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Henry Clay

Henry Clay was a towering figure in American politics in the middle part of the 19th century, a presidential aspirant whose political skills earned him the nickname "The Great Compromiser." Clay…

Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams was a brainy political journalist, academic and gadabout during the second half of the 19th century. He is best remembered for his great personal summing-up, The Education of Henry…

Henry Miller

Henry Miller grew up in New York, but spent many years in Europe, where his autobiographical and sexually explicit novels Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn were published in the 1930s. They…

Henry Kissinger

Name at birth: Heinz Alfred KissingerHenry Kissinger was Secretary of State and advisor to President Richard Nixon, and a key player during the Vietnam War. Henry Kissinger came to the United States…

Henry James

Many consider Henry James to be the master of the psychological novel, and his influence on 20th century English literature is undisputed. An expatriate in London from 1876 to his death (he became a…

Henry Jaglom

Henry Jaglom has been one of the most independent of independent filmmakers since the 1970s, the maker of improvised dramas and romantic comedies that are predictably self-referential -- a quality…

Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson was the English navigator who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1609 and became the first European to sail up what is now the Hudson River in New York. Little is known about Hudson's early…

Henry VIII

Henry VIII ruled England from 1509-1547 and remains one of that country's most famous and controversial kings. He was the second monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry's hearty appetites and fickle…

Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry is the global soccer star whose handball goal against Ireland in 2009 made him also globally infamous. Thierry was by then 15 years into a pro career that started with a French first…

Henry Mancini

Henry Mancinipop composerBorn: 4/16/1924Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio A winner of Oscar and Grammy Awards, Mancini worked as a staff composer for Universal Pictures (1952–58), contributing music to…