* Henry Austin ( architect ) ( 1804 – 1891 ), American architect

John Henry Faulk Library of the Austin Public Library

* Henry Austin Bruce-1st Baron Aberdare & Home Secretary ( 1868 – 1873 )

* Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare ( 1815 – 1895 )

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare GCB, PC, FRS ( 16 April 1815 – 25 February 1895 ) was a British Liberal Party politician, who served in government most notably as Home Secretary ( 1868 – 1873 ) and as Lord President of the Council.

Henry Bruce was born at Duffryn, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, the son of John Bruce, a Glamorganshire landowner, by his wife Sarah, daughter of Reverend Hugh Williams Austin.

Henry Austin Bruce's grave at Aberffrwd cemetery in Mountain Ash, Wales.

The words on Henry Austin Bruce's grave at Aberffrwd cemetery in Mountain Ash, Wales.

Henry Austin Bruce is buried at Aberffrwd Cemetery in Mountain Ash, Wales.

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Aberdare, Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron

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Aberdare, Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron

Aberdare, Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron

Aberdare, Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron

Aberdare, Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron

* 1971 – Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player

In 1905, after Henry Chadwick wrote an article saying that baseball grew from the British sports of cricket and rounders, Spalding called for a commission to find out the real source of baseball.

Receiving the archives of Henry Chadwick in 1908, Spalding combined these records with his own memories ( and biases ) to write America's National Game ( published 1911 ) which, despite its flaws, was probably the first scholarly account of the history of baseball.

In 1903, the British sportswriter Henry Chadwick published an article speculating that baseball derived from a British game called rounders, which Chadwick had played as a boy in England.

Henry Benjamin " Hank " Greenberg ( January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986 ), nicknamed " Hammerin ' Hank " or " The Hebrew Hammer ," was an American professional baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s.

Henry Louis " Hank " Aaron ( born February 5, 1934 ), nicknamed " Hammer ," or " Hammerin ' Hank ," is a retired American baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) from 1954 through 1976.

Henry Chadwick ( October 5, 1824 – April 20, 1908 ), often called the " father of baseball ," was a sportswriter, baseball statistician and historian.

* 1942 – Henry Larkin, American baseball player ( b. 1860 )

* 1967 – Henry Rodriguez, Dominican Republic baseball player

* 1976 – Henry Mateo, Dominican baseball player

* 1927 – Bill Henry, American baseball player

** Henry Larkin, American baseball player ( d. 1942 )

* October 5 – Henry Chadwick, baseball writer and historian ( d. 1908 )

* John Henry ( outfielder / pitcher ) ( 1863 – 1939 ), major league baseball outfielder / pitcher, 1884 – 1890

* John Henry ( catcher ) ( 1889 – 1941 ), major league baseball catcher, 1910 – 1918

Notable Pelicans included Shoeless Joe Jackson, Jimmy Dygert, Henry " Cotton " Knaupp, Bill Lindsay ( baseball ), Zeke Bonura, Gene Freese, and Hall of Famers Dazzy Vance, Joe Sewell, Bob Lemon, and Earl Weaver.

Lake Henry is also well known for its amateur baseball team, the Lakers.

Columbus is also the birthplace of baseball announcer Red Barber ; boxing's first three-time world heavyweight champion, Henry Armstrong ; rock singer Andrew Wood ; the parents of Grammy-award winning bluegrass musician Alison Krauss ; American Idol contestant Jasmine Murray ; and bluegrass musician Ruby Jane Smith.

* Henry Clarke, legislator and baseball player

Henry Chadwick believed that baseball and not cricket should become America's pastime after the game drawing the conclusion that amateur American players did not have the leisure time required to develop cricket skills to the high technical level required of professional players.

The ' Henry Anderson Community Park ( aka, " The Hank ") contains multiple lighted baseball fields, basketball courts, and tennis courts and other recreational facilities.