Horace (disambiguation)
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Many persons have been given the Scottish name "Horace", typically after the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus:
- Horace - Roman poet
- Horace Alexander - ornithologist
- Horace "Andy" Hinds, Jamaican roots reggae singer
- Horace Donisthorpe - British entomologist
- Horace Fletcher - American dietitian
- Horace Furness - Shakespearean scholar
- Horace Grant - basketball player
- Horace Gray - American jurist
- Horace Greeley - author and newspaper editor
- Horace Hogan - the stage name of professional wrestler Michael Bollea
- Horace Mann - American lawyer and education reformer
- Horace Pippin - American artist
- Horace Porter - American soldier and diplomat
- Horace-Bénédict de Saussure - Swiss scientist and mountain pioneer
- Horace Silver - jazz musician
- Professor Horace Slughorn - fictional character with the Harry Potter series
- Horace Tabor - American prospector
- Horace de Vere Cole - eccentric British aristocrat and prankster
- Horace Vernet - French painter of military themes
- Horace Walpole - 4th Earl of Oxford, novelist and politician
- Horace Engdahl - Permanent secretary of the Swedish academy since 1999.
Other things called Horace include:
- Horace - A French novel by George Sand.
- Horace - A French play by Corneille.
- Horace series - The series of 1980s video games with a character named Horace.
- Horace Horsecollar - Walt Disney's horse character
- Horace (The Agents) - A fictional calico cat characeter from the The Agents series.
- Hungry Horace - A main character of a game series for home computers