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 title Earl of Home (pronounced "Hume" was created in 1605 in the Peerage of Scotland for Alexander Home of that Ilk who was already the 6th Lord Home The name can refer to several people and places:

Contents 1 People 1.1 In fiction 2 Places 3 Other

People

• Sir Alec Douglas-Home (July 2, 1903 – October 9, 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. Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC (2 July 1903 - 9 October 1995 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 was a British Allan Octavian Hume ( June 6, 1829 - July 31, 1912) son of Joseph Hume was a Civil servant in British governed India Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt ( October 23, 1813 - probably 1848 in Inner Australia was a Prussian explorer and naturalist George Basil Cardinal Hume OSB, OM ( March 2, 1923 &mdash June 17, 1999) was an English Prelate Alexander Britton "Brit" Hume Sr (born June 22, 1943) is the Washington D David Hume (26 April 1711 25 August 1776 Scottish Philosopher, Economist, and Historian is an important figure in Western philosophy David Hume (1558 - 1629 was a Scottish historian and political theorist David Hume (1796 Berwick, Scotland - 1 February 1864 Grahamstown) was a South African explorer and big-game hunter Gary Hume (born 1962 is an English Artist and a leading Young British Artists (YBAs Hamilton Hume ( 19 June 1797 &ndash 19 April 1873) was the first Australian born explorer Iain Edward Hume (born October 30, 1983 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Canadian football player Jim Hume (born 4 November 1962) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament John Hume (born 18 January 1937) is a former Politician in Northern Ireland, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party Joseph Hume FRS ( January 22, 1777 – February 20, 1855) was a Scottish doctor and politician born in Montrose Angus January 22, 1777), British political reformer during the Age of Enlightenment
• Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1847-1910), English historian, born Martin Sharp (journalist)
• Sir Patrick Hume or Home (1641-1724), Scottish statesman
• Peter Hume (politician), Canadian politician
• R. Martin Andrew Sharp (1847-1910 was an English historian long a resident in Spain. Patrick Hume 1st Earl of Marchmont ( 13 January 1641 - 2 August 1724) known as Sir Patrick Hume 1st Baronet from 1648 to 1690 and Peter Ernest Hume (born c 1963 is a city councillor in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. E. Hume, author and indologist
• Rob Hume, English ornithological writer
• Tobias Hume (possibly 1569 - April 16, 1645), English composer, viola player and soldier

In fiction

• Hume (see Races of Final Fantasy), 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

Rob Hume is an English ornithologist, Author and Journalist specialising in avian and Natural history subjects Tobias Hume (possibly 1569 - 16 April 1645) was an English Composer, Viol player and Soldier. Though each Final Fantasy story is independent many themes and elements of gameplay recur throughout the series Desmond David Hume is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost portrayed by Henry Ian Cusick. Hume Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th or early 13th century " ''Castle of enceinte'' " Hume is a suburb of Canberra in the district of Tuggeranong. The suburb is named after the explorer Hamilton Hume and streets are named after Australian industrialists The City of Hume is a Local Government Area located partially within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Division of Hume is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. } Greater Hume Shire Council is a Local Government Area (LGA of New South Wales, Australia. The Hume Highway / Hume Freeway is one of Australia's most important and notable interstate Highways which runs for 880 km inland between Sydney and Lake Hume is an artificial Lake in Australia formed by the Hume Weir east of Albury-Wodonga on the Murray River just downstream of Hume is a village in Young America Township, Edgar County, Illinois, United States. Hume is a Town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 1987 at the 2000 census Hume is an Unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia. Hume Township is located in Whiteside County, Illinois. The population was 472 at the 2000 census. Hume Township is a Civil township of Huron County in the US state of Michigan. Hume is a soil type that is well drained and slowly permeable Hume is a functionally-based programming language developed at St Andrews University and Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, and named after the 18th Century

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