Hume (surname)

Hume (Home is an older variant spelling of Hume, still used for the senior branches of the family) is a Scottish surname that derives from Hume Castle, Berwickshire, and its adjacent estates. The name may refer to:

• Abraham Hume (disambiguation)

• Sir Abraham Hume, 1st Baronet (1703–1772), MP for Steyning
• Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet (1749–1838)
• Abraham Hume (priest) (1814–1884), English priest and antiquary
• Abraham Hume (cricketer) (1819–1888), English clergyman and cricketer

• Alan Hume (1924–2010), English cinematographer
• Alexander Hume (1558–1609) Scottish poet
• Allan Octavian Hume (1829–1912), British administrator in India
• Andrew Hume, Australian convict, led failed search for Ludwig Leichhardt expedition
• Basil Hume (1923–1999), English Roman Catholic bishop, Archbishop of Westminster
• Benita Hume (1906–1967), British film actress
• Bill Hume (footballer) (1937–2005), English-born soccer player with New Zealand and Australia
• Bill Hume (cartoonist) (1916–2009), American artist, art director, and newspaper man
• Billy Hume (1935–1990), Scottish footballer
• Bobby Hume (1941–1997), Scottish footballer
• Brit Hume Alexander Britton Hume (born 1943), American journalist with Fox News
• Caroline Howard Hume (a.k.a. Betty Hume) (1909–2008), American philanthropist and art collector
• David Hume (disambiguation)

• David Hume of Godscroft (1558–1629), Scottish historian and political theorist
• David Hume (advocate) (1757–1838), Scottish jurist and nephew of the philosopher
• David Hume (explorer) (1796–1864), South African explorer and big-game hunter
• David Hume (footballer) (1898–1964), Australian footballer
• David Hume Kennerly (born 1947), American Pulitzer–winning photographer
• David M. Hume (1917–1973), American doctor and pioneer in kidney disease research and treatment

• Donald Hume (disambiguation)

• Donald Hume (rower) (1915–2001), American rower in the 1936 Olympics
• Donald C. Hume (1907–1986), English badminton player

• Ernest Hume (1869–1912), Australian cricketer
• Gene Sheldon Eugene Hume (1908–1982), American mime actor
• Eugenia Williamson Hume (1865-1899), American elocutionist
• Fergus Hume (1859–1932), English novelist
• Fred Hume (disambiguation)

• Fred Hume (rugby league) (1898–1978), Australian rugby league player
• Fred Hume (American football), American college football quarterback

• Frederick Hume (1892–1967), mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia
• Gary Hume, British artist
• George Hume (disambiguation)

• Sir George Hume, 1st Baronet, Scottish-Irish baronet
• George Hume (politician) (1866–1946), British politician and leader of the London County Council
• George Hume (cricketer) (1800–1872), English cricketer
• George H. Hume, American heir, businessman and philanthropist
• George Sherwood Hume (1893–1965), Canadian geologist
• George Steuart Hume (1747–1788), Maryland physician and landowner

• Graham Hume, South African cricketer
• Hamilton Hume (1797–1873), Australian explorer
• Iain Hume (born 1983), Scottish-Canadian soccer player
• Ian Hume (born 1948), Scottish footballer
• J. Ord Hume (1864–1932), English brass band conductor and composer
• James Hume (disambiguation), several people

• James Hume (architect) (1798–1868), in Sydney, Australia
• James Hume (cricketer) (1858–1909), Scots-born New Zealand cricketer
• James Hume (magistrate) (1808–1862), British political commentator in Calcutta
• James Hume (mathematician) (fl. 1639), Scotsman credited with modern exponential notation
• James Hume (rugby union) (born 1998), Irish rugby union player
• James Hume (superintendent) (1823–1896), New Zealand asylum superintendent
• James B. Hume (1827–1904), lawman in the American West
• James Deacon Hume (1774–1842), English official, economic writer and advocate of free trade

• Jaquelin H. Hume (a.k.a. Jack Hume) (1905–1991), co-founder Basic American Foods, philanthropist
• Jim Hume (born 1962), Scottish Liberal Democrat politician
• Jock Hume (1885–1962), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen
• John Hume (disambiguation)

• Sir John Hume, 2nd Baronet (died 1695), Irish landowner
• John Hume (bishop) (c. 1706–1782), English bishop
• John Hume (priest) (1743–1818), Dean of the Church of Ireland
• John Basil Hume (1893–1974), British surgeon and lecturer in anatomy
• John Frederick Hume (1860–1935), miner and political figure in British Columbia
• John Law Hume (1890–1912), Scottish violinist on the RMS Titanic
• John R. Hume, Scottish architectural historian
• John Robert Hume (c. 1781–1857), Scottish surgeon and physician
• John Walter Hulme (1805–1861), first Chief Justice of Hong Kong

• Jon Hume (born 1983), New Zealand musician
• Joseph Hume (1777–1855), Scottish doctor and Member of Parliament
• Leslie P. Hume, American historian and philanthropist
• Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1847–1910), born Martin Sharp (historian), English historian
• Mick Hume (born 1959), British journalist, editor of Spiked Online Magazine
• Patrick Hume (disambiguation)

• Patrick Hume of Polwarth (c. 1550–1609), Scottish courtier and poet of the Castalian Band
• Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont (1641–1724), Scottish statesman
• Patrick Hume (editor) (fl. 1695), Scottish schoolmaster in London

• Paul Hume (music critic) (1915–2001), music critic for the Washington Post
• Peter Hume (politician), Canadian politician
• Rob Hume, English ornithological writer
• Rowena Hume (1877–1966), Canadian obstetrician
• Tobias Hume (c. 1569–1645), English composer, viola player and soldier
• Walter Reginald Hume (1873–1943), Australian inventor and concrete pipe manufacturer
• William Hume (disambiguation)

• William Hume (Cape politician) (1837–1916), politician of the Cape Colony
• William Errington Hume (1879–1960), English physician
• William H. Hume, American architect in New York City
• William J. Hume, American heir, businessman and conservative philanthropist
• William Fraser Hume (1867–1949), British geologist

• Willie Hume (1862–1941), cyclist, first ever winner on Dunlop pneumatic tyres

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Surname list

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