This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present an alphabetical list of persons with their first names here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us - let them!

This time it is all about Henry!
Henry VIII of England* King of England - Greenwich Palace, Kent, England (1491-1547)

Henri Nestlé* chocolate maker - Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany (1814-1890)
Henry David Thoreau* essayist, philosopher, abolitionist - Concord, MA USA (1817-1862/44)
Henry Roscoe* chemist noted for his photochemical studies - London, England (1833-1915)
Henry Irving* (b Brodribb) actor-manager - Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, England (1838-1905)
Henri Rousseau* post-impressionist painter - Laval, Mayenne, France (1844-1910)
Henry J. Heinz* entrepreneur/founder of the H. J. Heinz Company - Birmingham, PA USA (1844-1919)

Henry Miller* actor/director/ producer – London, England (1859-1926)
Henry Ossawa Tanner* painter – Pittsburgh, PA USA (1859-1937)
Henri Bergson* philosopher/ writer/N – Paris, France (1859-1941)
Henry Royce* co-founder of Rolls-Royce - Alwalton, Huntingdonshire, England (1863-1933)
Henry Ford* founder of the Ford Motor Company - Greenfield Township, MI USA (1863-1947)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec* painter -  Albi, Tarn, Second French Empire (1864-1901)
Henri Desgrange* bicycle racer/sports journalist/first organizer of the Tour de France – Paris, France (1865-1940)
Henri Matisse* painter - Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France (1869-1954/84)
Henry Gerber* an early homosexual rights activist in the United States - Passau, Kingdom of Bavaria (1892-1972)
Henry Gunther* last soldier to be killed in WW1 - Baltimore, MD USA (1895-1918)

Henry Fonda* actor - Grand Island, NE USA (1905-1982) Top 10 Henry Fonda Performances (YouTube)
Henry Ford II* car manufacturer – Detroit, MI USA (1917-1987)
Henry Theel* singer/actor - Helsinki, Finland (1917-1989)
Henry Kissinger* politician - Fürth, Bayern, Germany (1923)
Henry Winkler* actor - Manhattan, NY  USA (1945)

Henry Rono* long-distance runner – Nandi Hills, Kenya (1952)
Henry Cavill* actor - Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands (1983)
Henry Golding* Malaysian-British actor/television host - Kuching, Malaysia (1987)

Updated 7.4.2020