Hank

Hank is a male given name. It may have been inspired by the Dutch name Henk,[1] itself a short form of Hendrik and thus related to Harry, Harvey, and Henry.

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  • Hank Aaron (1934-2021), Hall of Fame baseball player
  • Hank Aguirre (1931–1994), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Hank Allen (born 1940), Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Hank Anderson (1920–2005), American college basketball coach
  • Hank Azaria (born 1964), American actor, director, voice actor and comedian best known for his voice work on The Simpsons
  • Hank Bachmeier (born 1999), American football quarterback
  • Hank Ballard (1927–2003), American R&B singer and songwriter, born John Henry Kendricks
  • Hank Bauer (1922–2007), American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager
  • Hank Bauer (American football) (born 1954), National Football League running back and television and radio broadcaster
  • Hank Biasatti (1922–1996), Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player
  • Hank Blalock (born 1980), Major League Baseball player
  • Hank Borowy (1916–2004), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Hank Brown (born 1940), American retired politician and former senator from Colorado
  • Hank Brown (American football), American college football player
  • Hank Burnine (1932–2020), American National Football League player
  • Hank Earl Carr (1968–1998), American convicted criminal who committed suicide
  • Hank Cochran (1935–2010), American country music singer and songwriter
  • Harry "Hank" Feldman (1919–1962), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Hank Garland (1930–2004), American studio musician
  • Hank Gathers (1967–1990), basketball player
  • Hank Green (born 1980), video blogger
  • Hank Goldup (1918–2008), Canadian National Hockey League player
  • Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
  • Hank Johnson (born 1954), U.S. Representative from Georgia
  • Hank Johnson (baseball) (1906–1982), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Hank Jones (1918–2010), American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer
  • Henry Iba (1904–1993), American Hall-of-Fame college basketball head coach
  • Hank Ketcham (1920–2001), American cartoonist who created Dennis the Menace
  • Hank Ketcham (American football) (1891–1986), American college football player
  • Hank Kuehne (born 1975), American former professional golfer
  • Hank Locklin (1918–2009), American country music singer and songwriter
  • Hank Marvin, English musician, singer and songwriter born Brian Robson Rankin in 1941
  • Hank Mobley (1930–1986), American hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist and composer
  • Hank Norberg (1920–1974), American football player
  • Hank Nowak (born 1950), Canadian National Hockey League player
  • Henry Paulson (born 1946), former Secretary of the Treasury
  • Hank Pfister (born 1953), American retired tennis player
  • Hank J. Ratner (born 1959), American media, sports, entertainment and telecommunications executive
  • Hank Sauer (1917–2001), Major League Baseball player
  • Henrik Sedin (born 1980), Swedish National Hockey League player
  • Hank Snow (1914–1999), Canadian-American country music artist and songwriter
  • Hank Stackpole (1935–2020), retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general
  • Hank Steinbrenner (1957–2020), part-owner of the New York Yankees
  • Hank Stram (1923–2005), American National Football League head coach
  • Hank Thompson (baseball) (1925–1969), baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball
  • Hank Thompson (musician) (1925–2007), American country music singer and songwriter
  • Hank Wangford (born 1940), English country musician and psychiatrist
  • Hank Williams (1923–1953), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
  • Hank Williams Jr. (born 1949), American country music singer, songwriter and musician, son of Hank Williams
  • Hank Williams III (born 1972), American musician and singer, son of Hank Williams Jr.
  • Hank Worden (1901–1992), American actor born Norton Earl Worden
  • Henrik Zetterberg (born 1980), National Hockey League player from Sweden
  • Henrik Lundqvist (born 1982) National Hockey League player from Sweden
  • Hank (dog), a dog rescued by the Milwaukee Brewers named after Hank Aaron
  • Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a nickname of entertainer Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr.

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