Horatio
Horatio is a male given name, derived from the Latin name (nomen) Horatius, from the Roman gens (clan) Horatia.
Horatio may refer to:
People
- Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832–1899), American author
- Horatio Allen (1802–1889), American civil engineer and inventor
- Horatio Thomas Austin (1801–1865), British Royal Navy officer and arctic explorer
- Horatio Barber (1875–1964), early British aviation pioneer
- Horatio Bottomley (1860–1932), English swindler, publisher and politician
- Horatio Bridge (1806–1893), American naval commodore
- Horatio Brown (1854–1926), Scottish historian
- Horatio Caro (1862–1920), English chess player
- Horatio Chriesman (1797–1878) was an American surveyor, mayor in Mexican Texas and participant in the Texas Revolution.
- Horatio Clare (born 1973), British author
- Horatio Davies (1842–1912), London businessman, politician and magistrate
- Horatio Dresser (1866–1945), New Thought religious leader and author
- Horatio Earle (1855–1935), American road advocate
- Horatio Gates (c. 1727–1806), American general
- Horatio Greenough (1805–1852), American sculptor
- Horatio Hale (1817–1896), American-Canadian ethnologist, philologist and businessman
- Horatio Hocken (1857–1937), Canadian politician, social reformer and a founder of what became the Toronto Star newspaper
- Horatio Nelson Jackson (1872–1955), American automobile pioneer and physician
- Horatio King (1811–1897), American politician, Postmaster General of the United States
- Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British field marshal
- Horatio Luro (1901–1991), thoroughbred horse racing trainer
- Horatio Mann (1744–1814), English politician
- Horatio McCulloch (1806–1867), Scottish landscape painter
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758–1805), British admiral
- Horatio Parker (1863–1919), American composer
- Horatio Frederick Phillips (1845–1924), early aviation pioneer from the United Kingdom
- Horatio Potter (1802–1887), Episcopal bishop in the Diocese of New York
- Horatio Ross (1801–1886), Scottish sportsman and pioneering amateur photographer
- Horatio Sanz (born 1974), Chilean-born American comedian
- Horatio Seymour (1810–1886), American politician, 18th governor of New York
- Horatio Seymour (Vermont) 1778-1857), United States senator from Vermont
- Horatio Sharpe (1718–1790), 22nd Proprietary Governor of Maryland
- Horatio Spafford (1828–1888), lawyer, hymn writer
- Horatio Torromé, Argentinian figure skater
- Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend (1630–1687), English politician
- Horatio Walker (1858–1938), Canadian painter
- Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole (1678–1757), English diplomat
- Horace Walpole (1717–1797), also known as Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, English author, art historian, antiquarian and politician
- Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1723–1809), British politician, son of the 1st baron Walpole
- Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (1752–1822), English politician, son of the 1st earl
- Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford (1783–1858), British politician, son of the 2nd earl
- Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (second creation) (1813–1894), British politician, son of the 3rd earl
- Horatio Wills (1811–1861), Australian pastoralist and politician
- Horatio Wright (1820–1899), American engineer and American Civil War Union Army General
Fiction
- Horatio (character), character in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- Horatio Caine, police lieutenant in the television series CSI: Miami
- Horatio Hellpop, character in the comic book series Nexus
- Horatio Hornblower, naval hero in the novels of C. S. Forester
- Cap'n Horatio Crunch, the mascot of Cap'n Crunch cereal
- Cap'n Turbot, a main character in the TV show PAW Patrol, whose first name is "Horatio"
Places
- Horatio, Arkansas, a city
- Horatio, Ohio, an unincorporated community
- Horatio, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
- Horatio, South Carolina, an unincorporated community
Other uses
- Horace (65 BC–8 BC), Roman poet
- Horatio, a faction in the strategy game, Endless Space
- Horatius Cocles, legendary Roman defender of the Pons Sublicius bridge
See also
See also the similar spelled name Horacio
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