Hank



Gender:
Origin: German, Hebrew
304 famous people named Hank found on Wikipedia.
12073 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 457-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 452-th in year 2017
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name, form of Henry.


Hank is both a masculine given name and a surname. It is a pet form of the name Henry, influenced by the Dutch name Henk, that is mainly used in the United States. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
Hank Aaron (born 1934), Hall of Fame baseball player
Hank Aguirre (1931-1994), Major League Baseball pitcher
Hank Allen (born 1940), Major League Baseball outfielder
Hank Azaria (born 1964), American actor, director, voice actor and comedian best known for his voice work on The Simpsons
Hank Ballard (1927-2003), rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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 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 (born 1932), American football player
Hank Cochran (1935-2010), American country music singer and songwriter
Hank Feldman, Major League Baseball pitcher
Hank Garland (1930-2004), American studio musician
Hank Gathers (1967-1990), basketball player
Hank Goldup (1918-2008), National Hockey League player
Hank Greenberg (1911-1986), Hall of Fame baseball player
Hank Johnson (born 1954), U.S. Representative from Georgia
Hank Jones (1918-2010), American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer
Hank Iba (1904-1993), American college basketball head coach of the Oklahoma A&M Aggies (now known as the Oklahoma State Cowboys)
Hank Ketcham (1920-2001), American cartoonist who created Dennis the Menace
Hank Kuehne (born 1975), American former professional golfer
Hank Locklin (1918-2009), American country music singer and songwriter
Hank Marvin, guitarist
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 born National Hockey League player
Hank Pfister (born 1953), American retired tennis player
Hank Sauer (1917-2001), Major League Baseball left fielder
Hank Snow (1914-1999), Canadian-American country music musician and songwriter
Hank Steinbrenner (born 1957), part-owner of the New York Yankees
Hank Stram (1923-2005), American National Football League 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 Williams (1923-1953), country musician
Hank Williams, Jr. (born 1949), country musician, son of Hank Williams
Hank Williams III (born 1972), country musician, son of Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank Worden (1901-1992), American actor
Hank (dog), a dog rescued by the Milwaukee Brewers named after Hank Aaron
Nickname:
Hank Green (born 1980), video blogger
Hank Paulson, (born 1946) former Secretary of the Treasury
Henrik Sedin, Swedish hockey player
Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish hockey player
Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a nickname of entertainer Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr.
Surname:
Jorge Hank Rhon, former Municipal President of Tijuana
Carlos Hank González, his father
Fictional characters:
Henry Charles "Hank" Chinaski, alter ego of and character in many stories by Charles Bukowski
Hank Gannon, from the soap opera One Life to Live
Hank Hall, a DC Comics character
Hank Halverson the basis for the Marvel Comic's hero Hank Pym in 1962
Hank Henshaw, DC Comics villain
Hank, a character from the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen
Hank Hill, protagonist of the TV series King of The Hill
Hank Jennings, from the TV show Twin Peaks
Henry "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 or Henry Pym (aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional character in the Marvel Universe
Hank Rearden, fictional character in Atlas Shrugged
Hank Schrader, from the TV show Breaking Bad
Hank Venture, fictional character in The Venture Bros.
Henry "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, an octopus with a missing tentacle in the animated film Finding Dory


Late 13c., "a loop of rope" (in nautical use), probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hönk "a hank, coil," hanki "a clasp (of a chest);" ultimately related to hang (v.). From 1550s as a length of yarn or thread.


God is gracious. Form of Henry: home ruler.

Famous People: 304 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Hank Azaria 1964 American actor
2 Henry Pym Marvel Comics superhero
3 Hank Aaron 1934 Retired American baseball player
4 Hank Williams Jr. 1949 American country singer-songwriter and musician
5 Hank Henshaw Fictional supervillain featured in the DC Comics universe
6 Hank Williams III 1972 American musician and singer
7 Hank Green 1980 American vlogger
8 Hank Baskett 1982 American football player
9 Hank Gathers 1967 American basketball player
10 Hank Marvin 1941 English musician
11 Hank Kuehne 1975 Professional golfer
12 Hank Hill Fictional character from King of the Hill
13 Hank Moody Fictional character from TV series Californication
14 Hank Greenberg 1911 Baseball outfielder
15 Hank Snow 1914 Country musician
16 Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf 1962 American entertainer
17 Hank Worden 1901 1901-1992 American actor
18 Big Bank Hank 1957 American rapper
19 Hank Stram 1923 American football player and coach
20 Hank Steinbrenner 1957 American baseball executive
21 Hank Conger 1988 American baseball player
22 Hank Hall
23 Hank Ballard 1927 R&B singer and songwriter
24 Hank Mobley 1930 American saxophonist
25 Hank Hanegraaff 1950 American writer and radio host
26 Hank Garland 1930 American musician
27 Hank Skinner 1962 American murderer
28 Hank Jones 1918 American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
29 Hank Locklin 1918 American musician
30 Hank Cochran 1935 American country musician
31 Hollywood Hank 2000 German rapper
32 Hank Erwin 1949 American politician
33 Hank Haney 1955 Golf instructor
34 Hank Shermann 1958 Danish musician
35 Hank Parker American outdoorsman and TV personality
36 Hank Blalock 1980 American baseball player
37 Henry Lundy 1984 American boxer
38 Hank Meijer 1952 American businessman
39 Hank Chien 1974 Three-time world champion of the video game Donkey Kong
40 Hank Crawford 1934 American saxophonist
41 Hank Earl Carr 1968 American mass murderer
42 Hank Sauer 1917 American baseball player and coach
43 Hank von Helvete 1972 Norwegian musician and actor
44 Hank Wangford 1940 English singer
45 Hank Goldberg 1940 American sportscaster
46 Hank O'Day 1859 American baseball player, manager, umpire
47 Hank Häberle 1957 German singer
48 Hank Cheyne 1958 American actor
49 Hank Garrett 1931 American actor
50 Hank Brown 1940 American politician
51 Hank Fraley 1977 American football player
52 Hank Asher 1951 American businessman
53 Hank Egan 1937 American basketball player-coach
54 Hank Thompson 1925 American baseball player
55 Hank Luisetti 1916 American basketball player
56 Hank Phillippi Ryan American writer
57 Hank Mann 1887 American actor
58 Hank Penny 1918 American musician
59 Rainer Hank 1953 German journalist
60 Hank Willis Thomas 1976 American artist
61 Hank Bullough 1934 American football player and coach
62 Hank Aguirre 1931 American baseball player and coach
63 Hank Greenspun 1909 American publisher, real estate developer
64 Hank Bauer 1954 American football player
65 Hank Medress 1938 American musician
66 Hank Finkel 1942 American basketball player
67 Hank Steinberg 1969 American television and film writer, producer and director
68 Hank Izquierdo 1931 Cuban baseball player
69 Hank Greenwald 1935 American sports announcer
70 Hank Biasatti 1922 Canadian basketball player
71 Hank Sullivant 1983 American musician
72 Hank Borowy 1916 Major League Baseball pitcher
73 Hank Corwin 2000 American film editor
74 Hank Poteat 1977 Player of American football
75 Hank Henry 1906 American actor
76 Hank Stuever 1968 American travel writer
77 Tigre Hank 1991 Mexican tennis player
78 Hank Osasuna 1972 English actor and performance artist
79 Hank Mizell 1923 American rockabilly singer
80 Hank Sanicola 1914
81 Hank Pfister 1953 American tennis player
82 Hank Gowdy 1889 American baseball player, coach, manager
83 Hank Peters 1924 American baseball executive
84 Hank Wesselman 1941 American anthropologist
85 Hank Nichols 1938 Basketball referee
86 Hank Ilesic 1959 Player of American and Canadian football
87 Hank Lauricella 1930 American politician
88 Hank Allen 1940 American baseball player
89 Hank Hughes 1907 American football player
90 Hank Searls 1922 American novelist and screenwriter
91 Hank Adams 1943 Activist
92 Hank Soar 1914 Player of American football
93 Hank Gremminger 1933 American football player
94 Hank Klibanoff 1965 American journalist
95 Hank Janson British pseudonymous writer and fictional American reporter
96 Hank Gannon
97 Hank Wyse 1918 American baseball player
98 Hank McDowell 1959 American basketball player
99 Hank Crisp 1896 American college coach
100 Hank Cicalo 1932 American recording engineer
101 Hank Roberts 1954 American cellist
102 Hank DeZonie 1922 American basketball player
103 Hank Wilson 1947 LGBT rights activist
104 Hank Marino 1889 American ten-pin bowler
105 Hank Foldberg 1923 All-American college football player, professional football player, college football coach, college athletics administrator
106 Hank Parker, Jr. 1975 American stock car racing driver and outdoorsman
107 Hank Bell 1892 Actor
108 Hank Bassen 1932 Canadian ice hockey player
109 Hank Raymonds 1924 American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
110 Hank Shizzoe 1966 Swiss musician
111 Hank Vaughan 1849 American poker player
112 Hank Leiber 1911 Major League Baseball outfielder
113 Hank Moonjean 1930 Film producer
114 Hank Foiles 1929 American baseball player
115 Hank Mills 1936 American composer
116 Hank Majeski 1916 American baseball player and coach
117 Hank M. Bounds 1967
118 Hank Plante American journalist
119 Hank Magnuski 1944 American electronics engineer
120 Hank Monk 1826
121 Hank Huckaby Member Georgia House of Representatives
122 Sabina Hank 1976 Austrian composer
123 Hank Nelson 1937 Australian historian
124 Hank Johnson 1906 American baseball player
125 Hank Kuhlmann 1937 American football player and coach, baseball player
126 Hank Anderson 1920 American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
127 Hank Bruder 1907 American football player
128 Hank Rosenstein 1920 American basketball player
129 Hank Marr 1927 American musician
130 Hank Landry Stargate character
131 Hank Kanalz American comic book writer and editor
132 Hank Palmer 1985 Athletics competitor
133 Hank McGregor South African canoeist
134 Bob Hank 1923 Australian rules footballer and coach
135 Hank Van Sickle 1961 American musician
136 Hank Pellissier Writer
137 Hank Reinhardt 1934 American writer
138 Hank Simms 1923
139 Hank Edwards 1919 American baseball player
140 Hank Schwartz 1927 American businessman
141 Hank Beenders 1916 American basketball player
142 Hank Kaplan 1920 American sportswriter and historian
143 Hank Kashiwa 1949 Olympic alpine skier
144 Hank Lyon 1988 Morris County Freeholder
145 Hank Shaw 1926 British musician
146 Hank Fischer 1940 American baseball player
147 Hank Risan 1955 American businessman and scientist
148 Hank DeBerry 1894 American baseball player
149 Hank Webb 1950 American baseball player
150 Hank J. Ratner
151 Hank D'Amico 1915 American musician
152 Hank Severeid 1891 American baseball player
153 Hank Burnine 1932 American football player
154 Hank Siemiontkowski 1950 American basketball player
155 Hank Thorns 1989 American basketball player
156 Hank O'Neal 1940 American photographer
157 Hank Levy American computer scientist
158 Hank Lammens 1966 Canadian ice hockey defenceman
159 Hank Robinson 1887 American baseball player
160 Henry James Thomas 1941 American activist
161 Hank Helf 1913 American baseball player
162 Hank Autry 1947 American football player
163 Hank Behrman 1921 American baseball player
164 Hank Workman 1926 American baseball player
165 Hank Riebe 1921 American baseball player
166 Hank Ketcham 1891 American football player
167 Hank Goldup 1918 Canadian ice hockey player
168 Hank Mason 1931 American baseball player
169 Hank Bjorklund 1950 American football player
170 Hank Cramer 1953 American singer
171 Hank Nowak 1950 Canadian ice hockey player
172 Hank Gilpin American artist
173 Hank Arft 1922 American baseball player
174 Hank Schenz 1919 American baseball player
175 Daniel Hank
176 Hank Allison 1947 American football player
177 Hank Duncan 1894 American musician
178 Hank Gastright 1865 American baseball player
179 Hank Rieger 1918 Film and television publicist
180 Hank Norberg 1920 American football player
181 Hank Harris 1923 American football player
182 Hank Biesiot 1945 American football and baseball player and coach
183 Hank Coe 1946 Wyoming politician
184 Hank Vasconcellos 1911 American football coach, college athletics administrator
185 Hank Thormahlen 1896 American baseball player
186 Hank Lazer American writer
187 Hank Morgenweck 1929 American baseball umpire
188 Hank Smith American animator
189 Hank Williams 1952 American professional basketball player
190 Hank Whitney 1939 American professional basketball player
191 Hank Wardle 1915 Canadian escapee of Colditz
192 Hank Small 1953 American baseball player
193 Hank Chapman Comics writer
194 Hank Herring 1922 American boxer
195 Hank M. Tavera
196 Hank Schreiber 1891 American baseball player
197 Hank Laventhol 1927 American artist
198 William Hank 1902 US Navy officer
199 Hank Erickson 1907 American baseball player
200 Hank Liotart 1943 Dutch footballer