Famous People with Name Horner

Oliver C.M Horner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver C.M Horner: was an American water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Leopold Horner            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Leopold Horner: was a German chemist and published in a modified Wittig reaction using phosphonate-stabilized carbanions now called the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction or HWE reaction or Horner-Wittig reaction. Horner started studying chemistry at the University of Heidelberg and later with Heinrich Wieland at the University of Munich. After he received his Ph.D and his habilitation he worked at the Polymer Research Institute in Frankfurt. In 1953 he became professor at the University of Mainz.

Tom Horner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tom Horner: is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota. He was a candidate for the 2010 election for Governor of Minnesota.After serving in Washington, Horner returned to Minnesota, where he co-founded Himle Horner Inc., a public af

John Scott Horner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Scott Horner: was a U.S. politician, Secretary and acting Governor of Michigan Territory, 1835–1836 and Secretary of Wisconsin Territory, 1836-1837.On August 15, 1835, President Andrew Jackson appointed Horner to be Secretary (and acting Governor) of the Michigan Terri

Henry Horner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Henry Horner: was the 28th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1933 to 1940, when he died in office. Horner was the first Jewish governor of Illinois. First elected governor in 1932, Horner served during the difficult years of the Great Depression.