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Harry is a male given name, the
Middle English Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English ...
form of Henry. It is also a diminutive form of Harold, Harrison or Harvey.


People

* Harry Akst (1894–1963), American songwriter * Harry Altham (1888–1965), English cricketer * Harry Anderson, American actor, writer, director and magician * Harry Andrews (1911–1989), English film actor * Harry Atkinson (1831–1892), tenth Premier of New Zealand *
Harry B. Smith Harry Bache Smith (December 28, 1860 – January 1, 1936) was a writer, lyricist and composer. The most prolific of all American stage writers, he is said to have written over 300 librettos and more than 6000 lyrics. Some of his best-known works ...
(1860–1936), writer, lyricist, and composer *
Harry Bateman Harry Bateman FRS (29 May 1882 – 21 January 1946) was an English mathematician with a specialty in differential equations of mathematical physics. With Ebenezer Cunningham, he expanded the views of spacetime symmetry of Lorentz and Poin ...
(1882–1946), English mathematician * Harry Bateman (artist) (1896–1976), English landscape painter *
Harry Bass (disambiguation) Harry Bass may refer to: *Third Party (DJs), Harry Bass, one half of the British DJ duo Third Party *Harry Bass (cricketer) (1852–1904), English groundsman and cricketer *Harry Brinkley Bass (1916–1944), American military pilot *Harry W. Bass S ...
* Harry Belafonte (born 1927), American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist * Harry Blackmun (1908–1999), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States * Harry Bong (1905–1987), Swedish Navy officer * Harry Boykoff (1922–2001), American basketball player * Harry Brewis (born 1991), English YouTube personality * Harry Browne (1933–2006), American writer, politician, and investment analyst * Harry Chapin (1942-1981), American folk singer-songwriter and philanthropist * Harry Choates (1922–1951), American fiddler * Harry Cothliff (1916–1976), English footballer * Harry Crider (born 1999), American football player * Harry Danning, American Major League Baseball All Star catcher * Harry Davenport (1866–1949), American actor * Harry Dias Bandaranaike (1822-1901), first Sinhala and first indigenous Puisne Justice and acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka * Harry Eisenstat (1915–2003), Major League Baseball player * Harry Feldman (1919–1962), Major League Baseball pitcher * Harry Wickwire Foster, senior Canadian Army officer who commanded two Canadian divisions during World War II, one of the principal commanders of Aleutian Islands campaign and Operation Cottage *
Harry Fox Harry Fox (born Arthur Carringford; May 25, 1882 – July 20, 1959) was an American vaudeville dancer, actor, and comedian. Biography Fox is most notably famous for being related as name-source to the Fox Trot dance in New York. In "Dance Mad" ...
(1882–1959), American vaudeville dancer, actor and comedian born Arthur Carringford *
Harry Gideonse Harry David Gideonse (May 17, 1901 – March 12, 1985) was a Dutch-born American economist. He was the second President of Brooklyn College, from 1939 to 1966, and Chancellor of the New School for Social Research from 1966 until 1975. Early and ...
(1901–1985), American President of Brooklyn College, and Chancellor of the New School for Social Research *
Harry Goodsir Henry ″Harry″ Duncan Spens Goodsir (3 November 1819 – ) was a Scottish physician and naturalist who contributed to the pioneering work on cell theory done by his brother John Goodsir. He served as surgeon and naturalist on the ill-fat ...
(1819–c. 1848), Scottish physician and naturalist * Harry Goonatilake (1929–2008), 5th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force *
Harry Gottsacker Harry Gottsacker (born July 28, 1999) is an American racing driver who currently competes for Bryan Herta Autosport in the TCR class of the Michelin Pilot Challenge. Career Early career Gottsacker was introduced to motorsports through his grand ...
(born 1999), American racing driver * Harry Grindell Matthews, English inventor who claimed to have invented a death ray in the 1920s * Harry Gwala (1920-1995), South African
African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...
and
Communist Party of South Africa The South African Communist Party (SACP) is a communist party in South Africa. It was founded in 1921 as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), tactically dissolved itself in 1950 in the face of being declared illegal by the governing ...
revolutionary * Harry Harris (boxer) (1880–1959), American world champion bantamweight * Harry Hollins (1932–1989), American politician * Harry Houdini (1874–1926), American escapologist and stunt performer born Erik Weisz * Harry Kalas (1936-2009), American sportscaster * Harry Kane (born 1993), English footballer * Harry Kinnard, American general officer, one of the principal commanders of
Pleiku Campaign The Pleiku Campaign took place from 23 October to 26 November 1965.Kinnard, p.1 II Corps Command named it Pleime Campaign, with a slightly different starting date of 20 October instead of 23 October, consisted of three operations:Vĩnh Lộc, p. ...
* Harry Krakow (1910–1991), birth name of King Levinsky, American heavyweight boxer * Harry Lewis (boxer) (1886–1956), American world champion welterweight born Harry Besterman * Harry Lewis (born 1996) W2S (big bog) *
Harry Luff Harry Luff (September 14, 1856 – October 11, 1916) was an American Major League Baseball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who played for six teams in four different major leagues from 1875 to 1885. He played for the New Haven Elm Citys i ...
(1856-1916), American Major League Baseball player * Harry Maguire (born 1993), English footballer *
Harry Manser Harry Manser (1874 – February 20, 1955),Masked Wolf * Harry S. Morgan (1945–2011), German director and producer of pornographic movies * Sir
Harry Burrard Neale Rear admiral Sir Harry Burrard Neale, 2nd Baronet (born Burrard; 16 September 1765 – 7 February 1840) was a British officer of the Royal Navy, and Member of Parliament for Lymington. He was the son of William Burrard, the governor of Yarm ...
, British officer of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for Lymington * Harry Ord (1819–1885), British colonial administrator * Harry Peglar (1812 – c. 1849), English seaman * Harry Prendergast (1834–1913), British general, one of the principal commanders of Third Anglo-Burmese War * Harry Redknapp (born 1947), English footballer and manager * Harry Reems (1947–2013), American pornographic film actor * Harry Roque (born 1966), Filipino lawyer and former law professor * Harry Shum Jr. (born 1982), Costa Rican-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer * Harry Styles (born 1994), British singer, songwriter, actor as well as member of the boy band One Direction. *
Harry Stafford (disambiguation) Harry Stafford may refer to: * Harry Stafford (1869–1940), English footballer * Harry Stafford (motorcyclist) (born 1993), British motorcycle racer * Harry Stafford (American football) (1912–2004, as Albert Harrison Stafford), American footba ...
, multiple people * Harry Swartz (born 1996), American soccer player * Harry Alan Towers (1920–2009), British-born radio and independent film producer and screenwriter * Harry Traver (1877-1961), American roller coaster and amusement ride engineer * Harry Treadaway (born 1984), English actor * Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), 33rd President of the United States * Harry Vickers (disambiguation), multiple people * Harry Warner (1881–1958), American cartoonist and one of the founders of
Warner Brothers Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American Film studio, film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, Califo ...
* Harry Wright (disambiguation), multiple people * Harry Winks (born 1993) English footballer * H. J. Sterling (Harry John Sterling; 1882–1959), Canadian ice hockey administrator * Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (born 1984), second son of King Charles III of the United Kingdom Harry Styles


Fictional characters

* Harry, a main character in '' Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs'' * Harry Potter, the title character in ''Harry Potter'' series by J. K. Rowling * Sheriff Harry S. Truman, a character in the American television series ''Twin Peaks'' * Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood's character in the '' Dirty Harry'' film series * Harry Callahan, a minor character in Diane Duane's ''Young Wizards'' series * Harry Lyme ( Joe Pesci), an antagonist in the ''Home Alone'' series * Harry Solomon, a character on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun * Harry Fisher, a former character in the BBC drama '' Waterloo Road'' * Harry Coleman, a character in the 2003 film ''Freaky Friday'' * Harry Bailey, George Bailey's younger brother in the movie '' It's A Wonderful Life'' * Harry Haller, the protagonist in Hermann Hesse's '' Steppenwolf'' * Sir Harry Pearce, a character in the BBC spy drama ''Spooks'' * Sir Harry Paget Flashman, main and eponymous character in the "Flashman" series by George MacDonald Fraser * Harry Mason, protagonist in the 1999 survival horror video game ''Silent Hill''. * Harry Sullivan, a companion to Tom Baker's Doctor in the British television series ''Doctor Who'' * Harry Dresden, the title character Jim Butcher's urban fantasy series, ''The Dresden Files'' and in ''The Dresden Files (TV series)'' * Harry the Hobo, a character played by Bilal Shahid in the British web series '' Corner Shop Show'' * Harry the Horse, a character in the Broadway Musical '' Guys and Dolls'' * Harry Hewitt, a character from
Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based ...
* Harry Osborn, a character from Spider-Man * Harry Sultenfuss, a character 1991 and 1994 American coming-of-age comedy-drama movies '' My Girl'' and '' My Girl 2'' played by Dan Aykroyd * Harry Wells, a character from the Arrowverse franchise * Harry Keogh, the main character in Brian Lumley's series of horror novels, ''
Necroscope ''Necroscope'' is the title of a series of horror novels by British author Brian Lumley. The term ''necroscope'', as defined in the series, describes someone who can communicate with the dead (coined Deadspeak later in the series). Unlike ...
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References

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