Arts and Music

• Horatio Greenough (born 1805, died 1852)

  American sculptor.

  • Wrote Aesthetics in Washington (see list of Neoclassical Artists)

Leadership

• Horatio H. Kitchener (born 1850, died 1916)

  British field marshal and statesman.

  • As secretary of state for war, organized Britain''s armies at the start of WWI (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
• Horatio Nelson (born 1758, died 1805)

  British naval commander in the Napoleonic wars.

  • Killed at the battle of Trafalgar, in which his fleet won a decisive victory over the French (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
• Horatio G. Wright

  Union general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of the Potomac (see list of Some Union Generals of the Army of the Potomac)

The Literary World

• Horatio Alger (born 1832, died 1899)

  American novelist.

  • Writer of ''''rags to riches'''' stories for boys (see list of Prose Writers of the Victorian Era)
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  • Devoted companion to the young prince in Hamlet (see list of Shakespearean Characters)