Horner

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

References

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