Mike Horn

South African-Swiss explorer

Person human Q1391385

Facts

15 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: July 16, 1965
Place of birth: City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Johannesburg^[6]
Country of citizenship: South Africa, Switzerland^[7]^[8]
Occupation: adventurer, explorer, discoverer
Educated at: Stellenbosch University^[9]
Award received: Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year^[10]
Official website: www.mikehorn.com^[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed: French^[17]
Family name: Horn^[14]
Given name: Mike^[15]
Member of sports team: Abu Dhabi Racing Team^[12]
Residence: Château-d’Oex^[13]
Social media followers: 844k (727k–844k, n=4)^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 31

ISNI: 0000000078386610
VIAF cluster ID: 79160876
Library of Congress authority ID: n2007016224
GND ID: 124207804
Image (Wikimedia Commons): DmitrySharomov20161208-4023.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID: 7073252
Babelio author ID: 16519
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 136182903
BookBrainz author ID: ac94345c-da69-471d-b989-dd61a62877e5
CBDB.cz author ID: 4578
DDB person (GND) ID: 124207804
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 67155

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FAST ID: 1669032
Facebook username: PangaeaMikeHorn
Freebase ID: /m/0c04bl
IMDb ID: nm2021395
IdRef ID: 056591896
Instagram username: mikehornexplorer
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2006368371
National Library of Korea ID: KAC200506598
Obálky knih ID: mzk2006368371
Open Library ID: OL3290488A
Podchaser creator ID: 107aRz3pIv
Quora topic ID: Mike-Horn-9
SNAC ARK ID: w6v998cb
SVKKL authority ID: 0241904-Horn-Mike-1966
TMDB person ID: 1532570
Vimeo ID: user126474777
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJxt3cKm46dC9BVVyrHjYP
Yale LUX ID: person/f5a93f05-ec0d-41e6-b2b6-c962dfd33673
YouTube channel ID: UCCelP6iJfYoj0Ea3qXqugXQ

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Country of citizenship 2

Switzerland, South Africa

Occupation 2

explorer, adventurer

Award received 1

Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year

Educated at 1

Stellenbosch University

Family name 1

Horn

Given name 1

Mike

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

French

Place of birth 1

City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

Residence 1

Château-d’Oex

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Mike Horn was born on July 16, 1965^[1], in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality^[2]. He has worked as an adventurer^[3], explorer^[4], and discoverer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Mike Horn born?

Mike Horn was born in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality^[2].

What did Mike Horn do for work?

Mike Horn worked as an adventurer^[3], explorer^[4], and discoverer^[5].

Where did Mike Horn go to school?

Mike Horn was educated at Stellenbosch University^[9].

What awards did Mike Horn receive?

Honors received include Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year^[10].

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🌐 Wiki Languages

12 / 428 langs

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17.3K views trend: hourly, last 369h

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Mike Horn — place of birth (P19): City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Mike Horn — place of birth (P19): Johannesburg. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Mike Horn — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Mike Horn — country of citizenship (P27): South Africa. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Mike Horn — country of citizenship (P27): Switzerland. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Mike Horn — member of sports team (P54): Abu Dhabi Racing Team. mikehorn.com. mikehorn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Mike Horn — educated at (P69): Stellenbosch University. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Mike Horn — occupation (P106): adventurer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Mike Horn — occupation (P106): explorer. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Mike Horn — occupation (P106): discoverer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Mike Horn — award received (P166): Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year. laureus.com. Retrieved 2019-05-27. laureus.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Mike Horn — residence (P551): Château-d’Oex. coopzeitung.ch. coopzeitung.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Mike Horn — date of birth (P569): July 16, 1965. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-06. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Mike Horn — family name (P734): Horn. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Mike Horn — given name (P735): Mike. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Mike Horn — official website (P856): https://www.mikehorn.com/. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Mike Horn — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Mike Horn — social media followers (P8687): 727,000. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Mike Horn — social media followers (P8687): 801,000. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Mike Horn — social media followers (P8687): 822,000. YouTube API. Retrieved 2024-04-20. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Mike Horn — social media followers (P8687): 844,000. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-04-25. wikidata.org.

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4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Place of birth → City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Johannesburg

Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'bg', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'so', 'zh_min_nan']

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20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → 0241904-Horn-Mike-1966

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24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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Country of citizenship → South Africa, Switzerland

Place of birth → City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Johannesburg

Educated at → —

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