Henson
Henson is a surname and a given name.
Notable people with the surname include:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Keith Henson (born 1942), American science and science-fiction writer and activist against the Church of Scientologys
- Leslie Henson (1891–1957), British actor
- Lisa Henson (born 1960), American television and movie producer
- Lou Henson (born 1932), American college basketball coach
- Martin Henson (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
- Nicky Henson (1945–2019), British actor, son of Leslie Henson
- Richard A. Henson (1910-2002), an American test pilot, flight school operator, and founder of the modern "commuter airline" concept
- 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
Notable people with the given name include:
- Henson Cargill (1941–2007), American country music singer
Other uses
- The Jim Henson Company, and its divisions:
- Jim Henson Pictures
- Jim Henson Television
- Jim Henson's Creature Shop
- Henson Recording Studio
- HIT Entertainment; formerly Henson International Television
- Jim Henson Foundation
- The Jim Henson Hour, a 1989 television series.
- Henson, Colorado, a small town in the United States
- Henson, Missouri, an unincorporated community
- Henson Hall, a hall at Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Henson, Icelandic kit and sportwear manufacturer
See also
- Hanson (disambiguation)
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