Hornbostel

Hornbostel is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Chuck Hornbostel (1911–1989), American middle-distance runner
• Erich Moritz von Hornbostel (1877–1935), Austrian ethnomusicologist
• Hornbostel-Sachs, a classification system for musical instruments
• Henry Hornbostel (1867–1961), American architect