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, as the German Emperor Henry II.
Monarchs and royalty
- Henry the Fowler, first German king
- Heinrich II, Holy Roman emperor
- Heinrich III, Holy Roman emperor
- Heinrich IV, king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor
- Heinrich V, king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor
- Heinrich VI, king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor
- Heinrich VII, king of Germany, Holy Roman emperor
- Heinrich I, Duke of Bavaria
- Heinrich II, Duke of Bavaria
- Heinrich III, [Duke of Bavaria and Carinthia]
- Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz, head of the German Princely House of Reuss
- Heinrich, Count of Bellegarde, viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Generalfeldmarschall
- Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg, member of the House of Wettin
- Heinrich, Prince of Fürstenberg
- Heinrich of Bavaria, member of the House of Wittelsbach, World War I officer
- Heinrich of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby, German prince of the House of Wettin
- Prince Heinrich of Prussia, several Prussian princes with the same name
Archbishops
- Heinrich I, Archbishop of Trier
- Heinrich I, Archbishop of Mainz
- Heinrich I, Archbishop of Cologne
- Heinrich II, Archbishop of Cologne
Other people
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German astrologer and alchemist
- Heinrich Andergassen, Austrian member of the SS and Gestapo, executed for his role in the Holocaust
- Heinrich Aviksoo, Estonian politician and sports figure
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist
- Heinrich Boere, German-Dutch war criminal
- Heinrich Böll, German writer
- Heinrich von Brühl, German statesman
- Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss Reformer
- Heinrich Danckelmann, German Luftwaffe general sentenced to death for war crimes
- Heinrich Danioth, Swiss painter and poet
- Heinrich Deubel, German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
- Heinrich Dusemer, 21st Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
- Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Moravian-Jewish violinist and composer
- Heinrich von Gagern, German statesman
- Heinrich George, German stage and film actor
- Heinrich Grünfeld, Bohemian-Austrian cellist
- Heinrich von Handel-Mazzetti, Austrian botanist
- Heinrich Hart, German literary critic
- Heinrich Heine, German poet
- Heinrich von Herford, Dominican friar, historian, and theologian
- Heinrich Hertz, German physicist
- Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor
- Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi officer and commander of the SS
- Heinrich Hoffmann (author), German psychiatrist
- Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer), 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, German artist, naval officer, and explorer
- Heinrich von Kleist, German poet, dramatist, and novelist
- Heinrich Ritter von Kogerer, Austrian nobleman and government official
- Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick, German lawyer and Lord Mayor of Berlin
- Heinrich Klaasen, South African cricketer
- Heinrich Krippel, Austrian sculptor, painter, engraver, and illustrator
- Heinrich von Lüttwitz, German Panzer general during World War II
- Heinrich Marx Prussian lawyer and father of Karl Marx
- Heinrich von Melk, German satirist of the 12th century
- Heinrich Müller (disambiguation), several people with the same name
- Heinrich Parler, German architect and sculptor
- Heinrich Prell, German zoologist
- Heinrich Scheidemann, German Renaissance-Baroque composer
- Heinrich Schliemann, German businessman and amateur archaeologist
- Heinrich Schönfeld, Austrian football player
- Heinrich Schütz, German Renaissance-Baroque composer
- Heinrich Schwarz, German SS Nazi concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes
- C. Heinrich Stratz, German-Russian gynecologist
- Heinrich von Sybel, German historian
- Heinrich Thyssen, German-Hungarian entrepreneur and art collector
- Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian and political writer
- Heinrich von Tschirschky, German diplomat and politician
- Heinrich Uukkivi, Estonian footballer, bandy, and ice hockey player
- Heinrich von Veldeke, Limburgish-German Medieval composer
- Heinrich von Vietinghoff, German colonel-general during World War II
- Heinrich Voes, one of the first two Lutheran martyrs
Fictional characters
- Heinrich, a character in the Conker series#Heinrich|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 Codename: Kids Next Door