Hume most commonly refers to: *

David Hume David Hume (; born David Home; 7 May 1711 NS (26 April 1711 OS) – 25 August 1776) Cranston, Maurice, and Thomas Edmund Jessop. 2020 999br>David Hume" ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved 18 May 2020. was a Scottish Enlightenment phil ...

(1711–1776), Scottish philosopher Hume may also refer to:

People

* Hume (surname) * Hume (given name) * James

Hume Nisbet James Hume Nisbet (8 August 1849 – 4 June 1923) was a Scottish-born novelist and artist. Many of his thrillers are set in Australia. Youth Nisbet was born in Stirling, Scotland and received special artistic training, and was educated under the ...

(1849–1923), Scottish-born novelist and artist

In fiction

* Hume, the name of the human race in the Invalice universe of the computer game series ''Final Fantasy'' *

Desmond Hume Desmond David Hume is a fictional character on the ABC television series '' Lost'' portrayed by Henry Ian Cusick. Desmond's name is a tribute to David Hume, the famous empiricist philosopher. Desmond was not a passenger of Flight 815. He had be ...

, a fictional character on the television series ''Lost'' * Eleanor Hume, a character from the role-playing video game ''

Tales of Berseria is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows. It is the sixteenth main entry in the ''Tales'' series and a prequel of ''Tales of Zestiria''. ...

'' * Nick Hume, the protagonist of the 2007 film ''Death Sentence'' * Hobart Hume III, a fictional character on the television series ''

Shining Time Station ''Shining Time Station'' is an American children's television series jointly created by British television producer Britt Allcroft and American television producer Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by Quality Family Entertainment (the Am ...

Places

Australia

Hume, Australian Capital Territory Hume is a suburb of Canberra in the District of Jerrabomberra. The suburb is named after the explorer Hamilton Hume and streets are named after Australian industrialists and businessmen. Hume is a light-industrial suburb and there is no signific ...

, a suburb of Canberra *

City of Hume The City of Hume is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It includes the outer north-western suburbs and a number of rural localities between 13 and 40 kilometres from the Melbourne ...

, a municipality in northern Melbourne *

Hume County Hume County is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the town of Culcairn. Hume County was named in honour of the explorer Hamilton Hume (1797-1873). Parishes within this county A full list of parishes found with ...

, a cadastral division of New South Wales *

Division of Hume The Division of Hume is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed ...

, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales *

Hume (region) The Hume is an economic rural region located in the north-eastern part of Victoria, Australia. Comprising an area in excess of with a population that ranges from (in 2011) to (in 2012), the Hume region includes the local government areas o ...

, a region in northeastern Victoria *

Hume Highway Hume Highway, inclusive of the sections now known as Hume Freeway and Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of the route ...

, the main road between Melbourne and Sydney *

Lake Hume Hume Dam, formerly the Hume Weir, is a major dam across the Murray River downstream of its junction with the Mitta River in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes flood mitigation, hydroelectricity, hydro-po ...

, a large artificial lake and the associated Hume Dam

Scotland

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, the historic 13th-century eponymous fortress of the Hume/Home family in Berwickshire *

Hume, Scottish Borders Hume is a village in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. On the B6364, it lies from Kelso, Roxburghshire. It is close to other villages and amenities, e.g. Brotherstone Hill, Smailholm, Smailholm Tower, Floors Castle, ...

, a village

United States

Hume, Fresno County, California Hume (formerly, Humes) is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located east of Fresno, at an elevation of 5344 feet (1629 m). Hume is located in the 93628 ZIP Code, in area code 559. Hume is situated on the south s ...

, an unincorporated community * Hume Lake, in Fresno County, California *

Hume, Illinois } Hume is a village in Shiloh and Young America townships, Edgar County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 325. History The future site of Hume was most likely part of the Illinois Confederation in the ...

, a village *

Hume, Missouri Hume is a city in Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The population was 336 at the 2010 census. Geography Hume is located at (38.090514, -94.584325). According to the United Sta ...

, a city *

Hume, New York Hume is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 2,094 at the 2020 census. The town is on the northern border of Allegany County. History Roger Mills, the first settler, arrived in 1806. The town of Hume was estab ...

, a town *

Hume, Ohio Hume is an unincorporated community in Allen County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History Hume had its start when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office called Hume was established in 1875, and remained in operation until 1960. ...

, an unincorporated community *

Hume, Virginia Hume is an unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia. Hume is five miles south of Interstate 66's Exit 18 and is named for the local Hume family. It runs along Virginia State Route 688. It is east of the Rappahannock County line. The ...

, an unincorporated community *

Hume Township, Whiteside County, Illinois Hume Township is located in Whiteside County Whiteside County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 58,498. Its county seat is Morrison. The county is bounded on the west by ...

Hume Township, Michigan Hume Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 801. Communities *The village of Kinde is at the southeast corner of the township, though none of it is wit ...

Moon

Hume (crater) Hume is a small lunar impact crater that lies along the eastern limb of the Moon, along the southeast edge of Mare Smythii. It is located just on the far side of the Moon, but it is often brought into sight from Earth due to libration ...

Other uses

Hume (soil) Hume is a soil type that is well drained and slowly permeable. Hume is formed from the erosion of shale and sandstone. Hume soils occur naturally on slopes and alluvial fans. See also * Loam Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil co ...

, a type of soil *

Hume (programming language) Hume is a functionally based programming language developed at the University of St Andrews and Heriot-Watt University in Scotland since the year 2000. The language name is both an acronym meaning 'Higher-order Unified Meta-Environment' and an h ...

(Higher-order Unified Meta-Environment), a computer programming language *

Hume Bank Hume Bank is an Australian bank. Headquartered in Albury, New South Wales, it is a customer-owned bank that started as a building society in 1955. Its business focus is on retail banking and assisting local economic development. About Hume ...

, an Australian banking co-op * Lord Hume of Berwick, a title which was created twice, in the Peerages of England and Great Britain * Hume baronets, two titles, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and the other in the Baronetage of Great Britain * Hume Formation, a geologic formation in the Northwest Territories, Canada *

Hume Lake Christian Camps Hume Lake Christian Camps is a non-denominational, nonprofit parachurch organization and is one of the largest operators of Christianity, Christian Summer camp, camps and conference centers in the world. Hume operates year-round camps and conferen ...

, a nonprofit parachurch operator of Christian camps and conference centers * Hume Street, Dublin, Ireland * Hume School, Arlington County, Virginia, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places