List of Famous people named Horst

Horst Mittelstaedt was a German biologist and cybernetician. Together with Erich von Holst he demonstrated the "Reafference Principle" in 1950 concerning how an organism is able to separate reafferent (self-generated) sensory stimuli from exafferent sensory stimuli. This concept largely dealt with interactive processes between the central nervous system and its periphery.

Horst Sindermann was a Communist German politician and one of the leaders of East Germany.

Horst Hirnschrodt was an Austrian footballer who played for Austria Wien, Austria Salzburg and the Austrian national team, as a defender.

Horst Queck is an East German former ski jumper who competed from 1966 to 1971.

Horst David (22 November 1938 – 8 November 2020) was a German serial killer.

Horst Schulze was a German actor and opera singer. He was born in Dresden and died in Berlin at the age of 97.

Horst Steffen is a German football coach and a former player. He currently manages SV Elversberg.

Horst Schüler-Springorum was a German Professor of Jurisprudence. The focus of his work was on Criminal justice.

Horst Böhme was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He served in the SD, the intelligence service of the SS, and was a leading perpetrator of the Holocaust.

Horst Paul Silvester Fischer was a German doctor and member of the SS, executed by guillotine in East Germany for crimes committed at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II.