What is "henshaw"

Henshaw may refer to:

• Henshaw (surname)
• USS Henshaw (DD-278), a destroyer in the United States Navy

Henshaw is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alex Henshaw (1912-2007), British air racer and test pilot
• David Henshaw (1791–1852), 14th United States Secretary of the Navy
• Ernest Henshaw (1870–1950), Australian politician
• George Holt Henshaw (1831-1891), Canadian engineer and draftsman
• Henry Wetherbee Henshaw (1850–1930), American ornithologist
• Jim Henshaw (born 1949), Canadian actor
• John Henshaw (born 1951), British actor
• John Prentiss Kewly Henshaw (1792-1852), Episcopal Church Bishop of Rhode Island
• Joseph Henshaw (1608–1679), Bishop of Peterborough, England
• Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1869–1937), Canadian botanist, writer, and ambulance driver in the First World War
• Nathaniel Henshaw (1628-c. 1673) Original Fellow of the Royal Society
• Ross Henshaw (born 1952), former Australian rules footballer
• Roy Henshaw (1911-1993), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Thomas Henshaw (alchemist) (1618-1700) Original Fellow of the Royal Society with Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth
• Thomas Henshaw (benefactor) (1731-1810)
• Thomas Henshaw (bishop) (1873-1938), fifth Bishop of Salford, England

Fictional characters:

• Hank Henshaw, DC Comics' Cyborg Superman
• Elizabeth Henshaw, a character from the 2003 film The Haunted Mansion