Henze is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Albert Henze Albert Henze (7 August 1894 – 31 March 1979) was a general who commanded several divisions in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Henze surrendered to the ...

(1894–1979), German Wehrmacht general *

Frank Henze Frank Henze (born 1 April 1977 in Leipzig) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1995 to 2013. He won three medals in the C2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two silvers (2002, 2009) ...

(born 1977), German slalom canoeist * Gertrud Henze (1901–2014), a German supercentenarian * Gregor Henze, German-American engineer * Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012), German composer *

Jürgen Henze Jürgen Henze (born 23 June 1950 in Schkopau) is a former East German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the C2 team event at the 1975 in Skopje. Henze also finished 18th in the C2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympi ...

(born 1950), East German slalom canoeist * Leon Henze (born 1992), German footballer * Martin Henze (born 1981), a German astronomer and namesake of minor planet 6642 Henze * Martin Henze (1873 – 1956), a German chemist who first discovered vanadium-containing proteins known as

vanabins Vanabins (also known as vanadium-associated proteins or vanadium chromagen) are a group of vanadium-binding proteins. metalloproteins. Vanabins are found almost exclusively in the blood cells, or vanadocytes, of some tunicates (sea squirts), incl ...

in 1911 * Matthias Henze, the Isla Carroll and Perry E. Turner Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at Rice University in Houston * Paul Bernard Henze (1924—2011), CIA officer and national security specialist * Richard Henze (1895–1985), a highly decorated Oberst of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II * Stefan Henze (1981–2016), German slalom canoeist

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