Hubert is a Germanic masculine given name, from ''hug'' "mind" and ''

beraht Bert is a hypocoristic form of a number of various Germanic male given names, such as Robert, Albert, Elbert, Herbert, Hilbert, Hubert, Gilbert, Wilbert, Filbert, Norbert, Osbert, Bertram, Berthold, Bertrand, Umberto, Humbert, Cuthbert, Del ...

'' "bright". It also occurs as a surname. Saint Hubertus or Hubert (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 Hubert Aaronson (July 10, 1924 – December 13, 2005) was an R.F. Mehl University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Biography Hubert I. Aaronson was born on July 10, 1924, in New York City. In 1936, Aaronson moved to New Jersey and gradu ...

(1924–2005), F. Mehl University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University * Hubert Adair (1917–1940), World War II Royal Air Force pilot *

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 Buchanan (born 1941), a United States Air Force captain and fighter pilot *

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 Davies, British playwright and director * Hubert Davis (disambiguation) *

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

(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 had ...

(died c.969), illegitimate son of King Hugh of Italy *

Hubert van Eyck Hubert van Eyck () or Huybrecht 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 ...

(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) 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-Lokstedt. ...

(1935–1986), German novelist *

Hubert Gallant Hubert Gallant (born November 12, 1955) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler and trainer who competed in North American regional promotions during the 1970s and early 1980s including Stampede Wrestling and Emile Dupree's Grand Prix Wrestli ...

(born 1955), former Canadian professional wrestler *

Hubert Geralds Hubert Geralds Jr. (born November 13, 1964) is a serial killer within the state of Illinois in the United States of America. He is serving his prison sentence, life without parole, in Menard Correctional Center, which is operated by the Illinois D ...

(born 1964), American fugitive *

Hubert de Givenchy Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (; 21 February 1927 – 10 March 2018) was a French aristocrat and fashion designer who founded the luxury fashion and perfume house of Givenchy in 1952. He is famous for having designed much of the ...

(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 Volksmus ...

(born 1952), Austrian musician *

Hubert Gough 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 favourite of the British Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, he experienced a meteori ...

(1870–1963), senior officer in the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

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 on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918. The army originated as the Reserve Corps during the preparations for the Brit ...

in the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

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 pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Mi ...

(1911–1978), American politician, Vice President of the United States *

Hubert Hurkacz Hubert Hurkacz (; born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 9 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in November 2021, making him the high ...

(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 The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representat ...

(born 1956), German politician *

Hubert Ingraham The Right Honourable 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 Movem ...

(born 1947), Prime Minister of the Bahamas *

Hubert Kitchen Hubert William Kitchen (September 16, 1928 – July 18, 2020) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a member of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. He also served in cabinet as Mini ...

(1928–2020), Canadian politician * Hubert Lampo (1920–2006), Flemish writer *

Hubert Laws Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 40 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm- ...

(born 1939), American flutist and saxophonist *

Hubert Loutsch Hubert Loutsch (18 November 1878 – 24 October 1946) was a Luxembourgish politician. He was the tenth Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for 16 weeks from 6 November 1915 until 24 February 1916. Loutsch was a lawyer by profession. On 6 No ...

(1878–1946), Prime Minister of Luxembourg *

Hubert von Luschka Hubert is a Germanic masculine given name, from ''hug'' "mind" and ''beraht'' "bright". It also occurs as a surname. Saint Hubertus or Hubert (c. 656 – 30 May 727) is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians, and metalworkers. ...

(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. Early in ...

(1854–1934), French general *

Hubert Maga Coutoucou Hubert Maga (August 10, 1916 – May 8, 2000) was a politician from Dahomey (now known as Benin).Dahomey was renamed Benin in 1975. Se''New York Times'' obituary He arose on a political scene where one's power was dictated by what regi ...

(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 Acting Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1948.Kahin ...

(1894–1965), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, one of the principal commanders of Indonesian National Revolution * Hubert Nelson, multiple people * Hubert Parker (disambiguation) *

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 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 competi ...

(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 Howlin ...

(1931–2011), American blues guitarist and singer * Hubert Van Innis (1868–1961), Belgian archer * Hubert Walter (c. 1160–1205) Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England * Hubert Walter (1930–2008), German anthropologist * Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., a man with the longest last name in recorded history *

Hubert W. Woodruff Hubert W. Woodruff (July 14, 1923 – September 14, 2019) was an American lawyer and politician. Woodruff was born in Onida, South Dakota. In 1940, he moved to Peoria, Illinois with his family and graduated from Peoria Central High School in 1 ...

(1923–2019), American lawyer and politician *

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 Shaw Brothers Pictures as ...

(born 1990), Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor * Hubert Wulfranc (born 1956), French politician * Hubert Zafke (1920–2018), Nazi S.S. medic

Fictional characters

* Hubert, the titular pig in the French animated comedy series '' Hubert and 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 ABC from March 13, 1979, to May 22, 1980. It is a spin-off of ''Three's Company'' and loosely based on the British sitcom ''George and Mildred'', which was itself a spin-off of ...

'' * 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 and Don Bluth. The series is famous for its Western animation-style graphics and complex decades-long history of being ported to many platforms and being remade into television a ...

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

Salad Fingers ''Salad Fingers'' is a British animated web series created by David Firth in 2004. It revolves around the eponymous Salad Fingers, a thin, green, mentally troubled man who inhabits a desolate world. As of March 2022, there have been twelve ep ...

'' *

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

, full name Hubert Duck * Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, a fictional professor from the animated sitcom '' Futurama'' * Lieutenant Hubert Gruber, a character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' * Hubert Oswell, a character from the video game '' Tales of Graces'' * Hubert von Vestra, a character from the video game '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses''

People with the surname Hubert

Allison Hubert Allison Thomas Stanislaus "Pooley" Hubert (April 6, 1901 – February 26, 1978) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. Regarded as one of the South's greatest college football stars, he played quarterback for coach ...

(1901–1978), American football player * Andy Hubert (born 1990), German footballer *

Anthoine Hubert Anthoine 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 at the age of 22, following an accident during the feature ...

(1996–2019), French racing driver * David Hubert (born 1988), Belgian footballer * Étienne Hubert (disambiguation), several people * Guy Hubert (born 1979), Malagasy footballer *

Henri Hubert Henri Hubert (23 June 1872 – 25 May 1927) was a French archaeologist and sociologist of comparative religion who is best known for his work on the Celts and his collaboration with Marcel Mauss and other members of the Année Sociologique. L ...

(1872–1927), French archaeologist and sociologist *

Janet Hubert Janet Louise Hubert (born January 13, 1956) is an American film and television actress. 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 until the en ...

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

Tom Hubert Tom Hubert (born August 6, 1964) is an American road course racer. Hubert was born in Cottonwood, California. He most recently worked as a rear tire changer and a mechanic for Bill Davis Racing's #22 Sprint Cup team, before the team closed down, ...

(born 1964), American road course racer *

Wyatt Hubert Wyatt Anthony Hubert (born June 13, 1998) is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He played college football at Kansas State. Career Hubert was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round, 235th overall, of th ...

(born 1998), American football player

Variations

* Hobart (given name) 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 Hubbert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Paul Hubbert (1935-2014), American politician *Brad Hubbert (born 1941), American football player *M. King Hubbert (1903–1989), American geoscientist See also *Hubbertville, Alabama ...

(surname) *Hubertas (Lithuanian, e.g. Hubertas Grušnys) *Huberto (Spanish) *

Hubertus Hubertus or Hubert ( 656 – 30 May 727 A.D.) was a Christian saint who became the first bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. He is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians and metalworkers. Known as the "Apostle of the Ardennes", he w ...

(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 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. The substantive law of the jurisdiction is Eng ...

, 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)

References

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