Hubert is a Germanic masculine given name, from ''

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'' "mind" and '' beraht'' "bright". It also occurs as a surname. Saint

Hubert of Liège Hubert of Liège (Latinisation of names, Latinized: ''Hubertus'') ( 656 – 30 May 727 A.D.) was a Christian saint who became the first bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. He is a patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians and metalworkers. Kn ...

(or Hubertus) (c. 656 – 30 May 727) is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians, and metalworkers.

People with the given name Hubert

This is a small selection of articles on people named Hubert; for a comprehensive list see instead . * Hubert Aaronson (1924–2005), F. Mehl University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University * Hubert Adair (1917–1940), World War II Royal Air Force pilot *

Hubert Auriol Hubert Auriol (; 7 June 1952 – 10 January 2021) was a French people, French professional Off-road racing, off-road motorcyclist and auto racer competing in rally raid events. After retiring as a competitor, he served as the director of Dakar R ...

(1952–2021), French professional off-road motorcyclist and auto racer *

Hubert Austin Hubert James Austin (31 March 1841 – 1915) was an English architect who practised in Lancaster. With his partners he designed many churches and other buildings, mainly in the northwest of England. Early life and career Hubert James ...

(1841–1915), English architect *

Hubert Badanai Hubert Badanai (11 January 11, 1895 – 19 September 1986), born Umberto Badanai; was a Canadian automobile dealer and politician. He was the first Italian born member of Canadian Federal Parliament. Born in Azzano Decimo, Friuli-Venezia ...

(1895–1986), Canadian automobile dealer and politician *

Hubert Bath Hubert Charles Bath (6 November 188324 April 1945) was an English film composer, music director, and conductor. His credits include the music to the Oscar-winning documentary '' Wings Over Everest'' (1934), as well as to the films '' Tudor Rose ...

(1883–1945), English film composer, music director, and conductor * Hubert Beckers (1806–1889), German philosopher *

Hubert Boulard Hubert Boulard (21 January 1971 – 12 February 2020) was a French comics writer and colorist usually credited mononymously as "Hubert". Biography Boulard attended the École régionale des beaux-arts d'Angers, and began writing comics in the 199 ...

, a French comics creator who is unusually credited as "Hubert" * Hubert Brasier (1917–1981), a Church of England clergyman, more famously the father of UK Prime Minister Theresa May *

Hubert Brown (disambiguation) Hubert Brown may refer to: * Hubert G. Brown (born 1943), American civil rights leader * Hubert Brown (politician), Northern Irish politician *Hubie Brown Hubert Jude Brown (born September 25, 1933) is an American former professional basketball ...

, several people *

Hubert Buchanan Hubert E. Buchanan (born April 24, 1941) is a former United States Air Force captain and fighter pilot in the Vietnam War who was shot down, captured, and spent 2,362 days as a prisoner of war in Hanoi and surrounding areas. He was one of the firs ...

(born 1941), a United States Air Force captain and fighter pilot * Hubert Burton, English actor *

Hubert Butler Hubert Marshal Butler (23 October 1900 – 5 January 1991) was an Irish essayist who wrote on a wide range of topics, from local history and archaeology to the political and religious affairs of eastern Europe before and during World War II. ...

(1900–1991), Irish essayist *

Hubert Chapman Air Vice Marshal Hubert Huntlea Chapman (20 February 1910 – 10 April 1972) was a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer. Early life and career Born on 20 February 1910, Hubert Chapman was educated at Bedford School. He joined the Royal Air ...

(1910–1972), senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer *

Hubert Chevis Hubert George "Hugh" Chevis (21 September 1902 – 21 June 1931) was a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery of the British Army who died of strychnine poisoning in June 1931 after eating contaminated partridge. The youngest son of Sir William and ...

(1902–1931), a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery of the British Army who died of strychnine poisoning in June 1931 * Hubert B. Crouch (1906–1980), American zoologist * Hubert Davies, British playwright and director *

Hubert Davis (disambiguation) Hubert Davis (born 1970) is a basketball player. Hubert Davis may also refer to: * Hubert Davis (artist) * Hubert Davis (filmmaker) *Hubert Davis, a Madison County, North Carolina sheriff who refused to leave office after losing the 1950 Madison ...

, several people *

Hubert Dreyfus Hubert Lederer Dreyfus ( ; October 15, 1929 – April 22, 2017) was an American philosopher and a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. His main interests included phenomenology, existentialism and the philosophy of ...

(1929–2017), American philosopher *

Hubert, Duke of Spoleto Hubert (or Humbert, Italian ''Uberto'' or ''Umberto''; died c. 969) was the illegitimate son of King Hugh of Italy and his concubine Wandelmoda. He became Margrave of Tuscany in 936 and Duke of Spoleto and Margrave of Camerino in 943. Hubert h ...

(died c.969), illegitimate son of King Hugh of Italy * Hubert A. Eaton (1916–1991), American physician, civil rights activist, and tennis player * Hubert Eaton (1881–1966), American businessman *

Hubert van Eyck Hubert van Eyck (; – 18 September 1426) was an Early Netherlandish painter and older brother of Jan van Eyck, as well as Lambert and Margareta, also painters. The absence of any single work that he can clearly be said to have completed contin ...

(c.1385–1426), Early Dutch painter * Hubert Fattal (1970–2022), Lebanese businessman *

Hubert Fichte Hubert Fichte (; 21 March 1935, Perleberg, Province of Brandenburg – 8 March 1986, Hamburg) was a German novelist. Life Hubert Fichte was born on 21 March 1935 in Perleberg Hospital. A few weeks after his birth his family moved to Hamburg- ...

(1935–1986), German novelist * Hubert Gallant (born 1955), Canadian former professional wrestler * Hubert Geralds (born 1964), American fugitive *

Hubert de Givenchy Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (; 20 February 1927 – 10 March 2018) was a French fashion designer who founded the luxury fashion and perfume house of Givenchy in 1952. He is famous for having designed much of the personal and professi ...

(1921–2018), French fashion designer who founded the house of Givenchy in 1952 *

Hubert von Goisern Hubert von Goisern (born Hubert Achleitner, 17 November 1952) is an Austrian singer-songwriter and world musician. With his mix of rock music and elements of traditional Volksmusik he has become a prominent exponent of the so-called New Volksmusi ...

(born 1952), Austrian musician *

Hubert Gough General (United Kingdom), General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough ( ; 12 August 1870 – 18 March 1963) was a senior officer in the British Army in the First World War. A controversial figure, he was a favourite of the Commander-in-chief, Commande ...

(1870–1963), senior officer in the

British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...

and commander of

British Fifth Army The Fifth Army was a field army of the British Army during World War I that formed part of the British Expeditionary Force (World War I), British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front between 1916 and 1918. The arm ...

in the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

Hubert von Herkomer Sir Hubert von Herkomer (born as Hubert Herkomer; 26 May 1849 – 31 March 1914) was a Bavarian-born British painter, pioneering film-director, and composer. Though a very successful portrait artist, especially of men, he is mainly remembered fo ...

(1849–1914), German-born British painter, film-director and composer *

Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served from 1965 to 1969 as the 38th vice president of the United States. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 19 ...

(1911–1978), American politician, Vice President of the United States * Hubert Hunt (1898–1981), British World War I flying ace *

Hubert Hurkacz Hubert Hurkacz (; born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, making him the highest-ranked Polish man in singl ...

(born 1997), Polish tennis player *

Hubert Hüppe Hubert Hüppe (born 3 November 1956) is a German politician, and MP from the Christian Democratic Union. He was elected to the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election The 2021 German federal election was held in Germany on 26 Septembe ...

(born 1956), German politician *

Hubert Ingraham Hubert Alexander Ingraham, PC (born 4 August 1947) is a Bahamian politician who was Prime Minister of the Bahamas from August 1992 to May 2002, and again from May 2007 to May 2012. He is a member of the Free National Movement Party (FNM). Pr ...

(born 1947), Prime Minister of the Bahamas *

Hubert Kemmler Hubert Kah is a German synthpop band, led by Hubert Kemmler (born 21 March 1961). Kemmler is a German musician, composer, songwriter and producer. Biography Kemmler's career began as a member of a trio named Hubert Kah, consisting of Hubert ...

, leader of the German band Hubert Kah *

Hubert Lampo Hubert Leon Lampo (Antwerp, 1 September 1920 – Essen, 12 July 2006) was a Flemish writer, one of the founders of magic realism in Flanders. His most famous book is '' De komst van Joachim Stiller'' ("The coming of Joachim Stiller", 1960), in wh ...

(1920–2006), Flemish writer *

Hubert Lanz Karl Hubert Lanz (22 May 1896 – 15 August 1982) was a German general during the Second World War, in which he led units in the Eastern Front and in the Balkans. After the war, he was tried for war crimes and convicted in the Southeast Case, s ...

(1896–1982), German general *

Hubert Laws Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) is an American flutist, piccoloist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 50 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop ...

(born 1939), American flutist and saxophonist * Hubert Lenoir (born 1994), French Canadian, singer, musician *

Hubert Loutsch Hubert Loutsch (18 November 1878 – 24 June 1946) was a Luxembourgish politician. He served as prime minister of Luxembourg for 16 weeks, from 6 November 1915 until 24 February 1916. Loutsch was a lawyer by profession. On 6 November 1915 he ...

(1878–1946), Prime Minister of Luxembourg *

Hubert von Luschka Hubert von Luschka, born Hubert Luschka (July 27, 1820 in Konstanz – March 1, 1875 in Tübingen), was a German anatomy, anatomist. He lent his name to several structures, including the foramina of Luschka, Luschka's crypts, Luschka's joints, an ...

(1820–1875), German anatomist *

Hubert Lyautey Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (17 November 1854 – 27 July 1934) was a French Army general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he became the first French Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925. In earl ...

(1854–1934), French general *

Hubert Maga Hubert Coutoucou Maga (August 10, 1916 – May 8, 2000) was a politician from Dahomey (now known as Benin). Born a peasant in 1916, Maga served as a schoolmaster from 1936 to 1945, during which time he gradually gained considerable influence among ...

(1916–2000), President of Dahomey *

Hubertus van Mook Hubertus Johannes "Huib" van Mook (30 May 1894 – 10 May 1965) was a Dutch administrator in the East Indies. During the Indonesian National Revolution, he served as the lieutenant governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1948.Kah ...

(1894–1965),

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies The governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (, ) represented Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies between 1610 and Dutch recognition of the independence of Indonesia in 1949. Occupied by Japanese forces between 1942 and 1945, followed by the ...

, one of the principal commanders of

Indonesian National Revolution The Indonesian National Revolution (), also known as the Indonesian War of Independence (, ), was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during A ...

* Hubert Nelson, multiple people *

Hubert Parker (disambiguation) Hubert Parker (1883–1966) was an Australian politician. Hubert Parker may also refer to: *Hubert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington Hubert Lister Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington, (28 May 1900 – 15 September 1972) was a British judge ...

Hubert Pierlot Hubert Marie Eugène Pierlot (, 23 December 1883 – 13 December 1963) was a Belgian politician and Prime Minister of Belgium, serving between 1939 and 1945. Pierlot, a lawyer and jurist, served in World War I before entering politics in the 192 ...

(1883–1963), Belgian Prime Minister * Hubert Pilčík (1891–1951), Czechoslovak serial killer *

Hubert Robert Hubert Robert (; 22 May 1733 – 15 April 1808) was a French painter in the school of Romanticism, noted especially for his landscape paintings and capricci, or semi-fictitious picturesque depictions of ruins in Italy and of France.Jean de Cayeux ...

(1733–1808), French landscape painter * Hubert Roberts (born 1961), American-Israeli basketball player *

Hubert Strolz Hubert Strolz (born 26 June 1962), nickname "Hubsi", is a former alpine skier from Austria. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a gold medal in the combined and silver in the Giant Slalom. Career In the World Cup, he won a combined competiti ...

(born 1962), Austrian alpine skier *

Hubert Sumlin Hubert Charles Sumlin (November 16, 1931 – December 4, 2011) was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer, best known for his "wrenched, shattering bursts of notes, sudden cliff-hanger silences and daring rhythmic suspensions" as a member of Howl ...

(1931–2011), American blues guitarist and singer * Hubert Trzybinski (born 1991), German rower * Hubert Van Innis (1868–1961), Belgian archer *

Hubert Walter Hubert Walter ( – 13 July 1205) was an influential royal adviser in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries in the positions of Chief Justiciar of England, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor. As chancellor, Walter be ...

(c. 1160–1205) Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England *

(1930–2008), German anthropologist *

Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. Hubert Blaine Sr. (4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997; surname also given as Wolfstern, Wolfe + 666, Wolfe+585, Wolfe+590, and others) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used. Hubert's name ...

, a man with the longest last name in recorded history * Hubert W. Woodruff (1923–2019), American lawyer and politician * Hubert Weber (disambiguation) *

Hubert Wu Hubert Wu (; born 27 March 1990) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor. Wu was the first runner-up of ''The Voice (Hong Kong)'' Season 2, winner of ''New Talent Singing Awards 2010'', and is currently signed with :zh:邵氏兄弟, Shaw Bro ...

(born 1990), Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor * Hubert Wulfranc (born 1956), French politician * Hubert Winthrop Young (1885–1950), English soldier * Hubert Young (born 1911), Jamaican cricketer * Hubert Zafke (1920–2018), Nazi S.S. medic

Fictional characters

* Hubert, the titular pig in the French animated comedy series '' Hubert & Takako'' * King Hubert, a fictional character from the 1959 Disney film ''Sleeping Beauty'' * Hubert Ambrewster, a character on the TV sitcom ''

The Ropers ''The Ropers'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from March 13, 1979, to May 15, 1980. It is a Spin-off (media), spin-off of ''Three's Company'' and loosely based on the British sitcom ''Geo ...

'' * Sir Hubert Blunt, a character in the 1980s animated television series ''

Dragon's Lair ''Dragon's Lair'' is a video game franchise created by Rick Dyer. The series is notable for its film-quality animation by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth, and complex decades-long history of being ported to many platforms. It has also been adapte ...

'' * Hubert Cumberdale, a fictional character from David Firth's '' Salad Fingers'' *

Huey Duck Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Multiple birth, triplet cartoon characters created by storyboard artist and screenwriter Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company from an idea proposed by cartoonist Al Taliaferro. They are the nephews of Donald Duck an ...

, full name Hubert Duck * Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, a fictional professor from the animated sitcom ''

Futurama ''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company and later revived by Comedy Central, and then Hulu. The series follows Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1 ...

'' *

Lieutenant Hubert Gruber This is a list of all main and recurring characters of BBC television's sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' that ran for 85 episodes from 1982–1992. Overview René Artois René Francois Artois (Gorden Kaye) – The local café proprietor who, whilst ...

, a character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' * Hubert Oswell, a character from the video game ''

Tales of Graces is an action role-playing game, action role-playing video game developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco Bandai Games for the Wii. It was initially only released in Japan in December 2009. It is the twenty-first main installment of ...

'' * Hubert von Vestra, a character from the video game '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' and '' Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes'' * Hubert, Lutz's valet in the operetta ''

The Student Prince ''The Student Prince'' is an operetta in a prologue and four acts with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. It is based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's play ''Old Heidelberg (play), Old Heidelberg''. The piece has a scor ...

People with the surname Hubert

* Allison Hubert (1901–1978), American football player *

Andy Hubert Andy Hubert (born 29 December 1990 in Bonn) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the reserve team of Bonner SC. Career Hubert spent two years in the youth set up of Bayer 04 Leverkusen before joining Bonner SC in 2009. After 25 ...

(born 1990), German footballer *

Anthoine Hubert Anthoine Gérard Pol Hubert (; 22 September 1996 – 31 August 2019) was a French professional racing driver. He was the 2018 GP3 Series champion and a member of the Renault Sport Academy. He died following an accident during the feature rac ...

(1996–2019), French racing driver * David Hubert (born 1988), Belgian footballer *

Étienne Hubert (disambiguation) Étienne Hubert may refer to: *Étienne Hubert (Arabist) d'Orléans (Stephanus Hubertus 1567–1614), French orientalist * Étienne Hubert (canoeist) (born 1988), French canoeist *Étienne Hubert de Cambacérès Étienne, a French analog of Steph ...

, several people * Guy Hubert (born 1979), Malagasy footballer * Henri Hubert (1872–1927), French archaeologist and sociologist *

Janet Hubert Janet Louise Hubert (born January 13, 1956) is an American film and television actress and dancer. She is best known for playing the role of the original Vivian Banks on the sitcom ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' from its first season in 1990 ...

(born 1956), American film and television actress * Konrad Hubert (1507–1577), German Reformed theologian * Laëtitia Hubert (born 1974), French figure skater *

Nicolas Hubert Nicolas Hubert ''alias'' French Paris (died 1569) was a French servant at the Scottish royal court. He was involved in the murder of Lord Darnley on 10 February 1567, made a confession, and was executed. Career Born in Paris, Hubert is sometime ...

(died 1569), French servant involved in the murder of Lord Darnley * Owen Hubert (born 2000), Canadian-American football player * Tom Hubert (born 1964), American road course racer * Wyatt Hubert (born 1998), American football player

Variations

Hobart (given name) Hobart is the given name of: *Hobart Alter (1933–2014), American businessman, a pioneer in the surfboard shaping industry, creator of the Hobie Cat, and founder of the Hobie company *Hobart R. Alter (1897–1984), American politici ...

and Hobart (surname) (English) *Hub (Dutch, e.g.,

Hub van Doorne Hubert Jozef ("Hub") van Doorne (1 January 1900 – 23 May 1979) was the founder of Van Doorne's Aanhangwagenfabriek (Trailer factory) and of Van Doorne's Automobielfabriek (vehicle factory) known as DAF, together with his brother Willem (Wim) van ...

) * 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)

Popularity

England and Wales England and Wales () is one of the Law of the United Kingdom#Legal jurisdictions, three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. It covers the constituent countries England and Wales and was formed by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. Th ...

, Hubert was the 65th most commonly given male name in 1904, 71st in 1914 and 87th in 1924. By 1934 it had dropped out of the Top 100.Popular Baby Names, 1904 - 1994 (UK Office of National Statistics)

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