Barry Horn (sportswriter)
Barry Horne may refer to: *Barry Horne (activist) (1952–2001), British animal rights activist *Barry Horne (footballer) (born 1962), Welsh footballer *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 ...

Barry Horne (activist)
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 government of the United Kingdom, government to hold a public inquiry into animal testing, something the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party had said it would do before it 1997 United Kingdom general election, 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 terrorism in the U ...
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Barry Horne (footballer)
Barry Horne (born 18 May 1962) 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, Walsall and Kidderminster Harriers before playing in Non League for Belper Town. He was capped 59 times by Wales, scoring twice. Since retirement Horne has worked as the chairman of the PFA, as well as mixing sports punditry with a role as Director of Football at Wrexham. 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 w ...
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