List of Famous people named Henry

Name Henry is among the most common names in USA, Canada. Shortened forms: Harry. Similar names: Harry, Henri. Here are some famous Henrys:

Henry Ponsonby

First Name Henry
Last Name Ponsonby
Born on November 30, 1579
Died on January 1, 1622 (aged 42)
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Henry Bryant Bigelow

First Name Henry
Last Name Bigelow
Born on October 3, 1879
Died on December 11, 1967 (aged 88)

Henry Bryant Bigelow was an American oceanographer and marine biologist.

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Henry Somerset Parnell Hopkinson

First Name Henry
Last Name Hopkinson
Born on October 16, 1899 (age 126)
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Henry Colin Mansel Porter

First Name Henry
Last Name Porter
Born on October 27, 1882
Died on January 1, 1955 (aged 72)
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Henry Robinson Palmer

First Name Henry
Last Name Palmer
Born on January 1, 1795
Died on September 12, 1844 (aged 49)

Henry Robinson Palmer (1795–1844) was a British civil engineer who designed the world's second monorail and the first elevated railway.

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Henry Folland

First Name Henry
Last Name Folland
Born on January 22, 1889
Died on September 5, 1954 (aged 65)

Henry Philip Folland OBE was an English aviation engineer and aircraft designer.

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Henry Hallett Dale

First Name Henry
Last Name Dale
Born on June 9, 1875
Died on July 23, 1968 (aged 93)

Sir Henry Hallett Dale was an English pharmacologist and physiologist. For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve pulses (neurotransmission) he shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Otto Loewi.

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Henry Cary, Jr.

First Name Henry
Last Name Jr.
Born on November 30, 1699 (age 326)

Henry Cary Jr. was an American planter and building contractor, active during the early 1700s.

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Henry D'Esterre Darby

First Name Henry
Last Name Darby
Died on January 1, 1823

Admiral Sir Henry D'Esterre Darby, was an officer in the Royal Navy. He was the third son of Jonathan and Susannah Darby of Leap Castle, in King's County, Ireland. He was the nephew of Vice Admiral George Darby. Darby first went to sea when he was thirteen but it was another fourteen years before he made lieutenant, aboard his uncle's ship HMS Britannia. In 1781, he was given command of the 8-gun Infernal but was captured after an inconclusive action at the Battle of Porto Praya and remained a prisoner for the rest of the war.

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Henry Aubrey Coventry

First Name Henry
Last Name Coventry
Born on October 10, 1845
Died on May 13, 1909 (aged 63)
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