What is "hornby"

Hornby may refer to:

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

• A. N. Hornby (1847–1925), English sportsman excelling in both rugby and cricket
• A. S. Hornby (1898–1978), English grammarian, lexicographer, and pioneer in the field of English language learning and teaching (ELT)
• Andy Hornby (born 1967), English businessman, chief executive of Alliance Boots
• Anna Hornby, N.E.A.C (1914–1996), English painter, calligrapher and member of the New English Art Club
• Ben Hornby (born 1980), Australian rugby league player
• Clive Hornby (1944–2008), English actor
• D. Brock Hornby (born 1944), United States federal judge
• Sir Edmund Grimani Hornby (1825-1896), Chief Judge of the British Supreme Consular Court in Constantinople and the British Supreme Court for China and Japan
• Edmund Phipps-Hornby VC, CB, CMG, DL (1857–1947), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Edward Kenworthy Hornby (1839–1887), Member of Parliament for Blackburn
• Frank Hornby (1863–1936), inventor of Meccano and Hornby Trains
• Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby (1825–1895), British admiral of the fleet
• Hugh Leycester Hornby (1888–1965), Anglican clergyman
• James John Hornby (1826–1909), headmaster and, later, provost of Eton
• John Hornby (1880–1927), Canadian explorer
• Lesley Hornby (born 1949), birth name of English model, actress, and singer better known as "Twiggy"
• Nick Hornby (born 1957), author
• Nick Hornby (artist) (born 1980), British artist
• Phil Hornby, British news reporter, working for ITV Meridian
• Phipps Hornby (1785–1867), British naval officer
• Phipps Hornby (cricketer) (1820–1848), English cricketer
• Richard Hornby (1922–2007), British Conservative Party politician and businessman
• Robert William Bilton Hornby (1821–1888), priest, antiquarian and lord of the manor from the City of York
• Ron Hornby (1914–1962), a British professional footballer
• Ross Hornby, Canada's current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the European Union
• Warwick Hornby, Australian musician in the band The Whitlams
• Wilfrid Bird Hornby (born 1851), an Anglican Colonial Bishop
• William Hornby (governor) (c. 1723–1803), Governor of Bombay
• Sir William Hornby, 1st Baronet (1841–1928), son of William Henry Hornby, also an industrialist and politician
• William Henry Hornby (1805–1884) (1805–1884), English industrialist and politician