Horner
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Horner is an English surname that derives from the Middle English word for the occupation horner, meaning either horn-worker, horn-maker, or even horn-blower.[1]
Horner refers to:
- People named Horner
- Billy Horner, English footballer and manager
- Bob Horner (born 1957), American professional baseball player
- Brigitta Horner (1632-???), a child witch see Witchcraft and children
- Chris Horner (born 1971), American bicyclist
- Christopher C. Horner, American attorney and author
- Christian Horner (born 1973), race car driver
- Chuck Horner (born 1936), American General
- Craig Horner (born 1983), Australian actor
- Cynthia Horner, American writer and magazine editor
- David Horner, Australian military historian
- Jack Horner (disambiguation), the name of several persons
- Henry Horner (1879–1940), Illinois Governor
- James Horner (born 1953), American composer of film scores
- Johann Caspar Horner (1734–1834), Swiss physicist and astronomer
- Johann Friedrich Horner (1831–1886), an ophthalmologist, the namesake of the Horner's syndrome
- John Henry Horner, also known as Cactus Jack (1927–2004), Canadian rancher, politician, and former cabinet minister
- Leonard Horner (1785–1864), Scottish geologist
- Phil Horner, English footballer
- Red Horner (1909–2005), Canadian hockey player
- Stephanie Horner (born 1989), Canadian swimmer
- William George Horner (1786–1837), British mathematician, the namesake of the Horner scheme
- Places named Horner
- Horner, Somerset, England
- River Horner also known as Horner Water, Somerset
- Horner Junior High School, a school in Fremont, California, of the United States
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[edit] References
- ^ Harrison, Henry (1969). Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. 1. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 214.
