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 (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 been ...

, 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 Ame ...

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 signifi ...

, 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 c ...

, a municipality in northern Melbourne * Hume County, 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), a region in northeastern Victoria * Hume Highway, 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, hydro-power, irrigation ...

, 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, an unincorporated community * Hume Lake, in Fresno County, California * Hume, Illinois, a village * Hume, Missouri, 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, 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, Michigan

Moon

* Hume (crater)

Other uses

* Hume (soil), a type of soil * Hume (programming language) (Higher-order Unified Meta-Environment), a computer programming language * Hume Bank, 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 The Hume Formation is a geologic formation in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period Period may refer to: Common uses * Era, a length or span of time * Full stop (or period), a punctuation ma ...

, a geologic formation in the Northwest Territories, Canada * Hume Lake Christian Camps, 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