Heinrich (given name)

Heinrich () is a German given name of ancient Germanic origin and a cognate to Henry. The female forms are Henrike and Henriette. The most famous patron saint is Henry (died 1024), as the German Emperor Henry II.

Monarchs and royalty

• Henry the Fowler (Heinrich I der Vogler; 876–936), first German king
• Heinrich II (972–1024), Holy Roman emperor
• Heinrich III (1017–1056), Holy Roman emperor
• Heinrich IV (1050–1106), king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor
• Heinrich V (1086–1125), king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor
• Heinrich VI (1165–1197), king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor
• Heinrich VII (1275–1313), king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor
• Heinrich I, Duke of Bavaria (919/921–955)
• Heinrich II, Duke of Bavaria (951–995)
• Heinrich III, Duke of Bavaria and Carinthia (940–989)
• Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (1919–2012), head of the German Princely House of Reuss
• Heinrich, Count of Bellegarde (1756–1845), viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Generalfeldmarschall
• Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (1661–1738), member of the House of Wettin
• Heinrich, Prince of Fürstenberg (born 1950)
• Heinrich of Bavaria (1884–1916), member of the House of Wittelsbach, World War I officer
• Heinrich of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby (1657–1728), German prince of the House of Wettin
• Prince Heinrich of Prussia, several Prussian princes with the same name

Archbishops

• Heinrich I, Archbishop of Trier (d. 964)
• Heinrich I, Archbishop of Mainz (served 1142–1153)
• Heinrich I, Archbishop of Cologne (1190–1238)
• Heinrich II, Archbishop of Cologne (1244–1332)

Other people

• Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535), German astrologer and alchemist
• Heinrich Andergassen (1908–1946), Austrian member of the SS and Gestapo, executed for his role in the Holocaust
• Heinrich Aviksoo (1880–1940), Estonian politician and sports figure
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704), Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist
• Heinrich Boere (1921–2013), German-Dutch war criminal
• Heinrich Böll (1917–1985), German writer
• Heinrich von Brühl (1700–1763), German statesman
• Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575), Swiss Reformer
• Heinrich Danckelmann (1889–1947), German Luftwaffe general sentenced to death for war crimes
• Heinrich Danioth (1896–1953), Swiss painter and poet
• Heinrich Deubel (1890–1962), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
• Heinrich Dusemer (died 1353), 21st Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
• Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812–1865), Moravian-Jewish violinist and composer
• Heinrich von Gagern (1799–1880), German statesman
• Heinrich George (1893–1946), German stage and film actor
• Heinrich Grünfeld (1855–1931), Bohemian-Austrian cellist
• Heinrich von Handel-Mazzetti (1882–1940), Austrian botanist
• Heinrich Hart (1855–1906), German literary critic
• Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), German poet
• Heinrich von Herford (c. 1300–1370), Dominican friar, historian, and theologian
• Heinrich Hertz (1857–1894), German physicist
• Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843–1900), Austrian composer and conductor
• Heinrich Himmler (1900–1945), German Nazi officer and commander of the SS (Schutzstaffel)
• Heinrich Hoffmann (author) (1809–1894), German psychiatrist
• Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer) (1885–1957), German photographer
• Heinrich Holk, Danish-German mercenary, one of the principal commanders at the Battle of Wolgast, Battle of Lützen (1632) and Siege of Stralsund (1628)
• Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799–1874), German artist, naval officer, and explorer
• Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811), German poet, dramatist, and novelist
• Heinrich Ritter von Kogerer (1819–1899), Austrian nobleman and government official
• Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick (1797–1882), German lawyer and Lord Mayor of Berlin
• Heinrich Klaasen, South African cricketer
• Heinrich Krippel (1883–1945), Austrian sculptor, painter, engraver, and illustrator
• Heinrich von Lüttwitz (1896–1969), German Panzer general during World War II
• Heinrich Marx (1777–1838) Prussian lawyer and father of Karl Marx
• Heinrich von Melk (born 1163), German satirist of the 12th century
• Heinrich Müller (disambiguation), several people with the same name
• Heinrich Parler (c. 1310 – c. 1370), German architect and sculptor
• Heinrich Prell (1888–1962), German zoologist
• Heinrich Scheidemann (c. 1595–1663), German Renaissance-Baroque composer
• Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890), German businessman and amateur archaeologist
• Heinrich Schönfeld (1900–1976), Austrian football player
• Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), German Renaissance-Baroque composer
• Heinrich Schwarz (1906–1947), German SS Nazi concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes
• C. Heinrich Stratz (1858–1924), German-Russian gynecologist
• Heinrich von Sybel (1817–1895), German historian
• Heinrich Thyssen (1875–1947), German-Hungarian entrepreneur and art collector
• Heinrich von Treitschke (1834–1896), German historian and political writer
• Heinrich von Tschirschky (1858–1916), German diplomat and politician
• Heinrich Uukkivi (1912–1943), Estonian footballer, bandy, and ice hockey player
• Heinrich von Veldeke (1140/1150 – c. 1190), Limburgish-German Medieval composer
• Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887–1952), German colonel-general during World War II
• Heinrich Voes (died 1523), one of the first two Lutheran martyrs

Fictional characters

• Heinrich, a character in the Conker series
• Heinrich, first name of the title character in the opera Tannhäuser
• Heinrich Zemo, a character in the Marvel Comics universe
• Heinrich, is one of the terrorists from Die Hard
• Heinrich Reichenau, a central character from Total Conquest
• Heinrich Leroyheimer, a character from the comedy skit "Das Negros" in Key and Peele.
• Heinrich Von Marzipan, from

See also

• Heinrich (surname)
• Heinrich (disambiguation)
• Heinrichs