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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 name can refer to several people and places:
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. 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. 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 Ivalice), 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, ScotlandAustralia
- 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 DamUnited 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
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