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McHenry is both a surname and a given name, an anglicised name of the Scottish Clan Henderson. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Alex McHenry (born 1997), Irish rugby union player
• Anthony McHenry (born 1983), American basketball player
• Austin McHenry (1895–1922), American baseball player
• Bob McHenry (footballer) (1919–2003), Australian rules footballer
• Dean McHenry (1910–1998), American professor of political science and founding chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz, father of anthropologist Henry McHenry
• Donald McHenry (born 1936), American diplomat
• Doug McHenry (born 1952), American film director and producer
• Edward McHenry (born 1983), half of the McHenry Brothers, British film directors and screenwriters
• Edwin Harrison McHenry (1859–1931), American engineer and railroad official
• Eric McHenry (born 1972), American poet
• Henry McHenry (anthropologist) (born 1944), American professor of anthropology
• Henry McHenry (baseball) (1910–1981), American Negro league baseball player
• Henry D. McHenry (1826–1890), American politician
• James McHenry (1753–1816), American Founding Father and physician
• James McHenry (lawyer), American lawyer, chief administrative hearing officer in the United States Department of Justice and former acting United States Attorney General (2025)
• James McHenry (novelist) (1785–1845), American writer, physician, and diplomat
• James W. McHenry (1864–1931), American mayor
• John G. McHenry (1868–1912), American politician
• John H. McHenry (1797–1871), American politician
• Leah McHenry (born 1984), Canadian musician
• Mary McHenry (1933–2021), American scholar
• Mary Sears McHenry (1834–1912), American community organizer
• Ned McHenry (born 2000), former Australian rules footballer
• Nellie McHenry (1853–1935), American stage actress
• Patrick McHenry (born 1975), American politician
• Robert McHenry (born 1945), American writer and editor
• Robert McHenry (rancher) (1827–1890), American rancher, politician, and banker, owner of McHenry Mansion
• Ron McHenry (born 1962), American former college women's basketball coach at Washburn University
• Rory Patrick McHenry (born 1987), half of the McHenry Brothers, British film directors and screenwriters
• Ross McHenry, Australian musician, band leader of the Shaolin Afronauts
• Russell McHenry (born 1950), former Australian rules footballer
• Tommy McHenry (1903–1972), Australian rules footballer
• Travis McHenry (born 1980), American micronation founder
• William McHenry (1771–1835), American soldier and politician

Given name

• McHenry Boatwright (1928–1994), American opera singer and teacher
• McHenry Venaani (born 1977), Namibian politician

Fictional characters

• Dermot McHenry, a character from the film The Third Secret, portrayed by Charles Lloyd-Pack

See also

• McKendry (surname)
• Senator McHenry (disambiguation)