Horner

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Horner is an English surname that derives from the occupation horner who is a person who cuts the horns off of cattle, or deals in horns, or plays a horn.

Horner refers to:

• People named Horner
  • Bob Horner (1957–), American professional baseball player
  • Chris Horner (1971–), American bicyclist
  • Christian Horner (1973–), a race car driver
  • Chuck Horner (1948-), American General
  • Cynthia Horner, American writer and magazine editor
  • Jack Horner is the name of several persons
  • Henry Horner (1879 - 1940), Illinois Governor
  • James Horner (1953–), American composer of film scores
  • Johann Caspar Horner (1734 – 1834), Swiss physicist and astronomer
  • Johann Friedrich Horner (1831 - r 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
  • Red Horner (1909–2005), Canadian hockey player
  • William George Horner (1786 - 1837) a British mathematician, the namesake of the Horner scheme