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 English-language surnames