Hornby
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Hornby may refer to:
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[edit] Places
[edit] Australia
- Hornby Lighthouse, third oldest lighthouse in Australia on south head of Sydney Harbour,
[edit] Canada
- Hornby, Ontario, community in Halton Hills
- Hornby Island, Canadian island in the Strait of Georgia near Vancouver Island
[edit] England
- Hornby, Lancashire, village in the civil parish of Hornby-with-Farleton
- Hornby, Hambleton, village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire
- Hornby, Richmondshire, village and civil parish in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire
[edit] Falkland Islands
[edit] New Zealand
- Hornby, New Zealand, suburb of Christchurch
[edit] United States
- Hornby, New York, town in Steuben County
[edit] People
- A. S. Hornby (1898–1978), English grammarian, lexicographer, and pioneer in the field of English language learning and teaching (ELT)
- Andy Hornby (born 1967), English businessman, chief executive of Alliance Boots
- Anna Hornby, N.E.A.C (1914–1996), an English painter, calligrapher and member of the New English Art Club
- Ben Hornby (born 1980), Australian rugby league player
- Clive Hornby (1944–2008), English actor
- D. Brock Hornby (born 1944), a United States federal judge
- Edmund Phipps-Hornby VC, CB, CMG, DL (1857–1947), an English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Frank Hornby (1863–1936), inventor of Meccano and Hornby Trains
- Edward Kenworthy Hornby (1839–1887), Member of Parliament for Blackburn
- Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby (1825–1895), British admiral of the fleet
- Hugh Leycester Hornby (1888–1965), an Anglican clergyman
- James John Hornby (1826–1909), headmaster and, later, provost of Eton
- John Hornby (1880–1927), Canadian explorer
- Lesley Hornby (born 1949), birth name of English model, actress, and singer better known as "Twiggy"
- A. N. Hornby (1847–1925), English sportsmen excelling in both rugby and cricket
- Nick Hornby (born 1957), author
- Nick Hornby (artist) (born 1980), a British artist
- Phil Hornby, a British news reporter, working for ITV Meridian
- Phipps Hornby (1785–1867), British naval officer
- Phipps Hornby (cricketer) (1820–1848), an English cricketer
- Richard Hornby (1922–2007), a British Conservative Party politician and businessman
- Robert William Bilton Hornby (1821–1888), priest, antiquarian and lord of the manor from the City of York
- Ron Hornby (1914–1962), a British professional footballer
- Ross Hornby, Canada's current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the European Union
- Warwick Hornby, Australian musician in the band The Whitlams
- Wilfrid Bird Hornby (born 1851), an Anglican Colonial Bishop
- William Hornby (governor) (c. 1723–1803), Governor of Bombay
- William Henry Hornby (1805–1884), English industrialist and politician
- Sir William Hornby, 1st Baronet (1841–1928), son of the above, also an industrialist and politician
[edit] Other
- Hornby Castle (disambiguation)
- Hornby High School, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Hornby Railways, manufacturer of model railways
- Hornby School, historic one-room school house in Pennsylvania
- Hornby's Storm-petrel, South American seabird
- Hornby Vellard, project to build a causeway uniting all seven islands of Bombay
[edit] See also
- Hornsby (disambiguation)
- Hawnby, a small crossroads village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
- Horny (disambiguation)
- Thornby (disambiguation)
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