Henri

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

People with this given name

French noblemen

• See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri
• Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), a 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), a French nobleman
• Henri, Dauphin of Viennois (1296–1349), a bishop of Metz
• Henri de Gondi (disambiguation)
• Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555–1623), a 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), a French Prince du Sang and Huguenot general
• Henri, Prince of Condé (1588–1646), a 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), a claimant to the throne of France from 1940 until his death
• Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France (born 1933), a 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), a Finnish footballer
• Henri Anspach (1882–1979), a Belgian Olympic champion épée and foil fencer
• Henri Anier (born 1990), an Estonian footballer
• Henri Becquerel (1852–1908), a French physicist who discovered radioactivity
• Henri Bergson (1859–1941), a French philosopher
• Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861-1931), French general during World War I
• Henri Betti (1917–2005), a French composer and pianist
• Henri Beunke (1851–1925), a Dutch writer
• Henri Bienvenu (born 1988), a Cameroonian footballer
• Henri Bol (1945–2000), a Dutch still life painter
• Henri Cappetta, a French ichthyologist
• Henri Cartan (1904–2008), a French mathematician
• Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004), a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism
• Henri Casadesus (1879–1947), a French violist and music publisher
• Henri Cassini (1781–1832), a French botanist and naturalist
• Henri Coandă (1886–1972), a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and builder of an experimental aircraft
• Henri Cohen (water polo) (died 1930), a Belgian water polo Olympic silver medalist
• Henri Cordier (1849–1925), a French linguist and historian
• Henri Cordier (1856–1877), a French mountain climber
• Henri Drell (born 2000), an Estonian basketball player
• Henri Dufaux (1879–1980), a Swiss painter
• Henri Duvanel, French Olympic water polo player
• Henri Estienne (16th century), a Parisian printer and classical scholar
• Henri Farman (1874–1958), a 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 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), a Finnish sport shooter
• Henri Järvelaid (born 1998), an Estonian footballer
• Henri Kichka (1926–2020), a Belgian writer and Holocaust survivor
• Henri Kontinen (born 1990), a Finnish tennis player
• Henri Krasucki (1924–2003), a French trade unionist
• Henri Lansbury (born 1990), an English footballer
• Henri Lebesgue (1875–1941), a French mathematician
• Henri Leconte (born 1963), a French professional tennis player
• Henri Legay (1920–1992), a French operatic tenor
• Henri Lehmann (1814–1882), a German-born French historical painter and portraitist
• Henri Matisse (1869–1954), a French artist
• Henri Menier (1853–1913), a French businessman and adventurer
• Henri Messerer (1838-1923), a 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), a Dutch Catholic priest, professor and writer
• Henri van Opstal (born 1989), a Dutch kickboxer
• Henri Pélissier (1889–1935), a French racing cyclist
• Henri Pescarolo (born 1942), a French racing driver
• Henri Poincaré (1854–1912), a French mathematician, theoretical physicist and philosopher of science
• Henri Richard (born 1936), a Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Henri Tasso (1882–1944), a French politician
• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), a French painter, printmaker, illustrator
• Henri Toivonen (1956–1986), a Finnish rally driver
• Henri Toivomäki (born 1991), a Finnish footballer
• Henri Treial (born 1992), an Estonian volleyball player
• Henri Weber (1944–2020), French politician
• Henri, cat in the web series Henri, le Chat Noir

Fictional characters

• Henri, a French pigeon in the 1986 film An American Tail
• Henri, le Chat Noir, an existential cat
• Henri, title character of Henri (2013 film)

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)