# William Henry

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**Willie**, **Billy**, **Bill**, **Will** or **William Henry** may refer to:

## Politicians

- [William Henry (gunsmith)](/source/William_Henry_(gunsmith)) (1729–1786), American gunsmith and Pennsylvania delegate to Continental Congress
- [William Henry (brother of Patrick Henry)](/source/William_Henry_(brother_of_Patrick_Henry)) (1734–1785), American member of Colonial Virginia House of Burgesses
- [William Henry (congressman)](/source/William_Henry_(congressman)) (1788–1861), American legislator from Vermont
- [William Alexander Henry](/source/William_Alexander_Henry) (1816–1888), Canadian Supreme Court justice
- [William Wirt Henry](/source/William_Wirt_Henry) (1831–1900), American lawyer, politician and historian in Virginia
- [William H. Henry](/source/William_H._Henry), [Socialist Party of America Executive Secretary](/source/Socialist_Party_of_America_Executive_Secretary) during late 1920s
- [William Thomas Henry](/source/William_Thomas_Henry) (1872–1952), Canadian politician; Legislative Assembly of Alberta member
- William Henry, Libertarian nominee for lieutenant governor of Indiana in the [2020 Indiana gubernatorial election](/source/2020_Indiana_gubernatorial_election)

## Royalty

- [William Henry, Prince of Orange](/source/William_Henry,_Prince_of_Orange) (1650–1702), future King William III of England
- [William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen](/source/William_Henry,_Prince_of_Nassau-Usingen) (1684–1718), member of German royalty
- [William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken](/source/William_Henry,_Prince_of_Nassau-Saarbr%C3%BCcken) (1718–1768), member of German royalty
- [Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh](/source/Prince_William_Henry,_Duke_of_Gloucester_and_Edinburgh) (1743–1805), younger brother of King George III of the United Kingdom
- [William Henry, Duke of Clarence](/source/William_Henry,_Duke_of_Clarence) (1765–1837), future King William IV of the United Kingdom

## Sportspeople

- [William Henry (swimmer)](/source/William_Henry_(swimmer)) (1859–1928), English Olympic competitor
- [Billy Henry](/source/Billy_Henry) (1884–after 1960), Scottish footballer
- [Bill Henry (footballer)](/source/Bill_Henry_(footballer)) (1904–1974), Australian rules forward
- [Bill Henry (basketball)](/source/Bill_Henry_(basketball)) (1924–1985), American center
- [Bill Henry (baseball, born 1927)](/source/Bill_Henry_(baseball,_born_1927)) (1927–2014), American pitcher for six MLB teams
- [Bill Henry (baseball, born 1942)](/source/Bill_Henry_(baseball,_born_1942)), American pitcher for New York Yankees
- [Will Henry (footballer)](/source/Will_Henry_(footballer)) (born 1998), English goalkeeper

## Writers

- [William Henry (priest)](/source/William_Henry_(priest)) (before 1728–1768), Anglo-Irish Dean of Killaloe
- [William Arnon Henry](/source/William_Arnon_Henry) (1850–1932), American academic and agriculturist from Ohio
- [William J. Henry](/source/William_J._Henry) (1867–1955), American hymn writer
- [Bill Henry (journalist)](/source/Bill_Henry_(journalist)) (1890–1970), American newspaper reporter
- [Bill Fitz Henry](/source/Bill_Fitz_Henry) (1903–1957), Australian journalist with *The Bulletin*
- [William E. Henry](/source/William_E._Henry) (1918–1994), American psychologist
- [William A. Henry III](/source/William_A._Henry_III) (1950–1994), American author and cultural critic
- Will Henry, pen name of American screenwriter [Henry Wilson Allen](/source/Henry_Wilson_Allen) (1912–1991)
- Will Henry, pen name of William Henry Wilson, cartoonist and writer of *[Wallace the Brave](/source/Wallace_the_Brave)*

## Other people

- [William Henry (missionary)](/source/William_Henry_(missionary)) (1770-1859), Irish missionary, active in Tahiti and New South Wales, Australia
- [William Henry (chemist)](/source/William_Henry_(chemist)) (1774–1836), English chemist who formulated Henry's law
- [William Henry (pastor)](/source/William_Henry_(pastor)) (1783-1839), Scottish Congregationalist pastor
- [William "Jerry" Henry](/source/William_%22Jerry%22_Henry) (1811–after 1851), American fugitive slave who was freed in New York event known as Jerry Rescue
- [William W. Henry](/source/William_W._Henry) (1831–1915), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- [William Henry (actor)](/source/William_Henry_(actor)) (1914–1982), American performer; also billed as Bill Henry
- [E. William Henry](/source/E._William_Henry) (1929–2022), American public official; chairman of FCC
- [Willie Henry](/source/Willie_Henry) (born 1994), American football player

## Other uses

- [*Bill Henry* (film)](/source/Bill_Henry_(film)), 1919 American comedy directed by Jerome Storm

## See also

- [Fort William Henry](/source/Fort_William_Henry), British fort built in upper New York during 1754–63 French and Indian War; referenced in *Last of the Mohicans*
- [William-Henry](/source/William-Henry), name of Canadian city Sorel-Tracy from 1787 to 1845

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