Horst is a male given name used mostly in German-speaking countries.
The name is of Old High German origin, meaning "man from the forest", "bosk" or "brushwood". In modern German, "Horst" is also the equivalent of English aerie, the nest of an eagle.
Horst Buchholz (1933–2003), German actor
Horst Bulau (born 1962), Canadian ski jumper
Horst Christian Simco (born 1982), American rapper
Horst Feistel (1915-1990), German cryptographer
Horst P. Horst (1906–1999), German photographer
Horst Jankowski (1936–1998), German pianist
Horst Janson (actor) (born 1935), German actor
Horst Köhler (born 1943), former Federal President of Germany
Horst Mahler (born 1936), German rightist and ex-Rote Armee Fraktion member
Horst Mahseli (1934–1999), Polish footballer
Horst Muhlmann (1940–1991), German-born American football player
Horst Wessel (1907–1930), right-wing political activist, assassinated in pre-Nazi-Germany
Horst Baron (born 1962), German pornographic film actor
Horst Rechelbacher (born 1941), founder of Aveda Corporation
Horst Seehofer (born 1949), minister-president of Bavaria
Horst Simco (born 1982), also known as Riff Raff (rapper)
Horst Sindermann (1915–1990), German politician
Horst Tappert (1923-2008), German actor.
