Horace is a masculine given name, derived from the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65–8 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 Dall (1901–1986), British amateur astronomer and telescope maker 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