Horst is a male given name used mostly in German-speaking countries.
Etymology/meaning
The name is of Old High German origin, meaning "man from the forest", "bosk" or "brushwood". In modern German, "Horst" is also a translation of English aerie, the nest of an eagle or other bird.
Notable people named Horst Horst Ademeit (1912–1944), German Luftwaffe fighter ace Horst Antes (born 1936), German artist and sculptor Horst Arndt (1934–2014), West German rower Horst Assmy (1933–1972), German footballer Horst Astroth (1923–2017), German track and field athlete Horst Bellingrodt (born 1958), Colombian Olympic sports shooter Horst Bienek (1930–1990), German writer and poet Horst Bischof (born 1967), Austrian computer scientist Horst Buchholz (1933–2003), German actor Horst Bulau (born 1962), Canadian ski jumper Horst Dassler (1936–1987), German businessman Horst Eckel (1932–2021), German footballer Horst Faas (1933–2012), German photojournalist Horst Feistel (1915–1990), German cryptographer Horst Fischer (1912–1966), German SS concentration camp doctor executed for war crimes Horst Frank (1929–1999), German actor Horst P. Horst (1906–1999), German photographer Horst Hrubesch (born 1951), German footballer Horst Jankowski (1936–1998), German pianist Horst Janson (actor) (1935–2025), German actor Horst Janssen (1929–1995), German draftsman Horst Kasner (1926–2011), German Protestant theologian Horst Köhler (1943–2025), Federal President of Germany Horst Krause (1941–2025), German actor Horst Krüger (1919–1999), German writer Horst Lademacher (born 1931), German historian Horst Lichter (born 1962), German cook and television presenter Horst Mahler (1936–2025), German rightist, previously lawyer and Rote Armee Fraktion member Horst Mahseli (1934–1999), Polish footballer Horst von Möllendorff (1906–1992), German cartoonist Horst Muhlmann (1940–1991), German-born American football player Horst Peissker (born 1927), German biochemist Horst Queck (1943–2025), East German ski jumper Horst Rechelbacher (1941–2014), Austrian-American businessman Horst Rosenthal (1915–1942), German-born French cartoonist of Jewish descent Horst Salomon (1929–1972), German novelist and screenwriter Horst Schnoor (1934–2026), German footballer Horst Seehofer (born 1949), minister-president of Bavaria Horst Simco (born 1982), American rapper also known as Riff Raff (rapper) Horst Sindermann (1915–1990), German politician Horst Ludwig Störmer (born 1949), German physicist and Nobel laureate Horst Tappert (1923–2008), German actor Horst Tüller (1931–2001), German road and track cyclist Horst Wessel (1907–1930), German National Socialist political activist, assassinated in Weimar Germany Horst Zuse (born 1945), German computer scientist
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