Hornby (surname)

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
 * 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