Henry Clay Fry (September 17, 1840 – January 3, 1929) was an American businessman and entrepreneur in the glass industry in the second half of the nineteenth century and first half of the twentieth century. He first organized a large glass manufacturing facility with others that made glass tumbler beverage containers that were sold worldwide. In 1901 he organized with his sons H. C. Fry Glass, a glass manufacturer that had state-of-the-art techniques and made all kinds of glass. In 1916 under an agreement with Corning Glass Works he made heat-resistant glassware. The glass now is a collector's item of historical significance and there is a H. C. Fry Glass Society for the study and preservation of his glass.