Henri

For the 2007 film, see Henri, le Chat Noir. For the Franco-Belgian drama, see Henri (2013 film). For the brig wrecked in 1852, see Henri (ship).

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

People with this given name

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, French Huguenot soldier and diplomat, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Almansa
• François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, 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, 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, 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 Drell (born 2000), Estonian basketball player
• Henri Dufaux (1879–1980), Swiss painter
• Henri Duvanel, French Olympic water polo player
• Henri Estienne (16th century), Parisian printer and classical scholar
• Henri Farman (1874–1958), French aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer
• Henri-Nicolas Frey, 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. 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 (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

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

See also

• Henry (given name), an equivalent English given name
• Hurricane Henri (disambiguation)