List of Famous people named Henry

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne,, known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784 to 1809, was a British statesman. In a ministerial career spanning nearly half a century, he notably served as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer and was three times Lord President of the Council.

Henry Alcock (1717-1812) was an Irish politician.

Henry de Nassau, Lord d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham, was a British peer and courtier, a member of the House of Orange-Nassau and second cousin once removed to King William III of England. He inherited the lordship of Ouwerkerk in Holland, and was a count of the Holy Roman Empire.

Henry Cromwell was the fourth son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier, and an important figure in the Parliamentarian regime in Ireland.

Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby KG was a prominent English nobleman, diplomat, and politician. He was an ambassador, Privy Counsellor and participated in the trials of Mary, Queen of Scots and the Earl of Arundel.

Henry I of Cyprus, nicknamed the Fat was King of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253. He was the son of Hugh I of Cyprus and Alice of Champagne. When his father Hugh I died on January 10, 1218, the 8-month-old Henry became king. His mother was the official regent, but handed off the actual governing to her uncle, Philip of Ibelin. When Philip died, the effective regency passed to his brother, John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut.

Henry Hastings, was an English landowner and country sportsman. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.

Henry Brooks Adams was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. Presidents.