Horn (surname) explained

Horn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Entertainment

Acting

• Cody Horn (born 1988), American actress and model
• Dimitris Horn (1921–1998), Greek actor
• Kaniehtiio Horn (born 1986), Canadian actress
• Kate Horn (1826–1896), Canadian stage actress and director
• Michelle Horn (born 1987), American actress

Music

• Charles Edward Horn (1786–1849), English composer
• Guildo Horn (born 1963), German singer
• Jim Horn (born 1940), American musician
• Karl Friedrich Horn (1762–1830), English composer
• Lawrence Horn (died 2017), American record producer
• Michael "J" Horn (born 1979), American musician and musical director
• Paul Horn (musician) (1930–2014), American jazz flautist and saxophonist
• Shirley Horn (1934–2005), American jazz singer and musician
• Trevor Horn (born 1949), British musician

Writing

• Frederik Winkel Horn (1845–1898), Danish writer and translator
• Frederik Winkel-Horn (1756–1837), Danish writer
• Shifra Horn (born 1951), Israeli author

Other

• Alan F. Horn (born 1943), American entertainment industry executive
• Andrew Horn (filmmaker) (1952–2019), American film producer, director and writer
• Bob Horn (broadcaster) (1916–1966), American radio and television personality
• Dara Horn (born 1977), American novelist, essayist, and professor of literature
• Greg Horn, American comic book artist
• Milton Horn (1906–1995), Russian-American sculptor
• Rebecca Horn (born 1944), German visual artist
• Roni Horn (born 1955), American visual artist and writer
• Roy Horn (1944–2020), German-American entertainer

Military

• Carl von Horn (1847–1923), Bavarian general and War Minister
• Carl von Horn (1903–1989), Swedish general
• Evert Horn (1585–1615), Swedish field marshal
• Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (1592–1657), Swedish/Finnish soldier and politician
• Spencer B. Horn (1895–1969), British soldier and World War I flying ace

Politics

• Andrew Horn (c. 1275–1328), English fishmonger, lawyer and legal scholar who served as Chamberlain of London (1320–1328)
• Count Arvid Horn (1664–1742), Swedish general, diplomat and politician
• Frederick W. Horn (1815–1893), Prussian-born American lawyer and politician in Wisconsin
• Gyula Horn (1932–2013), Prime Minister of Hungary from 1994 to 1998
• Joan Kelly Horn (born 1936), American politician from Missouri
• Kendra Horn, (born 1976), American lawyer and politician in Oklahoma
• Steve Horn (1931–2011), American politician in California and university president
• Werner D. Horn, German-born American politician in New Hampshire

Science and education

• Alfred Horn (1918–2001), American mathematician
• Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn (1774–1848), German physician
• David Bayne Horn (1901–1969), British historian
• Gabriel Horn (1927–2012), British biologist
• George Henry Horn (1840–1897), American entomologist
• Joseph M. Horn (born 1940), American psychologist
• Laurence R. Horn (born 1945), American linguist
• Michiel Horn (born 1939), Canadian historian
• Paul Horn (computer scientist) (born 1946), American computer scientist and solid state physicist
• Sally P. Horn (born 1958), American geographer
• Siegfried Horn (1908–1993), American archaeologist and Bible scholar
• Wade Horn (born 1976), American psychologist
• Walter Horn (1908–1995), German-born American academic
• Walther Hermann Richard Horn (1871–1939), German entomologist

Sports

American football (gridiron)

• Don Horn (born 1945), American quarterback
• Jaycee Horn (born 1999), American football player
• Joe Horn (born 1972), American football player
• Joe Horn Jr. (born 1994), American football player, son of Joe Horn

Association football (soccer)

• Timo Horn (born 1993), German footballer
• Tor Egil Horn (born 1976), Norwegian footballer

Baseball

• Bailey Horn (born 1998), American baseball player
• Sam Horn (born 1963), American baseball player

Combat sports

• Harvey Horn (born 1995), British boxer
• Jeff Horn (born 1988), Australian boxer
• Jeremy Horn (born 1975), American mixed martial artist

Other

• Blair Horn (born 1961), Canadian rower
• Marie-Louise Horn (1912–1991), German tennis player
• Oliver Horn (1901–1960), American water polo player
• Philipp Horn (born 1994), German biathlete
• Rudolf Horn (born 1954), Austrian biathlete and cross-country skier
• Stefanie Horn (born 1991), Italian slalom canoeist
• Siegbert Horn (1950–2016), East German slalom canoeist
• Ted Horn (1919–1948), American race car driver

Other

• Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn (1861–1931), trader in Africa during the "Scramble for Africa"
• Brita Horn (1745–1791), Swedish courtier and letter writer
• Bruce Horn (born 1960), American programmer
• Hassa Horn Jr. (1873–1968), Norwegian engineer and industrialist
• Julian Horn-Smith (born 1948), British businessman
• Mike Horn (born 1966), Swiss explorer and adventurer
• Tom Horn (1860–1903), American scout and Old West figure
• William Horn (1841–1922), Australian mining magnate and philanthropist

Families

• Horn family, Swedish nobility since the 14th century
• House of Hornes, European noble family in Spain and Austria (extinct 1826)

Fictional characters

• Corran Horn, character in Star Wars Legends and narrator of I, Jedi

See also

• Hoorn (disambiguation)
• Horn (disambiguation)
• Horne (surname)
• Van Horn (disambiguation)