# 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 may refer to:
   * Sir Abraham Hume, 1st Baronet (1703–1772), MP for Steyning
   * Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet (1749–1838)
   * Abraham Hume (priest) (1814–1884), English priest and antiquary
   * Abraham Hume (cricketer) (1819–1888), English clergyman and cricketer
* Alan Hume (1924–2010), English cinematographer
* Alexander Hume (1558–1609) Scottish poet
* Allan Octavian Hume (1829–1912), British administrator in India
* Andrew Hume, Australian convict, led failed search for Ludwig Leichhardt expedition
* Basil Hume (1923–1999), English Roman Catholic bishop, Archbishop of Westminster
* Benita Hume (1906–1967), British film actress
* Bill Hume (footballer) (1937–2005), English-born soccer player with New Zealand and Australia
* Bill Hume (cartoonist) (1916–2009), American artist, art director, and newspaper man
* Billy Hume (1935–1990), Scottish footballer
* Bobby Hume (1941–1997), Scottish footballer
* Brit Hume Alexander Britton Hume (born 1943), American journalist with Fox News
* Caroline Howard Hume (a.k.a. Betty Hume) (1909–2008), American philanthropist and art collector
* David Hume (disambiguation)
   * David Hume of Godscroft (1558–1629), Scottish historian and political theorist
   * David Hume (advocate) (1757–1838), Scottish jurist and nephew of the philosopher
   * David Hume (explorer) (1796–1864), South African explorer and big-game hunter
   * David Hume (footballer) (1898–1964), Australian footballer
   * David Hume Kennerly (born 1947), American Pulitzer–winning photographer
   * David M. Hume (1917–1973), American doctor and pioneer in kidney disease research and treatment
   * Donald Hume (rower) (1915–2001), American rower in the 1936 Olympics
   * Donald C. Hume (1907–1986), English badminton player
* Ernest Hume (1869–1912), Australian cricketer
* Gene Sheldon Eugene Hume (1908–1982), American mime actor
* Eugenia Williamson Hume (1865-1899), American elocutionist
* Fergus Hume (1859–1932), English novelist
* Fred Hume (disambiguation)
   * Fred Hume (rugby league) (1898–1978), Australian rugby league player
   * Fred Hume (American football), American college football quarterback
* Frederick Hume (1892–1967), mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia
* Gary Hume, British artist
* George Hume (disambiguation)
   * Sir George Hume, 1st Baronet, Scottish-Irish baronet
   * George Hume (politician) (1866–1946), British politician and leader of the London County Council
   * George Hume (cricketer) (1800–1872), English cricketer
   * George H. Hume, American heir, businessman and philanthropist
   * George Sherwood Hume (1893–1965), Canadian geologist
   * George Steuart Hume (1747–1788), Maryland physician and landowner
* Graham Hume, South African cricketer
* Hamilton Hume (1797–1873), Australian explorer
* Iain Hume (born 1983), Scottish-Canadian soccer player
* Ian Hume (born 1948), Scottish footballer
* J. Ord Hume (1864–1932), English brass band conductor and composer
* James Hume (disambiguation), several people
   * James Hume (architect) (1798–1868), in Sydney, Australia
   * James Hume (cricketer) (1858–1909), Scots-born New Zealand cricketer
   * James Hume (magistrate) (1808–1862), British political commentator in Calcutta
   * James Hume (mathematician) (fl. 1639), Scotsman credited with modern exponential notation
   * James Hume (rugby union) (born 1998), Irish rugby union player
   * James Hume (superintendent) (1823–1896), New Zealand asylum superintendent
   * James B. Hume (1827–1904), lawman in the American West
   * James Deacon Hume (1774–1842), English official, economic writer and advocate of free trade
* Jaquelin H. Hume (a.k.a. Jack Hume) (1905–1991), co-founder Basic American Foods, philanthropist
* Jim Hume (born 1962), Scottish Liberal Democrat politician
* Jock Hume (1885–1962), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen
* John Hume (disambiguation)
   * Sir John Hume, 2nd Baronet (died 1695), Irish landowner
   * John Hume (bishop) (c. 1706–1782), English bishop
   * John Hume (priest) (1743–1818), Dean of the Church of Ireland
   * John Basil Hume (1893–1974), British surgeon and lecturer in anatomy
   * John Frederick Hume (1860–1935), miner and political figure in British Columbia
   * John Law Hume (1890–1912), Scottish violinist on the RMS Titanic
   * John R. Hume, Scottish architectural historian
   * John Robert Hume (c. 1781–1857), Scottish surgeon and physician
   * John Walter Hulme (1805–1861), first Chief Justice of Hong Kong
* Jon Hume (born 1983), New Zealand musician
* Joseph Hume (1777–1855), Scottish doctor and Member of Parliament
* Leslie P. Hume, American historian and philanthropist
* Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1847–1910), born Martin Sharp (historian), English historian
* Mick Hume (born 1959), British journalist, editor of Spiked Online Magazine
* Patrick Hume (disambiguation)
   * Patrick Hume of Polwarth (c. 1550–1609), Scottish courtier and poet of the Castalian Band
   * Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont (1641–1724), Scottish statesman
   * Patrick Hume (editor) (fl. 1695), Scottish schoolmaster in London
* Paul Hume (music critic) (1915–2001), music critic for the Washington Post
* Peter Hume (politician), Canadian politician
* Rob Hume, English ornithological writer
* Rowena Hume (1877–1966), Canadian obstetrician
* Tobias Hume (c. 1569–1645), English composer, viola player and soldier
* Walter Reginald Hume (1873–1943), Australian inventor and concrete pipe manufacturer
* William Hume (disambiguation)
   * William Hume (Cape politician) (1837–1916), politician of the Cape Colony
   * William Errington Hume (1879–1960), English physician
   * William H. Hume, American architect in New York City
   * William J. Hume, American heir, businessman and conservative philanthropist
   * William Fraser Hume (1867–1949), British geologist