# Herbert (given name)

Herbert is a Germanic given name, from harja- "army", "warrior" or "noble, sublime", and beraht "bright" or "shining" (compare Robert). See also Heribert and Aribert, other given names with the same roots.

## People named Herbert

* Saint Herbert
* Herbert of Derwentwater (died 687), Anglo-Saxon hermit, priest, and saint
* Herbert I of Maine (died 1036), Frankish count
* Herbert II of Maine (died 1062), Frankish count
* Herbert I, Count of Vermandois (848–907), Frankish count
* Herbert II, Count of Vermandois (880–943), Frankish count
* Herbert III, Count of Vermandois (987–997), Frankish count
* Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois (1045–1080), Frankish count
* Herbert Aptheker (1915–2003), American historian
* Herbert H. Asquith (1852–1928), leader of the Liberal Party and UK Prime Minister during World War I
* Herbert Austin (1866–1941), English car maker, founder of the Austin Motor Company and Member of Parliament
* Herbert Backe (1896–1947), German politician and SS functionary during the Nazi era
* Herbert Baker (1862–1946), British architect
* Herbert Bayer (1900–1985), Austrian graphic designer
* Herbert von Bismarck (1849–1904), German diplomat
* Herbert Brede (1888–1942), Estonian general
* Herbert J. Brees (1877–1958), lieutenant in the United States Army
* Herbert C. Brown (1912–2004), American chemist
* Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904–1996), American politician
* Herbert Ashwin Budd (1881–1950), British painter
* Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979), British historian
* Herbert Chabot (1931–2022), judge of the United States Tax Court
* Herbert Clemens (born 1939), American mathematician
* Herbert Cohen (born 1940), American Olympic fencer
* Herbert Croly (1869–1930), American writer
* Herbert Cukurs (1900–1965), Latvian aviator, member of the Arajs Kommando, which was involved in the Holocaust
* Herbert von Dirksen (1882–1955), German diplomat and last German Ambassador to the United Kingdom before World War II
* Herbert Henry Dow (1866–1930), Canadian-born American industrialist
* Herbert Dreilich (1942–2004), German singer
* Herbert Elliott (1887–1973), English cricketer
* Herbert Flam (1928–1980), American tennis player
* Herbert W. Franke (1927–2022), Austrian writer
* Herbert Gelernter (1930–2015), American scientist
* Herbert Giles (1845–1935), British diplomat and translator
* Herbert Gold (1924–2023), American novelist
* Herbert Gould (1891–1918),
* Herbert Grönemeyer (born 1956), German actor and musician
* Herbert Gross (1929–2020), American mathematician
* Herbert Hagen (1913–1999), SS-Sturmbannführer of Nazi Germany and a personal assistant to the SS police chief in France
* Herbert Hauptman (1917–2011), American mathematician
* Herbert Hirche (1910–2002), German architect and designer
* Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), American politician, 31st President of the United States, engineer, humanitarian and one of the principal commanders of United States occupation of Haiti
* Herbert Hoover Jr. (1903–1969), American engineer, businessman, and politician, eldest son of the 31st U.S. president
* Herbert N. Houck (1915–2002), American Naval flying ace awarded three Navy Crosses during World War II
* Herbert Howells (1892–1983), English composer, organist and teacher famous for his Anglican church music
* Herbert Eric Jansz (1890-1976), Sri Lankan Burgher civil servant
* Herbert C. Jones (1918–1941), officer in the United States Navy who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor
* Herbert Kappler (1907–1978), Nazi German SS officer and head of German police and security services in Rome
* Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989), Austrian conductor
* Herbert Buckingham Khaury (1932–1996), musician known as Tiny Tim
* Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British First World War field marshal and colonial administrator, one of the principal commanders in the Mahdist War and the Second Boer War
* Herbert Paul Brooks (1937-2003), American ice hockey player and coach, head coach for men's hockey in the 1980 Olympics winning gold
* Herbert Kohler Jr. (1939–2022), American businessman
* Herbert Lange (1909–1945), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator
* Herbert Lawrence (1861–1943), general in the British Army, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Romani
* Herbert Loch (1886–1976), German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II
* Herbert Lom (1917–2012), Czech actor
* Herbert Lumsden (1897–1945), senior British Army officer of World War I and II
* Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German philosopher
* Herbert Marshall (1890–1966), English actor
* Herbert McCabe (1926–2001), English-born Irish Dominican priest, theologian, and philosopher
* Herbert Morrison (1888–1965), British politician
* Herbert Mullin (1947–2022), American serial killer and mass murderer
* Herbert "Bert" Pitman (1877–1961), English Merchant Navy sailor, who was the Third Principal Commanding Officer of Titanic
* Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857–1932), senior British Army officer of the First World War
* Herbert L. Pratt (1871–1945), American oil industrialist
* Herbert Irving Preston (1876–1928), American Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
* Herbert B. Powell (1903–1998), U.S. Army General and Commanding General of the U.S. Continental Army Command
* Herbert Ross (1927–2001), American director
* Herbert Saffir (1917–2007), American scientist
* Herbert Salzman (1916–1990), American businessman and US Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
* Herbert Charles Sanborn (1873–1967), American philosopher, academic, and one-time political candidate
* Herbert Schwamborn (born 1973), Zimbabwean music producer
* Herbert Schultze (1909–1987), German U-boat (submarine) commander of World War II
* Herbert Seifert (1907–1996), German mathematician
* Herbert M. Seneviratne (1925–1987), Sri Lankan Sinhala lyricist and actor
* Herbert Clifford Serasinghe, Sri Lankan Sinhala physician
* Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001), American political scientist
* Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), English philosopher
* Herbert Stevens IV (born 1987), American hip-hop recording artist who records under the name "Ab-Soul"
* Herbert Stewart (1843–1885), British soldier
* Herbert L. Stone (1871–1955), American magazine editor and sailor
* Herbert Stothart (1885–1949), American composer
* Herbert Streicher (1947–2013), also known as Harry Reems, American pornographic actor
* Herbert Tabor (1918–2020), American biochemist and physician-scientist
* Herbert Tarr (1929–1993), American Jewish novelist and humorist
* Herbert Tennekoon (1911–1979), Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka from 1971 to 1979
* Herbert Thambiah (1926–1992), 39th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
* Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852–1917), English actor and theatre manager
* Herbert Schutz (1937–2018), German-born Canadian philologist
* Herbert J. Valentine (1917–1996), American Marine flying ace, Navy Cross recipient
* Herbert Weerasinghe, Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from April 1985 to December 1985
* Herbert Wehner (1906–1990), German politician
* Herbert Weiz (1924–2023), East German politician
* Herbert G. Wells (1866–1946), British writer, best remembered for his science fiction novels
* Herbert Winful (born 1952), Ghanaian-American engineering professor
* Herbert Zangs (1924–2003), German artist
* Herbert Elkuch (born 1952), Liechtenstein politician

## Fictional characters

* Herbert (Disney character)
* Herbert "Herbie" (Numbuh 65.3), from the Cartoon Network animated series Codename: Kids Next Door
* Herbert P. Bear, a character from Club Penguin
* Herbert Birdsfoot, a fictional Muppet character in the television series Sesame Street
* Chief Herbert Dumbrowski, fictional character in T.U.F.F. Puppy
* Herbert Garrison, a fictional character in the television series South Park
* Herbert the Pervert, a fictional character in the television series Family Guy
* Herbert West, a fictional character in H. P. Lovecraft's story "Herbert West: Reanimator" and the films based on it
* Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury, a fictional character in the movie Richie Rich
* Herbert Ludwig, the Medic from Team Fortress 2