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 Germany).
Henning may also refer to:
People with Henning as a surname
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A. J. Henning (born 2002), American football player
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Andrew Henning (1863–1947), lawyer and politician in Western Australia
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Anne Henning, American speed skater
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Cameron Henning, Olympic medal-winning Canadian swimmer
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Dieter Henning
Dieter Henning (born 5 June 1936 in Berlin; died 13 December 2007 in Aachen) was a German engineer and chairman of the board of management of Rheinbraun AG from 1993 to 1999.
Biography
After studying mining, Henning worked as a research assist ...
(1936–2007), German engineer
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Dan Henning, American former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons
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Doug Henning, Canadian magician and illusionist
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Eva Henning, Swedish actress
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Gerda Henning Gerda Henning née Heydorn (March 2, 1891 – June 26, 1951) was a Danish weaver, textile designer and educator.
Biography
Born Gerda Heydorn in Fredriksberg, Denmark, she was the daughter of a grocer. From 1910 to 1917 she worked as a china paint ...
(1891–1951), Danish textile designer
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Harold Henning, South African professional golfer
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Holger Henning, Swedish Navy vice admiral
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John F. Henning
John Francis Henning (November 22, 1915 – June 4, 2009) was a U.S. labor leader, civil servant, and a former U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand (1967–1969) and Under Secretary of Labor (1962–1967). Called "one of organized labor's greatest l ...
, U.S. statesman
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Klaus Henning
Klaus Henning (born 1945)https://www.ifu.rwth-aachen.de/en/ ''Institute for Management Cybernetics'' is a German information scientist. He held the professorship of Information Management in Mechanical Engineering and was director of the Center fo ...
, German Judo athlete
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Linda Kaye Henning, American TV actress
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Lorne Henning, Canadian ice-hockey executive
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Megan Henning, American actress
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Paul Henning, American TV producer and writer best known for ''The Beverly Hillbillies''
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Rachel Henning
Rachel Biddulph Henning (1826–1914) was born in England. In 1854, she went to Australia but returned to England in 1856 due to homesickness and the hot climate. However, in 1861, she returned to Australia, this time travelling on the SS Great Br ...
, 19th-century Australian writer
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Rasmus Henning, Danish athlete
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Sonja Henning, American basketball player
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Thomas Henning (1956– ), German astrophysicist
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Thomas Henning (director), Australian stage director, co-founder of Black Lung Theatre
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Walter Bruno Henning, German scholar of Middle Iranian languages
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Uno Henning, Swedish actor
People with Henning as a given name
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Henning Baum, German film and TV actor
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Henning Berg, Norwegian football player
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Henning Engelsen, Norwegian Wood Carver
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Henning Fritz, German handball goal keeper
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Henning Harnisch, German basketball player
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Henning Hyllested (born 1954), Danish politician
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Henning Illies, German geologist
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Henning Jensen, former Danish football player
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Henning von Krusenstierna, Swedish admiral
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Henning Larsen, multiple people
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Henning Leo
Henning (surname), Henning is a surname, also used as a given name, with origins in East Prussia (now part of Germany).
Henning may also refer to:
People with Henning as a surname
* A. J. Henning (born 2002), American football player
* Andrew ...
, Swedish politician
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Henning Mankell, Swedish author
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Henning May
AnnenMayKantereit (occasionally shortened ''AMK'') are a German Rock music, rock band founded in Cologne in 2011. Their songs are predominantly performed in German, but the band also occasionally publish cover songs in English. A notable feature o ...
, German musician
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Henning Rübsam
Henning Rübsam is a choreographer and dancer based in New York City. He is the artistic director of SENSEDANCE, a faculty member of The Juilliard School and Fordham University, and a visiting guest professor at Texas Academy of Ballet (Carolyn ...
, German-American choreographer and director
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Henning Solberg, Norwegian rally driver
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Henning von Tresckow, German Major General in the Wehrmacht
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Henning Voscherau
Henning Voscherau (13 August 1941 – 24 August 2016) was a German politician who was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was the First Mayor of his home city of Hamburg from 1988 to 1997, serving as President of the Bundesra ...
, German politician, former mayor of Hamburg
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Henning Wehn, German comedian based in London
Places
United States
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Henning, Illinois
Henning is a village in South Ross Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 241 at the 2000 census.
History
When the Havana, Rantoul and Eastern R ...
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Henning, Minnesota
Henning is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 854 at the 2020 census.
History
Henning was incorporated in 1887, and named for John O. Henning, a pharmacist.
Geography
According to the United States Cens ...
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Henning, Tennessee
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Henning, West Virginia
Henning is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geograph ...
Norway
*Henning, officially named
Vekre, a village in the municipality of Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag
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Henning Church
Henning Church ( no, Henning kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Steinkjer municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Henning, Norway. It is the church for the Henning parish which is part of the ...
, a church in the village of Vekre/Henning
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German-language surnames
German masculine given names