Homer (name) explained

Homer is both a masculine given name and a surname. The ancient Greek poet Homer and cartoon character Homer Simpson are particularly prominent holders of the name.Other notable Homers include:

Given name

• Homer Burton Adkins (1892–1949), American chemist
• Homer Martin Adkins (1890–1964), Governor of Arkansas
• Homer D. Angell (1875–1968), American politician
• Homer Banks (1941–2003), African-American songwriter, singer and record producer
• Homer G. Barber (1830–1909), American politician
• Homer Brightman (1901–1988), American screenwriter
• Homer M. Butler (1904–1982), American newspaper editor and politician
• Homer E. Capehart (1897–1979), American businessman and politician, longtime US senator from Indiana
• Homer M. Carr (1878–1964) American politician
• Homer Stille Cummings (1870–1956), United States Attorney General
• Homer Davenport (1867–1912), American political cartoonist, writer and horse breeder
• Homer Davis, Jamaican politician
• Homer B. Dibell (1864–1934), Minnesota Supreme Court justice
• Homer E. A. Dick (1884–1942), American politician
• Homer L. Ferguson (1873–1953), American author and businessman
• Homer S. Ferguson (1889–1982), US Senator from Michigan
• Homer Gilbert (1909–1943), aka Knuckles Boyle, American football player
• Homer A. Glore (1874–1944), American medical doctor and politician
• Homer Griffith (1912–1990), American football player
• Homer Hickam (born 1943), American author and NASA engineer whose autobiography was the basis of the 1999 film October Sky
• Homer A. Holt (1898–1975), American lawyer and politician, Governor of West Virginia
• Homer Hulbert (1863–1949), American missionary, journalist and political activist
• Homer A. Jack (1916–1993), American clergyman, pacifist and social activist
• Homer Jacobson (fl. 1950s and '60s), American retired chemistry professor
• Homer Jones (American football) (1941–2023), American former football player
• Homer Jones (economist) (1906–1986), American economist
• Homer Jones (politician) (1893–1970), American politician
• Homer Eaton Keyes (1875–1938), American author and professor
• Homer Ledford (1927–2006), instrument maker and bluegrass musician
• Homer L. Lyon (1879–1956), American politician
• Homer Martin (labor leader) (1901–1968), American trade unionist and socialist
• Homer C. Martin, American college football head coach (1923–1926, 1936)
• Homer Dodge Martin (1836–1897), American artist
• Homer Mensch (1914–2005), classical bassist
• Homer V. M. Miller (1814–1896), US senator from Georgia
• Homer Neal (1942–2018), American particle physicist and professor
• Homer Nelson (Wisconsin politician) (1826–1894), American politician
• Homer Augustus Nelson (1829–1891), American politician and Civil War colonel
• Homer Plessy (1862–1925), African-American anti-segregationist activist, plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson
• Homer Rice (1927–2024), American football player and coach
• Homer Elihu Royce (1820–1891), American lawyer, politician and jurist
• Homer Se (born 1977), former Philippine Basketball Association player
• Homer L. Shantz (1876–1958), American botanist and President of the University of Arizona
• Homer Smith (1895–1962), American physiologist and advocate for science
• Homer Smith (American football) (1931–2011), American college football player and head coach
• Homer Sprague (1829–1918), American military officer, author and educator
• Homer Sykes (born 1949), Canadian-born British photographer
• Homer Tate (1884–1975), American artist
• Homer L. Thomas (1913–2003), American art historian and archaeologist
• Homer Thompson (1906–2000), Canadian archaeologist
• Homer Thompson (baseball) (1891–1957), American Major League Baseball catcher for one game
• Homer Watson (1855–1936), Canadian landscape painter
• Homer B. Woods (1869–1941), justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia

Surname

• Caroline Homer, Australian midwifery researcher and international women's health rights advocate
• Horatio J. Homer (1848–1923), Boston's first African-American police officer
• LeRoy Homer Jr. (1965–2001), first officer of one of the 9/11 aircraft
• Louise Homer (1871–1947), American operatic contralto
• Mark Homer (born 1973), British actor
• Mark S. Homer (born 1962), American politician
• Michael Homer (1958–2009), a Netscape vice president
• Sidney Homer (1864–1953), American composer of "A Plantation Ditty"
• Sonny Homer (1936–2006), former Canadian Football League player
• Tom Homer (born 1990), English rugby union player
• Tom Homer (footballer) (1886–?), English footballer
• Travis Homer (born 1998), American football player
• William Innes Homer 1929–2012), American academic, art historian and author
• Winslow Homer (1836–1910), American painter

Fictional characters

• Homer Simpson, in the animated TV series The Simpsons.
• Homer Simpson, in the 1939 novel The Day of the Locust and its 1975 film adaptation.
• Homer Price, in Homer Price and Centerburg Tales, children's books by Robert McCloskey.
• Homer, a stage name/character in the American country music comedy duo Homer and Jethro.
• Homer Wells, protagonist of John Irving's novel The Cider House Rules.
• Homer, sidekick of Snidely Whiplash.
• Homer, in the comic strip Non Sequitur.
• Homer Adlawan, a character from the Filipino action drama series FPJ's Ang Probinsyano.
• Homer Parrish, a character in the film The Best Years of Our Lives.
• Homer Pigeon, a cartoon character.
• Homer Roberts, in Netflix's The OA.
• Homer Yannos, a character from John Marsden's novel Tomorrow, When the War Began.
• Homer D. Poe, the mascot of The Home Depot.
• Homer Zuckerman, a character in E. B. White's children's novel Charlotte's Web.