henri pitot
- n French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-1771)
henri rene albert guy de maupassant
- n French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893)
henri toulouse-lautrec
- n French painter who portrayed life in the cafes and music halls of Montmartre (1864-1901)
henrik ibsen
- n realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)
henrik johan ibsen
- n realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)
henry iv
- n king of France from 1589 to 1610; although he was leader of the Huguenot armies, when he succeeded the Catholic Henry III and founded the Bourbon dynasty in 1589 he established religious freedom in France;
- n King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106)
- n the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)
henry
- n a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
- n English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)
- n a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
- n United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)
henry's law
- n (chemistry) law formulated by the English chemist William Henry; the amount of a gas that will be absorbed by water increases as the gas pressure increases
henry alfred kissinger
- n United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923)