Henning is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

, also used as a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, with origins in

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

(now part of Poland and Russia). Henning may also refer to:

People with Henning as a surname

* A. J. Henning (born 2002), American football player * Andrew Henning (1863–1947), lawyer and politician in Western Australia * Anne Henning, American speed skater * Cameron Henning, Olympic medal-winning Canadian swimmer *Dieter Henning (1936–2007), German engineer * Dan Henning, American former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons * Doug Henning, Canadian magician and illusionist * Eva Henning, Swedish actress * Gerda Henning (1891–1951), Danish textile designer * Harold Henning, South African professional golfer * Holger Henning, Swedish Navy vice admiral * John F. Henning, U.S. statesman * Klaus Henning, German Judo athlete * Linda Kaye Henning, American TV actress * Lorne Henning, Canadian ice-hockey executive * Megan Henning, American actress * Paul Henning, American TV producer and writer best known for ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' * Rachel Henning, 19th-century Australian writer * Rasmus Henning, Danish athlete * Sonja Henning, American basketball player * Thomas Henning (1956– ), German astrophysicist * Thomas Henning (director), Australian stage director, co-founder of Black Lung Theatre * Walter Bruno Henning, German scholar of Middle Iranian languages * Uno Henning, Swedish actor

People with Henning as a given name

* Henning Baum, German film and TV actor * Henning Berg, Norwegian football player * Henning Braunisch, American electrical engineer * Henning Engelsen, Norwegian Wood Carver * Henning Fritz, German handball goal keeper * Henning Harnisch, German basketball player * Henning Hyllested (born 1954), Danish politician * Henning Illies, German geologist * Henning Jensen, former Danish football player * Henning von Krusenstierna, Swedish admiral * Henning Larsen (disambiguation), Henning Larsen, multiple people * Henning Leo, Swedish politician * Henning Mankell, Swedish author * Henning May, German musician * Henning Rübsam, German-American choreographer and director * Henning Solberg, Norwegian rally driver * Henning von Tresckow, German Major General in the Wehrmacht * Henning Voscherau, German politician, former mayor of Hamburg * Henning Wehn, German comedian based in London

Places

United States

*Henning, Illinois *Henning, Minnesota *Henning, Tennessee *Henning, West Virginia

Norway

*Henning, officially named Vekre, a village in the municipality of Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag **Henning Church, a church in the village of Vekre/Henning {{disambiguation, geo, given name, surname German-language surnames German masculine given names Masculine given names