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

• A. N. Hornby (1847–1925), English rugby and cricket player
• 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
• Anna Hornby (1914–1996), English painter and calligrapher
• Ben Hornby (born 1980), Australian rugby league player
• Clare Hornby (born 1973), English businesswoman
• Clive Hornby (1944–2008), English actor
• D. Brock Hornby (born 1944), American judge
• Edmund Hornby (politician) (1773–1857), British politician
• Edmund Grimani Hornby (1825–1896), British judge
• Edmund Phipps-Hornby (1857–1947), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Edward Kenworthy Hornby (1839–1887), British politician
• Frank Hornby (1863–1936), English 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
• Judy Hornby, British-American fashion designer
• 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
• Phipps Hornby (1785–1867), British naval officer
• Phipps Hornby (cricketer) (1820–1848), English cricketer
• Richard Hornby (1922–2007), British 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), British football player
• Ross Hornby, Canadian diplomat
• Simon Hornby (1934–2010), English businessman
• Warwick Hornby, Australian musician in the band The Whitlams
• Wilfrid Bird Hornby (1851–1935), Anglican bishop
• William Hornby (governor) (c.1723–1803), Governor of Bombay
• Sir William Hornby, 1st Baronet (1841–1928), English industrialist and politician, son of William Henry
• William Henry Hornby (1805–1884), English industrialist and politician

See also

• Hornsby (surname)
• Hornby baronets

Surname list

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