Henry Fowle Durant (February 22, 1822 – October 3, 1881) was an American lawyer and philanthropist.

Durant was born in Hanover, New Hampshire. He graduated from Harvard in 1841, studied law, and subsequently practiced in Boston. He underwent a religious conversion and became a preacher in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in 1864-75. He contributed between one and two million dollars to found Wellesley College.