Hume (name)

Hume is a first name and family name .

Origin and meaning

The name is common in English-speaking countries.

Well-known namesake

First name

• Hume al-Sayfi (1068–1080), founder of the Sefuwa dynasty of the Kanem Empire on Lake Chad
• Hume Cronyn (1911–2003), Canadian actor and screenwriter

Second first name

• Wallace Hume Carothers (1896–1937), American chemist who invented nylon

family name

• Abraham Bart Hume (1749-1838), founding member of the Geological Society of London and namesake of minerals Humit , Hydroxylklinohumit , Klinohumit and Manganhumit
• Alan Hume (1924-2010), British cameraman
• Alexander Hume (1560–1609), Scottish poet, clergyman and grammarian
• Allan Octavian Hume (1829–1912), English ornithologist, theosophist, politician and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress
• Amabel Hume-Campbell, 1st Countess de Gray (1751–1833), British peeress
• Basil Hume (1923–1999), Cardinal of Westminster (England)
• Benita Hume (1906–1967), English actress
• Cyril Hume (1900–1966), American screenwriter
• David Hume (1711–1776), Scottish philosopher
• Donald Hume (rower) (1915-2001), American rower
• Donald Hume (criminal) (1919-1998), English criminal
• Donald C. Hume (1907-1986), English badminton player
• Fred Hume (1892–1967), Canadian lacrosse player, entrepreneur, politician, as well as football, lacrosse and ice hockey official
• George Hume (1862–1936), Scottish chess composer
• Hamilton Hume (1797–1873), Australian explorer
• Ian Hume (* ~ 1945), Scottish badminton player
• Jim Hume (* 1962), Scottish politician
• John Hume (1937-2020), Northern Irish Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
• Joseph Hume (1777–1855), British doctor and politician
• Julian P. Hume (* 1960), British paleornithologist
• Maureen Hume (* ~ 1945), Scottish badminton player
• Rob Hume (* 1950), British ornithologist and author
• Roger Hume (1940–1996), British actor
• Tobias Hume (1569–1645), English musician and composer
• William Hume-Rothery (1899–1968), English metallurgist and materials scientist

See also

• Hume (disambiguation)
• Sir Alec Douglas-Home , until 1963 14th Earl of Home (pronounced exactly like “Hume”, which can lead to misspellings)