Hume most commonly refers to: *

David Hume David Hume (; born David Home; – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist who was best known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical naturalism. Beg ...

(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 Ivalice universe of the computer game series ''Final Fantasy'' * Desmond Hume, a fictional character on the television series ''Lost'' * Eleanor Hume, a character from the role-playing video game '' Tales of Berseria'' * Nick Hume, the protagonist of the 2007 film ''Death Sentence'' * Hobart Hume III, a fictional character on the television series '' Shining Time Station''

Places

Australia

* Hume, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * City of Hume, a municipality in northern Melbourne * Hume County, a cadastral division of New South Wales *

Division of Hume The Division of Hume is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales. It lies on the outskirts of southwestern Sydney. Geography Si ...

, 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 has grown from (in 2011) to (in 2021), the Hume region includes the local government are ...

, a region in northeastern Victoria * Hume Highway, the main road between Melbourne and Sydney * Lake Hume, a large artificial lake and the associated Hume Dam

Scotland

* Hume Castle, the historic 13th-century eponymous fortress of the Hume/Home family in Berwickshire * Hume, Scottish Borders, a village

Singapore

* Hume MRT station, an underground Mass Rapid Transit station

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, a town * Hume, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Hume, Virginia, 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) 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 a ...

(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, 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