Heinrich Bernhard Oppenheim was a German publicist and philosopher concerned with the ideas of liberalism, free trade and international law.

Heinrich Theodor Böll was a German writer. Considered one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers, Böll is a recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize (1967) and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1972).

Heinrich Brockhaus was a German book dealer and publisher who became a liberal politician.

Heinrich Bulthaupt was a German poet, dramatic author, and lawyer, as well as librarian of his native town, Bremen. Many of Bulthaupt's works found considerable widespread popularity in the lyrical and dramatic genres.

Heinrich Christian Boie was a German author. In 1781, he was appointed as landfoged of North Dithmarschen.

Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm von Sigwart was a German philosopher and logician. He was the father of Christoph von Sigwart, who also was a philosopher and logician.

Carl Gottlieb Samuel Heun, better known by his pen name Heinrich Clauren, was a German author.

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim was a German Renaissance polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, theologian, and occult writer. Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy published in 1533 drew heavily upon Kabbalah, Hermeticism, and neo-Platonism. His book was widely influential among esotericists of the early modern period, and was condemned as heretical by the inquisitor of Cologne.

Heinrich der Glïchezäre was a Middle High German poet from Alsace, author of a narrative poem, Reinhart Fuchs (Reynard), the oldest German beast epic that we possess.

Alfred Heinrich Ehrlich was a pianist, composer and writer on music. As a composer, he came forward with a Piano Concerto and Piano Variations on an Original Theme, being one of the first composers to collect Romanian folk melodies.