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Harry (name)

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Gender
  
Male

Word/name
  
Medieval English form of Henry (name)

Related names
  
Henry, Harold, Harris, Harrison, Harriete, Haris (Greek), Charis (Greek), Harilaos (Greek), Charilaos (Greek), Häräy, Gäräy (Tatar), Haruomi (Japanese), Hari (Hindi), Harri (Finnish/Afrikaans)

Harry is a male given name, the Middle English form of Henry. It is also sometimes used as a diminutive form of Harold.

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Harry can refer to:

People

  • Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd President of the United States
  • Prince Harry, second son of the Prince of Wales and grandson of Queen Elizabeth II
  • Harry Akst (1894-1963), American songwriter
  • Harry Alan Towers (1920-2009), British-born radio and independent film producer and screenwriter
  • Harry Altham (1888-1965), English cricketer
  • Harry Anderson, American actor, writer, director and magician
  • Harry Andrews (1911-1989), English film actor
  • Harry Atkinson (1831-1892), tenth Premier of New Zealand
  • Harry B. Smith (1860-1936), writer, lyricist, and composer
  • Harry Brinkley Bass (1916–1944), American military pilot
  • Harry W. Bass, Sr. (1895–1970), American oilman and philanthropist
  • Harry W. Bass, Jr. (1927–1998), American oilman, coin collector and philanthropist
  • Harry Belafonte (born 1927), American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist
  • Harry Blackmun (1908-1999), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • Harry Browne (1933-2006), American writer, politician, and investment analyst
  • Harry Danning, American Major League Baseball All Star catcher
  • Harry Fox (1882-1959), American vaudeville dancer, actor and comedian born Arthur Carringford
  • Harry Goonatilake (1929-2008), 5th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
  • Harry Harris (boxer) (1880-1959), American world champion bantamweight
  • Harry Hollins (1932-1989), American politician
  • Harry Houdini (1874-1926), American escapologist and stunt performer born Erik Weisz
  • Harry Krakow (1910-1991), birth name of King Levinsky, American heavyweight boxer
  • Harry Lewis (boxer) (1886-1956), American world champion welterweight born Harry Besterman
  • Harry Newman (1909-2000), American All-Pro football quarterback
  • Harry Stafford (disambiguation), multiple people

    • Fictional characters

  • Harry Potter, the title character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
  • Sheriff Harry S. Truman, a character in the American television series Twin Peaks
  • Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood's character in the The Dirty Harry series
  • Harry Callahan, a minor character in Diane Duane's Young Wizards series
  • Harry, an antagonist in the Home Alone series
  • Harry Solomon, a character on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun
  • Harry Fisher, a former character in the BBC drama Waterloo Road
  • Harry Coleman, a character in the 2003 film Freaky Friday
  • Harry Bailey, George Bailey's younger brother in the movie It's A Wonderful Life
  • Harry Haller, the protagonist in Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf
  • Sir Harry Pearce, a character in the BBC spy drama Spooks
  • Sir Harry Paget Flashman, main and eponymous character in the "Flashman" series by George MacDonald Fraser
  • Harry Mason, protagonist in the 1999 survival horror video game Silent Hill.
  • Harry Sullivan, a companion to Tom Baker's Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who
  • Harry Dresden, the title character Jim Butcher's urban fantasy series, The Dresden Files and in The Dresden Files (TV series).
  • Harry the Hobo, a character played by Bilal Shahid in the British web series Corner Shop Show.

    • References

    Harry (name) Wikipedia
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