Henry Carr (November 27, 1941 – May 29, 2015) was an American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

[5] It was at the 1964 Olympics where Carr would achieve his greatest fame; Carr won the 200 meters (in an Olympic Record time) and anchored the winning 4 x 400 meter relay team to a world record 3:00.7 (with Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee and Ulis Williams).

[10] In later life, Carr became a Jehovah's Witness elder, and was reported to have done contracting work and owned a restaurant.

[11] Carr was a 1975 Charter inductee in the Arizona State Sun Devils Athletics Hall of Fame.

Carr was ranked among the best in the US and the world in the 100, 200 and 400 m sprint events in the period 1962–64, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News.