# Horace (given name)

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)