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| - Horatio Hornblower est le personnage principal d'une série de romans écrits par C.S. Forester au 20ème siècle. Hornblower est un officier de la Royal Navy durant les guerres napoléoniennes. (Réalité extrapolée *)
- Horatio Hornblower was a fictional character of novels written by author C.S. Forester. James T. Kirk enjoyed these novels of high seas adventure. (TOS novel: Starfleet Academy)
- Hornblower, the son of a doctor, was born on July 4, 1776 (the date of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence) in Hythe, Kent. He was given a classical education, and by the time he joined the Royal Navy at age seventeen, he was well-versed in Greek and Latin. He was tutored in French by a penniless French émigré and had an aptitude for mathematics, which served him well as a navigator.
- Jake Sisko carried a PADD copy of the novel Commodore Hornblower in 2372 and read the same part of it several times throughout that year. In the novel, Hornblower moves to the village of Smallbridge and is honorably welcomed by the villagers. With him travels his wife Barbara Wellesley, whose brother was Arthur Wellesley. (DS9: "The Visitor", "The Muse", "For the Cause")
- Admiral of the Fleet Horatio Hornblower, GCB, 1st Baron Hornblower, was the fictional protagonist of a series of novels by English novelist C. S. Forester, and later the subject of films and television programs based on the books. Honor Harrington read a Hornblower novel during her free time aboard HMAMC Wayfarer, noticing a number of similarities between the main character and herself. (HH6)
- A series of stories of a British member of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Written by C.S. Forester. Hornblower goes from midshipman to admiral, and from commoner to lord, over the course of the stories, which were written out of chronological order. They lack the exquisitely detailed sailing lore of the Aubrey-Maturin series, which may make them more accessible to the average reader. The character of Horatio Hornblower was inspired by the career of real-life Thomas Cochrane.
- Horatio Hornblower is the fictional protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester, and later the subject of films and television programs. The original Hornblower tales began with the appearance of a junior Royal Navy Captain on independent duty on a secret mission to Central America, though later stories would fill out his earlier years, starting with an unpromising beginning as a seasick midshipman. As the Napoleonic Wars progress, he gains promotion steadily, despite his initial poverty and lack of influential friends, as a result of his skill and daring. Eventually, after surviving many adventures in a wide variety of locales, he rises to the pinnacle of his profession, promoted to Rear Admiral of the Red Squadron, knighted as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and na
- The son of a doctor and an immigrant throat-warbler from Hungary, the young Hornblower was born in St. Mary Hoo, Kent. His uncle served many times under Admiral Nelson. His upbringing was fairly good for the era; he received a classical education, learning Greek, French and Latin, whilst gaining a rudimentary understanding of Welsh.
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