Hank is a male given name. It may have been inspired by the Dutch name
Henk,
The Origins of 10 Nicknames
''Mentalfloss'' itself a short form of Hendrik and thus related to Henry & Harvey.
Given name or nickname
* Hank Aaron (1934-2021), Hall of Fame baseball player
* Hank Aguirre
Henry John Aguirre (January 31, 1931 – September 5, 1994), commonly known as Hank Aguirre, was an American professional baseball player and business entrepreneur. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left-handed pitcher from 1955 to 1 ...
(1931–1994), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Hank Allen
Harold Andrew "Hank" Allen (born July 23, 1940) is an American former professional baseball player who appeared in Major League Baseball, primarily as an outfielder, for the Washington Senators (–), Milwaukee Brewers () and Chicago White ...
(born 1940), Major League Baseball outfielder
* Hank Anderson (1920–2005), American college basketball coach
* Hank Azaria (born 1964), American actor, director, voice actor and comedian best known for his voice work on ''The Simpsons''
* Hank Ballard (1927–2003), American R&B singer and songwriter, born John Henry Kendricks
* Hank Bauer (1922–2007), American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager
* Hank Bauer (American football) (born 1954), National Football League running back and television and radio broadcaster
* Hank Biasatti
Henry Arcado Biasatti (January 14, 1922 – April 20, 1996) was an Italian-Canadian National Basketball Association player and a Major League Baseball first baseman. He is the only Canadian to play at the top professional level in both sports.
E ...
(1922–1996), Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player
* Hank Blalock (born 1980), Major League Baseball player
* Hank Borowy (1916–2004), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Hank Brown (born 1940), American retired politician and former senator from Colorado
* Hank Burnine (1932–2020), American National Football League player
* Hank Earl Carr (1968–1998), American convicted criminal who committed suicide
* Hank Cochran (1935–2010), American country music singer and songwriter
* Harry "Hank" Feldman (1919–1962), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Hank Garland (1930–2004), American studio musician
* Hank Gathers (1967–1990), basketball player
* Hank Green (born 1980), video blogger
* Hank Goldup (1918–2008), Canadian National Hockey League player
* Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
* Hank Johnson (born 1954), U.S. Representative from Georgia
* Hank Johnson (baseball) (1906–1982), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Hank Jones
Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored ...
(1918–2010), American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer
* Henry Iba (1904–1993), American Hall-of-Fame college basketball head coach
* Hank Ketcham (1920–2001), American cartoonist who created ''Dennis the Menace''
* Hank Ketcham (American football) (1891–1986), American college football player
* Hank Kuehne (born 1975), American former professional golfer
* Hank Locklin (1918–2009), American country music singer and songwriter
* Hank Marvin, English musician, singer and songwriter born Brian Robson Rankin in 1941
* Hank Mobley
Henry "Hank" Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to descr ...
(1930–1986), American hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist and composer
* Hank Norberg (1920–1974), American football player
* Hank Nowak
Henry Stanley "Hank" Nowak (born November 24, 1950 in Oshawa, Ontario) is a , Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. He played 180 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings, and Boston Bruins bet ...
(born 1950), Canadian National Hockey League player
* Henry Paulson
Henry Merritt Paulson Jr. (born March 28, 1946) is an American banker and financier who served as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009. Prior to his role in the Department of the Treasury, Paulson was the Chairman a ...
(born 1946), former Secretary of the Treasury
* Hank Pfister (born 1953), American retired tennis player
* Hank Sauer (1917–2001), Major League Baseball player
* Henrik Sedin (born 1980), Swedish National Hockey League player
* Hank Snow (1914–1999), Canadian-American country music artist and songwriter
* Hank Stackpole
Henry Charles Stackpole III (May 7, 1935 – May 29, 2020) was a lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps. He was an alumnus of Princeton University.
Stackpole was a graduate of Notre Dame High School in West Haven, Connecticut. He ...
(1935–2020), retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general
* Hank Steinbrenner (born 1957), part-owner of the New York Yankees
* Hank Stram (1923–2005), American National Football League head coach
* Hank Thompson (baseball) (1925–1969), baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball
* Hank Thompson (musician) (1925–2007), American country music singer and songwriter
* Hank Wangford (born 1940), English country musician and psychiatrist
* Hank Williams
Hank Williams (born Hiram Williams; September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century, he reco ...
(1923–1953), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
* Hank Williams Jr. (born 1949), American country music singer, songwriter and musician, son of Hank Williams
* Hank Williams III (born 1972), American musician and singer, son of Hank Williams Jr.
* Hank Worden (1901–1992), American actor born Norton Earl Worden
* Henrik Zetterberg (born 1980), National Hockey League player from Sweden
* Henrik Lundqvist (born 1982) National Hockey League player from Sweden
* Hank (dog), a dog rescued by the Milwaukee Brewers named after Hank Aaron
* Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a nickname of entertainer Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr.
Surname
*Carlos Hank González
Carlos Hank González (August 27, 1927–August 11, 2001), nicknamed ''El Profesor'' ("The Professor"), was a Mexican politician and businessman. Originally a teacher, he was an entrepreneur who built political contacts along with businesse ...
(1927–2001), Mexican politician and businessman
* Carlos Hank González (businessman, born 1971) (born 1971), Mexican businessman
*Carlos Hank Rhon
Carlos Hank Rhon (born 1947) is a Mexican billionaire. He made his fortune from selling his financial firm Grupo Financiero Interacciones to Banorte. He also owns the diversified Grupo Hermes.
In 2022, ''Forbes'' ranked him the #1014 fortune wor ...
, Mexican businessman
*Jorge Hank Rhon
Jorge Hank Rhon (born January 28, 1956) is a Mexican businessman and owner of Mexico's largest sports betting company, ''Grupo Caliente''. He served from December 2004 to February 2007 as the president of the municipality of Tijuana. He is th ...
(born 1956), Mexican businessman and former municipal president of Tijuana
*William Hank
Lieutenant Commander William Edwin Hank (25 September 1902 – 14 November 1942) was an officer in the United States Navy during World War II.
Born at Norfolk, Virginia, Hank graduated from the Naval Academy in 1925. During the years before W ...
(1902–1942), World War II US Navy officer
Fictional characters
*Hank Anderson, a character in the game '' Detroit: Become Human''.
*Hank Dearborn, protagonist of the 1965 TV series '' Hank''.
*Hank Gannon
Hank Gannon is a fictional character from the American ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live''.
Casting
The role of Hank was originated by actor Nathan Purdee on January 31, 1992. Purdee continued regularly appearing in the role until July 18, 2003, ...
, from the soap opera ''One Life to Live
''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes ...
''.
*Hank Hall
Hank Hall is a fictional character that appears in DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Showcase'' #75 (June 1968) as Hawk of Hawk and Dove. He later became the supervillain Monarch in the crossover event limited series ''Armageddon 2001''. After tha ...
, a DC Comics character.
* Hank Henshaw, DC Comics villain.
* Hank Thunderman, from the tv show, The Thundermans.
* Hank, from the 2003 film '' Cheaper by the Dozen''.
* Hank Hill, protagonist of the animated TV series '' King of the Hill''.
*Hank Jennings
The following is a list of characters from the television series ''Twin Peaks'', the film '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', and the 2017 revival.
Overview
Concepts
Bob
Frank Silva was a set decorator who worked on the pilot episode. ...
, from the TV show ''Twin Peaks''.
* Hank Lawson, protagonist of TV series ''Royal Pains''.
* Hank McCoy, a superhero, The Beast, from the Marvel comic series " X-Men".
* Hank Moody, protagonist of the TV series '' Californication''.
*Hank Morgan
''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled ''A Yankee in King Arthur's Court''. Some early editions are titled ''A Yankee at the Court of King Arthu ...
, the Yankee in Mark Twain's '' A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court''.
* Hank Pym (aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
* Hank Rearden, a central character in the novel ''Atlas Shrugged
''Atlas Shrugged'' is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. It was her longest novel, the fourth and final one published during her lifetime, and the one she considered her '' magnum opus'' in the realm of fiction writing. ''Atlas Shrugged'' includes eleme ...
''.
*Hank Schrader
Henry R. Schrader ASAC is a fictional character in the AMC drama series '' Breaking Bad'' and its spin-off series ''Better Call Saul''. He is portrayed by Dean Norris and was created by series creator Vince Gilligan. Hank's character development ...
, from the TV show ''Breaking Bad
''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...
''.
*Hank Venture
This is a list of main and recurring fictional characters from ''The Venture Bros.'', a comic science fiction television series broadcast on Adult Swim.
Overview
Team Venture
Team Venture comprises the central characters in the show; they for ...
, fictional character in '' The Venture Bros.''.
* Hank Voight, police sergeant in ''Chicago P.D.''.
*Hank Zipzer, fictional character from the TV series ''Hank Zipzer
The ''Hank Zipzer: The World's Greatest Underachiever'Hank Zipzer: The Mostly True Confessions of the World's Best Underachiever'' in Books 1–3 and ''Hank Zipzer: The World's Best Underachiever'' in Book 4. series of American children's books ...
''.
*Talking Hank, one of the main characters of '' Talking Tom and Friends''.
*Hank, main character in the '' Hank the Cowdog'' series of children's novels.
*Hank, one of the two beavers in Pajanimals..
*Hank, a giant Pacific octopus with a missing tentacle in the 2016 Disney/ Pixar animated film '' Finding Dory''.
*Hank the American Engine, one of the characters in the twelfth series of '' Thomas and Friends''.
*Hank, the younger half brother of the titular character in ''The Bed and Breakfast Star
''The Bed and Breakfast Star'' is a children's novel by British author Jacqueline Wilson.
Plot
''The Bed and Breakfast Star'' is about a girl called Elsa, who is the narrator of the story. She has a sunny disposition and loves to tell jokes, ...
'' by Jacqueline Wilson.
See also
* Hanks, a surname
References
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