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

A. J. Henning Antiwan Henning Jr. (born September 9, 2001) is an American football wide receiver currently playing for Northwestern University Football. Early years and high school career Henning attended Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort, Illinois. ...

(born 2002), American football player *

Andrew Henning Andrew Harriot Henning LLB (17 May 1865 – 2 December 1947) was a lawyer and politician in Western Australia. History Andrew Henning was born in North Adelaide, South Australia, a son of Rudolph Wilhelm Emil Henning (died 1884) Member of the So ...

(1863–1947), lawyer and politician in Western Australia *

Anne Henning Anne Elizabeth Henning (born September 6, 1955) is a retired American Speed skating, speed skater. She grew up in Northbrook, Illinois, and started in short track speed skating, but then, like many short track speed skaters before and after her, ...

, American speed skater *

Cameron Henning Cameron John Henning (born November 24, 1960) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer, who competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 200-metre backstroke. ...

, Olympic medal-winning Canadian swimmer * Dieter Henning (1936–2007), German engineer *

Dan Henning Daniel Ernest Henning, (born June 21, 1942) is a former American football player and coach. A quarterback, he played college football at the College of William & Mary and professional football in 1966 for the San Diego Chargers of the America ...

, American former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons *

Doug Henning Douglas James Henning (May 3, 1947 – February 7, 2000) was a Canadian magician, illusionist, escape artist and politician. Early life Henning was born in the Fort Garry district of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and began practising magic at Oakenw ...

, Canadian magician and illusionist *

Eva Henning Eva Henning (born Eva Wetlesen; 10 May 1920 – 18 April 2016) was a Swedish stage and movie actress. Career Born in Newark, New York, US, Henning was trained at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school (1938–40) in Sweden and made her fi ...

, Swedish actress *

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 *

Harold Henning Harold Henning (3 October 1934 – 1 January 2004) was a South African professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour. Early life Henning was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. His brothers Allan, Brian, and Graham ...

, South African professional golfer *

Holger Henning Vice Admiral Carl Holger Holter Henning (30 July 1905 – 4 February 1981) was a Swedish Navy officer. Henning served as Chief of the Military Office of the Ministry of Defence from 1961 to 1970. Early life Henning was born on 30 July 1905 in ...

, Swedish Navy vice admiral * John F. Henning, U.S. statesman * Klaus Henning, German Judo athlete *

Linda Kaye Henning Linda Kaye Henning is an American actress and singer most notable for starring in the 1960s sitcom ''Petticoat Junction''. Career Henning began to focus on acting in her late teens. Her career began in 1953. Her earliest acting roles include ' ...

, American TV actress *

Lorne Henning Lorne Henning (born February 22, 1952) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He most recently served as Director of Player Personnel and Assistant General Manager for the NHL's Vancouver Canucksbr> Born in Melfort, S ...

, Canadian ice-hockey executive *

Megan Henning Megan Henning is an American former actress. She is known for playing Meredith Davies on '' 7th Heaven'' and Monica Shaw on David E. Kelley's ''The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire''. From 2008-2009 she played the recurring role of Judy Hofs ...

, American actress *

Paul Henning Paul William Henning (September 16, 1911 – March 25, 2005) was an American TV producer and screenwriter. Most famous for creating the television sitcom ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', he was also crucial in developing the "rural" comedies ''Pett ...

, American TV producer and writer best known for ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' * Rachel Henning, 19th-century Australian writer *

Rasmus Henning Rasmus Henning (born 13 November 1975, in Copenhagen) is an athlete from Denmark, who competes in triathlon. He competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in which he placed seventh with a total time of 1:52:37.32. He co ...

, Danish athlete *

Sonja Henning Sonja L. Henning (born October 4, 1969) is an American Attorneys in the United States, attorney and former collegiate and professional women's basketball player. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, she grew up in Racine, Wisconsin, where she ...

, American basketball player *

Thomas Henning Thomas K. Henning (born 9 April 1956) is a German astrophysicist. Since 2001, he is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. Henning is an expert in the field of star and planet formation. Education and career Henning studied ph ...

(1956– ), German astrophysicist *

Thomas Henning (director) Thomas Henning (born 26 January 1984) is an Australian writer, director, producer and artist working in theatre and film. He was co-founder and co-director of the Black Lung theatre company, known also as The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling firm alo ...

, Australian stage director, co-founder of Black Lung Theatre *

Walter Bruno Henning Walter Bruno Henning (August 26, 1908 – January 8, 1967) was a German scholar of Middle Iranian languages and literature, especially of the corpus discovered by the Turpan expeditions of the early 20th century. __TOC__ Biography Walter Henning ...

, German scholar of Middle Iranian languages *

Uno Henning Knut Uno Henning (11 September 1895, Stockholm – 16 May 1970) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Henning's parents were Karl Bernhard Henning and Eleanor (Ellen) Martin. His father owned a bakery factory. Henning studied at the Royal Swedis ...

, Swedish actor

People with Henning as a given name

Henning Baum Henning Baum (born 20 September 1972) is a German film and TV actor. He is best known for his performance as Michael 'Mick' Brisgau in the TV Series ''Der letzte Bulle'' (''The Last Cop''). Selected filmography *'' Mädchen, Mädchen'' (2001), ...

, German film and TV actor *

Henning Berg Henning Stille Berg (; born 1 September 1969) is a Norwegian football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Cypriot First Division club Pafos FC. His career lasted from 1988 to 2004, most notably in the Premier League where h ...

, Norwegian football player *

Henning Engelsen Henning Engelsen (5 February 1918 – 8 September 2005) was a Norwegian woodcarver and illustrator. Biography Henning Engelsen was born at Sandefjord in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway. He started his woodcarving career in 1947 in a small wor ...

, Norwegian Wood Carver *

Henning Fritz Henning Fritz (born 21 September 1974) is a German retired handball goalkeeper, current entrepreneur, book author and TV expert. In 2004, he was the first goalkeeper to be named World Player of the Year. Sports career At , Fritz is a relative ...

, German handball goal keeper *

Henning Harnisch Henning Harnisch (born April 15, 1968) is a retired German professional basketball player. At a height of 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall, he played at the small forward and power forward positions. He currently serves as Vice president for the Germa ...

, German basketball player *

Henning Hyllested Henning Hyllested (born 28 February 1954 in Esbjerg) is a Danish politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Red-Green Alliance political party. He was first elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election. Political caree ...

(born 1954), Danish politician *

Henning Illies Jürgen Henning Illies (14 March 1924 – 2 August 1982) was a German geologist, an expert in taphrogenesis (rift formation). Apart from his work on rifts, including the Rhine Rift Valley, he is known for his contributions to Chilean geology. ...

, German geologist *

Henning Jensen Henning Jensen (17 August 1949 – 4 December 2017) was a Danish football player who played professionally for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, Spanish club Real Madrid and Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he won the domestic league champi ...

, former Danish football player *

Henning von Krusenstierna Admiral Henning Wilhelm Mauritz von Krusenstierna (19 February 1862 – 30 October 1933) was a senior Swedish Navy officer. von Krusenstierna's served as head of the Military Office of the Ministry for Naval Affairs (1906–1909), as Flag Captai ...

, Swedish admiral *

Henning Larsen Henning Larsen, Hon. FAIA (20 August 1925 – 22 June 2013) was a Danish architect. He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadh and the Copenhagen Opera House. Larsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy ...

, multiple people * Henning Leo, Swedish politician *

Henning Mankell Henning Georg Mankell (; 3February 19485October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of ...

, Swedish author * Henning May, German musician *

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 (Caroly ...

, German-American choreographer and director *

Henning Solberg Henning Solberg (born 8 January 1973) is a Norwegian rally and rallycross driver. Together with his female co-driver Ilka Minor, he currently competes in the World Rally Championship (WRC) with cars of M-Sport. Solberg is the older brother of ...

, Norwegian rally driver *

Henning von Tresckow Henning Hermann Karl Robert von Tresckow (; 10 January 1901 – 21 July 1944) was a German military officer with the rank of major general in the Nazi Germany, German Army who helped organize German resistance to Nazism, German resistance again ...

, German Major General in the Wehrmacht *

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 *

Henning Wehn Henning Wehn (; born 10 April 1974) is a German stand-up comedian based in the UK. Career Wehn studied Business Administration in Münster and worked in customer relations. In 2002, he moved to the United Kingdom to work in the marketing dep ...

, German comedian based in London

Places

United States

* Henning, Illinois * Henning, Minnesota *

Henning, Tennessee Henning is a town in Lauderdale County, Tennessee. The population was 945 at the 2010 census. History The infamous Battle of Fort Pillow, a Civil War victory for the Confederates, took place near Henning. Here, nearly 300 black troops serving in ...

* Henning, West Virginia

Norway

*Henning, officially named

Vekre Vekre, also known as Henning, is a village in the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village lies about southeast of the town of Steinkjer, about south of Ogndal, and about north of the lake Leksdalsvatnet. The m ...

, 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