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Hornblower (surname) Hornblower is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: People *Edward Thomas Hornblower (1828–1901), U.S. investment banker, son of Henry, partner in Hornblower & Weeks, namesake of Edward Hornblower House and Barn * Henry Hornblower ...

Horn (instrument) A horn is any of a family of musical instruments made of a tube, usually made of metal and often curved in various ways, with one narrow end into which the musician blows, and a wide end from which sound emerges. In horns, unlike some other br ...

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Horatio Hornblower Horatio Hornblower is a fictional officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, the protagonist of a series of novels and stories by C. S. Forester. He later became the subject of films, radio and television programmes, an ...

, a fictional officer of the British Royal Navy created by C. S. Forester * ''Hornblower'' (TV series), a series of television programmes based on Forester's novels. * ''

Captain Horatio Hornblower ''Captain Horatio Hornblower'' (a.k.a. ''Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.'' in the UK, "R.N." standing for "Royal Navy") is a 1951 British naval swashbuckling war film in Technicolor from Warner Bros., produced by Gerry Mitchell, directed by Raou ...

'', a 1951 movie starring

Gregory Peck Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood ...

Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones; November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American actress and dancer. She was in a series of comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Brothers' biggest box-office money-maker in the late 1940s. ...

. * Hornblower, the pre-Crisis superhero name of

Mal Duncan Malcolm Arnold "Mal" Duncan, currently known as Vox (also known as the Guardian, Hornblower, and the Herald), is a fictional character, existing in the DC Universe. Introduced in April 1970, he is DC's first African-American superhero. Publication ...

, a DC Comics character

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Hornblower Cruises Hornblower Cruises & Events NOW City Experiences is a San Francisco-based charter yacht, dining cruise and ferry service company. History The company began in 1974 in Berkeley, California with two ships. In 1980 the original owner, Ward Proes ...

, San Francisco–based charter yacht, dining cruise and ferry service company **

Hornblower Hybrid The Hornblower Hybrid is a family of ferry boats belonging to US operator Hornblower Cruises, which are powered with hybrid power trains. ''San Francisco Hornblower Hybrid'' The ''San Francisco Hornblower Hybrid'' is a catamaran, with a fu ...

, the first known multi-hulled hybrid ferry boat (class) in the United States *

Edward Hornblower House and Barn The Edward Hornblower House and Barn is a historic farmstead in Arlington, Massachusetts. The 2.5-story wood-frame house was built c. 1830, and was probably moved to its present location around 1850. At that time it also received stylistic mod ...

, Arlington, Massachusetts, USA

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