Family name Hornby (Hornby 
) , globally, is quite a common surname. The family name Hornby is characteristic of Northern Europe, particularly Jersey, where it is quite a common surname, Isle of Man, and the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia.
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| Hornby | United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, United States, Canada |
| henry hornby (c.1457–1518), English college head (b. 1457) |
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| william hornby English poet (b. 1618) |
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john hornby English cotton spinner and manufacturer (1763–1841) (b. 1763) |
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| hugh hornby (1719-1781) (b. 1719) |
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| william hornby (1723-1803) (b. 1723) |
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| william hornby Governor of Bombay (b. 1725) |
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| edmund hornby (born 1728) (b. 1728) |
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| geoffrey hornby (1730-1801) Adm. pens. (age 18) at SIDNEY, 28 Mar., 1748. 2nd s. of Geoffrey (above), of Preston, Lancashire. B. there, 24 Jan., 1730. School, Preston [ Lancashire] (Mr Oliver). Matric. 1748-9 . Died at Preston [ Lancashire], (b. 1730) |
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| alice hornby (1746-1812) (b. 1746) |
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| geoffrey hornby English cleric (b. 1750) |
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| thomas hornby Peerage person ID=382791 (b. 1759) |
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| john hornby (1764-1832) (b. 1764) |
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| hugh hornby (1765-1847) (b. 1765) |
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robert william bilton hornby British priest (b. 1821) |
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| edmund hornby British MP (1773-1857) (b. 1773) |
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