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 and ornithologist
• 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 (1711–1776), Scottish philosopher, economist and historian.

* 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
• Trai Hume (born 2002), Northern Irish footballer
• 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

See also

• Home (surname)