Hornblower

Hornblower may refer to:

In fiction:

  • Horatio Hornblower, a fictional officer of the British Royal Navy created by C.S. Forester
  • Hornblower (TV series), a series of television programmes based on Forester's novels
  • A family of hobbits in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Hornblower, the pre-Crisis superhero name of Mal Duncan, a DC Comics character

People:

  • Jabez Carter Hornblower (1744–1814), pioneer steam engineer
  • Joseph Hornblower (1696?–1762), steam pioneer who installed Newcomen engines in Cornwall
  • Joseph Coerten Hornblower (1777–1864), American lawyer and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
  • Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809), steam pioneer and American politician
  • Jonathan Hornblower (1753-1815), Cornish engineer and inventor
  • Jonathan Hornblower (1717) (1717-1780), steam pioneer, father of Jonathan and Jabez Hornblower
  • Simon Hornblower (born 1949), Professor of Classics at University College London
  • William B. Hornblower (1851-1914), New York jurist
  • Nathanial Hörnblowér, a pseudonym of the musician MCA

Other uses:

  • Hornblower Cruises, San Francisco-based charter yacht, dining cruise and ferry service company
    • Hornblower Hybrid, the first known multi-hulled hybrid ferry boat in the United States