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'''Horatio''' is an English male given name, an Italianized form<ref>Compare Marco/Marcus, Costantino/Constantinus, Julio/Julius, etc</ref> of the ancient Roman [[Latin language|Latin]] ''[[Roman naming conventions|nomen]]'' (name) ''[[Horatius (disambiguation)|Horatius]]'', from the Roman ''[[gens]]'' (clan) ''[[Horatia gens|Horatia]]''. The modern Italian form is ''[[Orazio]]'', the modern Spanish form ''[[Horacio]]''. It appears to have been first used in England in 1565, in the Tudor era during which the Italian [[Renaissance]] movement had started to influence English culture. The name [[Horace (given name)|Horace]] is another related name from the same Latin source.

== History ==

Prominent English-language examples of the name "Horatio" include:
[[Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury|Horatio de Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury]] (1565–1635), an English military leader, was one of the earliest English holders of the name, born 34 years before [[Shakespeare]] invented the character [[Horatio (Hamlet)|Horatio]] in his  1599/1601 play ''[[Hamlet]]''. He was a grandfather of [[Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend]] (1630–1687), whose son [[Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend]] (a ward of Col. [[Robert Walpole (colonel)|Robert Walpole]] (1650–1700) of [[Houghton Hall]] in Norfolk) married Dorothy Walpole, one of the latter's daughters and a sister of [[Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole]] (1678–1757) (and of [[Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford]] (1676–1745), the Prime Minister). The name Horatio was subsequently much used by the Walpole family and by the 1st Baron Walpole's illustrious younger cousin Admiral [[Horatio Nelson]] (1758–1805), his father's great-great grandson, born one year after 1st Baron Walpole's death. The 1st Baron Walpole's son, [[Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford|Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, 2nd Baron Walpole]] (1723–1809) served as a [[Godparent|godfather]] at the christening of Admiral Horatio Nelson in 1758, who for that reason, as was common, was given his name.<ref>Pettigrew, Thomas, ''Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral, Lord Viscount Nelson, K. B., Duke of Bronté'', London, 1849, p.1</ref> The Admiral died without issue, but his great-nephew [[Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson]] (1823–1913) (born with the surname "Bolton", eventual heir and great-nephew of the Admiral's elder brother [[William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson]], heir of the Admiral) carried on the name.

== People ==
* [[Horatio Alger Jr.]] (1832–1899), American author
* [[Horatio Allen]] (1802–1889), American civil engineer and inventor
* [[Horatio Saint George Anson]] (1903–1925), British electrical engineer
* [[Horatio Thomas Austin]] (1801–1865), British Royal Navy officer and arctic explorer
* [[Horatio Barber]] (1875–1964), British aviation pioneer
* [[Horatio Beck]] (1810–1872), American politician
* [[Horatio L. Birdsall]] (1833–1891), American Civil War soldier awarded the Medal of Honor
* [[Horatio Bottomley]] (1860–1932), English swindler, publisher and politician
* [[Horatio Bridge]] (1806–1893), American naval commodore
* [[Horatio Brown]] (1854–1926), Scottish historian
* [[Horatio Caro]] (1862–1920), English chess player
* [[Horatio Chriesman]] (1797–1878) American surveyor, mayor in Mexican Texas and participant in the Texas Revolution
* [[Horatio Clare]] (born 1973), British author
* [[Horatio Davies]] (1842–1912), London businessman, politician and magistrate
* [[Horatio Dresser]] (1866–1945), New Thought religious leader and author
* [[Horatio Earle]] (1855–1935), American road advocate
* [[Horatio Gates]] (c. 1727–1806), American Revolutionary War general
* [[Horatio Greenough]] (1805–1852), American sculptor
* [[Horatio Hale]] (1817–1896), American-Canadian ethnologist, philologist and businessman
* [[Horatio Hathaway]] (1831–1898), American industrialist, politician and philanthropist
* [[Horatio Hocken]] (1857–1937), Canadian politician, social reformer and a founder of what became the ''Toronto Star'' newspaper
* [[Horatio J. Homer]] (1848–1923), Boston's first African-American police officer
* [[Horatio Nelson Jackson]] (1872–1955), American automobile pioneer and physician
* [[Horatio Jones (pioneer)]] (1763–1836), American soldier and pioneer in Western New York
* [[Horatio M. Jones]] (1826–1906), Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of Nevada
* [[Buck Jones (American football)]] (1888–1985), NFL football player in 1922
* [[Horatio King]] (1811–1897), American politician, Postmaster General of the United States
* Horatio [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener]] (1850–1916), British field marshal
* [[Horatio Luro]] (1901–1991), American thoroughbred horse racing trainer
* [[Horatio Mann]] (1744–1814), English politician
* [[Horatio McCulloch]] (1806–1867), Scottish landscape painter
* [[Horatio Needham]] (1796–1863), American politician and lawyer
* [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson]] (1758–1805), British admiral
* [[Horatio Palavicino]] (c. 1540–1600), Italian-born financier and political agent in England
* [[Horatio Parker]] (1863–1919), American composer
* [[Horatio Frederick Phillips]] (1845–1924), early aviation pioneer from the United Kingdom
* [[Horatio Potter]] (1802–1887), Episcopal bishop in the Diocese of New York
* [[Horatio Powell]] (1806–1869), English jockey
* [[Horatio Gordon Robley]] (1840–1930), British major general
* [[Horatio Ross]] (1801–1886), Scottish sportsman and pioneering amateur photographer
* [[Horatio Sanz]] (born 1974), Chilean-born American comedian
* [[Horatio Seymour (Vermont politician)]] (1778–1857), United States senator from Vermont
* [[Horatio Seymour]] (1810–1886), American politician, 18th governor of New York
* [[Horatio Sharpe]] (1718–1790), 22nd proprietary governor of Maryland
* [[Horatio D. Sheppard]] (c. 1809–1879), American physician who founded the first penny press newspaper in the United States
* [[Horatio Spafford]] (1828–1888), lawyer, hymn writer
* [[Horatio Torromé]] (1861–1920), British/Argentinian figure skater
* [[Horatio Townshend]] (c. 1683–1751), English banker and politician
* [[Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend]] (1630–1687), English politician
* [[Horatio P. Van Cleve]] (1809–1891), Union Army general during the American Civil War
* [[Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury]] (1565–1635) (also Horatio de Vere), English military leader, grandfather of [[Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend]]
* [[Horatio Walker]] (1858–1938), Canadian painter
* [[Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole]] (1678–1757), English diplomat
* [[Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford]] (1723–1809), British politician, son of the 1st baron Walpole
* [[Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford]] (1752–1822), English politician, son of the 1st earl
* [[Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford]] (1783–1858), British politician, son of the 2nd earl
* Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797), commonly known as [[Horace Walpole]], English author, art historian, antiquarian and politician
* [[Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (third creation)]] (1813–1894), British politician, son of the 3rd earl
* [[Horatio Wills]] (1811–1861), Australian pastoralist and politician
* [[Horatio Wright]] (1820–1899), American engineer and American Civil War Union Army general
* [[Horatio Nelson Young]] (1845–1913), American Civil War sailor awarded the Medal of Honor

== Fictional characters ==
* [[Horatio (Hamlet)]], in the play ''[[Hamlet]]'' by William Shakespeare
* [[Horatio Caine]], a police lieutenant in the television series ''CSI: Miami''
* Horatio Carlin, in the video game ''[[Watch Dogs 2]]''
* Horatio Magellan Crunch, the mascot of ''[[Cap'n Crunch]]'' cereal
* Admiral Lord Horatio D'Ascoyne, played by [[Alec Guinness]] in the movie ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''
* [[Nexus (comics)#Horatio Hellpop|Horatio Hellpop]], in the comic book series ''Nexus''
* [[Horatio Hornblower]], naval hero in a series of C. S. Forester novels
* [[Sea Captain (The Simpsons)|Horatio Peter McCallister]], in the animated sitcom ''The Simpsons''
* Cap'n Horatio Turbot, a main character in the TV show ''[[Paw Patrol]]''
* [[List of Sesame Street characters|Horatio the Elephant]], a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' muppet
* [[The Nutshack#Main characters|Horatio 2.0]], a robotic tarsier in the TV series ''The Nutshack''
* Horatio, the protagonist in the video game ''[[Pit People]]''
* Horatio, the founder of the Horatio faction in the strategy game ''[[Endless Space]]''

== See also ==

* [[Horatius (disambiguation)]]
* [[Horace (given name)]]
* [[Horacio]]

== References ==

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