Harry (given name)

Harry is a male given name. Beginning as a Middle English form of Henry, in the modern era it became a diminutive for several names beginning with "Har".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Norwegian term "harry" is derived from the name.<ref>Kalvø, Are: Harry. Det Norske Samlaget. ISBN 82-521-5419-0</ref> Template:Compact ToC

People

Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States, official portrait by Greta Kempton, Template:Circa.

Single name

• Dirty Harry (musician) (born 1982), British rock singer who has also used the stage name Harry
• Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (born 1984), second son of King Charles III of the United Kingdom

By surname

• Harry Akst (1894–1963), American songwriter
• Harry Allen (designer) (born 1964), American industrial and interior designer
• Harry Allen (musician) (born 1966), American jazz tenor saxophonist
• Harry Altham (1888–1965), English cricketer
• Harry Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Harry Andersson (1913–1996), Swedish football striker
• Harry Andrews (1911–1989), English film actor
• Harry Angping (born 1952), Filipino politician
• Harry Arter (born 1989), professional footballer
• Harry Atkinson (1831–1892), tenth Premier of New Zealand
• Harry Baals (1886-1954) American mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Harry Bateman (1882–1946), English mathematician
• Harry Bateman (artist) (1896–1976), English landscape painter
• Harry Baweja (born 1956), Indian film director and producer
• Harry Bass (disambiguation), multiple people
• Harry Beck (1902–1974), English technical draughtsman
• Harry Beck (footballer) (1901–1979), English footballer
• Harry Belafonte (1927–2023), American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist
• Harry L. Billings (1913-1990), American journalist and civil rights advocate
• Harry Birtwistle (born 2003), Singaporean professional footballer
• Harry Blackmun (1908–1999), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Harry Boland (1887–1922), Irish republican politician
• Harry Bong (1905–1987), Swedish Navy officer
• Harry Boykoff (1922–2001), American basketball player
• Harry Bresslau (1848–1926), German historian and scholar of state papers and of historical and literary muniments
• Harry Brewis (born 1991), English YouTube personality
• Harry Brook (born 1999), English international cricketer
• Harry Browne (1933–2006), American writer, politician, and investment analyst
• Harry E. Burke (1878–1963), American forest entomologist
• Harry Bush (American cricketer) (born 1989), American first-class cricketer
• Harry Bush (English cricketer) (1871–1942), English first-class cricketer
• Harry F Byrd (1887 - 1966) American Newspaper publisher and politician
• Harry F Byrd, Jr (1914 - 2013), American orchardist, newspaper publisher and politician
• Harry Callahan (photographer) (1912–1999), American photographer and educator
• Harry Caray (1914–1998), American radio and television sportscaster
• Harry Carey (actor) (1878–1947), American actor
• Harry Carpenter (1925–2010), British BBC sports commentator
• Harry Carpenter (bishop) (1901–1993), English bishop and theologian
• Harry Carpenter (priest), Anglican priest
• Harry Chapin (1942-1981), American folk singer-songwriter and philanthropist
• Harry Choates (1922–1951), American fiddler
• Harry Clarke (1889–1931), Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator
• Harry Clarke (footballer, born 2001) (born 2001), English professional footballer
• Harry Cole (journalist) (born 1986), British journalist
• Harry Connick Jr. (born 1967), American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and television host
• Harry Cothliff (1916–1976), English footballer
• Harry Crider (born 1999), American football player
• Harry Corbett (1918–1989), English magician, puppeteer and television presenter
• Harry H. Corbett (1925–1982), English actor and comedian
• Harry Crosbie (fl. 1990's - 2020's), Irish property developer
• Harry Crosby (1898–1929), American heir, World War I veteran, bon vivant, poet, and publisher
• Harry Crosby (businessman) (born 1958), American investment banker and former actor
• Harry Daghlian (1921–1945), American physicist
• Harry Danford (born 1939), Canadian politician
• Harry Danning, American Major League Baseball All-Star catcher
• Harry Davenport (1866–1949), American actor
• Harry Dias Bandaranaike (1822-1901), first Sinhala and first indigenous Puisne Justice and acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Harry Edward (1898–1973), British runner
• Harry Eisenstat (1915–2003), Major League Baseball player
• Harry Enfield (born 1961), English comedian, actor, writer and director
• Harry Enten (born 1988), American journalist
• Harry Eriksson (1892–1957), Swedish diplomat
• Harry Feldman (1919–1962), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Harry Wickwire Foster, senior Canadian Army officer who commanded two Canadian divisions during World War II, one of the principal commanders of Aleutian Islands campaign and Operation Cottage
• Harry Fox (1882–1959), American vaudeville dancer, actor and comedian born Arthur Carringford
• Harry Frankfurt (1929–2023), American philosopher
• Harrison Garside (born 1997), Australian boxer
• Harry Geithner (born 1976), Colombian actor, film director and producer
• Harry Gesner (1925–2022), American architect
• Harry Gideonse (1901–1985), American President of Brooklyn College, and Chancellor of the New School for Social Research
• Harry Giles (basketball) (born 1998), American professional basketball player
• Harry Giles (footballer) (1911–1986), Australian rules footballer
• Harry Gilmer (1926–2016), American football halfback and quarterback
• Harry Goodsir (1819–c. 1848), Scottish physician and naturalist
• Harry Goonatilake (1929–2008), 5th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
• Harry Gottsacker (born 1999), American racing driver
• Harry Grant (cyclist) (1906-1993), British racing cyclist
• Harry Grant (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer
• Harry Grant (racing driver) (1877–1915), American auto racing driver
• Harry Grant (rugby league) (born 1998), Australian professional rugby league footballer
• Harry Gration (1950–2022), English journalist and broadcaster
• Harry Gregg (1932–2020), Northern Irish professional footballer and manager
• Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961), British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer
• Harry Grindell Matthews, English inventor who claimed to have invented a death ray in the 1920s
• Harry Groener (born 1951), German-born American actor and dancer
• Harry Guardino (1925–1995), American actor
• Harry Gurney (born 1986), English cricketer
• Harry Gwala (1920-1995), South African African National Congress and Communist Party of South Africa revolutionary
• Harry Gyles (1880–1959), Australian rules footballer
• Harry Haldeman (1926 - 1993), American politician and businessman
• Harry Harris (boxer) (1880–1959), American world champion bantamweight
• Harry Harrison (writer) (1925–2012), American science fiction author
• Harry Heaney, British chemist
• Harry Hill (born 1964), British comedian - also known as Matthew Keith Hall
• Harry Hollins (1932–1989), American politician
• Harry Houdini (1874–1926), American escapologist and stunt performer born Erik Weisz
• Harry Hughes (disambiguation), multiple people
• Harry Jerome (1940–1982), Canadian track and field sprinter and physical education teacher
• Harry Jowsey (born 1997), Australian television personality
• Harry Kalas (1936-2009), American sportscaster
• Harry Kane (born 1993), English footballer
• Harry Kewell (born 1978), Australian association football coach, manager and former player
• Harry King (cricketer) (1881-1947), English cricketer
• Harry King (footballer) (1886-1968), English footballer
• Harry King (racing driver) (born 2001), English racing driver
• Harry Kinnard, American general officer, one of the principal commanders of Pleiku campaign
• Harry Knowles (born 1971), American film critic and writer
• Harry Krakow (1910–1991), birth name of King Levinsky, American heavyweight boxer
• Harold Walter Kroto, known as Harry Kroto (1939–2016), English chemist
• Harry Landis (1926–2022), British actor and director
• Harry Richard Landis (1899–2008), American First World War veteran
• Harry Langdon (1884–1944), American comedian
• Harry Lauder (1870–1950), Scottish singer and comedian
• Harry Lawtey (born 1996), English actor
• Harry Lennix (born 1964), American actor
• Harry Lewis (boxer) (1886–1956), American world champion welterweight born Harry Besterman
• Harry Litman, American lawyer, law professor and political commentator
• Harry Lloyd (born 1983), English actor
• Harry Lorraine (American actor) (1873–1935), American silent film actor
• Harry Lorraine (English actor) (1885–1970), actor in English silent films
• Harry Lorayne (1926–2023), American magician
• Harry Luff (1856–1916), American Major League Baseball player
• Harry Maguire (born 1993), English footballer
• Harry Manser (1874–1955), justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
• Harry Michael (born 1992), Australian rapper and songwriter, known professionally as Masked Wolf
• Harry Clive Minnett (1917–2003), Australian physicist and radio engineer
• Harry Morgan (1915–2011), American actor
• Harry S. Morgan (1945–2011), German director and producer of pornographic movies
• Harry Mosby (1945–1993), Australian Paralympic athlete from the Torres Strait
• Sir Harry Burrard Neale, British officer of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for Lymington
• Harry Ord (1819–1885), British colonial administrator
• Harry Pace (1884–1943), American music publisher and insurance executive
• Harry Partch (1901–1974), American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments
• Harry Patch (1898–2009), English supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the last surviving trench combat soldier of the First World War from any country
• Harry Paulet, British sailor
• Harry Peglar (1812 – c. 1849), English seaman
• Harry Pollitt (1890-1960), British communist politician, former General Secretary of the CPGB
• Harry Prendergast (1834–1913), British general, one of the principal commanders of Third Anglo-Burmese War
• Harry Redknapp (born 1947), English footballer and manager
• Harry Reems (1947–2013), American pornographic film actor
• Harry Reid (1939–2021), American politician
• Harry Roque (born 1966), Filipino lawyer and former law professor
• Harry Sacksioni (born 1950), composer and guitar virtuoso of Dutch origin
• Herschel Saltzman, known as Harry Saltzman (1915–1994), Canadian theatre and film producer
• Harry Scarff (born 1993), English professional boxer
• Harry Secombe (1921–2001), Welsh comedian, actor, singer and television presenter
• Harry Seidler (1923–2006), Austrian-born Australian architect
• Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858–1947), American retail magnate
• Harry Sheezel (born 2004), Australian rules footballer
• Harry Shum (born 1966), Chinese computer scientist
• Harry Shum Jr. (born 1982), Costa Rican-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer
• Harry Thomas Silcock (1882–1969), English Quaker missionary
• Harry Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Harry Souttar (born 1998), professional footballer
• Harry Stafford (disambiguation), multiple people
• Harry Dean Stanton (1926–2017), American actor, musician, and singer
• H. J. Sterling (Harry John Sterling; 1882–1959), Canadian ice hockey administrator
• Harry F. Stimpson Jr., (Harry Farnum Stimpson Junior, 1913–2005), American lawyer and ambassador
• Harry Styles (born 1994), British singer, songwriter, actor as well as member of the boy band One Direction
• Harry Sugiyama (born 1985), Japanese television personality and model
• Harry Swartz (born 1996), American soccer player
• Harry Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
• Harry Thurston (born 1950), Canadian writer and journalist
• Harry Alan Towers (1920–2009), British-born radio and independent film producer and screenwriter
• Harry Traver (1877-1961), American roller coaster and amusement ride engineer
• Harry Treadaway (born 1984), English actor
• Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), 33rd President of the United States
• Harry Twite (born 2005), Bermudian footbaler
• Harry Vickers (disambiguation), multiple people
• Harry Warner (1881–1958), American cartoonist and one of the founders of Warner Brothers
• Harry Washington (American football) (born 1956) American football player
• Harry Weese (1915–1998), American architect
• Harry Weld-Forester (born 1981), Scottish cricketer
• Harry Wolff (booking agent) (1890–1934), booking agent for theater and vaudeville performers in the early 20th century
• Harry Woolf (1923 - 2003), American educator and historian
• Harry Wright (disambiguation), multiple people
• Harry Winks (born 1993) English footballer
• Harry Winston (1896–1978), American jeweler

Fictional characters

• Dirty Harry, eponymous character from the 70s and 80s played by Clint Eastwood
• Harry, a main character in Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
• Harry, Henry's cousin in Henry Hugglemonster
• Harry, one of the main characters in the Playhouse Disney animated television series Stanley
• Harry the Hobo, a character played by Bilal Shahid in the British web series Corner Shop Show
• Harry the Horse, a character in the Broadway Musical Guys and Dolls
• Harry Bailey, George Bailey's younger brother in the movie It's A Wonderful Life
• Dr. Harry Bertram, a character in the 1989 American science-fiction drama movie Beyond the Stars
• Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood's character in the Dirty Harry film series
• Harry Callahan, a minor character in Diane Duane's Young Wizards series
• Harry Coleman, a character in the 2003 film Freaky Friday
• Harry Dresden, the title character Jim Butcher's urban fantasy series, The Dresden Files
• Harry Fisher, a former character in the BBC drama Waterloo Road
• Sir Harry Paget Flashman, main and eponymous character in the "Flashman" series by George MacDonald Fraser
• Harry Haller, the protagonist in Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf
• Harry Hart, a character in the Kingsman film series
• Harry Hewitt, a character from Coronation Street
• Harry Hooperman, LAPD Detective from TV show Hooperman
• Harry Keogh, the main character in Brian Lumley's series of horror novels, Necroscope
• Harry Leland, a Marvel Comics villain
• Harry Lyme (Joe Pesci), an antagonist in the Home Alone series
• Harry Mason, protagonist in the 1999 survival horror video game Silent Hill
• Harry Osborn, a character from Spider-Man
• Sir Harry Pearce, a character in the BBC spy drama Spooks
• Harry Potter, the title character in Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
• Harry Solomon, a character on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun
• Judge Harold "Harry" T. Stone in the TV series Night Court
• Harry Sullivan, a companion to Tom Baker's Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who
• Harry Sultenfuss, a character 1991 and 1994 American coming-of-age comedy-drama movies My Girl and My Girl 2 played by Dan Aykroyd
• Sheriff Harry S. Truman, a character in the American television series Twin Peaks
• Harry Watling, a character from Inside Man, played by David Tennant
• Harry Weiss, a character from the 1981 musical satire film Shock Treatment
• Harry Wells, a character from the Arrowverse franchise