Hughes may refer to:

People

Hughes (given name) Hughes is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hughes Cleaver (1892–1980), Canadian politician * Hughes Eng (fl. from 1959), Canadian community activist * Hughes Rudd (1921–1992), American television journalist and n ...

, including a list of people with the given name * Hughes (surname), including a list of people with the surname

Places

Antarctica

* Hughes Range (Antarctica), Ross Dependency * Mount Hughes, Oates Land * Hughes Basin, Oates Land * Hughes Bay, Graham Land * Hughes Bluff, Victoria Land * Hughes Glacier, Victoria Land * Hughes Island, Victoria Land * Hughes Peninsula, Ellsworth Land * Hughes Point, Ellsworth Land

Australia

* Hughes, Australian Capital Territory * Hughes, Northern Territory ** Hughes Airfield * Division of Hughes, an electoral district in New South Wales

United States

* Hughes, Alaska ** Hughes Airport (Alaska) *

Hughes, Arkansas Hughes is a city in St. Francis County, Arkansas, St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 1,056. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a ...

* Hughes, Iowa * Hughes, Wisconsin * Hughes County, Oklahoma *

Hughes County, South Dakota Hughes County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,765, making it the least populous capital county in the nation, and the 12th most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is P ...

* Hughes Lake (California) * Hughes Mountain, Missouri * Hughes River (Virginia) * Hughes River (West Virginia)

Elsewhere

* Hughes Range (British Columbia), Canada * Hughes Reef, South China Sea *

1878 Hughes Events January * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: ...

, an asteroid

Companies

Hughes Aircraft Company The Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded on February 14, 1934 by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California, as a division of the Hughes Tool Company. The company produced the Hughes H-4 Hercules air ...

, a former American aerospace contractor founded by Howard Hughes *

Hughes Dynamics Hughes Dynamics, Inc. was an American computer firm that was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hughes Tool Company. It existed from 1962 to around 1965. It offered consulting and services in data processing, information technology, credit informat ...

, a former American computer firm *

Hughes Electronics Hughes Electronics Corporation was formed in 1985, when Hughes Aircraft was sold by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to General Motors for $5.2 billion. Surviving parts of Hughes Electronics are today known as DirecTV Group, while the automoti ...

, a former electronics business * Hughes Helicopters, a former helicopter manufacturer *

Hughes Network Systems Hughes Network Systems, LLC is an American telecommunications company that specializes in providing satellite-based communication services for consumer and enterprise markets. It is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland and provides satellite i ...

, a provider of satellite internet services * Hughes Software Systems, now Aricent * Hughes Supply, a former wholesaler of construction supplies * Hughes Systique Corporation, an American provider of R&D services *

Hughes Television Network HTN Communications, better known as Hughes Television Network (HTN) and formerly Sports Network, was an American television network created by Richard Eugene Bailey. The company is now in the business of providing video and audio services to spo ...

, a defunct American TV network * Hughes Tool Company, a former American manufacturer of drill bits

Education

Hughes Hall, Cambridge Hughes Hall is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The majority of students are postgraduate, although nearly one-fifth of the student population comprises individuals aged 21 ...

, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England * Hughes School District, Hughes, Arkansas, U.S. * Hughes High School (disambiguation) * Hughes Middle School (disambiguation) * Hughes School, near Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.

Other uses

Hughes Medal The Hughes Medal is a silver-gilt medal awarded by the Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. T ...

, awarded by the Royal Society of London * Hughes baronets, two British baronetcies * , a World War II US Navy destroyer * Hughes Airport (Alaska), Hughes, Alaska, United States * Hughes Airport (California), a former airport in Los Angeles, California, United States * Hughes Airfield, in the Northern Territory of Australia