Hugo or HUGO may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese *

Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by th ...

, a science fiction and fantasy award named after

Hugo Gernsback Hugo Gernsback (; born Hugo Gernsbacher, August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967) was a Luxembourgish American editor and magazine publisher whose publications included the first science fiction magazine, ''Amazing Stories''. His contributions to ...

Hugo (franchise) ''Hugo'' (''Skærmtrolden Hugo'' in Danish language, Danish, meaning "Hugo the Screen-Troll") is a media franchise created by the Danish company Interactive Television Entertainment (later ITE Media) in 1990 for the purpose of interactive televi ...

, a children's media franchise based on a troll ** ''Hugo'' (game show), a television show that first ran from 1990 to 1995 ** ''Hugo'' (video game), several video games released between 1991 and 2000 * Hugo (album), a 2022 album by Loyle Carner

People and fictional characters

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...

, a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. *

Hugo (name) Hugo is a surname and a masculine given name. The English version of the name is Hugh, the Italian version is Ugo. For detailed history and etymology of the name, see Hugh (given name). The name ''Hugo'' is actually a short form of old names ...

, including lists of people with Hugo as a given name or surname, as well as fictional characters * Hugo Cabral (born 1988), Brazilian footballer *

Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; ; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, Bolivarian Revolution, revolutionary, and Officer (armed forces), military officer who served as the 52nd president of Venezuela from 1999 until De ...

, president of Venezuela 1999-2013 *

, Luxembourgish American publisher (born 1884) *

Hugo (musician) Hugo Chakrabongse Levy (born 6 August 1981), known under the mononym Hugo or Thai name Chulachak Chakrabongse (; ) is a Thai American actor and singer-songwriter. Based in New York City and signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation label, his musical styl ...

, Thai American actor and singer-songwriter Chula Chak Charbonnages (born 1981) *

Hugo (footballer, born 1964) Hugo José Duarte (born 20 June 1964), simply known as Hugo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Revealed at Flamengo, Hugo had few opportunities at the club. It was negotiated in 1987 with "O Elvas ...

, Brazilian footballer * Hugo (footballer, born 1974), Brazilian footballer * Hugo (footballer, born 1976), Portuguese footballer *

Hugo (footballer, born 1980) Hugo Henrique Assis do Nascimento or simply Hugo (born October 27, 1980, in Rio de Janeiro), is a retired Brazilian attacking midfielder. Career On 14 September 2007, he was banned for 120 days from the Brazilian championship - the Campeon ...

, Brazilian footballer * Hugo (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer *

Hugo (footballer, born 1997) Hugo Ferreira de Farias (born 29 August 1997), simply known as Hugo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for Corinthians. Career Early career Hugo was born in Arapiraca, Alagoas, and was a CRB youth graduate. In 2018, he joi ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Hugo (footballer, born 2001) Hugo Gonçalves Ferreira Neto (born 20 September 2001), simply known as Hugo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for Vitória on loan from Botafogo. Club career Born in Cabedelo, Paraíba, Hugo joined Botafogo's youth setup in ...

, Brazilian footballer

Places in the United States

Hugo, Alabama Hugo is an unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. Hugo had a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (pa ...

, an unincorporated community *

Hugo, Colorado Hugo ( Spanish for "Hugh") is a statutory town in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 787 at the 2020 census. History In about 1859 the town was developed as a cattle ranching community to ...

, a Statutory Town *

Hugo, Minnesota Hugo ( ) is a city north of downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul in Washington County, Minnesota, Washington County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 14,767 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city lies ...

, a town *

Hugo, Missouri Hugo is an unincorporated community in southern Camden County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located approximately 3.5 miles east-southeast of Camdenton on Missouri Route V, just north of Missouri Route 7 Route 7 i ...

, an unincorporated community *

Hugo, Oklahoma Hugo is a city in and the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in southeastern Oklahoma, approximately north of the Texas state line. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, t ...

, a city *

Hugo, Oregon Hugo is an unincorporated community in Josephine County north of Grants Pass, Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River del ...

, an unincorporated area *

Hugo, West Virginia Hugo is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The Uni ...

, an unincorporated community

HUGO

HUGO (cable system) HUGO (High capacity, Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre) is a submarine telecommunications cable linking the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and France. Cable It has landing points in: # Porthcurno, Cornwall, England, the United Kingdom # Pem ...

, a submarine telecommunications cable *

Human Genome Organization The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) is a non-profit organization founded in 1988. HUGO represents an international coordinating scientific body in response to initiatives such as the Human Genome Project. HUGO has four active committees, includ ...

HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) is a committee of the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) that sets the standards for human gene nomenclature. The HGNC approves a ''unique'' and ''meaningful'' name for every known human gene, based on a ...

(HGNC), often (incorrectly) referred to as "HUGO". * Hawaiian Underwater Geological Observatory - see

Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount (previously known as Lōʻihi) is an active submarine volcano about off the southeast coast of the island of Hawaii. The top of the seamount is about below sea level. This seamount is on the flank of Mauna Loa, the ...

Other uses

Hugo (mascot) Hugo (or Hugo the Hornet) is the mascot of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association. Designed by Cheryl Henson, daughter of Jim Henson, Hugo the Hornet was created in 1988, one year before Hurricane Hugo hit the Carolinas. ...

, the mascot of the Charlotte Hornets team *

Hugo (software) Hugo is a static site generator written in Go. Steve Francia originally created Hugo as an open source project in 2013. Since v0.14 in 2015, Hugo has continued development under the lead of Bjørn Erik Pedersen with other contributors. Hugo is l ...

, a static site generator *

2106 Hugo 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

, an asteroid named after French writer Victor Hugo * Hugo (crater), a crater on the planet Mercury *

Hugo's Hugo's Family Marketplace is a family-owned chain of supermarket grocery stores located in the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota. It was founded by Hugo and Dorothy Magnuson in 1939. Hugo's is headquartered in the city of Grand Forks, No ...

, a grocery chain in the United States *

Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Hugo was a powerful tropical cyclone that inflicted widespread destruction across the northeastern Caribbean and the Southeastern United States in September 1989. The eleventh tropical cyclone, eighth Tropical cyclone naming, named st ...

, a hurricane in September 1989 *

HU-GO HU-GO, is a single-seater ultra-light concept car, concept electric vehicle designed and built at the Automotive Engineering Department of Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey by a team led by Prof. Engin Tanık and Prof. Volkan Parlaktaş. The ma ...

, an electric vehicle manufactured in Hafertepe University, Turkey *

Hugo (cocktail) The Hugo is an alcoholic aperitif, originating in South Tyrol, but widespread in Triveneto, Austria, Switzerland and Germany, based on prosecco, elderflower syrup (or lemon balm syrup), seltzer (or sparkling water) and mint leaves. Origins As re ...

, a drink

Arts and entertainment

People and fictional characters

Places in the United States

HUGO

Other uses

See also