jack Henry may also refer to:

People

• John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (1322–1375)
• John Henry (Maryland) (1750–1798), U.S. senator from and governor of Maryland
• John Joseph Henry (1758–1811), American Revolutionary War soldier
• John Vernon Henry (1767–1829), American politician, New York State comptroller
• John Henry (spy) (c. 1776–1853), British spy
• John Flournoy Henry (1793–1873), U.S. representative from Kentucky
• John Henry (representative) (1800–1882), U.S. representative from Illinois
• John Snowdon Henry (1824–1896), British politician from South-East Lancashire
• John Henry (Australian politician) (1834–1912), Tasmanian House of Assembly member and Treasurer of Tasmania
• John Henry (outfielder/pitcher) (1863–1939), American baseball outfielder/pitcher
• John Henry (catcher) (1889–1941), American baseball catcher
• Jack Henry (New Zealand) (1917–2003), New Zealand industrialist
• Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1931–2010), Hungarian prince
• John Henry (toxicologist) (1939–2007), English toxicologist
• John Raymond Henry (born 1943), American sculptor
• John W. Henry (born 1949), American businessman and owner of sports teams
• John Henry (historian) (born 1950), British historian of science
• John Henry (politician) (born 1960), Canadian politician, mayor of Oshawa, Ontario
• John Henry (footballer) (born 1971), Scottish footballer
• Jack Henry (fl. 1990s), American football player and coach
• John Henry (Cook Islands), Cook Islander politician
• John Henry (folklore), American folk hero, the "steel-driving man"
• John Henry (judge) (born c.1933), New Zealand jurist
• John Henry (vocalist) (born c.1972), American vocalist in the metalcore band Darkest Hour

Music

• "John Henry", many songs about John Henry of folklore
• "John Henry" or "John Henry Blues", song recorded by DeFord Bailey
• John Henry (album), 1994 album by They Might Be Giants

In fiction

• John Henry (novel), a 1931 novel by Roark Bradford
• John Henry (musical), a 1940 Broadway musical based on the 1931 novel
• John Henry, an American Legend, a 1971 children's book by Ezra Jack Keats
• John Henry (film), a 2000 short film in Disney's American Legends series
• John Henry Days, a 2002 American novel by Colson Whitehead
• John Henry, character in All the Way Home (film)
• John Henry (Transformers), character in the 2006 "Transformers" series
• John Henry, character in the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles science-fiction TV series

Other uses

• John Henry (horse) (1975–2007), American Thoroughbred race horse
• Jack Henry & Associates, an American information technology company

See also

• John Henryism, a psychological term for a type of coping behaviours
• All pages beginning with "John Henry"
• All pages with titles containing "John Henry"

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