The Dutch male given name Hendrik is a cognate of the English Henry. The spelling Hendrick was interchangeable until the 19th century. Birth names of people with this name can be Latinized to Henderikus, Hendricus, Hendrikus, or Henricus, while common nicknames for Hendrik are Han, Hein, Henk, Hennie, Henny, Henri, Henry, Rijk, and Rik. People with Hendrik or Hendrick as their first name include: Academics Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom (1854–1907), Dutch physical chemist Hendrik Pieter Barendregt (born 1947), Dutch logician Hendrik Wade Bode (1905–1982), American engineer, researcher, inventor, author and scientist Hendrik Wilhelm Bodewitz (born 1939), Dutch Sanskrit scholar Hendrik Enno Boeke (1881–1918), Dutch mineralogist and petrographer. Hendrik Jan Maarten Bos (born 1940), Dutch historian of mathematics Hendrik Brugmans (1906–1997), Dutch literary theorist and linguist Hendrik Casimir (1909–2000), Dutch physicist known for the Casimir effect Hendrik Constantijn Cras (1739–1820), Dutch jurist and librarian Hendrik van Eikema Hommes (1930–1984), Dutch legal scholar and philosopher Hendrik van Etten (1591–1670), Pseudonym of Jean Leurechon, French mathematician Hendrik C. Ferreira (born 1950s), South African information scientist Hendrik van der Flier (born 1945), Dutch psychologist Hendrik Marinus Franken (born 1966), Dutch engineer and enterprise architect Hendrik van Gent (1899–1947), Dutch astronomer Hendrik Jacob Hamaker (1844–1911), Dutch jurist Hendrik Hart (born 1935), Dutch and Canadian philosopher Hendrik van Heuraet (1633–1660?), Dutch mathematician Hendrik Hondius I (1573–1650), Flemish-born Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher Hendrik Hondius II (1597–1651), Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher Hendrik S. Houthakker (1924–2008), Dutch and American economist Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918–2000), Dutch astronomer and mathematician Hendrik Kern (1833–1917), Dutch linguist and Orientalist Hendrik Johan Kessels (1781–1849), Dutch-born clock and naval chronometer maker Hendrik Kloosterman (1900–1968), Dutch mathematician Hendrik Anthony Kramers (1894–1952), Dutch physicist Hendrik Lenstra (born 1949), Dutch mathematician Hendrik Lorentz (1853–1928), Dutch physicist and Nobel Laureate Hendrik de Moy (1534–1610), Secretary of Antwerp. Hendrik Nienhuis (1790–1862), Dutch legal scholar and university president Hendrik Poinar (born 1969), Dutch evolutionary biologist Hendrick van den Putte (1574–1646), Dutch humanist and philologist Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack (1834–1917), Dutch legal scholar, economist and historian Hendrik Relve (born 1948), Estonian environmentalist, nature writer and nature photographer Hendrik van Rheede (1636–1691), Dutch colonial governor and botanist Hendrik van Riessen (1911–2000), Dutch philosopher Hendrik van Rijgersma (1835–1877), Dutch naturalist and botanist Hendrik de Roy (1598–1679), Dutch philosopher and physician Hendrik Gerard van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1838–1923), Dutch astronomer Hendrik Schatz (born c.1970), German nuclear astrophysicist Hendrik Schön (born 1970),