He

This page is about the English personal pronoun. For other uses, see He (disambiguation).

He (/ˈhiː/, unstressed /i/) is a third-person singular pronoun used to talk about a male. "He" can be used in place of a male's name. When the name of a man has been the subject, then "he" can be used instead of that name. While "he" is the subject form, the word "him" is the object or possessive form (see table below). The word "he" is used for a man (or boy) where the word "she" would be used for a woman.

In the past, "he" and "him" were often used as gender-neutral pronouns. In other words, the word may have been used in a general way to refer to any person who is either male or female.

Personal pronouns in standard Modern English

		Singular				Plural
		Subject	Object	Reflexive	Possessive *Adj./Object	Subject	Object	Reflexive	Possessive Adj./ Object
First		I	me	myself	my / mine	we	us	ourselves	our / ours
Second		you	you	yourself	your / yours	you	you	yourselves	your / yours
Third	Masculine	he	him	himself	his / his	they	them	themselves	their / theirs
	Feminine	she	her	herself	her / hers
	Neuter	it	it	itself	its / its
* - Possessive forms are also known as "possessive adjectives" rather than pronouns.