Horace (given name) explained

Horace is a masculine given name, derived from the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BC–8 BC).

List of people

Notable people with the name include:

• Horace A. Tenney (1820–1906), American politician
• Horace Abbott (1806–1887), American iron manufacturer and banker
• Horace Alexander (1889–1989), English Quaker teacher, writer, pacifist, and ornithologist
• Horace Alexander Young (born 1954), American saxophonist and flute player
• Horace Allen (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Andy (born 1951), Jamaican reggae singer
• Horace Annesley Vachell (1861–1955), English writer
• Horace Archambeault (1857–1918), Canadian politician and judge
• Horace Armitage, English football player and manager between 1908 and 1911
• Horace Arnold (born 1937), American jazz drummer
• Horace Arthur Rose (1867–1933), Indian administrator
• Horace Ashenfelter (1923–2018), American athlete
• Horace Astley (1882–?), English footballer
• Horace Augustus Curtis (1891–1968), English soldier
• Horace Austerberry (1868–1946), English football manager
• Horace Austin (1831–1905), American politician
• Horace Avory (1851–1935), English High Court judge
• Horace Aylwin (1902–1980), Canadian sprinter
• Horace B. Cheney (1868–1938), American administrator and businessman
• Horace B. Griffen (1894–1972), American baseball player, newspaper businessman, and politician
• Horace B. Strait (1835–1894), American politician
• Horace B. Warner (1876–1915), New York assemblyman
• Horace B. Willard (1825–1900), American politician, physician, and businessman
• Horace Bailey (1881–1960), English amateur footballer
• Horace Baker (politician) (1869–1941), American politician
• Horace Baker (footballer) (1910–1974), English footballer
• Horace Baldwin (1801–1850), American mayor
• Horace Baldwin Rice (1861–1929), American businessman and mayor
• Horace Barber (1914–1971), Australian botanist and geneticist
• Horace Barker (1907–2000), American biochemist and microbiologist
• Horace Barks (1895–1983), English mayor
• Horace Barlow (1921–2020), British vision scientist
• Horace Barnes (1891–1961), English footballer
• Horace Barnet (1856–1941), English soldier and footballer
• Horace Barton (1891–1975), South African World War I flying ace
• Horace Bastings (1831–1909), New Zealand politician
• Horace Batchelor (1898–1977), English gambling advertiser
• Horace Bates (1793–1879), English cricketer
• Horace Batten (1912–2014), English shoemaker and bootmaker
• Horace Baugh (1916–2007), Canadian Anglican priest
• Horace Beevor Love (1800–1838), English portrait painter
• Horace Bell (1830–1918), American writer, soldier, and lawyer
• Horace Bell (engineer) (1839–1903), English civil engineer
• Horace Belshaw (1898–1962), New Zealand teacher, economist, and university professor
• Horace Belton (1955–2019), American CFL and NFL player
• Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740–1799), Swiss scientist and mountain pioneer
• Horace Berry (1891–1949), Australian politician
• Horace Bigelow (1898–1980), American chess master and organizer
• Horace Biggin (1897–1984), English footballer
• Horace Billings Packer (1851–1940), American politician
• Horace Binney (1780–1875), American politician, lawyer, author, and public speaker
• Horace Binney Sargent (1821–1908), American soldier and politician
• Horace Binney Wallace (1817–1852), American attorney, art and literature critic, and author
• Horace Birks (1897–1985), British soldier
• Horace Bivins (1862–1960), American soldier
• Horace Blew (1878–1957), Welsh international footballer
• Horace Blois Burnham (1824–1894), American Army officer, lawyer, and judge
• Horace Bloomfield (1891–1973), English cricketer
• Horace Boies (1827–1923), American politician
• Horace Bolingbroke Woodward (1848–1914), British geologist
• Horace Bonser (1882–1934), American sport shooter
• Horace Bookwalter Drury (1888–1968), American economist, lecturer, and management author
• Horace Botsford (1877–1948), American football coach
• Horace Bowden (1880–1958), Australian politician
• Horace Bowen (1841–1902), Chief Cashier of the Bank of England from 1893 to 1902
• Horace Bowker (1877–1954), American farm economist and businessman
• Horace Brearley (1913–2007), English cricketer and schoolmaster
• Horace Brigham Claflin (1811–1885), American merchant
• Horace Brindley (1885–1971), English footballer
• Horace Brinsmead (1883–1934), Controller of Aviation in Australia between 1920 and 1933
• Horace Bristol (1908–1997), American photographer
• Horace Bristol Pond (1882–?), American business executive, philanthropist, American Red Cross personnel, World War II prisoner, and an expatriate in the Philippines
• Horace Broadnax (born 1964), American college basketball coach
• Horace Brodzky (1885–1969), Australian-born artist and writer
• Horace Brooks (1814–1894), American soldier
• Horace Brooks Marshall, 1st Baron Marshall of Chipstead (1865–1936), English publisher, newspaper distributor, and Lord Mayor of London, 1918–1919
• Horace Brown (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Bullard (1938–2013), American entrepreneur
• Horace Bumstead (1841–1919), American Congregationalist minister and educator
• Horace Bundy (1814–1883), American portrait painter
• Horace Busby (1924–2000), American opinion journalist, speechwriter, consultant, and public relations expert
• Horace Bushnell (1802–1876), American Congregational minister and theologian
• Horace Butterworth (1868–1939), American college football coach
• Horace Byatt (1875–1933), British colonial governor
• Horace C. Lee (1822–1884), American military officer
• Horace C. Spencer (1832–1926), American politician
• Horace Campbell, American international peace and justice scholar and professor
• Horace Capron (1804–1885), American businessman, agriculturalist, general, foreign advisor- and educator, and expatriate
• Horace Capron Jr. (1840–1864), American soldier
• Horace Carpenter (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Carpentier (1824–1918), American lawyer, mayor, and telegraph company president
• Horace Caulkins (1850–1923), American ceramic artist and engineer
• Horace Champagne (born 1937), Canadian artist
• Horace Chang (born 1952), Jamaican doctor and politician
• Horace Chapin Henry (1844–1928), American businessman, soldier, railroad builder, and banker
• Horace Chapman (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Charles Mules (1856–1939), British civil servant and colonial administrator
• Horace Chase (1810–1886), American politician and pioneer
• Horace Cheung (born 1974), Hong Kong solicitor and politician
• Horace Chevrier (1876–1935), Canadian merchant and political figure
• Horace Chilton (1853–1932), American printer, lawyer, and politician
• Horace Clarence Boyer (1935–2009), American gospel music singer
• Horace Clark (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Clarke (1939–2020), American MLB player
• Horace Cleveland (1814–1900), American landscape architect
• Horace Cohen (born 1971), Dutch actor and comedian
• Horace Cooper Wrinch (1866–1939), English-born physician, Canadian political figure, and Methodist minister
• Horace Craske, male athlete who competed for England at the 1934 British Empire Games
• Horace Crawfurd (1881–1958), British politician
• Horace Crotty (1886–1952), Anglican bishop in Australia and England
• Horace Cumner (1918–1999), Welsh international footballer
• Horace Cutler (1912–1997), British politician
• Horace Daggett (1931–1998), American farmer and politician
• Horace Dalley (born 1950), Jamaican educator and politician
• Horace Dammers (1921–2004), English Anglican dean and author
• Horace Darwin (1851–1928), English engineer
• Horace Davenport (1850–1925), English swimmer
• Horace Davey, Baron Davey (1833–1907), English judge and politician
• Horace Davies (1903–1971), Australian politician
• Horace Davis (1831–1916), American politician
• Horace Dawkins (1867–1944), British politician
• Horace Dawson (born 1926), American diplomat
• Horace Dawswell (1896–1966), British gymnast
• Horace Day (1909–1984), American painter
• Horace Dean (1814–1887), American-born Australian doctor, journalist, and political candidate
• Horace Debenham (1903–1993), British rower
• Horace Dediu (born 1968), Romanian-American industry analyst
• Horace Deighton (1831–?), Trinidadian cricketer
• Horace DeVauhan (died 1927), American criminal
• Horace de Vere Cole (1881–1936), British prankster
• Horace de Viel-Castel (1802–1864), French art-lover, collector, and museum director
• Horace Dimick (1809?–1874), American gunsmith and firearms dealer
• Horace Disston (1906–1982), American field hockey player
• Horace Dixon (1899–1978), New Zealand rugby league player
• Horace Dixon (bishop) (1869–1964), British priest in the Church of England
• Horace Dobbins (1868–1962), American businessman and politician
• Horace Dobbs (born 1933), British scientist, researcher, author, and television producer
• Horace Dobell (1828–1917), English doctor and medical writer
• Horace Dodge (1868–1920), American car manufacturer
• Horace Donisthorpe (1870–1951), British entomologist
• Horace Dove-Edwin (born 1967), Sierra Leonean sprinter
• Horace Duckett (1867–1939), English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer
• Horace Dutton Taft (1861–1943), American educator
• Horace Dyer (1873–1928), American football player and attorney
• Horace E. Bemis (1868–1914), American college football player and lumber dealer
• Horace E. Deemer (1858–1917), American state court judge
• Horace Eaton (1804–1855), American politician and medical doctor
• Horace Edmonds (1908–1975), Australian rules footballer
• Horace Edward Manners Fildes (1875–1937), New Zealand postmaster, book collector, and bibliographer
• Horace Edward Ramsden (1878–1948), English military emigrant to South Africa
• Horace Elgin Dodge (1868–1920), American automobile manufacturing pioneer
• Horace Ellis (1843–1867), American soldier
• Horace Ellis Crouch (1918–2005), American military aviator
• Horace Elmo Nichols (1912–2000), American lawyer, jurist, and judge
• Horace Engdahl (born 1948), Swedish literary critic
• Horace Evans, 1st Baron Evans (1903–1963), Welsh general physician
• Horace Everett (1779–1851), American politician
• Horace Everett Hooper (1859–1922), American editor and publisher
• Horace Ezra Bixby (1826–1912), American steamboat pilot, steamboat captain, and inventor
• Horace F. Bartine (1848–1918), American politician
• Horace F. Clark (1815–1873), American railroad executive and politician
• Horace F. Graham (1862–1941), American politician
• Horace F. Page (1833–1890), American politician
• Horace Fairbanks (1820–1888), American politician
• Horace Fairhurst (1893–1921), English professional footballer
• Horace Faith, Jamaican reggae singer
• Horace Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar (1844–1923), British financier, courtier, and politician
• Horace Field (1861–1948), English architect
• Horace Field Parshall (1865–1932), American-born British electrical engineer
• Horace Fielding (1906–1969), English professional footballer
• Horace Finaly (1871–1945), French financier, banker, and art collector
• Horace Finch (1906–1980), English pianist and organist
• Horace Fisher (1903–1974), English cricketer
• Horace Fisher (painter) (1861–1928), British painter
• Horace Fleming, Irish man who was the Dean of Cloyne from 1884 to 1909
• Horace Fletcher (1849–1919), American dietitian
• Horace Fletcher (footballer) (1876–1931), English footballer
• Horace Fogel (1861–1928), MLB manager
• Horace Foley (1900–1989), Australian medical practitioner and mayor
• Horace Forbes, 19th Lord Forbes (1829–1914), Scottish peer
• Horace Ford (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Francis (1821–1894), British architect
• Horace Howard Furness (1833–1912), American Shakepearean scholar
• Horace Francis Barnes (1902–1960), English entomologist
• Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1771–1851), French general, diplomat, and politician
• Horace Freeland Judson (1931–2011), American historian of molecular biology
• Horace G. Hutchins (1811–1877), American politician
• Horace G. Knowles (1863–1937), American attorney and diplomat
• Horace G. Snover (1847–1924), American politician and judge
• Horace G. Wadlin (1851–1925), American statistician, economist, librarian, and architect
• Horace Gager (1917–1984), English professional footballer
• Horace Garner (1923–1995), American baseball player
• Horace Gaul (1883–1939), Canadian professional ice hockey- and lacrosse player
• Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales (1900–1981), historian educated in England
• Horace Gifford (1932–1992), American beach house architect
• Horace Gillom (1921–1985), American football player
• Horace Ginsbern (1902–1987), American architect
• Horace Glover (1883–1967), English professional footballer
• Horace Goldin (1873–1939), Russian stage magician
• Horace Gould (1921–1968), British racing driver
• Horace Grangel (1908–1970), Australian cricketer
• Horace Grant (born 1965), American basketball player
• Horace Grant Underwood (1859–1916), English missionary
• Horace Gray (1828–1902), American judge
• Horace Gray (cricketer) (1874–1938), English cricketer, educator, and clergyman
• Horace Greasley (1918–2010), British soldier
• Horace Greeley (1811–1872), American newspaper editor and publisher
• Horace Greeley Knapp, American architect
• Horace Greely Prettyman (1857–1945), American football player
• Horace Green (1918–2000), English professional footballer
• Horace Gregory (1898–1982), American poet, translator, literary critic, and college professor
• Horace Griffin, American Episcopal minister
• Horace Griggs Prall (1881–1951), American attorney and politician
• Horace Grocott (1880–1963), New Zealand Baptist missionary, Boys’ Brigade leader, and postmaster
• Horace Günzburg (1833–1909), Russian philanthropist
• Horace Gwynne (1912–2001), Canadian bantamweight professional boxer
• Horace H. Cummings (1858–1937), American educator and Mormon leader
• Horace H. Fuller (1886–1966), American soldier
• Horace H. Smith (1905–1976), American diplomat
• Horace Hagedorn (1915–2005), American advertising executive, businessman, and philanthropist
• Horace Hahn (1915–2003), American actor
• Horace Hall, English businessman
• Horace Hall Edwards (1902–1987), American politician
• Horace Hamilton (1880–1971), British civil servant
• Horace Hardwick (1935–2020), American politician
• Horace Harmon Lurton (1844–1914), American Supreme Court Justice and Circuit Judge
• Horace Harned (1920–2017), American politician
• Horace Harper (1898–1970), Australian politician
• Horace Harral (1817–1905), British wood-engraver, etcher, and photographer
• Horace Harrison (1829–1885), American politician
• Horace Hart (1840–1916), English printer and biographer
• Horace Hart (footballer) (1894–1975), English footballer
• Horace Harvey (1863–1949), Canadian lawyer, jurist, and a Chief Justice
• Horace Harvey (bowls), South African international lawn bowler
• Horace Haszard (1853–1922), Canadian wholesale merchant and political figure
• Horace Hawkins, British socialist
• Horace Hawkins (musician) (1880–1966), English classical organist
• Horace Hazell (1909–1990), English cricketer
• Horace Hearne (1892–1962), English barrister and judge
• Horace Heidt (1901–1986), American bandleader
• Horace Helmbold (1867–1939), American MLB player
• Horace Henderson (1904–1988), American jazz pianist, organist, arranger, and bandleader
• Horace Hendrickson (1910–2004), American football-, basketball-, and baseball player, coach, and athletics administrator
• Horace Henry Baxter (1818–1884), American businessman
• Horace Henry Glasock (1880–1916), English-born South African soldier
• Horace Henry White (1864–1946), American lawyer and civic leader
• Horace Henshall (1889–1951), English footballer and manager
• Horace Herring (1884–1962), English mechanical engineer, draughtsman, and emigrant politician to New Zealand
• Horace Hildreth (1902–1988), American lawyer and politician
• Horace Hiller (1844–1898), American businessman
• Horace His de la Salle (1795–1878), French art collector
• Horace Hodes (1907–1989), American pediatrician and disease researcher
• Horace Hodges (1863–1951), British stage- and film actor and writer
• Horace Hogan (born 1965), American professional wrestler
• Horace Hogben (1888–1975), Australian politician
• Horace Holden (born 1963), American slalom canoer
• Horace Holley (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Holmes (1888–1971), British politician and trade union official
• Horace Hood (1870–1916), British admiral
• Horace Hooker (1793–1864), American Congregationalist minister and author
• Horace Horton (1823–1902), Canadian insurance agent and political figure
• Horace Howard Furness (1833–1912), American Shakespearean scholar
• Horace Hunt (1907–1984), Australian cricketer
• Horace Huntley, American professor, historian and writer
• Horace Husler (1890–1959), English professional footballer
• Horace Hutchinson (1859–1932), English golfer
• Horace Ivory (born 1954), American football player
• Horace Jackson (1898–1952), American filmmaker, screenwriter, and set designer
• Horace Jackson (filmmaker) (fl.1963–1976), American filmmaker, and educator
• Horace Jacobs (1816–1884), American doctor
• Horace Jacobs Rice (1882–1964), American attorney, legal instructor, and academic dean
• Horace James (disambiguation), several people
• Horace James Seymour (1885–1978), British diplomat
• Horace Jansen Beemer (c. 1845–1912), American railway contractor and businessman in Canada
• Horace Jarnigan (1909–1977), American baseball player
• Horace Jayne (1859–1913), American zoologist and educator
• Horace Jenkins (born 1974), American former NBA player
• Horace Jenkins (baseball) (1891–1962), American baseball player
• Horace Jones (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Joules (1902–1977), British physician, health administrator, and health campaigner
• Horace Judson (disambiguation), several people
• Horace K. Hathaway (1878–1944), American consulting engineer and lecturer
• Horace Kadoorie (1902–1995), industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist in Shanghai and Hong Kong
• Horace Kallen (1882–1974), German-born American philosopher
• Horace Keats (1895–1945), English-born Australian composer, arranger, piano accompanist, and conductor
• Horace Kelley (1819–1890), American industrialist and philanthropist
• Horace Kenton Wright (1915–1976), American-born Bahamian artist and teacher
• Horace Kephart (1862–1931), American travel writer and librarian
• Horace King (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Knight (fl. 1901–1920), British natural history illustrator
• Horace Kolimba (1939–1997), Tanzanian politician
• Horace L. Friess (1900–1975), American ethicist
• Horace L. McBride (1894–1962), American Army officer
• Horace LaBissoniere (1896–1972), American football player and politician
• Horace Lamb (1849–1934), British mathematician
• Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan (1878–1950), Anglo-Irish soldier and Anglican priest
• Horace Law (1911–2005), British military officer
• Horace Lawson Hunley (1823–1863), American marine engineer
• Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1802–1897), French artist and teacher
• Horace Lee (1909–1981), English cricketer
• Horace Lindrum (1912–1974), Australian professional snooker- and billiards player
• Horace Liveright (1884–1933), American publisher and stage producer
• Horace Lloyd (1828–1874), English barrister
• Horace Locklear (born 1942), American politician and former attorney
• Horace Logan (1916–2002), American radio personality
• Horace Loh (born 1937), Chinese-born Taiwanese biochemist
• Horace Lucian Arnold (1837–1915), American engineer, inventor, engineering journalist, and writer
• Horace Lunt (1918–2010), American linguist and professor
• Horace Lyddon (1912–1968), English Navy officer and college president
• Horace Lyman (1815–1887), American reverend and math professor
• Horace Lyne (1860–1949), Welsh international rugby player
• Horace M. Albright (1890–1987), American conservationist
• Horace M. Singer (1823–1896), American businessman and politician
• Horace M. Stone (1890–1944), New York politician
• Horace M. Thorne (1918–1944), American Army soldier
• Horace Mackennal (died 1949), Australian architect
• Horace Mann (1796–1859), American politician and education reformer
• Horace Mann Bond (1904–1972), American historian, college administrator, and social science researcher
• Horace Mann Jr. (1844–1868), American botanist
• Horace Mann Thu-Jaune (born 1963), Malagasy politician
• Horace Mann Towner (1855–1937), American politician
• Horace Marryat (1818–1887), English traveler and author
• Horace Martelli (1877–1959), British Army officer
• Horace Martin (born 1985), Jamaican-Dutch kickboxer
• Horace Martineau (1874–1916), British soldier
• Horace Mayhew (1845–1926), British mining engineer and colliery owner
• Horace Mayhew (journalist) (1816–1872), English journalist and humorist
• Horace Maynard (1814–1882), American educator, attorney, politician, and diplomat
• Horace McCoy (1897–1955), American writer
• Horace McKenna (1899–1982), American Catholic activist and social worker
• Horace McKinney (1919–1997), American professional basketball player and coach
• Horace McMahon (1906–1971), American actor
• Horace Meek Hickam (1885–1934), American pioneer airpower advocate and Army officer
• Horace Mellard DuBose (1858–1941), American Methodist Episcopal bishop
• Horace Mellor (1851–1942), English cricketer
• Horace Merrick (1887–1961), English cricketer, soldier, and school teacher
• Horace Merrill (1884–1958), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Horace Micallef (born 1959), Maltese sports shooter
• Horace Milan (1894–1955), American MLB player
• Horace Miller (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Mills (1864–1941), British singer, actor, and dramatist
• Horace Mitchell (1858–1951), English cricketer
• Horace Mitchell Miner (1912–1993), American anthropologist
• Horace Moore (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Moore-Jones (1868–1922), New Zealand artist, soldier, and art teacher
• Horace Moulden (1898–1988), British trade union leader
• Horace Moule Evans (1841–1923), Indian Army officer
• Horace Murphy (1880–1975), American film actor
• Horace Nelson (1878–1962), American politician
• Horace Newcomb, American television critic, writer, and mass media scholar
• Horace Newte (1870–1949), English playwright, novelist, and columnist
• Horace Newton (1844–1920), British Anglican priest, philanthropist, and country landowner
• Horace Nicholls (1867–1941), English photographer
• Horace Nobbs (1880–?), British trade unionist and political activist
• Horace Nock (1879–1958), Australian politician, farmer, and company director
• Horace Northcutt (1883–1950), American politician
• Horace Norton (1896–1976), English professional footballer
• Horace Notice (born 1957), English plasterer and boxer
• Horace Nunn (1891–1957), New Zealand rugby footballer
• Horace Odell (1910–1984), American javelin thrower
• Horace Ott (born 1933), American jazz and R&B composer, arranger, record producer, conductor, and pianist
• Horace Ové (1936–2023), British filmmaker
• Horace Owens (born 1961), American basketball coach, player, and assistant coach
• Horace P. Biddle (1811–1900), American lawyer, judge, poet, musicologist, and hermit
• Horace Packe (1865–1934), New Zealand Archdeacon
• Horace Panter (born 1953), English bassist for The Specials
• Horace Parlan (1931–2017), American pianist and composer
• Horace Parmelee (1889–1957), American talent manager and concert promoter
• Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837–1923), American astronomer and army and navy officer
• Horace Patch (1814–1862), American politician
• Horace Pauleus Sannon (1870–1938), Haitian historian, politician, and diplomat
• Horace Peacock (1869–1940), English cricketer and British Army officer
• Horace Pearson (1907–?), English footballer
• Horace Percy Lale (1886–1955), British Air Force officer
• Horace Perkins (born 1954), American football player
• Horace Perry (1905–1962), English cricketer
• Horace Petty (1904–1982), Australian politician
• Horace Phillips (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Pike (1869–1936), English footballer
• Horace Pippin (1888–1946), American painter
• Horace Pittaway (born 1941), South African cricketer
• Horace Pitt-Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers (1777–1831), British nobleman and gambler
• Horace Pitt-Rivers, 6th Baron Rivers (1814–1880), British peer and army officer
• Horace Plunkett (1854–1932), Anglo-Irish agricultural reformer, author, and politician
• Horace Poolaw (1906–1984), American-born Kiowa photographer
• Horace Porter (1837–1921), American soldier and diplomat
• Horace Poussard (1829–1898), French violinist and composer
• Horace Price (1863–1941), English Anglican missionary
• Horace Prince (1900–1977), New Zealand cricketer
• Horace Pym (1844–1896), English confidential solicitor, book collector, and journal editor
• Horace R. Buck (1853–1897), American Supreme Court Justice
• Horace R. Byers (1906–1998), American meteorologist
• Horace R. Cayton, Sr. (1859–1940), African-American newspaper publisher
• Horace R. Cayton, Jr. (1903–1970), American sociologist, son of the above
• Horace R. Kornegay (1924–2009), American politician
• Horace Racine (1905–1994), Canadian politician
• Horace Rackham (1858–1933), American lawyer, stockholder, and philanthropist
• Horace Ramey (1885–1974), American athlete
• Horace Randal (1833–1864), American soldier
• Horace Rawlins (1874–1935), English professional golfer
• Horace Reid (cricketer) (born 1935), Jamaican cricketer
• Horace Rendall Mansfield (1863–1914), British politician
• Horace Ricardo (1850–1935), British military officer and land owner
• Horace Rice (1872–1950), Australian tennis player
• Horace Richardson (1854–1935), Australian politician
• Horace Richardson (American football) (born 1993), American football player
• Horace Rickett (1912–1989), English professional football goalkeeper
• Horace Ridler (1892–1969), English professional freak and sideshow performer
• Horace Robertson (1894–1960), Australian military officer
• Horace Roome (1887–1964), British military officer
• Horace Rowan Gaither (1909–1961), American attorney, investment banker, and administrator
• Horace Roye (1906–2002), British photographer
• Horace Rublee (1829–1896), American journalist, newspaper editor, politician, and ambassador to Switzerland
• Horace Rudston (1878–1962), English cricketer
• Horace Rumbold (disambiguation), several people
• Horace S. Carswell Jr. (1916–1944), American Army major
• Horace S. Eldredge (1816–1888), American Mormon leader
• Horace Sandford (1891–1967), Australian cricketer
• Horace Scudder (1838–1902), American writer and editor
• Horace Searle Anderson (1833–1907), British Indian Army officer
• Horace Secrist (1881–1943), American statistician and economist
• Horace Sedger (1853–1917), American-born British theatre manager and impresario
• Horace See (1835–1909), American mechanical engineer, marine engineer, naval architect, inventor, and superintendent
• Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (1908–1982), American politician
• Horace Sewell (1881–1953), British Army officer
• Horace Seymour (1791–1851), English Army officer and politician
• Horace Sheffield III (born 1954), American pastor and media personality
• Horace Sheldon, British composer, orchestra leader, and stage- and musical director
• Horace Sherrell (1886–1940), American college football player and coach
• Horace Sholl (1851–1927), Australian pastoralist and politician
• Horace Signor Brannon (1884–1970), American physician
• Horace Silliman (1825–1910), American businessman, philanthropist, and a layman in the Presbyterian Church
• Horace Silver (1928–2014), American jazz musician, composer, and arranger
• Horace Smirk (1902–1991), New Zealand medicine professor
• Horace Smith (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Smith-Dorrien (1858–1930), British general
• Horace Smithy (1914–1948), American cardiac surgeon
• Horace Snary (1897–1966), English cricketer
• Horace Speed (1852–1924), American pioneer and attorney
• Horace Speed (baseball) (born 1951), American MLB outfielder
• Horace Sprott (1899–c.1992), American songster and harmonica player
• Horace Stanley Colliver (1874–1957), Canadian businessman and political figure
• Horace Stansel (1888–1936), American civil engineer and politician
• Horace Stansfield Collier (1864–1930), British surgeon
• Horace Stern (1878–1969), American Supreme Court Justice
• Horace Stevens (1876–1950), Australian singer, Army officer, singing teacher, and sculler
• Horace Stoneham (1903–1990), American MLB executive
• Horace Stoute (born 1971), Barbadian international footballer
• Horace Strutt (1903–1985), Australian Army officer and politician
• Horace Sumner Lyman (1855–1904), American journalist, historian, and educator
• Horace Sweeney Oakley (1861–1929), American lawyer, scholar, and philanthropist
• Horace T. Cahill (1894–1976), American politician
• Horace Tabor (1830–1899), American prospector, businessman, and politician
• Horace Tapscott (1934–1999), American jazz pianist and composer
• Horace Tate (1922–2002), American educator, activist, scholar, and politician
• Horace Taylor (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Tennyson O'Rourke (1880–1963), Irish architect
• Horace Terhune Herrick (1887–1948), American scientist and agriculture director
• Horace Thomas (1890–1916), Welsh international rugby union and Army personnel
• Horace Thompson (1900–?), English footballer
• Horace Tonks (1891–1959), British Anglican colonial bishop
• Horace Tozer (1844–1916), Australian lawyer and politician
• Horace Tracy Pitkin (1869–1900), American missionary
• Horace Traubel (1858–1919), American essayist, poet, magazine publisher, author, and Georgist
• Horace Trevor-Cox (1908–2005), British farmer, landowner, and politician
• Horace Trubridge (born 1957), English trade union leader and musician
• Horace Trumbauer (1868–1938), American architect
• Horace Tuck (1876–1951), English artist
• Horace Tuitt (born 1954), Trinidad and Tobago sprinter
• Horace Tulloch (born 1930), Jamaican cricketer
• Horace Twiss (1787–1849), English writer and politician
• Horace Valentin Crocicchia (1888–1976), French colonial governor and administrator
• Horace Venn (1892–1953), English cricketer
• Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (1565–1635), English military leader
• Horace Vernet (1789–1863), French painter
• Horace Viner (1877–1935), Welsh professional footballer
• Horace W. Babcock (1912–2003), American astronomer
• Horace W. Bailey (1852–1914), American politician and government official
• Horace W. Bozarth (1894–1976), American politician
• Horace W. B. Donegan (1900–1991), American Episcopal Church bishop
• Horace W. South (1877–1954), American football coach and educator
• Horace W. Wilkie (1917–1976), American attorney, judge, and politician
• Horace Walker (1838–1908), English mountaineer
• Horace Walker (basketball) (1937–2001), American NBA player
• Horace Wallbanks (1918–2004), English professional footballer
• Horace Waller (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Walls III (born 2001), American rapper
• Horace Walpole (1717–1797), English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and politician
• Horace Walrond (born 1971), Barbadian cricketer
• Horace Walter Gilbert (1855–1928), English landscape painter
• Horace Walter Rigden (1898–1986), English chemist and oil industry executive
• Horace Ward (1927–2016), American lawyer and judge
• Horace Waring (1910–1980), English/Australian zoologist
• Horace Wass (1903–1969), English sportsman
• Horace Waters (1812–1893), American Christian hymnwriter and music publisher
• Horace Watts (1901–1959), Canadian Anglican bishop
• Horace Webster (1794–1871), American educator
• Horace Weldon Gilmore (1918–2010), American judge
• Horace Wells (1815–1848), American dentist
• Horace Weston (1825–1890), American musician and composer
• Horace Wheaton (1803–1882), American businessman and politician
• Horace Wheddon (1891–1959), British cinematographer
• Horace Whiddon (1879–1955), Australian politician
• Horace White (1865–1943), American lawyer and politician
• Horace White (writer) (1834–1916), American journalist and financial expert
• Horace Whiteside (1891–1956), American football player and football and basketball coach
• Horace Wigan (1815/16–1885), English actor, dramatist, and theatre manager
• Horace Wilder (1802–1889), American politician, lawyer, and judge
• Horace William Finlinson (1871–1956), English rugby international
• Horace William Petherick (1839–1919), British artist, illustrator, musician, writer, and violin expert
• Horace William Wheelwright (1815–1865), English hunter, naturalist, and writer
• Horace Williams (1900–1960), Welsh professional footballer
• Horace Williams (cricketer) (1932–2011), Grenadian cricketer
• Horace Williams Fuller (1844–1901), American lawyer and editor
• Horace Wilson (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Winchell Magoun (1907–1991), American neuroscientist
• Horace Wolcott Robbins (1842–1904), American painter
• Horace Woodard (1904–1973), American film producer and cinematographer
• Horace Worth Vaughan (1867–1922), American lawyer, jurist, and politician
• Horace Yomishi Mochizuki (1937–1989), American mathematician
• Horace Young (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

• Horace, in the animated television show Family Guy
• Horace, an 1840 novel by George Sand
• Horace, a daily cartoon strip published in the Daily Mirror
• Horace (play), a 1640 play by Pierre Corneille
• Horace (television play), a 1972 television play
• Horace series, a 1980s video game series
• Horace, in the Ranger's Apprentice novel series by John Flanagan
• Horace Badun, on of Cruella de Vil's henchmen in 101 dalmatians
• Horace Bleakman, in Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Horace Goodspeed, in the television series Lost
• Horace Harkness, in the Honor Harrington novels by David Weber
• Horace, one of the henchmen in 101 Dalmatians (1996 film)
• Horace Horsecollar, a Disney character
• Horace James, in the Disney series Flash Forward
• Horace Jones, in the 1949 film Angels in Disguise
• Horace Pinker, in the 1989 film Shocker
• Horace Rumpole, in the television series Rumpole of the Bailey
• Horace Slughorn, in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
• Horace Wittel VIII, in Horace and Pete, a 2016 web series created by Louis C.K. (with C.K. starring as Horace)

See also

• Horatio
• Horatius (disambiguation)
• Horus (disambiguation)
• Horrie