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.

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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

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Walter Bates

Henry Wessel Jr.

Henry Wilcoxon