| Henry B. Harris | |
| Birth Name: | Henry Birkhardt Harris |
| Birth Date: | 1 December 1866 |
| Birth Place: | St. Louis, Missouri, US |
| Death Place: | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Occupation: | theatrical producer |
| Yearsactive: | 1901–1912 |
| Spouse: | Renee Harris (married 1898–1912) |
| Parents: | William Harris, Sr. Rachel Freefield |
| Relatives: | William Harris Jr. (brother) |
Henry Birkhardt Harris (December 1, 1866 – April 15, 1912) was a Broadway producer and theatre owner who died in the sinking of the . His wife was future producer Renee Harris, who survived the sinking and lived until 1969.
Harris was the son of William Harris Sr., a founder of the Theatrical Syndicate in the 1890s and Rachel Harris (née) Freefield.[1] [2] He had a younger brother, William Harris Jr.[3] Harris was born in St. Louis in 1866 and was a young boy when the family moved to Boston.[4] [5] He began his career selling song books in the theater lobby as a young man in St. Louis. When the family moved to Boston, young Harris began selling song books in the lobby of the Howard Athenaeum.[5] He married Irene (Renee) Wallach, a legal secretary from Washington, D.C., with an interest in the theater on October 22, 1899.[6] [7] [8]