# Horacio

Horacio \ho-ra-cio\, a masculine given name, is a variant of Horace. The given name Horacio is found sporadically throughout all of Latin America. Horacio is a boy's name with Latin origins said to mean 'timekeeper'.
The Portuguese spelling is Horácio. A related name is Horatio.

## People with the name

* Horacio Accavallo (1934–2022), Argentine boxer
* Horacio Agulla (born 1984), Argentine rugby player
* Horacio Ahuett Garza (born 1964), Mexican engineer
* Horacio Allegue (born 1972), Spanish rower
* Horacio Altuna (born 1941), Argentine comics artist
* Horacio Álvarez Mesa (1881–1936), Spanish politician, lawyer and journalist
* Horacio Ameli (born 1974), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Anasagasti (1879–1932), Argentine engineer
* Horacio Marcelo Arce (born 1970), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Arruda (born 1960), Canadian physician
* Horacio Badaraco (1901–1946), Argentine anarchist and journalist
* Horacio Baldessari (born 1958), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Barrionuevo (born 1939), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul (1933–2016), prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* Horacio Bernardo (born 1976), Uruguayan writer
* Horacio Bocaranda (born 1965), Venezuelan–American TV and film director
* Horacio Bongiovanni (born 1950), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Cabrera (born 1958), Cuban rower
* Horacio Calcaterra (born 1989), Argentine footballer who plays for Peru
* Horacio Campi (1917–?), Argentine sailor
* Horacio Carabelli (born 1968), Uruguayan sailor and engineer
* Horacio Carbonari (born 1974), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Carbonetti (born 1947), Argentine golfer
* Horacio Cardo (1944–2018), Argentine painter and illustrator
* Horacio Cardozo (born 1979), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Carochi (1586–1666), Italian Jesuit priest and grammarian
* Horacio Cartes (born 1956), Paraguayan politician and businessman
* Horacio Casarín (1918–2005), Mexican footballer
* Horacio Casco (1868–1931), Argentine fencer
* Horacio Castellanos Moya (born 1957), Honduran writer
* Horacio Cervantes (born 1981), Mexican footballer
* Horacio Chiorazzo (born 1976), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Cifuentes (born 1998), Argentine table tennis player
* Horacio Colombo (born 1934), Argentine basketball player
* Horacio Coppola (1906–2012), Argentine photographer and filmmaker
* Horacio Cordero (born 1950), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Cordero (painter) (1945–2014), tenth Marquis de Sosa
* Horacio d'Almeida (born 1988), French volleyball player
* Horacio de Almeida (born 1975), Timor-Leste official
* Horacio de la Costa (1916–1977), Filipino Jesuit priest, historian and academic
* Horacio de la Iglesia (fl. from 2000), Argentine-born biologist
* Horacio de la Peña (born 1966), tennis player from Argentina
* Horacio de la Vega (born 1975), Mexican modern pentathlete and sports administrator
* Horacio Díaz Luco (born 1943), Chilean footballer
* Horacio Duarte Olivares (born 1971), Mexican politician
* Horacio Echevarrieta (1870–1963), Spanish businessman and politician
* Horacio Elizondo (born 1963), Argentine football referee
* Horacio Erpen (born 1981), Argentine association footballer
* Horacio Esteves (1941–1996), Venezuelan sprinter
* Horacio Estol (fl. 1944–1959), Argentinian journalist in New York
* Horacio Estrada (born 1975), Venezuelan baseball player
* Horacio Etchegoyen (1919–2016), Argentine psychoanalyst
* Horacio Farach (fl. 1965–2004), Argentine physicist
* Horacio Ferrer (1933–2014), Uruguayan-Argentine poet
* Horacio Flores (born 1951), Mexican sprint canoer
* Horacio Fontova (1946–2020), Argentine actor
* Horacio Franco (born 1963), Mexican musician
* Horacio Gallardo (born 1981), Bolivian road bicycle racer
* Horacio García (born 1990), Mexican boxer
* Horacio García (sailor) (1931–2015), Uruguayan dinghy sailor
* Horacio Garza Garza (fl. from 1991), Mexican politician
* Horacio Gómez Bolaños (1930–1999), Mexican actor
* Horacio González (1944–2021), Argentine teacher and essayist
* Horacio Gramajo (1900–1943), Argentine bobsledder
* Horacio Guarany (1925–2017), Argentine folklore singer
* Horacio Gutiérrez (born 1948), Cuban-American classical pianist
* Horacio Guzmán (1913–1992), Argentine lawyer and politician
* Horacio Hasse (born 1940), Guatemalan footballer
* Horacio "El Negro" Hernández (born 1963), Cuban drummer and percussionist
* Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931-2012), Ecuadorian poet
* Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez (1902-1962), Ecuadorian poet
* Horacio Humoller (born 1966), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Iglesias (1942–2004), Argentine swimmer
* Horacio Iglesias (bobsleigh) (1903-unknown), Argentine bobsledder
* Horacio Jaunarena (born 1942), Argentine politician
* Horacio Lavandera (born 1984), Argentine pianist
* Horacio LeDon (born 1967), Cuban American businessman
* Horacio Tomás Liendo (1924–2007), Argentinian military officer
* Horacio Llamas (born 1973), Mexican basketball player
* Horacio López (born 1961), Uruguayan athlete, basketball player and writer
* Horacio López Salgado (born 1948), Mexican footballer
* Horacio Lores (born 1939), Argentine politician
* Horacio Lugo (born 1966), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Macedo Esquivel (born 1963), Mexican footballer
* Horacio Malvicino (1929–2023), Argentinian musician
* Horacio Mancilla (fl. from 1991), Mexican voice actor and writer
* Horacio Martínez, several people
* Horacio Massaccesi (born 1948), Argentine politician
* Horacio Matarasso (born 1967), Argentine ornithologist
* Horacio Matuszyczk (born 1961), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Mendizábal (1847–1871), Argentine poet, translator and activist
* Horacio Miranda (born 1931), Filipino sports shooter
* Horacio Montemurro (born 1962), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Monti (1911–unknown), Argentine sailor
* Horacio Morales Jr. (1943–2012), Filipino economist and politician
* Horacio Moráles (1943–2021), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Muñoz (1896–1976), Chilean footballer
* Horacio Nava (born 1982), Mexican race walker
* Horacio Neumann (1946–2008), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Olivo (1933–2016), Puerto Rican actor and comedian
* Horacio Orzán (born 1988), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Pacheco (born 1983), Bolivian football manager
* Horacio Pagani (disambiguation), several people
* Horacio Pancheri (born 1982), Argentine actor and model
* Horacio Peña (disambiguation), several people
* Horacio Peralta (born 1982), Uruguayan footballer
* Horacio Perdomo (born 1960), Uruguayan basketball player
* Horacio Piña (born 1945), Mexican baseball player
* Horacio Podestá (1911–1999), Argentine rower
* Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937), Uruguayan author and writer
* Horacio Ramiro González (born 1956), Argentine politician
* Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (born 1965), Argentine economist and politician
* Horacio A. Rega Molina (1899–1957), Argentine poet
* Horacio Rosatti (born 1956), Argentine lawyer, politician and judge
* Horacio D. Rozanski (born c. 1968), Argentine-born American businessman
* Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1771–1851), French general, diplomat, and politician
* Horacio Seeber (1907-1972), sailor from Argentina
* Horacio Sequeira (born 1995), Uruguayan footballer
* Horacio Serpa (1943–2020), Colombian lawyer and politician
* Horacio Siburu (1922–2000), Argentine modern pentathlete
* Horacio Sicilia (born 1974), Argentine rower
* Horacio Simaldone (born 1958), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Sánchez (born 1953), Mexican footballer
* Chango Spasiuk (Horacio Spasiuk, born 1968), Argentine chamamé musician and accordion player
* Horacio A. Tenorio (1935–2021), Mexican general authority in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* Horacio Terra Arocena (1894–1985), Uruguayan architect and politician
* Horacio Tijanovich (born 1996), Argentine footballer
* Horacio Troche (1935–2014), Uruguayan footballer
* Horacio Usandizaga (born 1940), or El Vasco, Argentine politician
* Horacio Vaggione (born 1943), Argentinian composer
* Horacio Valenzuela (born 1954), Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church
* Horacio Vásquez (1860–1936), Dominican Republic general and politician
* Horacio Vázquez-Rial (1947–2012), Argentine-born writer and translator
* Horacio Verbitsky (born 1942), Argentine investigative journalist and author
* Horacio Villafañe (1963–2011), Argentine musician, singer and songwriter
* Horacio Villalobos (born 1970), Mexican TV host and actor
* Horacio White (1927–2017), Argentine swimmer
* Horacio Zeballos (born 1985), Argentine tennis player

## People with the name Horácio

* Horácio de Faria (born 1947), Portuguese footballer
* Horácio de Matos (1882–1931), Brazilian politician and colonel
* Horácio Gonçalves (born 1962), Portuguese footballer
* Horácio Macedo (born 1930), Portuguese rally driver
* Horácio Roque (1944–2010), Portuguese financier and businessman

## Fictional characters

* Horácio, a baby Tyrannosaurus rex, in the Brazilian comic strip Horacio's World