Hume

Hume

Hume ("Home" is an older variant spelling of Hume, still used for the senior branches of the family) is a surname that originated in the South East of Scotland, of which the senior representatives are the Earls of Home. The name can refer to several people and places:

People

* Sir Alec Douglas-Home (2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), British Prime Minister
* Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912), British administrator in India
* Andrew Hamilton Hume (1762-1849), Australian superintendent of convicts and farmer
* Andrew Hume, Australian convict and leader of final failed attempted to rescue Leichhardt's expedition
* Basil Cardinal Hume, former Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
* Brit Hume, journalist best known for his work on Fox News
* David Hume (1711-1776), 18th-century Scottish philosopher
* David Hume of Godscroft, 17th-century Scottish historian
* David Hume (explorer), Southern African explorer
* Gary Hume, British artist
* Hamilton Hume (1797-1873), Australian explorer
* Iain Hume, Canadian footballer
* Jim Hume, Scottish politician
* John Hume, Northern Irish politician
* Joseph Hume (b. 22 January 1777), British political reformer during the Age of Enlightenment
* Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1847-1910), English historian, born Martin Sharp (journalist)
* Matthew Hume World champion fighter/wrestler, trainer, pioneer of Mixed Martial Arts.
* Sir Patrick Hume or Home (1641-1724), Scottish statesman
* Peter Hume (politician), Canadian politician
* R. E. Hume, author and indologist
* Rob Hume, English ornithological writer
* Tobias Hume (possibly 1569 - 16 April 1645), English composer, viola player and soldier

In fiction

* Hume (see Ivalice), the name of the Human race in the computer role playing game series "Final Fantasy"
* Desmond Hume, a fictional character on the television series "Lost"
* Nick Hume, the protagonist of "Death Sentence" (film)

Places

;Scotland
* Hume Castle, the historic 13th century eponymous fortress of the Home/Hume family in Berwickshire, Scotland

;Australia
* Hume, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* the City of Hume, a municipality in northern Melbourne
* Division of Hume, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales
* the Greater Hume Shire Council, a municipality in rural New South Wales
* any of several prominent landmarks named after Hamilton Hume:
** the Hume Highway, the main road between Melbourne and Sydney
** Lake Hume, a large artificial lake and the associated Hume Dam

;United States
* Hume, Illinois, in Edgar County
* Hume, New York
* Hume, Virginia
* Hume Township, Whiteside County, Illinois
* Hume Township, Michigan

Other

* Hume (soil), a type of soil
* Hume (language) (Higher-order Unified Meta-Environment), a computer programming language


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