Barry Horne

Barry Horne (17 March 1952 – 5 November 2001) was an English animal rights activist. He became known around the world in December 1998, when he engaged in a 68-day hunger strike in an effort to persuade the British government to hold a public inquiry into animal testing, something the Labour Party had said it would do before it came to power in 1997. The hunger strike took place while Horne was serving an 18-year sentence for planting incendiary devices in stores that sold fur coats and leather products, the longest sentence handed down to any animal rights activist by a British court.

The hunger strike left Horne with kidney damage and failing eyesight, but it was neither the first nor the last he embarked upon, and when he died of liver failure three years later, he had not eaten for 15 days. Media reaction to his death in the UK was hostile, where he was widely described as a terrorist by journalists and politicians. He is viewed as a martyr by some within the animal rights movement.

Barry Horne (footballer)

Barry Horne (born 18 May 1962, St Asaph, Wales) is a Welsh former professional footballer, former chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association and sports television pundit.

As a player he was a midfielder from 1984 until 2002, notably playing in the Premier League for Everton. He also played in the Football League for Wrexham, Portsmouth, Southampton, Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Walsall, before playing Non-league football with Kidderminster Harriers and Belper Town. He was capped 59 times by Wales, scoring twice.

Playing career

In his career Horne played for Wrexham, Portsmouth, Southampton, Everton, Birmingham, Huddersfield (where he scored once against Bristol City),Sheffield Wednesday, Kidderminster Harriers (where he scored on his debut against Torquay United),Walsall and Belper Town.

While at Wrexham, he was responsible for one of the most memorable moments in the club's history, a vital away goal in a 4–3 defeat against Porto in the first round of the European Cup-Winners' Cup in October 1984. Wrexham had won the first leg 1–0, and Horne's 89th-minute strike ensured that they progressed to the second round of the competition, where they lost to Roma.

Barry Horne (racing driver)

Barry Horne (born 21 November 1977) is a British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship. He made his debut in 2015.

Racing career

Horne began his career in the 1998 British Formula Ford Championship, he raced in the championship from 1998–1999 ending 8th in the stadings in 1998. He switched to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB for the 2003 season, he won the championship that year, with 333 points. From 2003–2004 Horne also raced in the Porsche Supercup. In August 2015, it was announced that Horne would make his British Touring Car Championship debut with Dextra Racing driving a Ford Focus ST, replacing Alex Martin at Snetterton.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

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