Henson (name)

Henson is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

 * Adam Henson (born 1966), British television presenter
 * Ant Henson (born 1989), British singer-songwriter
 * Basil Henson (1918–1990), British actor
 * Bill Henson (born 1955), Australian photographer
 * Brian Henson (born 1963), American puppeteer, director, and producer
 * Christian Henson (born 1971), British composer
 * David Henson (born 1984), British athlete
 * Deborah Henson-Conant (born 1953), American harpist
 * Dinah Henson (1948–2020), English amateur golfer
 * Drew Henson (born 1980), former Major League Baseball player and American football quarterback
 * Elden Henson (born 1977), American actor
 * Gavin Henson (born 1982), Welsh rugby union player, son of Alan Henson
 * Gladys Henson (1897–1982), British actress
 * Herbert Hensley Henson (1863–1947), British bishop
 * Jane Henson (1934–2013), American puppeteer, wife of Jim Henson
 * Jim Henson (1936–1990), American puppeteer and creator of the Muppets, as well as the organizations below that bear his name
 * Jim Henson (escaped slave), American slave who escaped and settled in Canada
 * Joe Henson (1932–2015), British conservationist
 * John Henson (born 1967), American TV show host
 * John Henson (puppeteer) (1965–2014), American puppeteer, son of Jim Henson
 * Josiah Henson (1789–1883), famed fugitive American slave
 * Josh Henson (born 1975), American football coach
 * Keith Henson (born 1942), American science and science-fiction writer and activist against the Church of Scientology
 * Leslie Henson (1891–1957), British actor
 * Lisa Henson (born 1960), American television and movie producer
 * Lou Henson (1932–2020), American college basketball coach
 * Martin Henson (computer scientist) (born 1954), British computer scientist
 * Matthew Henson (1866–1955), an American explorer who may have been the first to reach the geographic North Pole with Robert Peary in 1909
 * Mishavonna Henson, American Idol contestant
 * Mickie Henson (1963–2022), American professional wrestling referee
 * Nicky Henson (1945–2019), British actor, son of Leslie Henson
 * Olivia Grace Henson (born 1992), the Duchess of Westminster
 * Richard A. Henson (1910–2002), an American test pilot, flight school operator, and founder of the modern "commuter airline" concept
 * Rozia Henson, American politician
 * Shandelle Henson (born 1964), American mathematician
 * Taraji P. Henson (born 1970), American actress and singer
 * Tim Henson (born 1980), American host of popular podcast Distorted View Daily
 * William Henson (Australian politician) (1826–1903), New South Wales politician
 * William Samuel Henson (1812–1888), British aviation pioneer

Given name

 * Henson P. Barnes (1934–2015), American politician
 * Henson Cargill (1941–2007), American country music singer
 * Henson Moore (born 1939), American politician