Hank
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Hank is a male given name. It may have been inspired by the Dutch name Henk, itself a short form of Hendrik and thus related to Harry, Harvey, and Henry.
Given name or nickname
- Hank Aaron (1934–2021), American baseball player
- Hank Aguirre (1931–1994), American baseball player
- Hank Allen (1940–2024), American baseball player
- Hank Anderson (1920–2005), American college basketball coach and player
- Hank Azaria (born 1964), American actor and producer
- Hank Bachmeier (born 1999), American football player
- Hank Ballard (1927–2003), American singer
- Hank Bauer (1922–2007), American baseball player and manager
- Hank Bauer (born 1954), American football player and sportscaster
- Hank Beatty (born 2003), American football player
- Hank Biasatti (1922–1996), Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player
- Hank Blalock (born 1980), American baseball player
- Hank Borowy (1916–2004), American baseball player
- Hank Brown (born 1940), American politician
- Hank Brown (born 2005), American football player
- Hank Burnine (1932–2020), American football player
- Hank Earl Carr (1968–1998), American murderer
- Hank Cochran (1935–2010), American country music singer and songwriter
- Hank Conger (born 1988), American baseball player
- Harry "Hank" Feldman (1919–1962), American baseball player
- Hank Garland (1930–2004), American guitarist and songwriter
- Hank Garrett (born 1931), American actor
- Hank Garrity (1900–1972), American sports player and coach
- Hank Garrity (1908–1962), American baseball player
- Hank Gathers (1967–1990), American basketball player
- Hank Green (born 1980), American vlogger and entrepreneur
- Hank Goldup (1918–2008), Canadian ice hockey player
- Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), American baseball player
- Hank Hanegraaff (born 1950), American writer and radio host
- Hank Haney (born 1955), American professional golf instructor
- Hank Heifetz (born 1935), American poet
- Henry Iba (1904–1993), American basketball player and coach
- Hank Johnson (born 1954), American politician
- Hank Johnson (1906–1982), American baseball player
- Hank Jones (1918–2010), American jazz pianist and bandleader
- Hank Ketcham (1920–2001), American cartoonist
- Hank Ketcham (1891–1986), American football player
- Hank Kuehne (born 1975), American golfer
- Hank Locklin (1918–2009), American country music singer-songwriter
- Hank Luisetti (1916–2002), American basketball player
- Hank Lundy (born 1984), American boxer
- Hank Majeski (1916–1991), American baseball player
- Hank Marvin (born 1941), English musician
- Hank Mobley (1930–1986), American jazz saxophonist and composer
- Hank Norberg (1920–1974), American football player
- Hank Nowak (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey player
- Hank O'Day (1859–1935), American baseball player, manager, and umpire
- Hank Patterson (1888–1975), American actor and musician
- Henry Paulson (born 1946), American investment banker and financier
- Hank Pfister (born 1953), American tennis player
- Henry H. "Hank" Price (1915–2002), American politician
- Hank J. Ratner (born 1959), American executive
- Hank Sauer (1917–2001), American baseball player
- Hank Schyma (born 1982), American musical artist and storm chaser
- Henrik Sedin (born 1980), Swedish ice hockey player
- Hank Smith, American animator
- Hank Smith (1934–2002), Canadian music singer
- Hank A. Smith (1893–1985), American football player
- Hank Snow (1914–1999), Canadian-American musician and songwriter
- Hank Stackpole (1935–2020), United States Marine Corps lieutenant general
- Hank Steinbrecher (1947–2025), American soccer executive, player, and coach
- Hank Steinbrenner (1957–2020), American baseball executive
- Hank Stram (1923–2005), American football coach
- Hank Sullivant (born 1983), American musician
- Hank Thomas (born 1941), American civil rights activist and entrepreneur
- Hank Willis Thomas (born 1976), American artist
- Hank Thompson (1925–1969), American baseball player
- Hank Thompson (1925–2007), American country music singer-songwriter
- Hank Wangford (born 1940), English musician and psychiatrist
- Hank Williams (1923–1953), American singer, songwriter and musician
- Hank Williams Jr. (born 1949), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
- Hank Williams III (born 1972), American musician and singer
- Hank Worden (1901–1992), American actor
- Hank von Hell (1972–2021), Norwegian singer
- Henrik Zetterberg (born 1980), Swedish ice hockey player
- Henrik Lundqvist (born 1982) Swedish ice hockey player
- 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.
Surname
- Carlos Hank González (1927–2001), Mexican politician and businessman
- Carlos Hank González (born 1971), Mexican businessman
- Carlos Hank Guerreiro (born 2000), Mexican equestrian
- Carlos Hank Rhon, Mexican businessman
- Jorge Hank Rhon (born 1956), Mexican businessman and politician
- Tigre Hank (born 1991), Mexican tennis player
- William Hank (1902–1942), World War II US Navy officer
Fictional characters
- Hank, the main villain in Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie
- Hank Anderson, a character in the game Detroit: Become Human
- Hank Dearborn, protagonist of the 1965 TV series Hank
- Hank Gannon, from the soap opera One Life to Live
- Hank Hall, a DC Comics character
- Hank Henshaw, DC Comics villain
- Hank Thunderman, from the TV show The Thundermans
- Hank, from the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen
- Hank Hill, protagonist of the animated TV series King of the Hill
- Hank Janson, fictional character and a pseudonym for a character Stephen Daniel Frances's books
- Hank Jennings, from the TV show Twin Peaks
- Hank Landry, a fictional character in Stargate SG-1
- Hank Landry, a fictional character in Veronica Mars
- Hank Lawson, protagonist of TV series Royal Pains
- Hank McKenna, a character in The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Hank McCoy, a superhero, The Beast, from the Marvel comic series "X-Men"
- Hank Moody, protagonist of the TV series Californication
- Hank Morgan, the Yankee in Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Hank Murphy, a character on Sealab 2021
- Hank "Halloween" Murphy, a character in the Cars film series, see List of Cars characters
- Hank Murphy, a character in the 1994 film Angels in the Outfield
- Hank Pym (aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Hank Rearden, a central character in the novel Atlas Shrugged
- Hank Schrader, from the TV show Breaking Bad
- Hank Venture, fictional character in The Venture Bros.
- Hank Voight, police sergeant in Chicago P.D.
- Hank Zipzer, fictional character from the TV series Hank Zipzer
- Talking Hank, one of the main characters of Talking Tom and Friends
- Hank, main character in the Hank the Cowdog series of children's novels
- Hank, one of the two beavers in Pajanimals
- Hank, a giant Pacific octopus with a missing tentacle in the 2016 Disney/Pixar animated film Finding Dory
- Hank the American Engine, one of the characters in the twelfth series of Thomas and Friends
- Hank, the younger half brother of the titular character in The Bed and Breakfast Star by Jacqueline Wilson
References
References
- [http://mentalfloss.com/article/24761/origins-10-nicknames The Origins of 10 Nicknames], ''Mentalfloss''
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