Heinrich (given name)

Heinrich

Emperor Heinrich VI, of the Germans and Romans, 12th century
Pronunciation	German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç]
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	German
Origin
Region of origin	German-speaking countries
Other names
Variant form(s)	Hinnerk, Hendrik, Hinrich
Short form(s)	Heike, Heiko, Heiner, Heinz
Nickname(s)	Heinie
Cognate(s)	Henry
See also	Heinrich (surname)
Popularity	see popular names

Heinrich (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪ̯nʁɪç] (listen)) is a German given name of ancient Germanic origin and cognate of Henry. 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 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 Scheidemann (c. 1595–1663), German Renaissance-Baroque composer
• Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890), German businessman and amateur archaeologist
• Heinrich Schönfeld (born 1900), 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

See also

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