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| * ] (born 1982), Austrian beach volleyball player | |||
| * ] (born 1989), Argentine footballer | |||
| * ] (born 1985), American soccer player | |||
| * ], American (Kansas) politician | |||
| * ] (born 1938), German footballer | |||
| * ] (1848–1931), Norwegian politician | |||
| * ], American anthropologist | |||
| * ] (1906-1999), German-American fashion photographer | |||
| * ] (born 1985), American baseball pitcher | |||
| * ](born 1961), Sri Lanka-born German actor | |||
| * ] (born 1970), Norwegian author | * ] (born 1970), Norwegian author | ||
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| * ] (1884-1964), American choreographer, composer, and pianist | |||
| * ], Canadian pianist, vocal coach, and choral conductor. | |||
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Horst is a Germanic word (see wikt:horst and wikt:Horst) cognate with English wikt:hurst, both derived from Proto-Germanic *hurstiz, meaning "elevated land overgrown with shrubs", "thicket", or "eyrie" (the nest of a bird of prey). It may refer to:
Science
- Horst (geology), a raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben
Names
- Horst (given name)
- ter Horst, Dutch surname
- van der Horst, Dutch surname
People with the surname
- Alexander Horst (born 1982), Austrian beach volleyball player
- César Horst (born 1989), Argentine footballer
- David Horst (born 1985), American soccer player
- Deena Horst, American (Kansas) politician
- Egon Horst (born 1938), German footballer
- Hans Jacob Horst (1848–1931), Norwegian politician
- Heather Horst, American anthropologist
- Horst P. Horst (1906-1999), German-American fashion photographer
- Jeremy Horst (born 1985), American baseball pitcher
- Jochen Horst(born 1961), Sri Lanka-born German actor
- Jørn Lier Horst (born 1970), Norwegian author
- Jürgen Horst (born 1982), German record producer
- Louis Horst (1884-1964), American choreographer, composer, and pianist
- Sandra Horst, Canadian pianist, vocal coach, and choral conductor.
Places
- Adlerhorst, one of Hitler's command centers
- Horst, Gelsenkirchen, a part of the city of Gelsenkirchen, Germany
- Horst aan de Maas, a town in the southeast of The Netherlands
- Horst, Gelderland, a village in the municipality of Ermelo, The Netherlands
- Horst, Limburg, a village in the southeast of The Netherlands
- Horst (North Brabant), a village in the province of North Brabant, The Netherlands
- Horst, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a village 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
- Horst, Seevetal, part of the Seevetal municipality in Niedersachsen, Germany
- Kasteel van Horst (Castle of Horst), a medieval castle in the municipality of Holsbeek, Belgium
Fictional characters
- Horst (Inheritance), a character in the novel 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
- Horst Cabal, the main character's elder brother from Jonathan L. Howard's Johannes Cabal series
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