Horne
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The term Horne may refer to a pyramid-shaped peak formed where several arete join.
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Locations
- Horn (Netherlands), the village of Horn or Horne in the Netherlands
- County of Horne, historic county from the Holy Roman Empire, located in what today is Netherlands and Belgium
- Horne, SurreyHorne, SurreyHorne is a village and civil parish in the District of Tandridge in Surrey, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Newchapel, and has a population of 805. The parish is located on the A22 road, east of Horley, west of Lingfield, south west of Oxted, and south of Kingston upon...
People
- Alistair HorneAlistair HorneSir Alistair Allan Horne is a British historian of modern France. He is the son of Sir James Horne and Lady Auriol Horne ....
(born 1925), British historian - Barry HorneBarry HorneBarry Horne was an English animal rights activist. He became known around the world in December 1998, when he engaged in a 68-day hunger strike in an effort to persuade the British government to hold a public inquiry into animal testing, something the Labour Party had said it would do before it...
, British animal-rights activist - Barry Horne (footballer)Barry Horne (footballer)Barry Horne is a Welsh former professional footballer and former chairman of the Professional Footballers Association.-Playing career:...
(born 1962), Welsh footballer - Charles Silvester HorneCharles Silvester HorneCharles Silvester Horne was a famous late 19th century and early 20th century Congregationalist who additionally served as Liberal M.P. for Ipswich....
, 19th century Liberal MP and Congregationalist - Des HorneDes HorneDesmond Tolton "Des" Horne is a South African former footballer who played in English football for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackpool.-Career:Horne was signed by English First Division club Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1956...
, English footballer - Donald HorneDonald HorneProfessor Donald Horne was an Australian journalist, writer, social critic, and academic who became one of Australia's best known public intellectuals....
(1921-2005), Australian writer and social critic - Edmond Henry HorneEdmond Henry HorneEdmund Henry Horne, was a Canadian businessman and prospector. He was most famous for being the founder of Noranda, a mining and metallurgy company originally from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada....
(1864-1953), Canadian prospector - Henry Horne, 1st Baron HorneHenry Horne, 1st Baron HorneGeneral Henry Sinclair Horne, 1st Baron Horne GCB, KCMG was a military officer in the British Army, most notable for his generalship during World War I. He was the only British artillery officer to command an army in the war. Until recently Horne was the unknown General of the Great War and did...
(1861–1929) British general - John Horne (botanist)John Horne (botanist)John Horne FLS was the Director of the Botanic Gardens of Pamplemousses, Mauritius.-Life:John Horne was born in Lethendy, Perthshire, Scotland in 1835....
(1835-1905), British botanist - John HorneJohn HorneJohn Horne was a Scottish geologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1900. He was a pupil of Ben Peach....
(1848-1928), British geologist - Keith HorneKeith HorneKeith Weller Horne is a professional golfer from South Africa.Horne was born in Durban and had a successful amateur career. In 1993, Horne won a Silver Medal at the World Games in Spain...
(born 1971), South African golfer - Kenneth HorneKenneth HorneKenneth Horne was an English comedian and businessman. The son of a clergyman and politician, he combined a successful business career with regular broadcasting for the BBC. His first hit series Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh written with his co-star Richard Murdoch arose out of his wartime service as...
(1907-1969), English comedian (Round the Horne, Beyond Our Ken) and businessman. - Lena HorneLena HorneLena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer.Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the...
(1917-2010), American singer, actress and civil rights activist - Mathew HorneMathew HorneMathew Frazer Horne is an English actor, stand-up comedian, television presenter and narrator best known for appearing on several BBC sketch shows and sitcoms, most notably Gavin & Stacey portraying Gavin Shipman, The Catherine Tate Show, Teachers and Horne and Corden.-Early life:Horne was born...
, British actor and comedian - Marilyn HorneMarilyn HorneMarilyn Horne is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring a large sound, beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages....
(born 1934), American opera singer - Richard Henry HorneRichard Henry HorneRichard Hengist Horne was and English poet and critic most famous for his poem Orion.-Early life:...
(1803-1884), English poet
Other
- Horne, a Moogle from Final Fantasy XII
- Joseph Horne Company, a chain of Pittsburgh based department stores