Hornsby
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Places
- Hornsby, Cumbria, a place in Cumbria, Northern England
- Hornsby, New South WalesHornsby, New South Wales* Highest Maximum Temperature: 42 °C* Lowest Maximum Temperature: 4.9 °C* Warmest Month: January* Coolest Month: July* Highest Precipitation: February* Lowest Precipitation: July-Notable residents:...
, suburb of Sydney, Australia- Hornsby Shire, New South Wales, local government area of Sydney
- Electoral district of HornsbyElectoral district of HornsbyHornsby is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Hornsby is one of two post-1927 electorates to have never been held by the Labor party and always by the Liberals, a predecessor party to the Liberals, or an independent, the other such district...
, a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly located in the region
- Hornsby, TennesseeHornsby, TennesseeHornsby is a town in Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 303 at the 2010 census. The town is just east of Bolivar along Highway 64.-History:...
in the United States of America - Hornsby MountainsHornsby MountainsThe Hornby Mountains are a mountain range on West Falkland in the Falkland Islands. Mount Maria is a mountain in this range. The range runs in a group of ridges parallel to Falkland Sound...
in the Falkland Islands - Hornsby (crater)Hornsby (crater)Hornsby is a tiny lunar crater in the western part of the Mare Serenitatis, a lunar mare in the northeast quadrant of the Moon's near side. It is a solitary formation that is located at least 100 kilometers from any significant craters, although the curiously shaped depression Aratus CA lies about...
on the Moon - Hornsby Spring, a 1st magnitude spring in Alachua County, Florida
People
- Aubrey HornsbyAubrey HornsbyAubrey Thomas Hornsby I was a U.S. Army officer and pioneer aviator who reached the rank of Brigadier General...
(1895–1981), American U.S. Army officer and aviation pioneer - Brian HornsbyBrian HornsbyBrian Hornsby, born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire on 10 September 1954, is a former football player who played for Arsenal, Shrewsbury Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Carlisle United in the English league. He also had short spells playing abroad for Edmonton Drillers , IK Brage and Falu FK for...
(born 1954), English footballer - Bruce HornsbyBruce HornsbyBruce Randall Hornsby is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from classical, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Motown, rock, blues, and jam band musical traditions with his songwriting and...
(born 1954), American musician - Dan HornsbyDan HornsbyIsaac Daniel Hornsby was an American singer, musician, music writer, producer and arranger.-Before career:His father Joseph Todd Hornsby was a contractor and a part time Baptist minister....
(1900–1951), American bluegrass musician - Ernest C. HornsbyErnest C. HornsbyErnest C. Hornsby also known as Sonny Hornsby was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1989 to 1995.-Biography:...
(born 1936), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama - J. William HornsbyJ. William HornsbyJohn William Hornsby, Jr. was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from July 1, 1970 to June 30, 1974. His term saw the rise of Jessie Rattley's voice as a leader in the local African-American community that would lead to her serving as mayor twelve years later.-Notes:...
(1927–2007), mayor of Newport News, Virginia - Jennifer HornsbyJennifer HornsbyJennifer Hornsby is a British philosopher with interests in the philosophies of mind, action, language, as well as feminist philosophy. She is currently a professor at the School of Philosophy, Birkbeck, University of London. She is well-known for her opposition to orthodoxy in current analytic...
(born 1951), British philosopher - Nikki HornsbyNikki HornsbyNikki Hornsby is an American pop, Americana, country and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Teenage years:...
, American singer-songwriter, musician - Rogers HornsbyRogers HornsbyRogers Hornsby, Sr. , nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball . He played for the St. Louis Cardinals , New York Giants , Boston Braves , Chicago Cubs , and St. Louis Browns...
(1896–1963), American major league baseball player - Thomas HornsbyThomas HornsbyThomas Hornsby FRS was a British astronomer and mathematician.Hornsby became a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1760....
(1733—1810), British astronomer and mathematician - Thomas Owens (born 1992), Balmoral street customs, Hornsby