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 Henry & Harvey.

Given name or nickname

• Hank Aaron (1934-2021), Hall of Fame baseball player
• Hank Aguirre (1931–1994), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Hank Allen (born 1940), Major League Baseball outfielder
• Hank Anderson (1920–2005), American college basketball coach
• Hank Azaria (born 1964), American actor, director, voice actor and comedian best known for his voice work on The Simpsons
• Hank Ballard (1927–2003), American R&B singer and songwriter, born John Henry Kendricks
• Hank Bauer (1922–2007), American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager
• Hank Bauer (American football) (born 1954), National Football League running back and television and radio broadcaster
• Hank Biasatti (1922–1996), Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player
• Hank Blalock (born 1980), Major League Baseball player
• Hank Borowy (1916–2004), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Hank Brown (born 1940), American retired politician and former senator from Colorado
• Hank Burnine (1932–2020), American National Football League player
• Hank Earl Carr (1968–1998), American convicted criminal who committed suicide
• Hank Cochran (1935–2010), American country music singer and songwriter
• Harry "Hank" Feldman (1919–1962), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Hank Garland (1930–2004), American studio musician
• Hank Gathers (1967–1990), basketball player
• Hank Green (born 1980), video blogger
• Hank Goldup (1918–2008), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
• Hank Johnson (born 1954), U.S. Representative from Georgia
• Hank Johnson (baseball) (1906–1982), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Hank Jones (1918–2010), American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer
• Henry Iba (1904–1993), American Hall-of-Fame college basketball head coach
• Hank Ketcham (1920–2001), American cartoonist who created Dennis the Menace
• Hank Ketcham (American football) (1891–1986), American college football player
• Hank Kuehne (born 1975), American former professional golfer
• Hank Locklin (1918–2009), American country music singer and songwriter
• Hank Marvin, English musician, singer and songwriter born Brian Robson Rankin in 1941
• Hank Mobley (1930–1986), American hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist and composer
• Hank Norberg (1920–1974), American football player
• Hank Nowak (born 1950), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Henry Paulson (born 1946), former Secretary of the Treasury
• Hank Pfister (born 1953), American retired tennis player
• Hank Sauer (1917–2001), Major League Baseball player
• Henrik Sedin (born 1980), Swedish National Hockey League player
• Hank Snow (1914–1999), Canadian-American country music artist and songwriter
• Hank Stackpole (1935–2020), retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general
• Hank Steinbrenner (1957–2020), part-owner of the New York Yankees
• Hank Stram (1923–2005), American National Football League head coach
• Hank Thompson (baseball) (1925–1969), baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball
• Hank Thompson (musician) (1925–2007), American country music singer and songwriter
• Hank Wangford (born 1940), English country musician and psychiatrist
• Hank Williams (1923–1953), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
• Hank Williams Jr. (born 1949), American country music singer, songwriter and musician, son of Hank Williams
• Hank Williams III (born 1972), American musician and singer, son of Hank Williams Jr.
• Hank Worden (1901–1992), American actor born Norton Earl Worden
• Henrik Zetterberg (born 1980), National Hockey League player from Sweden
• Henrik Lundqvist (born 1982) National Hockey League player from Sweden
• 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

• Big Bank Hank (1956–2014), American old school rapper and manager
• Carlos Hank González (1927–2001), Mexican politician and businessman
• Carlos Hank González (businessman, born 1971) (born 1971), Mexican businessman
• Carlos Hank Rhon, Mexican businessman
• Jorge Hank Rhon (born 1956), Mexican businessman and former municipal president of Tijuana
• William Hank (1902–1942), World War II US Navy officer

Fictional characters

• 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 Jennings, from the TV show Twin Peaks.
• Hank Lawson, protagonist of TV series Royal Pains.
• 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 Mufflin, Fanboy and Chum Chum's grouchy, yet often playful, teacher
• 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

References