Hank

For other uses, see Hank (disambiguation).

Hank is a male given name. It may have been inspired by the Dutch name Henk,^[1] 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

See also

• Hanks, a surname