Herb

**Herb** is a given name. It is usually used as a short form of the name Herbert. It is also in use as a surname.

## People

### Herbert, shortened Herb

* Herb Aach (1923–1985), American painter and writer
* Herb Abramson (1916–1999), American music executive
* Herb Adderley (1939–2020), American football player
* Herb Alpert (born 1935), American musician
* Herb Andress (1935–2004), Austrian actor
* Herb Baumeister (1947–1996), American suspected serial killer
* Herb Boxer (born 1947), American ice-hockey player
* Herb Brooks (1937–2003), American ice hockey coach
* Herb Brown (born 1936), American basketball coach
* Herb Caen (1916–1997), American journalist
* Herb Carneal (1923–2007), American sportscaster
* Herb Carnegie (1919–2012), Canadian ice hockey player
* Herb Chambers (born 1940), American billionaire businessman
* Herb Cohen (1932–2010), American music executive
* Herb Coleman (disambiguation), multiple people
* Herb Conaway (born 1963), American politician
* Herb Covington (1902–1990), American football player
* Herb Denenberg (1929–2010), American journalist, lawyer, and consumer advocate
* Herb Donaldson (lawyer) (1927–2008), American lawyer and judge
* Herb Drury (1896–1965), Canadian-American ice hockey player
* Herb Edelman (1933–1996), American actor
* Herb Elliott (born 1938), Australian runner
* Herb Ellis (1921–2010), American jazz guitarist
* Herb Epp (1934–2013), Canadian politician
* Herb Fame (born 1942), one half of musical duo Peaches & Herb
* Herb Fitzgibbon (born 1942), American tennis player
* Herb Flam (1928–1980), American tennis player
* Herb Foster (1913–2003), Canadian ice hockey player
* Herb Franta (1905–1950), American football player
* Herb Gilbert (1888–1972), Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer
* Herb Gilbert Jr. (1917–1983), Australian rugby league footballer
* Herb Gray (1931–2014), Canadian politician and deputy prime minister
* Herb Gray (Canadian football) (1934-2011), American lineman in the Canadian Football League
* Herb Grosch (1918–2010), Canadian computer scientist
* Herb Jackson (1883–1922), American baseball pitcher
* Herb Jeffries (1913–2014), American actor
* Herb Joesting (1905–1963), American football player and coach
* Herb Jordan (1884–1973), Canadian ice hockey player
* Herb Kawainui Kāne (1928–2011), American artist
* Herb Kaplow (1927–2013), American broadcast journalist
* Herb Kelleher (1931–2019), American businessman
* Herb Kent (1928–2016), American radio personality
* Herb Klein (disambiguation), multiple people
* Herb Kohl (born 1935), American politician
* Herb Lance (1925–2006), American singer-songwriter and record producer
* Herb Levinson (1929–2012), American actor
* Herb Lilburne (1908–1976), New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer
* Herb Louch (1875–1936), Australian rules footballer
* Herb Lubalin (1918–1981), American graphic designer
* Herb Magidson (1906–1986), American lyricist
* Herb Matthews Sr. (1894–1964), Australian rules footballer
* Herb Matthews Jr. (born 1943), Australian rules footballer
* Herb Nolan (1875–1933), Australian rules footballer
* Herb Orvis (1946–2020), American football player
* Herb Pardes (born 1932), American psychiatrist
* Herb Pedersen (born 1944), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Herb Pennock (1894–1948), American baseball pitcher and executive
* Herb Peterson (1919–2008), American food scientist
* Herb Peyton (born 1932), American energy executive
* Herb Pfuhl (1928–2011), American educator and politician
* Herb Plews (1928–2014), American baseball player
* Herb Pomeroy (1930–2007), American jazz trumpeter
* Herb Raybourn (1935–2017), American baseball player and scout
* Herb Reed (1928–2012), American R&B singer
* Herb Rich (1928–2008), American football player
* Herb Ritts (1952–2002), American photographer
* Herb Rozell (born 1931), American politician
* Herb Score (1933–2008), American baseball pitcher and broadcaster
* Herb Sendek (born 1963), American basketball coach
* Herb Shriner (1918–1970), American humorist
* Herb Steinohrt (1899–1985), Australian rugby league footballer
* Herb Stempel (1926–2020), American game show contestant
* Herb Taylor (born 1984), American football player
* Herb Thomas (1923–2000), American racing driver
* Herb Thomas (1902–1991), American baseball player and manager
* Herb Trimpe (1939–2015), American comics artist
* Herb Voland (1918–1981), American actor
* Herb Wallerstein (1925–1985), American television producer and director
* Herb Washington (born 1951), American sprinter and baseball player
* Herb Waters (born 1992), American football player
* Herb Wiedoeft (1886–1928), German-born American bandleader
* Herb Wilkinson (born 1923), American basketball player
* Herb Williams (born 1958), American basketball player and coach
* Herb Wright (1917–2015), American earth scientist

### Other or indeterminate

* Herb Capozzi (1925–2011), Canadian athlete, businessman, sports team manager and politician
* Herb Dean (born 1970), American mixed martial arts referee
* Herb Miller (born 1997), American football player
* Herb Robertson (born 1951), jazz musician
* Herb Scharfman (1912–1998), American photographer
* Herb Wesson (born 1951), American politician

## Fictional Characters

* Herb (Ranma ½), in the manga series *Ranma ½*
* Herb Melnick, from the television series *Two and a Half Men*
* Herb Tarlek, from the television series *WKRP in Cincinnati*
* Herb Copperbottom, from the film *Robots*
* Herb Muddlefoot, from the animated series *Darkwing Duck*
* Herbert Powell, from the animated series *The Simpsons*
* Herb Kazzaz, from the animated series *BoJack Horseman*
* Prince Herb, nickname given to Sal Vulcano for the ninth season of the television show *Impractical Jokers*
* Herb, from a 1980s Burger King advertising campaign
* Herb Star, father of Patrick Star from the animated series *SpongeBob SquarePants*