Henson (name)
Henson is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:Surname
- Adam Henson, British television presenter
- Ant Henson, British singer-songwriter
- Basil Henson, British actor
- Bill Henson, Australian photographer
- Brian Henson, American puppeteer, director, and producer
- Christian Henson, British composer
- David Henson, British athlete
- Deborah Henson-Conant, American harpist
- Drew Henson, former Major League Baseball player and American football quarterback
- Elden Henson, American actor
- Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby union player, son of Alan Henson
- Gladys Henson, British actress
- Herbert Hensley Henson, British bishop
- Jane Henson, American puppeteer, wife of Jim Henson
- Jim Henson, American puppeteer and creator of the Muppets, as well as the organizations below that bear his name
- Jim Henson, American slave who escaped and settled in Canada
- Joe Henson, British conservationist
- John Henson, American TV show host
- John Henson , American puppeteer, son of Jim Henson
- Josiah Henson, famed fugitive American slave
- Keith Henson, American science and science-fiction writer and activist against the Church of Scientologys
- Leslie Henson, British actor
- Lisa Henson, American television and movie producer
- Lou Henson, American college basketball coach
- Martin Henson, British computer scientist
- Matthew Henson, 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, an American test pilot, flight school operator, and founder of the modern "commuter airline" concept
- Shandelle Henson, American mathematician
- Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
- Tim Henson, American host of popular podcast Distorted View Daily
- William Henson , New South Wales politician
- William Samuel Henson, British aviation pioneer
Given name
- Henson P. Barnes, American politician
- Henson Cargill, American country music singer
- Henson Cuffie, Grenadian footballer
- Henson Moore, American politician
