horst

Horst is a Germanic word. It may refer to:

Given name

• Horst (given name)
• Horst Buchholz, a German actor
• Horst Ibelgauft the author of COPE (Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia)
• Horst P. Horst, a German photographer
• Horst Köhler, President of Germany
• Horst Mahseli, a Polish footballer
• Horst Wessel, right-wing political activist, assassinated in pre-Nazi-Germany

Surname

• Jørn Lier Horst (b. 1970), a Norwegian author
• Martin van der Horst, a Dutch volleyball player

Places

• Horst, a part of the city of Gelsenkirchen, Germany
• Horst aan de Maas, a town in the Netherlands
• Horst (Ermelo), a town in the Netherlands
• Horst, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• Horst, Steinburg, a municipality in the Steinburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Horst, Lauenburg, a municipality in the Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Fictional characters

• Horst (Inheritance), a character in the popular book Eragon
• Horst Staley, a MacArthur midshipman in the Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle science fiction novel The Mote in God's Eye
• Dr. Horst, a character in the 2002 film Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself played by Mads Mikkelsen
• Horst, a character in the 2007 film, Ratatouille_(film) played by Will Arnett

Other

• Horst (geology)

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