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Henry Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainmen ...

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Hank Aaron Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1954 through 1976. Considered one ...

(1934-2021), American baseball player * Hank Aguirre (1931–1994), American baseball player * Hank Allen (1940–2024), American baseball player *

Hank Anderson Thor Henry Anderson (December 5, 1920 – September 5, 2005) was a college basketball coach and athletic director (AD). He was the head coach at Gonzaga University for 21 seasons, from 1951 to 1972, where he compiled a record. Anderson later coa ...

(1920–2005), American college basketball coach and player *

Hank Azaria Henry Albert Azaria ( ; born April 25, 1964) is an American actor and producer. He is known for voicing many characters in the long-running animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' since 1989, including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Superintendent Chalmer ...

(born 1964), American actor and producer *

Hank Bachmeier Hank Bachmeier (born July 14, 1999) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He played college football for the Boise State Broncos, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, and Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Early life Bachmeier wa ...

(born 1999), American football player *

Hank Ballard Hank Ballard (born John Henry Kendricks; November 18, 1927 – March 2, 2003) was an American singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of the Midnighters and one of the first rock and roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s. He played an inte ...

(1927–2003), American singer * Hank Bauer (1922–2007), American baseball player and manager * Hank Bauer (born 1954), American football player and sportscaster * Hank Biasatti (1922–1996), Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player * Hank Blalock (born 1980), American baseball player * Hank Borowy (1916–2004), American baseball player * Hank Brown (born 1940), American politician * Hank Brown (born 2005), American football player * Hank Burnine (1932–2020), American football player * Hank Earl Carr (1968–1998), American murderer *

Hank Cochran Garland Perry "Hank" Cochran (August 2, 1935 – July 15, 2010) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy ...

(1935–2010), American country music singer and songwriter *

Hank Conger Hyun Choi "Hank" Conger (born January 29, 1988) is an American former professional baseball catcher and current coach who serves as the assistant bench coach and catching coach for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). Conger wa ...

(born 1988), American baseball player * Harry "Hank" Feldman (1919–1962), American baseball player *

Hank Garland Walter Louis Garland (November 11, 1930 – December 27, 2004), known professionally as Hank Garland, was an American guitarist and songwriter. He started as a country musician, played rock and roll as it became popular in the 1950s, and release ...

(1930–2004), American guitarist and songwriter *

Hank Garrett Hank Garrett (born Henry Greenberg Cohen Sandler Weinblatt; October 26, 1931) is an American actor, comedian, author, speaker, teacher, mixed martial artist and retired professional wrestler best known for the television role of Officer Nicholso ...

(born 1931), American actor * Hank Garrity (1900–1972), American sports player and coach * Hank Garrity (1908–1962), American baseball player *

Hank Gathers Eric Wilson "Hank" Gathers Jr. (February 11, 1967 – March 4, 1990) was an American college basketball player for the Loyola Marymount Lions in the West Coast Conference (WCC). As a junior in 1989, he became the second player in NCAA Division I ...

(1967–1990), American basketball player *

Hank Green William Henry Green II (born May 5, 1980) is an American YouTuber, science communicator, novelist, Stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian, and entrepreneur. He produces the YouTube channel Vlogbrothers with his older brother, author John Green, a ...

(born 1980), American vlogger and entrepreneur *

Hank Goldup Henry George Goldup (October 29, 1918 – December 14, 2008) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 202 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers between 1939 and 1945. He won th ...

(1918–2008), Canadian ice hockey player *

Hank Greenberg Henry Benjamin Greenberg (January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank", "Hankus Pankus", and "the Hebrew Hammer", was an American professional baseball player and team executive. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB), p ...

(1911–1986), American baseball player * Hank Hanegraaff (born 1950), American writer and radio host * Hank Haney (born 1955), American professional golf instructor * Hank Heifetz (born 1935), American poet *

Henry Iba Henry Payne “Hank” Iba (; August 6, 1904 – January 15, 1993) was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College, now known as Northwes ...

(1904–1993), American basketball player and coach *

Hank Johnson Henry Calvin Johnson Jr. (born October 2, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is anchored in Atlanta's inner eastern suburbs, inclu ...

(born 1954), American politician *

(1906–1982), American baseball player *

Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts h ...

(1918–2010), American jazz pianist and bandleader * Hank Ketcham (1920–2001), American cartoonist * Hank Ketcham (1891–1986), American football player * Hank Kuehne (born 1975), American golfer *

Hank Locklin Lawrence Hankins Locklin (February 15, 1918 – March 8, 2009) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He had 70 chart singles, including two number one hits on ''Billboard''s country chart. His biggest hits included " Send Me the ...

(1918–2009), American country music singer-songwriter * Hank Luisetti (1916–2002), American basketball player * Hank Lundy (born 1984), American boxer * Hank Majeski (1916–1991), American baseball player *

Hank Marvin Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows. Early life and career Marvin was born as Brian Robson Rankin at ...

(born 1941), English musician *

Hank Mobley Henry Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone, that was neithe ...

(1930–1986), American jazz saxophonist and composer * Hank Norberg (1920–1974), American football player * Hank Nowak (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey player * Hank O'Day (1859–1935), American baseball player, manager, and umpire * Hank Patterson (1888–1975), American actor and musician *

Henry Paulson Henry "Hank" Merritt Paulson Jr. (born March 28, 1946) is an American investment banker and financier who served as the 74th United States secretary of the treasury from 2006 to 2009. Prior to his role in the Department of the Treasury, Paulson ...

(born 1946), American investment banker and financier *

Hank Pfister Hank Pfister (born October 9, 1953) is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two singles titles (1981, Maui and 1982, Newport) during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP T ...

(born 1953), American tennis player * Hank J. Ratner (born 1959), American executive *

Hank Sauer Henry John Sauer (March 17, 1917 – August 24, 2001) was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. He appeared in 1,399 games, primarily as a left fielder, in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds (1941–1942, 19 ...

(1917–2001), American baseball player *

Hank Schyma Hank Schyma, also known as Pecos Hank, is a musician, songwriter, filmmaker and professional Storm chasing, storm chaser based in Houston, Texas. He has fronted the rock group Southern Backtones for over fifteen years. During the same period, he ...

(born 1982), American musical artist and storm chaser *

Henrik Sedin Henrik Lars Sedin (born 26 September 1980) is a Swedish ice hockey executive and former centre who played his entire 17-season National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2018. He additionally served as the Canuc ...

(born 1980), Swedish ice hockey player * Hank Smith, American animator * Hank Smith (1934–2002), Canadian music singer * Hank A. Smith (1893–1985), American football player *

Hank Snow Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian country music guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' country charts betw ...

(1914–1999), Canadian-American musician and songwriter * Hank Stackpole (1935–2020), United States Marine Corps lieutenant general * Hank Steinbrecher (1947–2025), American soccer executive, player, and coach * Hank Steinbrenner (1957–2020), American baseball executive *

Hank Stram Henry Louis Stram (; January 3, 1923 – July 4, 2005) was an American football coach. He is best known for his 15-year tenure with the Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NF ...

(1923–2005), American football coach * Hank Sullivant (born 1983), American musician * Hank Thomas (born 1941), American civil rights activist and entrepreneur * Hank Willis Thomas (born 1976), American artist * Hank Thompson (1925–1969), American baseball player * Hank Thompson (1925–2007), American country music singer-songwriter *

Hank Wangford Samuel Hutt (born 15 November 1940), known by the stage name Hank Wangford, is an English country and western songwriter. "Hank is a good smoke screen. He can do things I can't do. He's my clown," says Dr. Hutt, who has been struggling to ba ...

(born 1940), English musician and psychiatrist *

Hank Williams Hiram "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. An early pioneer of country music, he is regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of the 20th century. W ...

(1923–1953), American singer, songwriter and musician * Hank Williams Jr. (born 1949), American country music singer, songwriter and musician * Hank Williams III (born 1972), American musician and singer *

Hank Worden Hank Worden (born Norton Earl Worden; July 23, 1901 – December 6, 1992) was an American cowboy-turned-character actor who appeared in many Westerns, including a dozen John Ford films, such as ''The Searchers'', and the TV series ''The Lone R ...

(1901–1992), American actor * Hank von Hell (1972–2021), Norwegian singer * Henrik Zetterberg (born 1980), Swedish ice hockey player * Henrik Lundqvist (born 1982) Swedish ice hockey player * Hank (dog), a dog rescued by the Milwaukee Brewers named after Hank Aaron * Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a nickname of entertainer Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr.

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* Carlos Hank González (1927–2001), Mexican politician and businessman * Carlos Hank González (born 1971), Mexican businessman * Carlos Hank Guerreiro (born 2000), Mexican equestrian * Carlos Hank Rhon, Mexican businessman * Jorge Hank Rhon (born 1956), Mexican businessman and politician * Tigre Hank (born 1991), Mexican tennis player *

William Hank Lieutenant Commander William Edwin Hank (25 September 1902 – 14 November 1942) was an officer in the United States Navy during World War II. Born at Norfolk, Virginia, Hank graduated from the Naval Academy in 1925. During the years before World ...

(1902–1942), World War II US Navy officer

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*Hank, the main villain in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie *Hank Anderson, a character in the game '' Detroit: Become Human'' *Hank Dearborn, protagonist of the 1965 TV series '' Hank'' * Hank Gannon, from the soap opera ''

One Life to Live ''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as ...

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Hank Hall Hank Hall is a fictional character that appears in DC Comics. He first appeared in '' Showcase'' #75 (June 1968) as Hawk of Hawk and Dove. After that, he became known as Extant, and appeared in the limited series '' Zero Hour: Crisis in Time'', ...

, a DC Comics character *

Hank Henshaw Hank Henshaw is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, also known by the name Cyborg Superman. Created by writer-artist Dan Jurgens, the character originally appeared primarily as an enemy of Superman, and beginn ...

, DC Comics villain * Hank Thunderman, from the TV show '' The Thundermans'' * Hank, from the 2003 film ''

Cheaper by the Dozen ''Cheaper by the Dozen'' is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, published in 1948. The novel recounts the authors' childhood lives growing up in a household of 12 children. The bes ...

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Hank Hill Hank Rutherford Hill (born April 15)Season Five, Episode Ten: Yankee Hankie (at time 04:42 of 22:30) Birth Certificate has his name listed as Hank Rutherford Hill is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox ...

, protagonist of the animated TV series ''

King of the Hill ''King of the Hill'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels that initially aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox from January 12, 1997, to September 13, 2009, with four more episodes airing in First-run syndicati ...

'' * Hank Janson, fictional character and a pseudonym for a character Stephen Daniel Frances's books * Hank Jennings, from the TV show ''

Twin Peaks ''Twin Peaks'' is an American Surrealist cinema, surrealist Mystery film, mystery-Horror film, horror Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It Pilot (Twin Peaks), premiered on American Broad ...

'' * Hank Landry, a fictional character in ''Stargate SG-1'' *Hank Landry (Veronica Mars), Hank Landry, a fictional character in ''Veronica Mars'' *Hank Lawson, protagonist of TV series ''Royal Pains'' *Hank McCoy, a superhero, The Beast, from the Marvel comic series "X-Men" *Hank Moody, protagonist of the TV series ''Californication (TV series), Californication'' *Hank Morgan, the Yankee in Mark Twain's ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' *Hank Murphy, a character on ''Sealab 2021'' *Hank "Halloween" Murphy, a character in the ''Cars'' film series, see List of Cars characters, List of ''Cars'' characters *Hank Murphy, a character in the 1994 film ''Angels in the Outfield (1994 film), Angels in the Outfield'' *Hank Pym (aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional character in the Marvel Universe *Hank Rearden, a central character in the novel ''Atlas Shrugged'' *Hank Schrader, from the TV show ''Breaking Bad'' *Hank Venture, fictional character in ''The Venture Bros.'' *Hank Voight, police sergeant in Chicago P.D. (TV series), ''Chicago P.D.'' *Hank Zipzer, fictional character from the TV series ''Hank Zipzer (TV series), Hank Zipzer'' *Talking Hank, one of the main characters of ''Talking Tom and Friends'' *Hank, main character in the ''Hank the Cowdog'' series of children's novels *Hank, one of the two beavers in Pajanimals *Hank, a giant Pacific octopus with a missing tentacle in the 2016 Disney/Pixar animated film ''Finding Dory'' *Hank the American Engine, one of the characters in the twelfth series of ''Thomas and Friends'' *Hank, the younger half brother of the titular character in ''The Bed and Breakfast Star'' by Jacqueline Wilson *Hank, an epic brawler from the mobile game ''Brawl Stars'' developed by Supercell

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