Henry Carey may refer to:
- Henry Charles Carey (1793–1879), American economist
- Henry Carey (writer) (1687–1743), dramatist and songwriter
- Henry Carey (died 1581), MP for Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency) and Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (1525/1526 - 1596), politician, general and potential illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England
- Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover (c. 1580 - 1666), English peer
- Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth (1595 - 1661), English nobleman
- Henry Ernest Carey (1874-1964), British-born Australian public servant
Famous quotes containing the words henry and/or carey:
“Whatever practical people may say, this world is, after all, absolutely governed by ideas, and very often by the wildest and most hypothetical ideas. It is a matter of the very greatest importance that our theories of things that seem a long way apart from our daily lives, should be as far as possible true, and as far as possible removed from error.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
“One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man’s if study and learning can make it so.”
—M. Carey Thomas (1857–1935)