Biographies
Biographies is a category for works that tell the life stories of real people, highlighting their experiences, achievements, and historical significance. It includes both full-length accounts and shorter profiles written to inform and engage readers.
Henry Buttelmann
Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish: life, experiments and scientific legacy
Henry Chapier
Henry Chapier (1933–2019): French journalist, critic and filmmaker
Henry Clay Jr.
Henry de Bohun
Henry Dyck
Henry Dyck (1912–1993) — Canadian ice hockey left winger
Henry Emeleus
Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding: English Novelist, Playwright, and Magistrate
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519–1536)
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Henry Graff
Henry F. Graff — Historian of the American Presidency and Public Affairs
Henry Grattan
Henry Gray (musician)
Henry Grimes
Henry Halleck
Henry W. Halleck: Union general, administrator, and Civil War chief of staff
Henry Hartsfield
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey: Tudor nobleman and poet
Henry Hudson
Henry I the Fowler
Henry II of England
Henry II of England (1133–1189): founder of the Angevin realms and legal reformer
Henry II of France
Henry II of France (1519–1559): Valois monarch and wartime ruler
Henry III of France
Henry IV Probus
Henry IV Probus — Silesian Duke and High Duke of Kraków (c.1258–1290)
Henry James
Henry James: Anglo‑American Novelist and Architect of Psychological Realism
Henry Jenner
Henry Jenner and the Revival of the Cornish Language
Henry Kalis
Henry Kalis (1937–2018), Minnesota state representative
Henry Lawrence
Sir Henry Lawrence (1806–1857), British Indian soldier and administrator
Henry Leavenworth
Henry Leavenworth: U.S. Army Officer and Founder of Fort Leavenworth
Henry Lee III
Henry Lee III (Light-Horse Harry) — Revolutionary cavalry leader and Virginia statesman
Henry Luce
Henry Luce: Publisher and Architect of Modern American Magazines
Henry M. Rice
Henry M. Rice: Fur trader and early U.S. Senator from Minnesota
Henry Maksoud
Henry Maksoud: Brazilian Engineer, Hotelier and Publisher
Henry Minarik
Henry Minarik — American football tackle
Henry Morgentaler
Henry Morgenthau
Henry Morgenthau Sr.: American businessman and U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
Henry N. Cobb
Henry N. Cobb (1926–2020) — American architect and designer
Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell — English Baroque composer (c.1659–1695)
Henry Royce
Henry Royce — engineer and co‑founder of Rolls‑Royce
Henry Samson
Henry Samson: Mayflower passenger and early Plymouth settler
Henry Segerstrom
Henry Sloan
Henry Stern
Henry J. Stern — New York City councilman and Parks Commissioner
Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator (Infante Dom Henrique) — Portuguese patron of exploration