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 Billings Brown

First Name Henry
Last Name Brown
Born on March 2, 1836
Died on March 2, 1913 (aged 77)

Henry Billings Brown was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 29 December 1890 to 28 May 1906. A respected lawyer and U.S. District Judge in Detroit, Michigan, before ascending to the high court, Brown authored hundreds of opinions in his 31 years as a federal judge, including the majority opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, which upheld the legality of racial segregation in public transportation and implicitly provided approval for the system of Jim Crow laws until Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

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Henry Oakeley

First Name Henry
Last Name Oakeley
Born on December 6, 1787
Died on May 3, 1826 (aged 38)
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Henry O'Beirne

First Name Henry
Last Name O'Beirne
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Henry Bingham

First Name Henry
Last Name Bingham
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Henry Lawrence Outram

First Name Henry
Last Name Outram
Born on October 16, 1872
Died on April 6, 1876 (aged 3)
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Henry Ironside Davidson

First Name Henry
Last Name Davidson
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Henry Osborne

First Name Henry
Last Name Osborne
Born on January 1, 1743
Died on January 1, 1759 (aged 16)
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Henry Cranley Onslow

First Name Henry
Last Name Onslow
Born on August 31, 1854
Died on January 1, 1861 (aged 6)
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Henry Hugh Lyle Chichester

First Name Henry
Last Name Chichester
Born on November 30, 1855
Died on September 4, 1917 (aged 61)
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Henry Adoniram Swift

First Name Henry
Last Name Swift
Born on March 23, 1823
Died on February 25, 1869 (aged 45)

Henry Adoniram Swift was an American politician who was the third Governor of Minnesota. He served as governor from July 10, 1863 to January 11, 1864 after serving as the third Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota when Governor Alexander Ramsey resigned to enter the United States Congress. Prior to that he had served in the Minnesota Senate. Swift was a Republican.

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