Henryk (given name)

Notable Henryks

Kings, Princes and Nobility of Poland

• Henryk Mazowiecki, Polish noble and bishop
• Henryk I Brodaty the Bearded, King of Poland
• Henryk I Jaworski
• Henryk II Pobozny
• Henryk II Ziębicki
• Henryk III Biały
• Henryk III Walezy
• Henryk III głogowski )
• Henryk IV Probus
• Henryk V Brzuchaty )
• Henryk IX of Lubin )
• Henryk X of Chojnów )

  Art

• Henryk Chmielewski , Papcio Chmiel comic artist
• Henryk Gotlib, Polish-born painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and writer, who settled in England after World War II
• Henryk Siemiradzki, Polish painter
• Henryk Stażewski, Polish painter
• Henryk Tomaszewski , mime artist
• Henryk Tomaszewski , poster artist

  Education

• Henryk Goldszmit, the real name of author, paediatrician, and child pedagogue Janusz Korczak
• Henryk Grossman, Polish-German economist and historian of Jewish descent
• Henryk Lipszyc, Polish specialist in Japanese culture and former ambassador to Japan

  Literature

• Henryk Rzewuski, Polish Romantic-era journalist and novelist
• Henryk Samsonowicz, Polish historian specializing in medieval Poland, prolific writer, and professor of the University of Warsaw
• Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author Nobel Prize for Literature laureate 1905

  Military

• Henryk Cybulski, Polish forester and resistance fighter
• Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Polish general and national hero, one of the principal commanders of French Revolutionary Wars, Kościuszko Uprising, War of the Fourth Coalition and Battle of Trebbia
• Henryk Dembiński, Polish engineer, traveler and general
• Henryk Dobrzański, Polish soldier, sportsman and partisan
• Henryk Lederman, cadet officer of the Polish Army, participant in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the Warsaw Uprising
• Henryk Minkiewicz, Polish socialist politician and General of the Polish Army, murdered in the Katyń massacre
• Henryk Śniegocki, Scout and freedom fighter
• Henryk Sucharski, Polish military officer and a major in the Polish Army
• Henryk Woliński, member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II

  Music

• Henryk Czyż, Polish musician, conductor and teacher
• Henryk Górecki, Polish composer
• Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński, Polish composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher
• Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist
• Henryk Wars, Polish and later an American neutralized citizen pop music composer
• Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer

  Politics

• Henryk Ehrlich, Polish activist
• Henryk Gołębiewski, Polish politician
• Henryk Józewski, Polish visual artist, politician
• Henryk Milcarz, Polish politician
• Henryk Sławik, Polish politician, diplomat, and social worker who during World War II helped save 5,000 Hungarian and Polish Jews from Budapest by giving them false Polish passports

  Science

• Henryk Arctowski, Polish scientist, oceanographer and explorer of Antarctica
• Henryk Grabowski, German botanist and pharmacist of Polish heritage
• Henryk Iwaniec, Polish American mathematician, professor
• Henryk Jordan, Polish philanthropist, physician and pioneer of physical education in Poland
• Henryk Niewodniczański, Polish physicist
• Henryk Zygalski, Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma ciphers before and during World War II

  Sport

• Henryk Alszer, Polish footballer
• Henryk Apostel, Polish international football player
• Henryk Bałuszyński, Polish international football player
• Henryk Budzicz, Polish sprint canoer
• Henryk Chmielewski , Polish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
• Henryk Czapczyk, Warta Poznań football player
• Henryk Glücklich, former international motorcycle speedway rider
• Henryk Grabowski , Polish long jumper
• Henryk Kasperczak, Polish football manager and a football player
• Henryk Kukier, Polish boxer
• Henryk Leliwa-Roycewicz, Polish Olympic silver medallist in Eventing at 1936 Olympics
• Henryk Maculewicz, retired Polish footballer
• Henryk Martyna, Polish international football player
• Henryk Miłoszewicz, Polish international football player
• Henryk Reyman, attacking soccer player, sports official and military officer
• Henryk Średnicki, Polish boxer
• Henryk Szordykowski, Polish middle distance runner

  Other

• Henryk Abicht, Polish socialist and independence activist
• Henryk Firlej, Polish noble, bishop
• Henryk Grohman, Polish industrialist of German origin
• Henryk Gulbinowicz, Cardinal Emeritus
• Henryk de Kwiatkowski, Polish-born member of the Royal Air Force
• Henryk Łowmiański, Polish medieval historian
• Henryk Muszyński, Primate Emeritus of Poland and former Archbishop
• Henryk Pająk, Polish writer, journalist and publisher
• Henryk Tomasik, Bishop of Radom
• Henryk Zieliński, Polish historian and professor at the University of Wrocław