Henson

Henson is a surname, and may refer to:

• Alan Henson, Welsh rugby player
• Ant Henson, British singer-songwriter
• Basil Henson (1918–1990), British actor
• Bill Henson (born 1955), Australian photographer
• Brian Henson (born 1963), puppeteer, director, and producer
• Deborah Henson-Conant, harpist
• Drew Henson, former Major League Baseball player and current American football quarterback
• Elden Henson, American actor
• Gavin Henson (born 1982), Welsh Rugby Union player, son of Alan Henson
• Gladys Henson (1897–1982), British actress
• Herbert Hensley Henson, British bishop
• Jane Henson
• Jeff Henson (born 1963), Colorado Director Service Operations, High school Baseball Coach, All Conference & All State Baseball Player, Former Minor League Baseball player
• Jim Henson (1936–1990), puppeteer and creator of the Muppets, as well as the organizations below that bear his name
• John Henson, TV show host
• John Henson (puppeteer), son of Jim Henson
• Josiah Henson (1789–1883), famed fugitive American slave
• Keith Henson, science and science-fiction writer and activist against the Church of Scientology
• Keith Henson, Yorkshire born Landscape and Commercial Photographer and founder of Northscape
• Leslie Henson (1891–1957), British actor
• Lou Henson, college basketball coach
• Martin Henson, 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, 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.
• Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
• Tim Henson, Host of popular podcast Distorted View Daily
• William Henson (1812–1888), aviation pioneer

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 Hall, a hall at Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Doris Henson, rock band

See also

• Hanson

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