Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name

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List of rulers named Henry There have been many monarchs adopting the name "Henry". Years shown below are the regnal years. {{tocright Byzantine Empire * Henry of Flanders (1205–1216) (Latin Empire) Castile * Henry I of Castile * Henry II of Castile * Henry III of Cas ...

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Henri I de Montmorency Henri I de Montmorency (15 June 1534 in Chantilly, Oise – 2 April 1614), Marshal of France, and Constable of France, seigneur of Damville, served as Governor of Languedoc from 1563 to 1614. Biography Born on 15 June 1534, Henri was the son ...

(1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France *

Henri I, Duke of Nemours Biography Henri of Savoy (french: Henri de Savoie) (2 November 157210 July 1632), called originally Marquis de Saint-Sorlin, was the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anna d'Este, the widow of François de Lorraine, Duke of Guise. He succeeded his br ...

(1572–1632), the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anna d'Este *

Henri II, Duke of Nemours Henri of Savoy (7 November 1625, Paris – 4 January 1659, Paris) was the seventh Duc de Nemours (1652–59), and was also Count of Geneva. Henri, as the third son of Henri de Savoie, 4th Duc de Nemours, was not expected to succeed to the duke ...

(1625–1659), the seventh Duc de Nemours *

Henri, Count of Harcourt Henri de Lorraine (20 March 1601 – 25 July 1666, Royaumont Abbey), known as ''Cadet la Perle'', was a French nobleman. He was count of Harcourt, count of Armagnac, count of Brionne and viscount of Marsan. He was the younger son of Charles I, ...

(1601–1666), French nobleman *

Henri, Dauphin of Viennois Henri Dauphin (or Henri de la Tour du Pin) (1296–1349) was a bishop of Metz, France from 1319 to 1325. Biography Henri was the son of Humbert I and Anne of Burgundy. In 1318 he succeeded as regent to the Dauphiné of Viennois, on behalf of ...

(1296–1349), bishop of Metz * Henri de Gondi (disambiguation) *

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (''titular'' Duke of Bouillon, ''jure uxoris'', ''comte de Montfort et Negrepelisse, vicomte de Turenne, Castillon, et Lanquais'') (28 September 1555 – 25 March 1623) was a member of the powerful (then Huguenot) House ...

(1555–1623), member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne *

Henri Emmanuel Boileau, baron de Castelnau Henri Emmanuel Boileau, baron de Castelnau (1857-1923) was a French alpinist and sportsman who took part in the first ascent of the Meije. After his career as an alpinist he competed as an amateur cyclist. Biography Boileau de Castelnau was ...

(1857–1923), French mountain climber * Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1955), the head of state of Luxembourg *

Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway Henri de Massue, 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway, (9 April 16483 September 1720) was a French Huguenot soldier and diplomat who was influential in the English service in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession. Biograp ...

, French Huguenot soldier and diplomat, one of the principal commanders of

Battle of Almansa The Battle of Almansa took place on 25 April 1707, during the War of the Spanish Succession. It was fought between an army loyal to Philip V of Spain, Bourbon claimant to the Spanish throne, and one supporting his Habsburg rival, Archduke Charl ...

François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, Duke of Piney-Luxembourg, commonly known as Luxembourg (8 January 1628 – 4 January 1695), and nicknamed "The Upholsterer of Notre-Dame" (''Le Tapissier de Notre-Dame''), was a French general and Marsh ...

, French general,

marshal of France Marshal of France (french: Maréchal de France, plural ') is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished ( ...

, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Steenkerque *

Henri, Prince of Condé (1552–1588) Henri I de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (29 December 1552 – 5 March 1588) was a French Prince du Sang and Huguenot general like his more prominent father, Louis I, Prince of Condé. Life Henri was the eldest son of Louis I de Bourbon and Eléan ...

, French Prince du Sang and Huguenot general *

Henri, Prince of Condé (1588–1646) Henri II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1 September 1588 – 26 December 1646) was the head of the senior-most cadet branch of the House of Bourbon for nearly all his life and heir presumptive to the King of France for the first few years of his li ...

, member of the reigning House of Bourbon *

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11 September 161127 July 1675), commonly known as Turenne , was a French general and one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. The most illustrious member of the ...

, French Marshal General and one of the principal commanders of

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle ...

* Prince Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999), claimant to the throne of France from 1940 until his death * Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France (born 1933), claimant to the French throne * Prince Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat (1934-2018), Prince Consort to Queen

Margrethe II of Denmark Margrethe II (; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is Queen of Denmark. Having reigned as Denmark's monarch for over 50 years, she is Europe's longest-serving current head of state and the world's only incumbent femal ...

; Others *

Henri Aalto Henri Aalto (born 20 April 1989) is a Finnish professional football defender who plays for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Honka. He began his senior club career playing for Honka and made his league debut at age 19 in 2008. He helped Honka win tw ...

(born 1989), Finnish footballer *

Henri Anspach Henri Lucien Ernest Eugène Anspach (10 July 1882 in Belgium – 29 March 1979) was a Belgian épée and foil fencer. He was an Olympic champion in team épée. Olympic fencing career Anspach, who was Jewish, was born in Brussels, Belgi ...

(1882–1979), Belgian Olympic champion épée and foil fencer *

Henri Anier Henri Anier (born 17 December 1990) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Thai League 1 club Muangthong United and the Estonia national team. Club career Flora Anier came through the Flora youth system. He moved to ...

(born 1990), Estonian footballer *

Henri Becquerel Antoine Henri Becquerel (; 15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French engineer, physicist, Nobel laureate, and the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity. For work in this field he, along with Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pie ...

(1852–1908), French physicist who discovered radioactivity * Henri Bergson (1859–1941), French philosopher *

Henri Mathias Berthelot Henri Mathias Berthelot (7 December 1861 – 29 January 1931) was a French general during World War I. He held an important staff position under Joseph Joffre, the French commander-in-chief, at the First Battle of the Marne, before later command ...

(1861-1931), French general during World War I *

Henri Bertini Henri Jérôme Bertini (28 October 1798 – 30 September 1876) was a French classical composer and pianist. He was born into a family of musicians and attracted the attention of François-Joseph Fétis when he toured Europe as a child prodigy ...

, French classical composer and pianist * Henri Betti (1917–2005), French composer and pianist * Henri Beunke (1851–1925), Dutch writer *

Henri Bienvenu Henri Bienvenu Ntsama (born 5 July 1988) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for French club FC Métropole Troyenne as a striker. Career CA Bizertin Henri Bienvenu began his professional career in the 2006–07 season at Club Athlétique Bi ...

(born 1988), Cameroonian footballer * Henri Bol (1945–2000), Dutch still life painter *

Henri Cappetta Henri Cappetta is a French ichthyologist specializing in the paleontology of sharks and rays. References * H. Cappetta, Handbook of Paleoichthyology The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It w ...

, French ichthyologist * Henri Cartan (1904–2008), French mathematician *

Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson (; 22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004) was a French humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as cap ...

(1908–2004), French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism *

Henri Casadesus Henri-Gustave Casadesus (30 September 1879, Paris – 31 May 1947, Paris) was a violist, viola d'amore player, composer, and music publisher. Early life Casadesus received his early musical instruction with Albert Lavignac and studied viola with ...

(1879–1947), French violist and music publisher *

Henri Cassini Count Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (9 May 1781 – 23 April 1832) was a French botanist and naturalist, who specialised in the sunflower family (Asteraceae) (then known as family Compositae). He was the youngest of five children of Jacqu ...

(1781–1832), French botanist and naturalist *

Henri Coandă Henri Marie Coandă (; 7 June 1886 – 25 November 1972)''Flight'' 1973 was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraft, the Coandă-1910 described by Coandă in the mid-1950s as the world's first jet, a co ...

(1886–1972), Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and builder of an experimental aircraft *

Henri Cohen (water polo) Henri Cohen (died 1930) was a Belgian sportsman who specialized in water polo. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water p ...

(died 1930), Belgian water polo Olympic silver medalist *

Henri Cordier Henri Cordier (8 August 184916 March 1925) was a French linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, editor and Orientalist. He was President of the Société de Géographie (French, "Geographical Society") in Paris.Henri Cordier Henri Cordier (8 August 184916 March 1925) was a French linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, editor and Orientalist. He was President of the Société de Géographie (French, "Geographical Society") in Paris.Henri Drell Henri Drell (born 25 April 2000) is an Estonian professional basketball player for the Windy City Bulls of the NBA G League. He also represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in), he plays ...

(born 2000), Estonian basketball player * Henri Dufaux (1879–1980), Swiss painter *

Henri Duvanel Henri Duvanel (7 March 1896 – 21 February 1953) was a French water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which th ...

, French Olympic water polo player *

Henri Estienne Henri Estienne (; ; 1528 or 15311598), also known as Henricus Stephanus (), was a French printer and classical scholar. He was the eldest son of Robert Estienne. He was instructed in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by his father and would eventually tak ...

(16th century), Parisian printer and classical scholar *

Henri Farman Henri Farman (26 May 1874– 17 July 1958) was a British-French aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer with his brother Maurice Farman. Before dedicating himself to aviation he gained fame as a sportsman, specifically in cycling and moto ...

(1874–1958), French aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer *

Henri-Nicolas Frey Henri-Nicolas Frey was a French major general of the Troupes coloniales. He led the French troops at the Battle of Peking in August 1900 where a multinational force ended the siege of foreign legations during the Boxer Rebellion. Biography Henr ...

, French general, one of the principal commanders of Boxer Rebellion, Gaselee Expedition and Battle of Peking (1900), Battle of Beijing * Henri Gouraud (general), Henri Gouraud (1867-1946), French general, best known for his leadership of the French Fourth Army at the end of the First World War * Henri Häkkinen (born 1980), Finnish sport shooter * Henri Järvelaid (born 1998), Estonian footballer * Henri Kichka (1926–2020), Belgian writer and Holocaust survivor * Henri Kontinen (born 1990), Finnish tennis player * Henri Krasucki (1924–2003), French trade unionist * Henri Lansbury (born 1990), English footballer * Henri Lebesgue (1875–1941), French mathematician * Henri Leconte (born 1963), French professional tennis player * Henri Legay (1920–1992), French operatic tenor * Henri Lehmann (1814–1882), German-born French historical painter and portraitist * Henri Matisse (1869–1954), French artist * Henri Menier (1853–1913), French businessman and adventurer * Henri Messerer (1838-1923), French organist and music composer * Henri Moissan (1852–1907), the French winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1906. He worked with fluorine, and it killed him. * Henri Nouwen (1932–1996), Dutch Catholic priest, professor and writer * Henri van Opstal (born 1989), Dutch kickboxer * Henri Pélissier (1889–1935), French racing cyclist * Henri Pescarolo (born 1942), French racing driver * Henri Poincaré (1854–1912), French mathematician, theoretical physicist and philosopher of science * Henri Rang (1902–1946), Romanian horse rider * Henri Richard (born 1936), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Henri Saint Cyr (1902–1979), Swedish military officer and equestrian * Henri Tasso (1882–1944), French politician * Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), French painter, printmaker, illustrator * Henri Toivonen (1956–1986), Finnish rally driver * Henri Toivomäki (born 1991), Finnish footballer * Henri Treial (born 1992), Estonian volleyball player * Henri Weber (1944–2020), French politician * Henri (cat), Henri, cat in the web series ''Henri, le Chat Noir'' ;Fictional characters * Henri, French pigeon in the 1986 film ''An American Tail'' * Henri, le Chat Noir, existential cat * Henri, title character of Henri (2013 film), ''Henri'' (2013 film) * Pepé Le Pew, Pepe Henri Le Pew * Henri Richard Maurice Dutoit LeFevbre, An energetic, rambunctious French boy in the 2002 animated series ''Liberty's Kids''

Notable people with this surname

* Louie Henri (1864–1947), British singer and actress * Robert Henri (1865–1929), an American painter * Victor Henri (1872–1940), a French chemist