What is Horner?
'''Horner''' is an [[English language|English]] [[surname]]. It comes from the [[Anglo-Saxon language]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houseofnames.com/horner-family-crest|title=Horner Family Crest and Name History|work=House of Names|publisher=Swyrich Corporation|accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref> It is from the [[Middle English]] word for people who made or blew [[Horn (musical instrument)|horns]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Harrison |first = Henry |title = Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary | publisher = Genealogical Publishing Company | year = 1969 | volume = 1 | page = 214 }}</ref> People named Horner: *[[Henry Horner]] (1879&ndash;1940), a Governor of Illinois *[[James Horner]] (1953–2015), American composer of movie scores == References == <references/> {{surname}}