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Henneguya zschokkei

Henneguya zschokkei is a myxozoan parasite, a microscopic cnidarian relative of jellyfish, that infects the muscle of whitefish and other salmonids in Europe and North America.

Hennekam syndrome

Hennekam syndrome, also called Hennekam lymphangiectasia-lymphedema syndrome, is a rare inherited disorder of lymphatic development featuring congenital lymphedema, intestinal lymphangiectasia, variable intellectual disability, and a distinctive face.

Hennepin County Medical Center

Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), also known as Hennepin Healthcare, is Minneapolis' public safety-net hospital and Level 1 trauma center, founded 1887 as Minneapolis City Hospital, county-owned since 1963, with Minnesota's largest emergency department.

Hennepin County, Minnesota

Hennepin County, Minnesota: most populous Minnesota county, seat at Minneapolis, established March 6, 1852 and named for Father Louis Hennepin; 1,281,565 residents (2020 census), $3.15 billion 2026 budget.

Hennessey Blackbird

The Hennessey Blackbird is a limited-production touring hypercar revealed in 2026 by Hennessey of Sealy, Texas, powered by a naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8 and a six-speed manual.

Hennessey Performance Engineering

Hennessey Performance, also known as Hennessey Performance Engineering, is an American company founded by John Hennessey in 1991 that builds high-performance cars in Sealy, Texas.

Hennessey Venom F5

The Hennessey Venom F5 is an American hypercar built by Hennessey Special Vehicles in Sealy, Texas, with a 1,817-horsepower twin-turbo V8 and a target top speed above 300 mph.

Hennessey Venom GT

The Hennessey Venom GT is an American mid-engine hypercar built in Sealy, Texas, from 2010 to 2017, with only 13 made, using a Lotus Elise chassis.

Hennessy

Hennessy, also known as Hennessy Cognac, is a French cognac house founded in Cognac in 1765 by the Irish officer Richard Hennessy and today the largest cognac producer.

Hennessy Carolina

Hennessy Carolina Almanzar (born 1995, Bronx) is Cardi B's younger sister, an influencer, reality TV personality, model, and fashion designer known for Love & Hip Hop: New York, her Philipp Plein Milan runway debut, Boohoo and Moschino work, and her own brand 8H.

Hennie Aucamp

Hennie Aucamp, born Hendrik Christoffel Lourens Aucamp (1934–2014), was a South African Afrikaans writer known as the father of literary cabaret and winner of the 1982 Hertzog Prize.

Hennie Kuiper

Hennie Kuiper (Hendrikus Andreas Kuiper, born 1949), Dutch road cyclist: 1972 Olympic road race champion, 1975 world champion, winner of four Monuments, twice Tour de France runner-up.

Henning Berg

Henning Stille Berg, Norwegian defender born 1969 in Eidsvoll; won the Premier League with Blackburn (1995) and Manchester United (1999, 2000), 100 Norway caps, later manager at Legia, Omonia Nicosia and other clubs.

Henning Bundgaard

Henning Bundgaard is a Danish cardiologist, clinical professor at the University of Copenhagen and senior consultant at Rigshospitalet, known for leading the POET and POTCAST trials.

Henning Hermjakob

Henning Hermjakob is a bioinformatician who leads Molecular Systems at EMBL-EBI in Hinxton, heading IntAct, Reactome, and BioModels and co-founding the HUPO Proteomics Standards Initiative.

Henning Holck-Larsen

Henning Holck-Larsen (1907–2003) was a Danish chemical engineer who co-founded Larsen & Toubro in Mumbai in 1938 with Soren Kristian Toubro, building it into India's largest engineering company.

Henning Koppel

Henning Koppel (1918–1981) was a Danish sculptor and designer whose fluid, organic silverwork for Georg Jensen after World War II helped define Danish design internationally.

Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell (1948–2015), Swedish novelist and theater director, creator of Inspector Kurt Wallander; ten Ystad-set crime novels (1991–2009), 40 million copies in 45 languages, Teatro Avenida in Maputo, Nordic noir leader.

Henning Pontoppidan

Henning Pontoppidan (1925–2017) was an American anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who established the nation's first respiratory intensive care unit in 1961 and pioneered mechanical ventilation research.

Henning Sirringhaus

Henning Sirringhaus is a physicist who holds the Hitachi Professorship at the University of Cambridge, known for pioneering polymer transistor mobility improvements and co-founding Plastic Logic.

Henning von Tresckow

Henning von Tresckow (1901-1944) was a German Wehrmacht general major, chief of staff officer of Army Group Centre, leading organizer of the military resistance to Hitler, failed bomber of Hitler's plane in March 1943, and co-architect of the 20 July 1944 Valkyrie plot.

Henning Walczak

Henning Walczak is a German molecular biologist and cancer researcher who studies cell death and ubiquitin signaling in cancer, and is a professor at the University of Cologne and UCL.

Henning Wehn

Henning Wehn (born 1974, Hagen, Germany) is a London-based German stand-up comedian, the self-styled German Comedy Ambassador to the UK since 2003, known for panel shows like QI and Would I Lie to You? and tours such as Acid Wehn.

Henny Hoobin

Henny Hoobin (Henry Francis Hoobin, 1879-1921), Canadian lacrosse player with Montreal's Shamrock Lacrosse Club; won Olympic gold at London 1908, scoring twice in Canada's 14-10 win over Great Britain.

Henny Penny

Henny Penny, also called Chicken Little or Chicken Licken, is a European cumulative folk tale in which a hen hit on the head believes the sky is falling and leads Cocky Locky, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey to the king, where Foxy Loxy awaits.

Henny Reistad

Henny Reistad (Henny Ella Reistad, born 1999), Norwegian handball back, Norway captain, Team Esbjerg; Olympic, world, and three-time European champion; IHF World Player of the Year 2023–2025; joining Brest Bretagne in 2027.

Henny Selle

Henny Ruth Selle, German 800m runner of the early 1930s FSFI era; 6th at the 1931 German Championships in 2:31.8, 8th at the 1934 Women's World Games, and 3×800m relay runner for VfL Potsdamer Sportfreunde.

Henny Youngman

Henny Youngman (Henry Youngman, 1906-1998), British-born American comedian and violinist, the "King of the One-Liners," famous for "Take my wife, please," rapid-fire delivery of 250 jokes in 45 minutes, and a career from the Borscht Belt to Goodfellas.

Henoch–Schönlein purpura

Henoch–Schönlein purpura, now called IgA vasculitis (IgAV), is an immune complex small-vessel vasculitis causing palpable purpura, joint and abdominal symptoms, and kidney involvement, mostly in children aged 4–7.

Hénon map

The Hénon map is a two-dimensional discrete dynamical system introduced by Michel Hénon in 1976, a standard example of chaos with a strange fractal attractor.