Henri

Henri is the French form of the masculine given name Henry, also in Estonian, Finnish, German and Luxembourgish.

People with this given name[edit]

French noblemen

Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France
Henri I, Duke of Nemours (1572–1632), the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anna d'Este
Henri II, Duke of Nemours (1625–1659), the seventh Duc de Nemours
Henri, Count of Harcourt (1601–1666), French nobleman
Henri, Dauphin of Viennois (1296–1349), bishop of Metz
Henri de Gondi (disambiguation)
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555–1623), member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne
Henri Emmanuel Boileau, baron de Castelnau (1857–1923), French mountain climber
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1955), the head of state of Luxembourg
Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway (1648–1720), French Huguenot soldier and diplomat, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Almansa
François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (1628–1695), French general, marshal of France, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Steenkerque
Henri, Prince of Condé (1552–1588), French Prince du Sang and Huguenot general
Henri, Prince of Condé (1588–1646), member of the reigning House of Bourbon
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611–1675), French Marshal General and one of the principal commanders of Thirty Years' War
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 (1933–2019), claimant to the French throne
Prince Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat (1934–2018), Prince Consort to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

Others

Henri Aalto (born 1989), Finnish footballer
Henri Anspach (1882–1979), Belgian Olympic champion épée and foil fencer
Henri Anier (born 1990), Estonian footballer
Henri Becquerel (1852–1908), French physicist who discovered radioactivity
Henri Bergson (1859–1941), French philosopher
Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861–1931), French general during World War I
Henri Bertini (1798–1876), French classical composer and pianist
Henri Betti (1917–2005), French composer and pianist
Henri Beunke (1851–1925), Dutch writer
Henri Bienvenu (born 1988), Cameroonian footballer
Henri Bol (1945–2000), Dutch still life painter
Henri Cappetta, French ichthyologist
Henri Cartan (1904–2008), French mathematician
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004), French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism
Henri Casadesus (1879–1947), French violist and music publisher
Henri Cassini (1781–1832), French botanist and naturalist
Henri Charriere (1906–1973), French author
Henri Coandă (1886–1972), Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and builder of an experimental aircraft
Henri Cohen (water polo) (died 1930), Belgian water polo Olympic silver medalist
Henri Cordier (1849–1925), French linguist and historian
Henri Cordier (1856–1877), French mountain climber
Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772–1794), French loyalist and commander of the Vendeans resistance during civil wars in France
Henri Drell (born 2000), Estonian basketball player
Henri Dufaux (1879–1980), Swiss painter
Henri Duvanel (1896–1953), French Olympic water polo player
Henri Estienne (1528 or 1531–1598), Parisian printer and classical scholar
Henri Farman (1874–1958), French aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer
Henri-Nicolas Frey (1847–1932), French general, one of the principal commanders of Boxer Rebellion, Gaselee Expedition and Battle of Beijing
Henri Giraud (1879–1949), French general, best known for being a commander of the Free French Forces in the Second World War
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 Kanninen (born 1994), Finnish ice hockey player
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
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 (1936–2020), 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 in the web series Henri, le Chat Noir

Fictional characters

Henri, a character in the French romantic drama movie Love Is a Funny Thing
Henri, French pigeon in the 1986 film An American Tail
Henri, le Chat Noir, existential cat
Henri, title character of Henri (2013 film)
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[edit]

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

People with this given name[edit]

Notable people with this surname[edit]

See also[edit]