Humbert
# Humbert

Humbert, Umbert or Humberto (Latinized Humbertus) is a Germanic given name, from hun "warrior" and beraht "bright". It also came into use as a surname.

## Given name

### Royalty and Middle Ages

* Emebert (died 710)
* Humbert of Maroilles (before 652 – 680)
* Humbert (bishop of Würzburg) (died 842)
* Humbert I, Count of Savoy (980 – 1047 or 1048)
* Humbert II, Count of Savoy (1065–1103)
* Humbert III, Count of Savoy (1135–1189)
* Humbert, bastard of Savoy (c.1318–1374), soldier
* Humbert V de Beaujeu (1198–1250)
* Humbert I of Viennois (1240–1307), Dauphin of the Viennois
* Humbert II of Viennois (1312–1355), Dauphin of the Viennois
* Humbert I of Italy (1844–1900)
* Humbert II of Italy (1904–1983)
* Humbert of Silva Candida (1015–1061), Roman Catholic cardinal and Benedictine oblate
* Humbert of Romans (died 1277), master general of the Dominicans

### Others

* Humbert Achamer-Pifrader, Austrian jurist, member of the SS of Nazi Germany and commander of Einsatzgruppe A, one of the major perpetrators of the Holocaust
* Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazilian military leader and politician, President of Brazil and the first President of the Brazilian military dictatorship
* Humberto Delgado, General of the Portuguese Air Force, diplomat and politician
* Humberto Ortega, Nicaraguan military leader and published writer, Minister of Defense of Nicaragua, one of the principal commanders of Sandinista revolution
* Humbert Roque Versace, United States Army officer

## Surname

* Agnès Humbert (1894–1963), French art historian and member of the French Resistance during World War II, daughter of Charles Humbert
* Albert Jenkins Humbert (1822–1877), British architect
* Charles Humbert (1866–1927), French politician and newspaper proprietor, father of Agnès Humbert
* Christophe Humbert (born 1979), French judoka
* Gustav Humbert (born 1950), German CEO
* Jean-Henri Humbert (1887–1967), French botanist
* Jean Humbert (painter) (1734–1749), Dutch painter
* Jean Emile Humbert (1771–1839), Dutch military engineer who rediscovered ancient Carthage
* Jean Joseph Amable Humbert (1755–1823), French general
* Manon Humbert (born 1989), French curler
* Marie Humbert, Ghanaian actress
* Marie Georges Humbert (1859–1921), mathematician
   * Humbert surface
* Pierre Humbert (architect) (1848–????)
* Pierre Humbert (mathematician) (1891–1953), for whom are named:
   * Humbert polynomials
   * Humbert series
* Nicole Humbert (née Rieger) (born 1972), German pole vaulter
* Thérèse Humbert (1856–1918), French female fraudster
* Ugo Humbert (1998- ), French tennis player

## Companies

* Humbert Aviation, a French aircraft manufacturer

## Fictional characters

* Humbert Humbert, narrator of the novel Lolita
* Baron Humbert von Gikkingen, an animated cat creation from Whisper of the Heart (film) and The Cat Returns
* PuffPuff Humbert, frontman of the virtual band Your Favorite Martian.
* Graham Humbert, character Once Upon a Time (TV Series)
