Horrocks or Horrox may refer to

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Amy Elsie Horrocks Amy Elise Horrocks (23 February 1867 – 4 December 1919), a life-long pacifist, was an England, English music educator, composer (particularly of songs) and pianist, born to English parents (Francis James Horrocks 8 July 1829 – 27 April 1913) a ...

(1867–ca. 1920), English music educator, pianist and composer *

Brian Horrocks Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks, (7 September 1895 – 4 January 1985) was a British Army officer, chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden and other operations during the Second World W ...

(1895–1985), British Army lieutenant-general in the Second World War * Chris Horrocks (soccer) (born 1954), Canadian former international and North American Soccer League player * Chris Horrocks (writer), associate professor of art history and author *

Dylan Horrocks Dylan Horrocks (born 1966 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a cartoonist best known for his graphic novel '' Hicksville'' and his scripts for the ''Batgirl'' comic book series. His works are published by the University of Auckland student magazine ''Cr ...

(born 1966), New Zealand cartoonist *

Geoffrey Horrocks (mathematician) Geoffrey Horrocks (1932/33 Leicester – 12 September 2012) was a British mathematician working on vector bundles, who introduced the Horrocks construction used in the ADHM construction, and the Horrocks–Mumford bundle and monads. He was a pr ...

(1932/33 – 2012), British mathematician * Geoffrey Horrocks (philologist) (born 1951), British philologist *

Ian Horrocks Ian Robert Horrocks One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: is a professor of computer science at the University of Oxford in the UK and a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. His research ...

(born 1958), British professor of computer science at the University of Oxford * Ian Horrocks (RAF officer) (died 2014), British Royal Air Force pilot and air commodore * James Horrocks (died 1772), American Anglican clergyman and sixth president of the College of William and Mary *

Jane Horrocks Barbara Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is a British actress. She portrayed the roles of Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous''. She was nominated for the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the title role in th ...

(born 1964), British comedian and actress *

Jeremiah Horrocks Jeremiah Horrocks (16183 January 1641), sometimes given as Jeremiah Horrox (the Latinised version that he used on the Emmanuel College register and in his Latin manuscripts), – See footnote 1 was an English astronomer. He was the first person ...

(1618–1641), English astronomer *

John Horrocks (cotton manufacturer) John Horrocks (27 March 1768 – 1 March 1804) was an English cotton manufacturer and Member of Parliament for Preston. Early life He was born in Bradshaw, Lancashire, the son of John Horrocks, owner of a stone quarry, and his wife Jane Booth, ...

(1768–1804), British cotton manufacturer * John Horrocks (fisherman) (1816–1881), Scottish founder and innovator of modern European fly fishing *

John Ainsworth Horrocks John Ainsworth Horrocks (22 March 1818 – 23 September 1846) was an English pastoralist and explorer who was one of the first European settlers in the Clare Valley of South Australia where, in 1840, he established the village of Penwortham. ...

, (1818–1846), English-born explorer and settler in South Australia *

Joseph Horrocks Joseph Lucas Horrocks (1803–1865) was born in Anderton, Lancashire, near Bolton, on 18 November 1803, the first son of William Horrocks, a corn merchant, and Jane Smith. As a convict he was transported to Western Australia in 1851, becoming a p ...

(1803–1866), British convict transported to Western Australia * Mark Horrocks (born 1977), English former cricketer *

Nancy Horrocks Nancy Horrocks née Kitchin (1900–1989) was a British artist, notable for the abstract paintings she created in the 1960s. Biography Horrocks was born at Compton in Hampshire and attended Winchester High School. She went on to study at the C ...

(1900–1989), British artist * Norman Horrocks (1927–2010), Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor at the School of Information Management, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada *

Peter Horrocks Peter John Gibson Horrocks CBE (born 8 October 1959) is a broadcast executive and a former Vice-Chancellor (chief executive) of The Open University. He was educated at the independent King's College School in Wimbledon and at Christ's College, Ca ...

(born 1959), British television producer *

Ray Horrocks Raymond Horrocks CBE (9 January 1930 - 15 July 2011) was a businessman from Lancashire, and a chief executive of British Leyland (BL) through the turbulent late 1970s and early 1980s. Early life He attended Bolton Municipal Secondary School (Bol ...

(1930–2011), British automobile chief executive (BL), in the 1980s *

Richard Horrocks Richard Horrocks (29 August 1857 – 19 June 1926) was an English cricketer active from 1880 to 1882 who played for Lancashire. He was born and died in Church, Lancashire. He appeared in seven first-class matches as a righthanded batsman ...

(1857–1926), English cricketer *

Rosemary Horrox Rosemary Elizabeth Horrox,Horrox, R.E., ''The Extent and Use of Crown Patronage under Richard III'' (unpublished PhD, Cambridge University, 1977), ii (born 21 May 1951) is an English historian, specialising in the political culture of late medi ...

(born 1951), English historian *

Vic Horrocks Victor Horrocks (1884 – 7 January 1922) was an English footballer who played football in Staffordshire, most notable with Stoke and Port Vale. Career Horrocks played for local sides Goldenhill Wanderers, Stoke (without playing a first-team ...

(1884–1922), English footballer *

William Horrocks Brigadier General Sir William Heaton Horrocks (25 August 1859 – 26 January 1941) was an officer of the British Army remembered chiefly for confirming Sir David Bruce's theory that Malta fever was spread through goat's milk. He also contr ...

(1859–1941), British military doctor *

William Horrocks (cricketer) William John Horrocks (18 June 1905 – 15 November 1985) was an English-born cricketer who played 29 matches of first-class cricket for Western Australia and Lancashire between 1927 and 1936. Life and career Bill Horrocks' family moved from E ...

(1905–1985), English cricketer

Places

Horrocks, Western Australia Horrocks also known as Horrocks Beach is a coastal town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is located north of the state capital, Perth and west of Northampton, the closest major town. In the Horrocks had a population of 138 pe ...

, a small town *

Horrocks Pass Horrocks Pass is a geographical location in the Australian state of South Australia in the localities of Nectar Brook, South Australia, Nectar Brook and Woolundunga, South Australia, Woolundunga in the southern Flinders Ranges, about west of ...

, a pass in the southern

Flinders Ranges The Flinders Ranges are the largest mountain range in South Australia, which starts about north of Adelaide. The ranges stretch for over from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna. The Adnyamathanha people are the Aboriginal group who have inhabi ...

in South Australia *

Horrocks Block Horrocks Block () is a large rectangular outcrop that is composed mainly of sandstone, lying on the north side of Venus Glacier, southwest of the Keystone Cliffs, on the east side of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was mapped by the Directorat ...

, a mostly sandstone outcrop on Alexander Island, Antarctica *

Horrocks (crater) Horrocks is a lunar impact crater located entirely within the eroded northeast rim of the much larger walled plain Hipparchus. Its diameter is 30 km. It was named after the 17th-century English astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks. To the south of ...

, a lunar crater named after Jeremiah Horrocks

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Tony Horrocks The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' in 1995, by order of first appearance. Daniel Osbourne Daniel Osbourne is the son of Ken Barlow (William Roache) and Denise Osbourne (Denis ...

, a fictional character on the soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Horrocks Highway, a section of the

Main North Road Main North Road is the major north-south arterial route through the suburbs north of the Adelaide City Centre in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It continues north through the settled areas of South Australia and is a total of long, fro ...

, Adelaide, South Australia

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