Horace


Gender:
Origin: Latin
643 famous people named Horace found on Wikipedia.
54017 male, 202 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 4779-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 79-th in year 1880
Used in: English, French

Meanings

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

Masc. proper name, from French, from Latin Horatius, name of a Roman gens. The poet was Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 B.C.E.). The form Horatio is influenced by the Italian version of the name, Orazio.

Hour in time, season, timekeeper.

Famous People: 643 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Horace Roman lyric poet
2 Horace Grant 1965 American basketball player
3 Horace Greeley 1811 American politician
4 Horace Walpole 1717 English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician
5 Horace Hogan 1965 American professional wrestler
6 Horace Silver 1928 American jazz pianist and composer.
7 Horace Elgin Dodge 1868 American businessman
8 Horace Greasley 1918 British soldier
9 Horace Horsecollar Fictional character
10 Horace Andy 1951 Musician
11 Horace Wells 1815 American dentist and anaesthesia pioneer
12 Horace Vernet 1789 French painter
13 Horace de Vere Cole 1881 British minister
14 Horace Panter 1953 Bassist of The Specials and professional artist
15 Horace Smith-Dorrien 1858 British soldier
16 Horace Darwin 1851 British engineer
17 Horace Pippin 1888 American artist
18 Horace Cohen 1971 Dutch actor
19 Horace Kephart 1862 American writer
20 Horace Parlan 1931 American pianist
21 Horace Mann Bond 1904 American academic administrator and historian
22 Horace Tabor 1830 American politician
23 Horace Fletcher 1849 American health food enthusiast
24 Horace Lamb 1849 English mathematician
25 Horace Trumbauer 1868 American architect
26 Horace Brown American musician
27 Horace McMahon 1906 American actor
28 Horace Burrell 1950 Jamaican sports executive
29 Horace Gray 1828 American judge
30 Horace M. Albright 1890 American conservationist
31 Horace Kallen 1882 American philosopher
32 Horace Stoneham 1903 American sports executive
33 Horace Lawson Hunley 1823 Confederate marine engineer during the American Civil War
34 Horace Ridler 1892 British circus performer
35 Horace Lindrum 1912 Australian billiards and snooker player
36 Horace Heidt 1901 American musician
37 Horace Bushnell 1802 American theologian
38 Horace McCoy 1897 American writer
39 Horace Batchelor 1898 Pools predictor
40 Horace Porter 1837 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
41 Horace Engdahl 1948 Swedish literary historian, Permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy
42 Horace Hood 1870 British First World War admiral killed in action
43 Horace Plunkett 1854 Irish politician
44 Horace Romano Harré 1927 New Zealand philosopher and psychologist
45 Horace Smith 1779 English poet and novelist
46 Horace Ashenfelter 1923 Athletics competitor
47 Horace Clarke 1940 American baseball player
48 Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta 1772 Soldier, diplomat
49 Horace Hayman Wilson 1786 British indologist
50 Horace Barker 1907 American biochemist
51 Horace Newton Allen 1858 American diplomat
52 Horace Maynard 1814 American politician
53 Horace Freeland Judson 1931 Historian of molecular biology
54 Horace Tapscott 1934 American musician
55 Horace Grant Underwood 1859 Bible translator
56 Horace Harmon Lurton 1844 Confederate Army soldier, lawyer, judge and politician
57 Horace Ott 1933 American musician
58 Horace Mitchell Miner 1912 American anthropologist
59 Horace Ové 1939 British photographer and filmmaker
60 Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury 1565 English Baron
61 Horace Chang 1952 Jamaican politician
62 Horace Tabberer Brown 1848 British chemist
63 Horace Robertson 1894 Australian Army senior commander
64 Horace Rackham 1858 American businessman
65 Horace Jenkins 1974 American basketball player
66 Horace Dutton Taft 1861
67 Horace Rawlins 1874 Professional golfer
68 Horace Kadoorie 1902 Hong Kong philanthropist
69 Horace James 1984 Jamaican footballers
70 Horace Barlow 1921 British visual neuroscientist
71 Horace King, Baron Maybray-King 1901 British politician
72 Horace Cleveland 1814 American landscape architect
73 Horace Cutler 1912 British politician
74 Horace Wilson 1843 Introduced baseball to Japan
75 Horace Alexander 1889 British Quaker teacher and writer, pacifist and ornithologist
76 Horace R. Cayton, Jr. 1903 American sociologist
77 Horace Ezra Bixby 1826 American steamboat captain
78 Horace Meek Hickam 1885 US Army Air Corps officer
79 Horace Hildreth 1902 American politician
80 Horace Dediu 1968 Blogger, industry analyst
81 Horace W. Babcock 1912 American astronomer
82 Horace Copeland 1971 American football player
83 Horace DeVauhan American criminal
84 Horace Hart 1840 English printer and biographer
85 Horace Liveright 1883 American publisher and stage producer
86 Horace Everett Hooper 1859 American editor
87 Horace Parnell Tuttle 1837 American astronomer
88 Horace Broadnax 1964 American basketball player-coach
89 Horace Hahn 1915 American actor
90 Horace Nicholls 1867 British photographer
91 Horace B. Carpenter 1875 Actor, Film director
92 Horace Howard Furness 1833 American Shakespearean scholar
93 Horace Capron 1804 American businessman and agriculturalist, and a Union Army officer
94 Horace Bell 1830 Los Angeles attorney, land owner, writer
95 Horace A. Ford 1822 British archer
96 Horace Ward 1927 Jurist, lawyer, politician, civil rights activist
97 Horace Gillom 1921 American football player
98 Horace Bianchon 1797 Honoré de Balzac character
99 Horace Alsbury 1805 San Antonio de Bexar volunteer
100 Horace Mann Towner 1855 American politician
101 Horace Carpentier 1824 American mayor
102 Horace Chilton 1853 American politician
103 Horace Campbell Jamaican academic
104 Horace Henderson 1904 American musician
105 Horace Davis 1831 American politician
106 Horace Notice 1957 English boxer
107 Horace Boies 1827 American politician
108 Horace Seymour 1791 Irish politician
109 Horace H. Fuller 1886 United States Army general in World War II
110 Horace Binney 1780 American lawyer
111 Horace Hearne 1892 British colonial judge
112 Horace Rice 1872 Australian tennis player
113 Horace White 1834 American journalist (1834-1916)
114 Horace A. Jones 1906 American horse trainer
115 Horace Roye 1906 British photographer
116 Horatio Hutchinson 1859 Hutchinson, Horatio Gordon [Horace] (1859–1932), golfer and writer
117 Horace Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar 1844 British financier, courtier and Conservative politician
118 Horace Austin 1831 American politician
119 Horace Mann 1844 American botanist
120 Horace Gould 1918 British racing driver
121 Horace L. McBride 1894 United States general
122 Horace F. Page 1833 American politician
123 Horace A. Moses 1863 American businessman
124 Horace Ivory 1954 American football player
125 Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales 1900 Orientalist
126 Horace T. Cahill 1894 American politician
127 Horace Fogel 1861 American baseball executive
128 Horace Bristol 1908 American photojournalist
129 Horace Lucian Arnold 1837 American engineer/engineering journalist/early American writer on management
130 Horace Donisthorpe 1870 British myrmecologist & coleopterist
131 Horace Brodzky 1885 Australian-born artist and writer
132 Horace Francis Clark 1815 American politician
133 Horace de Carbuccia 1891 French politician, journalist and publisher
134 Horace Gregory 1898 American poet
135 Horace Poolaw 1906 Kiowa photographer
136 Horace Newcomb American journalist
137 Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran 1802 French artist and teacher
138 Horace Goldin 1873 British magician
139 Horace Armitage English footballer and manager
140 Horace Rowan Gaither 1909 American lawyer and banker
141 Horace Fairbanks 1820 American politician
142 Horace Traubel 1858 American writer
143 Horace Günzburg 1833 Russian-Jewish financier
144 Horace Arnold 1937 American musician
145 Horace Alexander Young 1954 American jazz musician
146 Horace Fairhurst 1893 English footballer
147 Horace Weldon Gilmore 1918 United States federal judge
148 Horace Lunt 1918 American Slavicist
149 Horace Randal 1833 Confederate States Army Colonel
150 Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan 1878 Anflo-Irish soldier and priest
151 Horace B. Smith 1826 American politician
152 Horace Clarence Boyer 1935 American musician
153 Horace Blew 1878 Welsh footballer
154 Horace Bailey 1881 English footballer
155 Horace Annesley Vachell 1861 English writer
156 Horace Dawson 1926 American diplomat
157 Horace Elisha Scudder 1838 American writer and editor known for the Bodley family and The Atlantic Monthly
158 Horace Hendrickson 1910 American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach
159 Horace Webster 1794 American educator
160 Horace Faith Jamaican reggae singer
161 Horace S. Eldredge 1816 American politician
162 Horace F. Graham 1862 American politician
163 Horace G. Snover 1847 American politician
164 Horace Everett 1779 American politician
165 Horace M. Thorne 1918 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
166 Horace Byatt 1875 British colonial administrator
167 Horace M. Wade 1916 American general
168 Horace Gifford 1932 American architect
169 Horace Murphy 1880 Actor
170 Horace Phillips 1853 Major League Baseball manager
171 Horace Jones 1949 American football player
172 Horace Cumner 1918 Footballer
173 Horace Finch 1906 British musician
174 Horace Brearley 1913 English County cricketer
175 Horace Dammers 1921 British dean
176 Horace Cheung 1974 Hong Kong politician
177 Horace Abbott 1806 American iron manufacturer
178 Horace Mayhew 1845 British mining engineer and colliery owner
179 Horace Eaton 1804 American politician
180 Horace McKenna 1899 American Jesuit
181 Horace Greely Prettyman 1857 American football player
182 Horace R. Cayton 1859 American journalist
183 Horace Ladymon 1929 American businessman
184 Horace Lanfranchi 1935 French politician
185 Horace Davey, Baron Davey 1833 English barrister, judge and Liberal politician
186 Horace Hodges 1865 British film actor and writer
187 Horace Law 1911 Royal Navy admiral
188 Horace Arthur Rose 1867 Administrator in the Indian Civil Service
189 Horace Day 1909 American artist
190 Horace Green 1918 Professional footballer
191 Horace Allen 1899 American baseball player
192 Horace Baldwin Rice 1861 Mayor of Houston, Texas
193 Horace Dove-Edwin 1967 Sierra Leonean sprinter
194 Horace H. Hayden 1769 American dentist (1769-1844)
195 Horace Caulkins 1850 American artist
196 Horace King 1953 American football player
197 Horace Kolimba 1939 Tanzanian politician
198 Horace Chapin Henry 1844 American banker and railroad executive
199 Horace Worth Vaughan 1867 American politician
200 Horace James Seymour 1885 British diplomat