Hume

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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:

Surname

• 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
• Fergus Hume (1859-1932), English novelist
• 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
• William Hume-Rothery (1899-1968), British metallurgist

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)

Given name

• Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor and son of the politician
• Hume Cronyn (politician), Canadian politician and father of the actor

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, California
  • Hume, Butte County, California
  • Hume, Fresno County, California
• Hume, Illinois, in Edgar County
• Hume, New York
• Hume, Virginia
• Hume Township, Whiteside County, Illinois
• Hume Township, Michigan
• Hume Lake, in California

Other

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

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