Artists and entertainers •
John Henry (actor) (1738–1794), Irish and early American actor •
Seán Ó hEinirí (1915–1998), known in English as John Henry, Irish storyteller and known monolingual speaker of the Irish language •
Don Marion Davis (1917–2020), American former child actor known as John Henry Jr. •
John Raymond Henry (1943–2022), American sculptor • John Henry (born c. 1972), American vocalist in the band
Darkest Hour • John Henry, stage name of
Norman Clapham (1879–1934), English comedian • Jon Henri, a pseudonym used by American cartoonist
Joe Simon Politicians •
John Henry (Maryland politician) (1750–1798), U.S. senator from and governor of Maryland •
John Vernon Henry (1767–1829), American politician, New York State comptroller •
John Flournoy Henry (1793–1873), U.S. representative from Kentucky •
John Franklin Henry, Mississippi state representative from 1884 to 1885 •
John Henry (representative) (1800–1882), U.S. representative from Illinois •
John Snowdon Henry (1824–1896), British politician from South-East Lancashire •
John Henry (Australian politician) (1834–1912), Tasmanian House of Assembly member and treasurer of Tasmania •
Jack Henry (Australian communist) (1904–1976) •
John Henry (Ontario politician) (born 1960), Canadian politician, mayor of Oshawa, Ontario •
John Henry (Cook Islands politician), Cook Islander politician •
John Henry Mitchell, Canadian politician from Ontario
Sportsmen •
John Henry (outfielder/pitcher) (1863–1939), American baseball outfielder/pitcher •
John Henry (catcher) (1889–1941), American baseball catcher •
John Henry (footballer) (born 1971), Scottish footballer
Other people •
John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (1322–1375), also Count of Tyrol •
John Joseph Henry (1758–1811), American Revolutionary War soldier •
John Henry (spy) (c. 1776 – 1853), British spy •
J. L. Henry (John Lane Henry, 1831–1907), Supreme Court of Texas judge •
John Henry (judge) (born c. 1933), New Zealand jurist •
John Henry (toxicologist) (1939–2007), English toxicologist •
John Ruthell Henry (1951–2014), American serial killer •
John W. Henry (born 1949), American businessman and owner of sports teams •
John B. Henry Jr. (1916–2013), United States Air Force general ==In arts and entertainment==