William Henry

Willie, Billy, Bill, Will or William Henry may refer to:

Politicians

*William Henry (gunsmith) (1729–1786), American gunsmith and Pennsylvania delegate to Continental Congress
*William Henry (brother of Patrick Henry) (1734–1785), American member of Colonial Virginia House of Burgesses
* William Henry (congressman) (1788–1861), American legislator from Vermont
*William Alexander Henry (1816–1888), Canadian Supreme Court justice
* William Wirt Henry (1831–1900), American lawyer, politician and historian in Virginia
* William H. Henry, Socialist Party of America Executive Secretary during late 1920s
*William Thomas Henry (1872–1952), Canadian politician; Legislative Assembly of Alberta member
*William Henry, Libertarian nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana in the 2020 Indiana gubernatorial election

Royalty

* William Henry, Prince of Orange (1650–1702), future King William III of England
*William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1684–1718), member of German royalty
*William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1718–1768), member of German royalty
*Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743–1805), younger brother of King George III of the United Kingdom
* William Henry, Duke of Clarence (1765–1837), future King William IV of the United Kingdom

Sportspeople

*William Henry (swimmer) (1859–1928), English Olympic competitor
* Billy Henry (1884–after 1960), Scottish footballer
* Bill Henry (footballer) (1904–1974), Australian rules forward
*Bill Henry (basketball) (1924–1985), American center
*Bill Henry (baseball, born 1927) (1927–2014), American pitcher for six MLB teams
* Bill Henry (baseball, born 1942), American pitcher for New York Yankees
* Willie Henry (born 1994), American football defensive tackle
* Will Henry (footballer) (born 1998), English goalkeeper

Writers

*William Henry (priest) (before 1728–1768), Anglo-Irish Dean of Killaloe
*William Arnon Henry (1850–1932), American academic and agriculturist from Ohio
* William J. Henry (1867–1955), American hymn writer
* Bill Henry (''Los Angeles Times'') (1890–1970), American newspaper reporter
*Bill Fitz Henry (1903–1957), Australian journalist with ''The Bulletin''
* Will Henry (novelist) (1912–1991), pen name of American screenwriter Henry Wilson Allen
* William E. Henry (1918–1994), American psychologist
*William A. Henry III (1950–1994), American author and cultural critic
*"Will Henry", pen name of William Henry Wilson, cartoonist and writer of ''Wallace the Brave''

Others

*William Henry (chemist) (1774–1836), English chemist who formulated Henry’s law
* William "Jerry" Henry (1811–after 1851), American fugitive slave who was freed in New York event known as Jerry Rescue
*William W. Henry (1831–1915), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
*William Henry (actor) (1914–1982), American performer; also billed as Bill Henry 
* E. William Henry (born 1929), American public official; chairman of FCC

See also

*Fort William Henry, British fort built in upper New York during 1754–63 French and Indian War; referenced in ''Last of the Mohicans''
* William-Henry, name of Canadian city Sorel-Tracy from 1787 to 1845
* ''Bill Henry'' (film), 1919 American comedy directed by Jerome Storm

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