Horrocks

Horrocks or Horrox may refer to

People

• Amy Elsie Horrocks (1867–ca. 1920), English music educator, pianist and composer
• Brian Horrocks (1895–1985), British Army lieutenant-general in the Second World War
• Chris Horrocks (soccer) (born 1954), Canadian former international and North American Soccer League player
• Chris Horrocks (writer), associate professor of art history and author
• Dylan Horrocks (born 1966), New Zealand cartoonist
• Geoffrey Horrocks (mathematician) (1932/33 – 2012), British mathematician
• Geoffrey Horrocks (philologist) (born 1951), British philologist
• Ian Horrocks (born 1958), British professor of computer science at the University of Oxford
• Ian Horrocks (RAF officer) (died 2014), British Royal Air Force pilot and air commodore
• James Horrocks (died 1772), American Anglican clergyman and sixth president of the College of William and Mary
• Jane Horrocks (born 1964), British comedian and actress
• Jeremiah Horrocks (1618–1641), English astronomer
• John Horrocks (cotton manufacturer) (1768–1804), British cotton manufacturer
• John Horrocks (fisherman) (1816–1881), Scottish founder and innovator of modern European fly fishing
• John Ainsworth Horrocks, (1818–1846), English-born explorer and settler in South Australia
• Joseph Horrocks (1803–1866), British convict transported to Western Australia
• Mark Horrocks (born 1977), English former cricketer
• Nancy Horrocks (1900–1989), British artist
• Norman Horrocks (1927–2010), Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor at the School of Information Management, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Peter Horrocks (born 1959), British television producer
• Ray Horrocks (1930–2011), British automobile chief executive (BL), in the 1980s
• Richard Horrocks (1857–1926), English cricketer
• Rosemary Horrox (born 1951), English historian
• Vic Horrocks (1884–1922), English footballer
• William Horrocks (1859–1941), British military doctor
• William Horrocks (cricketer) (1905–1985), English cricketer

Places

• Horrocks, Western Australia, a small town
• Horrocks Pass, a pass in the southern Flinders Ranges in South Australia
• Horrocks Block, a mostly sandstone outcrop on Alexander Island, Antarctica
• Horrocks (crater), a lunar crater named after Jeremiah Horrocks

Other uses

• Tony Horrocks, a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street
• Horrocks Highway, a section of the Main North Road, Adelaide, South Australia

See also

• Horrocks loom, a type of power loom used to weave cotton