Henny

Henny is a Scandinavian and Dutch male and female first name, nickname and surname. It may refer to:

Female given name

 * Henny Backus (1911–2004), Broadway showgirl in the 1930s
 * Henny Lindorff Buckhøj (1902–1979), Danish film actress
 * Henny Koch (1854–1925), German children's author
 * Henny Lauritzen (1871–1938), Danish stage and film actress of the silent era
 * Henny Moan (born 1936), Norwegian actress from Finnmark
 * Henny Mürer (1925–1997), Norwegian choreographer and dancer
 * Henny Skjønberg (1886–1973), Norwegian actress and stage director

Male given name

 * Henny Eman, first Prime Minister of Aruba, from 1986 to 1989
 * Henny Eman (AVP founder), grandfather of the Aruba Prime Minister
 * Henny Meijer (born 1962), Dutch former football player
 * Henny Schilder 1984) is a Dutch football player who plays as a centre back for FC Volendam
 * Henny Vrienten (born 1948), Dutch composer, singer, songwriter and musician
 * Henny ter Weer (1922–2013), Dutch fencer

Nickname

 * Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (1890–2005), Dutch supercentenarian and longest-lived Dutch person in history
 * Henny Dons (1874–1966), Norwegian educator and missionary
 * La Jana (actress), Austro-German dancer and actress Henriette Margarethe ("Henny") Hiebel (1905–1940)
 * Henny Porten (1890–1960), German actress and film producer of the silent era
 * Henny Scholtz (born 1911), Dutch sailor at the 1964 Summer Olympics
 * Henny Vegter (born 1958), Dutch sailor at the 1988 Olympics
 * Henny Youngman (1906–1998), British-born American comedian

Family name

 * Leonard M. Henny (1935–2011), Dutch filmmaker, teacher and writer
 * Phil Henny (born 1943) Swiss racing mechanic, driver and author
 * Victor Henny (1887–1941), Dutch sprinter

Places

 * Henny Street, Great Henny and Little Henny, villages in Essex, England

Other uses

 * Henny (slang), alternate pronunciation of honey popularised on Drag Race
 * Hennessy, a brand of cognac, commonly referred to as "Henny" in rap songs