Namesakes for HENRY:
Shakespearian Characters:
14 characters
King Henry IV of England Henry IV (1), Henry IV (2)
Prince Henry (a.k.a. Hal, Harry) Henry IV (1), Henry IV (2)
King Henry V of England Henry V
Lord Henry Scroop Henry V
King Henry VI of England Henry VI (1), Henry VI (2), Henry VI (3)
Cardinal Henry Beaufort Henry VI (2)
Henry Earl of Richmond Henry VI (3)
King Henry VIII of England Henry VIII
Sir Henry Guildford Henry VIII
Prince Henry King John
Henry Bolingbroke (a.k.a. Harry) Richard II
Henry Percy (a.k.a. Hotspur) Richard II, Henry IV (1)
Henry Percy Richard II, Henry IV (1)
Henry Earl of Richmond Richard III
Kings and Queens of England:
8 kings
King Henry I 1035-1135
King Henry II Plantagenet 1154-1189
King Henry III 1216-1272
King Henry IV 1399-1413
King Henry V 1413-1422
King Henry VI 1422-1461/1470-1471
King Henry VII Tudor 1485-1509
King Henry VIII 1509-1547
Kings of the Franks and France:
4 kings
King Henri I (a.k.a. Henry) 1031-1060
King Henri II (a.k.a. Henry) 1547-1559
King Henri III (a.k.a. Henry) 1574-1589
King Henri IV of Bourbon (a.k.a. Henry) 1589-1610
Kings of Germany and Holy Roman Emperors:
6 king/emperors, 1 king
King Heinrich I the Fowler (a.k.a. Henry) 919-936
King/Emperor Heinrich II (a.k.a. Henry) 1002-1024
King/Emperor Heinrich III (a.k.a. Henry) 1039-1056
King/Emperor Heinrich IV (a.k.a. Henry) 1056-1105
King/Emperor Heinrich V (a.k.a. Henry) 1105-1125
King/Emperor Heinrich VI (a.k.a. Henry) 1190-1197
King/Emperor Heinrich VII (a.k.a. Henry) 1308-1313
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 chemistry, 1 medicine, 1 peace, 1 physics
(chemistry) Henry Taube 1983
(medicine) Sir Henry Hallett Dale 1936
(peace) Henry A. Kissinger 1973
(physics) Henry W. Kendall 1990
Oscar Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Henry Fonda 1981
Saints:
6 saints, 1 blessed
Saint Henry Walpole
Saint Henry of Uppsala
Saint Henry of Sweden
Saint Henry of Cocket
Blessed Henry Abbot
Saint Henry II
Saint Henry
Kings and Queens of Spain:
4 kings
King Enrique I (Castile) (a.k.a. Henry) 1214-1217
King Enrique II the Bastard (Castile) (a.k.a. Henry) 1369-1379
King Enrique III the Infirm (Castile) (a.k.a. Henry) 1390-1406
King Enrique IV the Impotent (Castile) (a.k.a. Henry) 1454-1474
Sports Stars:
1 basketball, 1 football
(basketball) Henry "Dutch" Dehnert 1968
(football) Henry Jordan 1995
Notable Artists:
1 artist
(artist) Henri Matisse (a.k.a. Henry) 1869-1954
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
2 explorers
(explorer) Henry Hudson 1570-1611
(explorer) Sir Henry Morton Stanley 1841-1904
Notable Writers:
1 author, 1 playwright, 1 poet
(poet) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882
(playwright) Henrik Ibsen (a.k.a. Henry) 1828-1906
(author) Henry James 1843-1916
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 mathematician, 1 philosopher
(mathematician) Henri Poincaré (a.k.a. Henry) 1854-1912
(philosopher) Henri Bergson (a.k.a. Henry) 1859-1941