Horner

For other uses, see Horner (disambiguation).

Horner is an English and German surname that derives from the traditional occupation horner, meaning horn-worker or horn-maker, or even horn-blower. ^[1]

People

• Albert Horner (1913–2009), Canadian politician
• Alex Kapp Horner (fl. 1994–present), American actress
• Alison Horner (born 1966), British businesswoman
• Andrew Horner (1863–1916), Irish politician
• Anton Horner (1877–1971), American horn player
• Arthur Horner (cartoonist) (1916–1997), Australian cartoonist
• Arthur Horner (trade unionist) (1894–1968), Welsh trade union leader and communist politician
• Ben Horner (born 1989), American soccer player
• Benjamin Bean Horner (1893–1971), American architect and photographer
• Billy Horner (born 1942), English footballer and manager
• Bob Horner (born 1957), American baseball player
• Brigitta Horner (1632–1640), German child witch; see Witchcraft accusations against children
• Charles Horner (disambiguation)
• Charlotte Nichols Saunders Horner (1823–1906), American botanist
• Chris Horner (born 1971), American bicyclist
• Christian Horner (born 1973), Former team principal of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team
• Christopher C. Horner, American attorney and author
• Chuck Horner (born 1936), retired United States Air Force four-star general
• Constance Horner (born 1942), American public official and businesswoman
• Craig Horner (born 1983), Australian actor
• Cynthia Horner, American writer and magazine editor
• David Horner (born 1948), Australian military historian
• Dennis Horner (born 1988), American basketball player
• Dennis Horner (rugby league) (died 1978), English rugby league footballer
• Doug Horner (born 1961), Canadian former politician
• Florence Sally Horner (1937–1952), American girl abducted by a serial child molester, possibly the inspiration for the Vladimir Nabokov character Lolita
• Frances Horner (1854–1940), British hostess and patron of the arts
• Francis Horner (1778–1817), Scottish politician and economist
• Frederick William Horner (1854–?), British playwright, publisher and politician
• George Horner (disambiguation)
• Geri Horner (born 1972), British singer
• Henry Horner (1879–1940), American politician, Governor of Illinois
• Hermann Horner (1892–probably in 1942), Austrian-Hungarian operatic bass-baritone
• Jack Horner (disambiguation)
• James Horner (1953–2015), American film composer
• Jocelyn Horner (1902–1973), English sculptor
• Johan Hörner (1711–1763), Swedish-born Danish painter
• Johann Caspar Horner (1774–1834), Swiss physicist and astronomer
• Johann Friedrich Horner (1831–1886), Swiss ophthalmologist
• John Horner (disambiguation)
• Junius Horner (1859–1933), American Episcopal bishop
• Lindsey Horner (born 1960), American jazz double-bassist
• Leonard Horner (1785–1864), Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer
• Marguerite Horner, British artist
• Mark Horner (born 1956), Northern Irish barrister and judge, a Lord Justice of Appeal for Northern Ireland
• Matthew C. Horner (1901–1972), U.S. Marine Corps major general
• Matina Horner (born 1939), American psychologist
• Maxine Horner (1933–2021), American politician, one of the first African American women to serve in the Oklahoma Senate
• Michael Horner (sport shooter) (born 1928), Kenyan Olympic shooter
• Mike Horner (politician) (born 1968), American politician
• Mitchell Horner (born 1994), American politician
• Nate Horner (born 1980/1981), Canadian politician
• Norman Gerald Horner (1882–1954), English physician and medical editor
• Norval Horner (1930–2014), Canadian politician
• Paul Horner (1978–2017), American writer, comedian and contributor to fake news websites
• Penelope Horner (born 1939), British actress
• Phil Horner (born 1966), English footballer
• Red Horner (1909–2005), Canadian ice hockey player
• Robert Horner (cricketer) (born 1967), English cricketer
• Robert Horner (politician) (1932–2008), Canadian politician
• Robert J. Horner (1894–1942), American film producer
• Sam Horner (born 1938), American former National Football League player
• Silke Hörner (born 1965), East German former swimmer
• Stephanie Horner (born 1989), Canadian swimmer
• Thomas Strangways Horner, English MP for Somerset in 1713 and 1727
• Thomas Hornor (surveyor) (1785–1844), English land surveyor, artist and inventor
• Vicky Horner (born 1976), English former swimmer
• Violet Horner (1892–1970), American silent film actress
• William George Horner (1786–1837), British mathematician
• William Horner (cricketer) (1830–1905), English cricketer
• Yvette Horner (1922–2018), French accordionist

Fictional characters

• the title character of "Little Jack Horner", a nursery rhyme
• "Big" Jack Horner, the main antagonist of the animated feature film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
• Jack Horner, the porn director in the 1997 film Boogie Nights
• Jack Horner (comics), a character from the comic book Fables
• John Horner, in "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Nicole Horner, a main character in the French film Les Diaboliques and the American remake Diabolique
• Thomas Horner, an armorer in the play Henry VI, Part 2 by Shakespeare

References

1. Harrison, Henry (1969). Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Vol. 1. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 214.

See also

• General Horner (disambiguation)
• Senator Horner (disambiguation)