Hubert

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Hubert is a Germanic masculine given name, from hug "mind" and beraht "bright". It also occurs as a surname, probably usually as a patronymic surname.^[1]

People with the given name Hubert

This is a small selection of articles on people named Hubert; for a comprehensive list see instead All pages beginning with "Hubert".

• Saint Hubert (c. 656–727 AD), Belgian bishop and saint
• Hubert, Duke of Spoleto (died c.969), illegitimate son of King Hugh of Italy
• Hubert Dreyfus (1929–2017), American philosopher
• Hubert van Eyck (c.1385–1426), Early Netherlandish painter
• Hubert von Herkomer (1849–1914), German-born British painter, film-director and composer
• Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978), American politician, Vice President of the United States
• Hubert Ingraham (born 1947), Prime Minister of the Bahamas
• Hubert Lampo (1920–2006), Flemish writer
• Hubert Laws (born 1939), American flutist and saxophonist
• Hubert Loutsch (1878–1946), Prime Minister of Luxembourg
• Hubert von Luschka (1820–1875), German anatomist
• Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934), French general
• Hubert Maga (1916–2000), President of Dahomey
• Hubert Pierlot (1883–1963), Belgian Prime Minister
• Hubert Robert (1733–1808), French landscape painter
• Hubert Strolz (born 1962), Austrian alpine skier
• Hubert Sumlin (1931–2011), American blues guitarist and singer
• Hubert Van Innis (1868–1961), Belgian archer
• Hubert Walter (c. 1160-1205) Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England

Fictional characters

• King Hubert, a fictional character from the 1959 Disney film Sleeping Beauty
• Hubert Cumberdale, a fictional character from David Firth's Salad Fingers
• Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, a fictional professor from Futurama
• Lieutenant Hubert Gruber, a character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
• Hubert, titular pig in the French animated comedy series Hubert and Takako

People with the surname Hubert

• Allison Hubert (1901–1978), American football player
• Andy Hubert (born 1990), German footballer
• David Hubert (born 1988), Belgian footballer
• Étienne Hubert (Arabist) (1567–1614), French physician, Orientalist and diplomat
• Guy Hubert Mamihasindrahona (born 1979), Malagasy footballer
• Henri Hubert (1872–1927), French archaeologist and sociologist
• Janet Hubert (born 1956), American film and television actress
• Konrad Hubert (1507–1577), German Reformed theologian
• Laëtitia Hubert (born 1974), French figure skater
• Tom Hubert (born 1964), American road course racer

Variations

• Hobart (given name) and Hobart (surname) (English)
• Hub (Dutch, e.g .Hub van Doorne)
• Hubbert (surname)
• Hubertas (Lithuanian, e.g. Hubertas Grušnys)
• Huberto (Spanish)
• Hubertus (Dutch, German, Latin)
• Hubrecht (Dutch)
• Huib, Huibert, Huibrecht, Huijbrecht (Dutch)
• Hupert (surname)
• Huppert (given name and surname)
• Hupperts (surname)
• Huppertz (surname)
• Huprecht (German)
• Huub, Huybert, Huybrecht (Dutch)
• Uberto (Italian)

See also

• Heber, Anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic given name Éibhear
• Hibbert, given name derived from Hildebert
• Huber, German occupational surname

References