Horace (disambiguation)
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Many persons have been given the Scottish name "Horace", typically after the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus:
- Horace - Roman poet
- Horace Alexander - ornithologist
- Horace Andy (born Horace Hinds) - Jamaican roots reggae singer
- Horace Donisthorpe - British entomologist
- Horace Engdahl - Permanent secretary of the Swedish academy since 1999
- Horace Fletcher - American dietitian
- Horace Furness - Shakespearean scholar
- Horace Grant - basketball player
- Horace Gray - American jurist
- Horace Greeley - author and newspaper editor
- Horace Hogan - the stage name of professional wrestler Michael Bollea
- Horace Mann - American lawyer and education reformer
- Horace Pippin - American artist
- Horace Porter - American soldier and diplomat
- Horace-Bénédict de Saussure - Swiss scientist and mountain pioneer
- Horace Silver - jazz musician
- Horace Tabor - American prospector
- Horace de Vere Cole - eccentric British aristocrat and prankster
- Horace Vernet - French painter of military themes
- Horace Walpole - 4th Earl of Oxford, novelist and politician
- Fictional
- Horace Horsecollar - Walt Disney's horse character
- Horace Rumpole British barrister created by John Mortimer
- Horace Slughorn - a character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
- Hungry Horace - A main character of a game series for home computers
Other things called Horace include:
- Horace - a French novel by George Sand
- Horace - a French play by Corneille
- Horace series - series of 1980s video games with a character named Horace