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Horner

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Horner is a surname

  • An English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin that derives from the Middle English word for the occupation horner, meaning either horn-worker, horn-maker, or even horn-blower.[1]

People

  • Alison Horner (born 1966), British businesswoman
  • Arthur Horner (disambiguation), several people
  • 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
  • Chris Horner (born 1971), American bicyclist
  • Christopher C. Horner, American attorney and author
  • Christian Horner (born 1973), team principal of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team
  • Chuck Horner (born 1936), American 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
  • Francis Horner (1778–1817), Scottish politician and economist
  • George William Horner (1849–1930), biblical scholar
  • Geri Horner (born 1972), British singer
  • Henry Horner (1879–1940), Illinois Governor
  • James Horner (1953–2015), American film composer
  • Jack Horner (disambiguation), the name of several persons
  • Jocelyn Horner (1902–1940), English sculptor
  • John Horner (disambiguation), the name of several persons
  • Johann Caspar Horner (1734–1834), Swiss physicist and astronomer
  • Johann Friedrich Horner (1831–1886), ophthalmologist, Horner's syndrome
  • John Henry Horner(1927–2004), also known as Cactus Jack , Canadian rancher, politician, and cabinet minister
  • Leonard Horner (1785–1864), Scottish geologist
  • Norman Gerald Horner (1882–1954), English physician and medical editor
  • Penelope Horner (born 1939), British actress
  • Phil Horner (born 1966), English footballer
  • Red Horner (1909–2005), Canadian hockey player
  • Stephanie Horner (born 1989), Canadian swimmer
  • Violet Horner, silent film actress
  • William Horner (cricketer, born 1830) (1830–1905), English cricketer
  • William George Horner (1786–1837), British mathematician, the namesake of the Horner scheme
  • Yvette Horner (1922–2018), French accordionist

References

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