Humphrey
Humphrey , sometimes also written Humphry , is a male English given name. It goes back to the old English name Hunfrið, which in turn is made up of hun ("strength") and frið ("peace").
Well-known namesake
First name
- Humphrey III. de Bohun († 1181), Anglo-Norman nobleman and Lord High Constable of England
- Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford (* before 1208-1275), Anglo-Norman nobleman
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390–1447), Regent of England
- Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402–1460), English nobleman
- Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), American actor
- Humphrey Davis (1949–2007), American saxophonist and songwriter
- Humphry Davy (1778-1829) English chemist
- Humphrey Lyttelton (1921-2008), British jazz musician
- Humphrey Salwey (~ 1575–1652), English politician
- Humphrey Searle (1915–1982), English composer
family name
- Andrew Humphrey (1921–1977), British Air Force officer
- Augustin Reed Humphrey (1859–1937), American politician
- Bobbi Humphrey (* 1950), American flautist
- Caroline Humphrey (* 1943), British anthropologist
- Charles Humphrey (1792–1850), American politician
- Chris Humphrey (* 1987), Jamaican soccer player
- Claude Humphrey (born 1944), American football player
- Doris Humphrey (1895–1958), American modern dancer
- Edith Humphrey (1875–1978), British inorganic chemist
- George Humphrey (1889–1966), English psychologist
- George M. Humphrey (1890–1970), American businessman, politician, and Treasury Secretary
- Gordon J. Humphrey (* 1940), American politician
- Herman L. Humphrey (1830–1902), American politician
- Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978), American politician
- James Humphrey (politician) (1811–1866), American politician
- James Humphrey (deportee) (1832–1898), British forger and deportee to Australia
- James Humphrey (wrestler) , American wrestler
- James M. Humphrey (1819–1899), American politician
- John Humphrey (bacteriologist) ( John Herbert Humphrey ; 1915-1987), British bacteriologist and immunologist
- John Humphrey (football player, 1961) ( John Humphrey ; born 1961), English football player
- John Humphrey (football player, 1969) ( John Mark Humphrey ; * 1969), English football player
- John H. Humphrey (* 1948), American classical archaeologist
- John Peters Humphrey (1905-1995), Canadian human rights activist
- Laurence Humphrey (1527–1590), Puritan theologian
- Lee Humphrey (* 1984), American basketball player
- Lyman U. Humphrey (1844–1915), American politician, Governor of Kansas
- Muriel Humphrey (1912–1998), US politician and wife of US Vice President Hubert Humphrey
- Nicholas Humphrey (* 1943), British psychologist
- Paul Humphrey (born 1935), American drummer
- Percy Humphrey (1905–1995), American jazz trumpeter and band leader
- Philip Strong Humphrey (1926–2009), American ornithologist
- Pierre Humphrey (* 1986), German pop singer
- Reuben Humphrey (1757–1831), American politician
- Watts S. Humphrey (1927-2010), American computer scientist and software developer
- William Humphrey (artist) (1740? –1810?) English printmaker and publisher
- William Humphrey (writer) (1924–1997), American writer
- William Humphrey (politician) (* 1967), Northern Irish politician
- William Alvara Humphrey (1876–1945), English geologist and mineralogist
- William E. Humphrey (1862–1934), American politician
- William J. Humphrey (1875? –1942), American actor and director
- Willie Humphrey (1900-1994), American jazz musician
Others
- Humphrey (tomcat) , English tomcat
- Mount Humphrey Lloyd , mountain in Victoria Land, Antarctica
Place name
- Humphrey, Arkansas
- Humphrey, Idaho
- Humphrey (Michigan)
- Humphrey, Nebraska
- Humphrey (New York)
- Humphrey (Washington)
- Humphrey (West Virginia)