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 can refer to several people and places:
Scottish Nobility and Gentry
- Earl of Home, senior representative of Clan Home.
- Lord Polwarth
- Home Baronets
- Hume Baronets
- John Home, Lord Renton, Senator of the College of Justice
Hume
Scottish, American, Australian, British, Canadian and Irish people:
- Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet British rosarian
- 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 Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Benita Hume (1906-1967), British film actress
- Bobby Hume (1941-1997), Scottish footballer
- Brit Hume, American journalist best known for his work on Fox News
- Caroline Howard Hume (a.k.a. Betty Hume) (1909-2008), an American philanthropist and art collector from California.
- David Hume, several people of this name
- Fergus Hume (1859-1932), English novelist
- Gary Hume, British artist
- George H. Hume, an American heir, businessman and philanthropist
- Hamilton Hume (1797-1873), Australian explorer
- Iain Hume (born 1983), Scottish-Canadian footballer (soccer)
- Jaquelin H. Hume (a.k.a. Jack Hume) (1905-1991), American founder of Basic American Foods and conservative philanthropist.
- Jim Hume, Scottish politician
- John Hume, Irish politician
- Joseph Hume (b. 22 January 1777), British political reformer during the Age of Enlightenment
- Leslie P. Hume, American historian and philanthropist.
- Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1847-1910), English historian, born Martin Sharp (journalist)
- Sir Patrick Hume or Home (1641-1724), Scottish statesman
- Paul Hume (1915-2001), Music critic, Washington Post
- Peter Hume (politician), Canadian politician
- Rob Hume, English ornithological writer
- Tobias Hume (possibly 1569 - 16 April 1645), English composer, viola player and soldier
- William J. Hume, a.k.a. Jerry Hume, American businessman and conservative philanthropist.
- Walter Reginald Hume (1873–1943), Australian inventor and concrete pipe manufacturer
- William Hume-Rothery (1899-1968), British metallurgist
- Mick Hume (born 1959), British journalist, Editor of Spiked Online Magazine
- Hume N. Johnson, Jamaican journalist and political scholar.
Home
- Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Daniel Dunglas Home (1833–1886), Scottish spiritualist
- Sir Everard Home, 1st Baronet (1756–1832), British physician
- John Home (1722–1808), Scottish poet and dramatist
- Anne Hunter (née Home) (1742–1821), poet and socialite
See also
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