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John Henry

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John or Jack Henry may refer to:

People

Politicians

  • John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (1322–1375)
  • John Henry (Maryland politician) (1750–1798), U.S. senator from and governor of Maryland
  • John Vernon Henry (1767–1829), American politician, New York State comptroller
  • John Flournoy Henry (1793–1873), U.S. representative from Kentucky
  • John Henry (representative) (1800–1882), U.S. representative from Illinois
  • John Snowdon Henry (1824–1896), British politician from South-East Lancashire
  • John Lane Henry (1831–1907), Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
  • John Henry (Australian politician) (1834–1912), Tasmanian House of Assembly member and Treasurer of Tasmania
  • Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1931–2010), Hungarian prince
  • John Henry (Ontario politician) (born 1960), Canadian politician, mayor of Oshawa, Ontario
  • John Henry (Cook Islands politician), Cook Islander politician

Sportsmen

  • John Henry (outfielder/pitcher) (1863–1939), American baseball outfielder/pitcher
  • John Henry (catcher) (1889–1941), American baseball catcher
  • Jack Henry (footballer, born 1921) (1921–2004), Australian rules footballer for Essendon
  • Jack Henry (American football) (fl. 1990s), American football player and coach
  • John Henry (footballer) (born 1971), Scottish footballer
  • Jack Henry (footballer, born 1998), Australian rules footballer for Geelong

Other people

  • John Henry (actor) (1738-1794), Irish and early American actor
  • John Joseph Henry (1758–1811), American Revolutionary War soldier
  • John Henry (spy) (c. 1776–1853), British spy
  • Jack Henry (industrialist) (1917–2003), New Zealand industrialist
  • Don Marion Davis (born 1917), American former child actor known as John Henry Jr.
  • John Henry (judge) (born c.1933), New Zealand jurist
  • John Henry (toxicologist) (1939–2007), English toxicologist
  • John Raymond Henry (born 1943), American sculptor
  • John W. Henry (born 1949), American businessman and owner of sports teams
  • John Henry (born c. 1972), American vocalist in the band Darkest Hour

In art, media, and entertainment

Characters

  • John Henry, a character/ stage name of the comedian Norman Clapham, popular in BBC radio in the 1920s
  • John Henry, character in the 2006 comic series The Transformers: Evolutions
  • John Henry, character in the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles science-fiction TV series
  • John Henry Irons, character from the DC Comics, more commonly known as the superhero Steel

Film

  • John Henry, a character in the 1963 film All the Way Home
  • John Henry, a 2000 short film in the Disney's American Legends series
  • John Henry (2020 film), a dramatic thriller film starring Terry Crews and Ludacris

Literature

  • John Henry (novel), a 1931 novel by Roark Bradford
  • John Henry, an American Legend (1971), a children's book by Ezra Jack Keats
  • John Henry (picture book) (1994) a children's picture book by Julius Lester

Music

Stage productions

Other uses

  • John Henry (horse) (1975–2007), American Thoroughbred race horse
  • Jack Henry & Associates, an American information technology company
  • John Henry, an American brand of clothing, originated by Henry Grethel, now owned by Perry Ellis International

See also

  • John Henryism, a psychological term for a type of coping behaviours
  • All pages with titles beginning with John Henry
  • All pages with titles containing John Henry
  • John Hemry
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