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 Moseley

First Name Henry
Last Name Moseley
Born on November 23, 1887
Died on August 10, 1915 (aged 27)

Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley was an English physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic number. This stemmed from his development of Moseley's law in X-ray spectra.

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Henry Gunther

First Name Henry
Last Name Gunther
Born on June 6, 1895
Died on November 11, 1918 (aged 23)

Henry Nicholas John Gunther was an American soldier and likely the last soldier of any of the belligerents to be killed during World War I. He was killed at 10:59 a.m., about one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11:00 a.m.

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Henry B. Eyring

First Name Henry
Last Name Eyring
Born on May 31, 1933 (age 92)

Henry Bennion Eyring is an American educational administrator, author, and religious leader. After being set apart on January 14, 2018, Eyring is currently the Second Counselor to Russell M. Nelson in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Previously, Eyring was the First Counselor to Thomas S. Monson in the First Presidency from 2008 until Monson's death on January 2, 2018. Eyring was the Second Counselor to Gordon B. Hinckley in the First Presidency from October 6, 2007, until Hinckley's death on January 27, 2008.

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Henry I of England

First Name Henry
Last Name England
Died on December 1, 1135

Henry I, also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in 1087, Henry's elder brothers Robert Curthose and William Rufus inherited Normandy and England, respectively, but Henry was left landless. He purchased the County of Cotentin in western Normandy from Robert, but his brothers deposed him in 1091. He gradually rebuilt his power base in the Cotentin and allied himself with William against Robert.

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Henry Morgan

First Name Henry
Last Name Morgan
Born on January 24, 1635
Died on August 25, 1688 (aged 53)

Sir Henry Morgan was a Welsh privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he raided settlements and shipping on the Spanish Main, becoming wealthy as he did so. With the prize money from the raids he purchased three large sugar plantations on the island.

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Henry Blofeld

First Name Henry
Last Name Blofeld

Henry Calthorpe Blofeld, OBE nicknamed Blowers by Brian Johnston, is an English retired sports journalist, broadcaster and amateur ornithologist best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. He has established a reputation as a commentator with an accent, vocabulary and syntax that is quintessentially Old Etonian both in style and substance. He also writes on cricket and has authored eight books to date.

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Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley

First Name Henry
Last Name Darnley
Died on February 10, 1567

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley was the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. From his marriage in 1565, he was king consort of Scotland. He was created Duke of Albany shortly before his marriage. Less than a year after the birth of his and Mary's only child, King James VI of Scotland and I of England, Darnley was murdered at Kirk o' Field in 1567. Many contemporary narratives describing his life and death refer to him as Lord Darnley, his title as heir apparent to the Earldom of Lennox, and it is by this appellation that he is known in history. On his mother's side he was a great-grandson of King Henry VII of England.

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Henry de Lesquen

Henry Bertrand Marie Armand de Lesquen du Plessis-Casso
First Name Henry
Last Name Lesquen
Born on January 1, 1949 (age 77)

Henry de Lesquen is a French politician. A retired official and former radio host, De Lesquen has been the president of the Carrefour de l'Horloge, a national liberal think tank, since 1985. A blogger and YouTuber since the 2010s, he has participated in popularising the concept of "remigration" in France, as well as spreading racialist concepts built on anthropologist Carleton S. Coon's theories.

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Henry Sy

First Name Henry
Last Name Sy
Born on December 25, 1924
Died on January 19, 2019 (aged 94)

Henry Tan Chi Sieng Sy Sr. was a Chinese Filipino business magnate, investor, and philanthropist known for his involvement in the Philippines' retail industry.

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Henry Kelly

First Name Henry
Last Name Kelly
Born on April 17, 1946 (age 80)
Born in Ireland

Patrick Henry Kelly is an Irish radio and television broadcaster, and journalist.

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