Henri

Henri (/ɒnˈriː/ ahn-REE) is the French form of the masculine given name Henry, also in Estonian, Finnish, German and Luxembourgish. Bearers of the given name include:

People

French nobles

• 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 from 2000 until his abdication in 2025
• 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 Ardel (1863-1938), French writer
• Henri Arnaut de Zwolle (1400-1466), Dutch physician, astrnomer, astologer and organist
• 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 Boério (born 1952), French former gymnast
• 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
• F. Henri Henriod (1905–1986), justice of the Utah Supreme Court
• Henri Järvelaid (born 1998), Estonian footballer
• Henri Kanninen (born 1994), Finnish ice hockey player
• Henri Kichka (1926–2020), Belgian writer and Holocaust survivor
• Henri Koba (1936–2005), Central African diplomat and journalist
• Henri Kontinen (born 1990), Finnish tennis player
• Henri Krasucki (1924–2003), French trade unionist
• Henri Le Masne (1919–1954), Formerly missing person
• 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 Piispanen (born 1994), Finnish voice actor
• 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, in the French romantic drama movie Love Is a Funny Thing
• 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)
• Henri Richard Maurice Dutoit LeFevbre, a French boy in the 2002 animated series Liberty's Kids

See also

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