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Henri Bonnet
Henri Bonnet was a French diplomat who directed UNESCO's predecessor institute from 1931 to 1940 and served as ambassador to the United States from 1944 to 1954.
Henri Bontenbal
Henri Bontenbal is a Dutch politician who has been leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal and chairs the CDA parliamentary group in the Tweede Kamer, the Dutch lower house.
Henri Demont
Henri Demont (1877–1959) was a French lawyer and peace campaigner who founded the Union universelle against war and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Henri La Fontaine
Henri La Fontaine was a Belgian international lawyer, socialist senator, and peace activist who won the 1913 Nobel Peace Prize and led the International Peace Bureau from 1907 to 1943.
Henri Martin (Connecticut politician)
Henri Martin is an American Republican politician, a Connecticut senator for the 31st district and Senate Republican Leader Pro Tempore, first a Bristol councilman and acting mayor.
Henri Namphy
Henri Namphy (1932–2018) was a Haitian army officer and politician who twice served as head of state after Duvalier's fall, ruling from 1986 until his 1988 overthrow.
Henri, Count of Chambord
Henri, Count of Chambord (Henri V, duc de Bordeaux), 1820-1883, legitimist pretender to the French throne, grandson of Charles X, owner of the Château de Chambord who lost the 1873 restoration over his insistence on the white Bourbon flag.
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Henri (born 1955, Betzdorf Castle) reigned as Grand Duke of Luxembourg and head of state from 7 October 2000 until his abdication on 3 October 2025 in favor of his son Guillaume, after refusing to sanction a 2008 euthanasia law.
Henrietta Maria of France
Henrietta Maria (Henriette Marie de France, 1609–1669), French-born Catholic queen consort of Charles I of England, mother of Charles II and James II; royalist organizer in the English Civil War, exiled 1644, died at Colombes.
Henrietta of England
Henrietta of England, also Henrietta Anne or Minette (1644–1670), youngest daughter of Charles I, married Philippe d'Orléans, brother of Louis XIV, and negotiated the secret Treaty of Dover before dying at Saint-Cloud.
Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold (1860–1945) was an American Jewish editor, translator, and Zionist organizer who founded Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, and directed the Youth Aliyah rescue program.
Henry A. Wallace
Henry A. Wallace (1888–1965), American geneticist, Pioneer Hi-Bred founder, FDR's Secretary of Agriculture and 33rd vice president, replaced by Truman in 1944 and the 1948 Progressive Party presidential candidate.
Henry A. Wise
Henry Alexander Wise (1806–1876) was a Virginia congressman, minister to Brazil, governor during the John Brown raid and execution, and Confederate brigadier general who helped force Virginia's 1861 secession.
Henry Bolton (British politician)
Henry Bolton (born Kenya, 1963), former Army captain, Thames Valley Police officer, and OSCE adviser, OBE 2013; UKIP leader September 2017 to February 2018, ousted 867-500 over the Jo Marney scandal; later Independent candidate and SDP member.
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924), Massachusetts Republican senator 1893-1924, Foreign Relations chairman and de facto majority leader, led the reservations campaign that defeated the Treaty of Versailles and kept the U.S. out of the League of Nations.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902-1985), Massachusetts Republican senator 1937-44 and 1947-53, defeated by JFK in 1952; UN ambassador, Nixon's 1960 running mate, twice ambassador to South Vietnam, and Vatican envoy.
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836–1908), Liberal Prime Minister December 1905 to April 1908, first formally designated 'Prime Minister', led the Liberals to the 1906 landslide of about 400 seats, and is the only Prime Minister to die at 10 Downing Street.
Henry Cisneros
Henry Cisneros (born 1947) is an American urban planner and politician, four-term mayor of San Antonio (1981-1989) and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1993-1997) under Clinton, known for HOPE VI and later infrastructure investing.
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar (Enrique Roberto Cuellar), Democratic U.S. Representative for Texas's 28th District since 2005, former Texas state representative and Secretary of State, Appropriations Homeland Security Ranking Member, indicted 2024 for bribery, pardoned by Trump in December 2025.
Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset
Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519–1536), only acknowledged illegitimate son of Henry VIII and Elizabeth Blount; created duke 1525, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, married Mary Howard, died of tuberculosis at 17.
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (c. 1534–1601), Elizabethan peer, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, and President of Wales from 1586; husband of Mary Sidney and father of William, 3rd Earl.
Henry I the Bearded
Henry I the Bearded (Henryk I Brodaty, c. 1168–1238) was a Piast duke who ruled Silesia from 1201, later also Kraków and much of Greater Poland.
Henry II of England
Henry II (1133–1189), first Plantagenet king of England, ruler of the Angevin Empire from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees, founder of English common law, antagonist of Thomas Becket, father of Richard I and John.
Henry III of France
Henry III (Henri III, 1551–1589), last Valois king of France and briefly elected king of Poland, faced the Catholic League, fled Paris after the Day of the Barricades, had the duc de Guise killed at Blois, and was assassinated by Jacques Clément in 1589.
Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger (Heinz Alfred Kissinger, 1923–2023), German-born American diplomat, 56th U.S. Secretary of State (1973–1977) and National Security Adviser (1969–1975); architect of the China opening, détente, SALT, and Middle East shuttle diplomacy; 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Henry L. Stimson
Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950), American statesman and lawyer, served in four presidential cabinets as Secretary of War under Taft, Roosevelt, and Truman and Secretary of State under Hoover; Stimson Doctrine namesake and Manhattan Project overseer.
Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood
Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), British soldier and landowner, husband of Mary, Princess Royal; married 1922, inherited Clanricarde fortune, lived at Harewood House from 1930.
Henry Laurens
Henry Laurens (1724–1792) was a wealthy South Carolina merchant and slave trader who led the Continental Congress and, imprisoned in the Tower of London, later signed the preliminary Treaty of Paris in 1782.
Henry M. Jackson
Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (1912–1983), Democratic senator from Washington (1953–1983), author of NEPA and the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, chaired Interior and Energy committees, ran for president in 1972 and 1976.
Henry Masauko Chipembere
Henry Masauko Chipembere (1930–1975) was a Malawian nationalist politician who organized Nyasaland's independence movement, persuaded Hastings Banda to lead it, and later rebelled against his autocratic rule.