Hume

Hume may refer to:

People

• Hume (surname)
• David Hume, a Scottish philosopher, economist and historian
• Hamilton Hume, explorer of Australia
• Allan Octavian Hume civil servant, political reformer, amateur ornithologist and horticulturalist in British India.
• Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor and son of the politician
• Hume Cronyn (politician), Canadian politician and father of the actor

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

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
• Hume (region), a region in northeastern Victoria
• 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

Scotland

• Hume Castle, the historic 13th century eponymous fortress of the Home/Hume family in Berwickshire, Scotland
• Hume, Scottish Borders

United States

• Hume, California (disambiguation), multiple locations
• Hume, Illinois, in Edgar County
• Hume, Missouri
• Hume, New York
• Hume, Ohio
• Hume, Virginia
• Hume Township, Whiteside County, Illinois
• Hume Township, Michigan
• Hume Lake, in California

Other uses

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

See also

• All pages beginning with "Hume"
• All pages with titles containing Hume