Horst is a male given name used mostly in

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-speaking countries.

Etymology/meaning

The name is of

Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...

origin, meaning "man from the forest", "bosk" or "brushwood". In modern German, "Horst" is also a Translation of English ''

aerie Aerie (a variant of eyrie) is the bird nest of an eagle, falcon, hawk, or other bird of prey. Aerie may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Aerie (Baldur's Gate), Aerie (''Baldur's Gate''), a character in ''Baldur' ...

'', the nest of an EAGLE, but is not limited to the Eagle.

Notable people named Horst

Horst Buchholz Horst Werner Buchholz (4 December 1933 – 3 March 2003) was a German actor who appeared in more than 60 feature films from 1951 to 2002. During his youth, he was sometimes called "the German James Dean". He is perhaps best known in English- ...

(1933–2003), German actor *

Horst Bulau Horst Hardy Bulau (born 14 August 1962) is a Canadian former ski jumper who competed for the Canadian national team. Career By the end of his career, he had thirteen World Cup wins to his credit, the most by any skier in Canadian history during ...

(born 1962), Canadian ski jumper *

Horst Eckel Horst Eckel (8 February 1932 – 3 December 2021) was a German footballer. He was part of the West Germany national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He was the last surviving player of the 1954 World Cup Final. Club career Eckel debuted ...

(1932–2021), German footballer *

Horst Feistel Horst Feistel (January 30, 1915 – November 14, 1990) was a German-American cryptographer who worked on the design of ciphers at IBM, initiating research that culminated in the development of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) in the 1970s. The ...

(1915–1990), German cryptographer *

Horst Fischer Horst Paul Silvester Fischer (31 December 1912 – 8 July 1966) was a German medical doctor and member of the SS who participated in selections in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II. He selected at least 70,000 prisoners ...

(1912–1966), German SS concentration camp doctor executed for war crimes * Horst P. Horst (1906–1999), German photographer *

Horst Hrubesch Horst Hrubesch (; born 17 April 1951) is a German professional football manager and former player who last managed Hamburger SV. As a player, Hrubesch won three West German championships with his club side, Hamburger SV, as well as the European C ...

(born 1951), German footballer *

Horst Jankowski Horst Jankowski (30 January 1936 – 29 June 1998) was a classically trained German pianist, most famous for his internationally successful easy listening music. Biography Born in Berlin, Jankowski studied at the Berlin Music Conservatory and p ...

(1936–1998), German pianist *

Horst Janson (actor) Horst Janson (born 4 October 1935) is a German actor. Career Horst Janson's career started with the film '' The Buddenbrooks'' in 1959. He also featured in Helmut Käutner’s '' A Glass of Water'' (''Das Glas Wasser'', 1960). He also appeared ...

(born 1935), German actor *

Horst Köhler Horst Köhler (; born 22 February 1943) is a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. As the candidate of the two Christian Democratic sister parties, the CDU (of which he is a member) and the CSU, as well as the ...

(born 1943), former Federal President of Germany * Horst Lademacher (born 1931), German historian *

Horst Mahler Horst Mahler (born 23 January 1936) is a German former lawyer and political activist. He once was a far-left militant and a founding member of the Red Army Faction who later became a Maoist, before switching to neo-Nazism. Between 2000 and 200 ...

(born 1936), German rightist and ex-Rote Armee Fraktion member * Horst Mahseli (1934–1999), Polish footballer * Horst Muhlmann (1940–1991), German-born American football player * Horst Peissker (born 1927), German biochemist * Horst Rechelbacher (1941–2014), Austrian-American businessman * Horst Salomon (1929–1972), German novelist and screenwriter *

Horst Seehofer Horst Lorenz Seehofer (born 4 July 1949) is a German politician who served as Minister of the Interior, Building and Community under Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Christian Social Union (CSU), he served as the 18 ...

(born 1949), minister-president of Bavaria * Horst Simco (born 1982), American rapper also known as

Riff Raff (rapper) Horst Christian Simco (born January 29, 1982), better known by his stage name Riff Raff (often stylized as RiFF RAFF), is an American rapper. He was originally managed by Swishahouse co-founder OG Ron C. After being associated with rapper and ...

Horst Sindermann Horst Sindermann (; 5 September 1915 – 20 April 1990) was a Communist German politician and one of the leaders of East Germany. He became Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1973, but in 1976 he became President of the Volkskammer, ...

(1915–1990), German politician *

Horst Tappert Horst Tappert (26 May 1923 – 13 December 2008) was a German film and television actor best known for the role of Inspector Stephan Derrick in the television drama ''Derrick''. Biography Horst Tappert was born on 26 May 1923 in Elberfeld ...

(1923–2008), German actor *

Horst Wessel Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (9 October 1907 – 23 February 1930) was a Berlin ''Sturmführer'' ("Assault Leader", the lowest commissioned officer rank) of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA), the Nazi Party's stormtroopers. After his killing in 1 ...

(1907–1930), German National Socialist political activist, assassinated in Weimar Germany {{given name German masculine given names