Henryk (given name)

Henryk is a Polish male given name of Germanic origin. It means 'ruler of the home' or 'lord of the house'. It is pronounced similarly to Henrik, the spelling used in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia.
The most common equivalents in other languages are Henry, Heikki, Hendrik, Heinrich, Enrico, Henri, Enrique and Henrique. A longer list can be found here.

People named Henryk

Henryk Chmielewski (comics), 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), mime artist
Henryk Tomaszewski (poster artist), poster artist

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

Henryk M. Broder, Polish-born German journalist, author, television personality, and critic of Islam
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

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 (1799)
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

Henryk Czyż, Polish musician, conductor and teacher
Henryk Górecki, Polish composer
Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński, Polish composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher
Svika Pick, born Henryk Pick, Israeli pop singer, songwriter, composer, and television personality
Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist
Henryk Wars, Polish and later an American naturalized citizen pop music composer
Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer

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

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

Henryk Alszer, Polish football player
Henryk Apostel, Polish international football player
Henryk Bałuszyński, Polish international football player
Henryk Budzicz, Polish sprint canoer
Henryk Chmielewski (boxer), Polish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
Henryk Czapczyk, Warta Poznań football player
Henryk Glücklich, Polish motorcycle speedway rider
Henryk Grabowski (athlete), Polish long jumper
Henryk Janikowski, Polish football player
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, 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