Humbert
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Humbert is a Germanic given name, from hun "warrior" and beraht "bright". It also came into use as a surname
Given name
- EmebertEmebertSaint Emebert, often identified with bishop Ablebert of Cambrai . He would have been the son of Duke Witger of Lotharingia and Saint Amalberga of Maubeuge. His siblings include four other saints, Ermelinde, Gudula, Pharaildis and Reineldis. According the Gesta Episcoporum Cameracensis he was buried...
or Ablebert (c. 7th century – 710) - Humbert of MaroillesHumbert of MaroillesHumbert of Maroilles was a Frankish monk, abbot, and saint. He founded Maroilles Abbey. He was born at Mézières-sur-Oise in the early 7th century. His parents were Blessed Evrard and Popita....
(before 652 – 680) - Humbert I of SavoyHumbert I of SavoyUmberto I was the first Count of Savoy from 1032, when the County of Vienne, which had been sold to the Archdiocese of Vienne, was divided between the County of Albon and the Maurienne...
(980 – 1047 or 1048) - Humbert II of SavoyHumbert II of SavoyUmberto II, surnamed the Fat , was Count of Savoy from 1080 until his death in 1103. He was the son of Amadeus II of Savoy....
(1065–1103) - Blessed Humbert III of SavoyHumbert III of SavoyUmberto III , surnamed the Blessed, was Count of Savoy from 1148 to 1189. His parents were Amadeus III of Savoy and Mahaut of Albon, the sister of Guy IV of Dauphinois. His memorial day is March 4.According to CopeHis first wife died young; his second marriage ended in divorce...
(1135–1189) - Humbert I of ViennoisHumbert I of ViennoisHumbert I of Viennois was baron of la Tour-du-Pin and then also became, by his marriage, dauphin of Viennois. He was the son of Albert IV, baron of la Tour-du-Pin, and of Béatrice de Coligny .In 1273 he married Anne of Burgundy -...
(1240–1307), Dauphin du Viennois - Humbert II of ViennoisHumbert II of ViennoisHumbert II de la Tour-du-Pin was the Dauphin of the Viennois from 1333 to 16 July 1349. He was a son of the Dauphin John II and Beatrice of Hungary...
(1312–1355), Dauphin du Viennois - Humbert I of Italy (1844–1900)
- Humbert II of Italy (1904–1983)
- Humbert of Silva Candida (1015–1061), French prelate, Roman Catholic cardinal and Benedictine oblate
Surname
- Agnès HumbertAgnès HumbertAgnès Humbert was an art historian, ethnographer and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.- Early life :...
(1894–1963), French art historian and member of the French Resistance during World War II, daughter of Charles Humbert - Albert Jenkins HumbertA. J. HumbertAlbert Jenkins Humbert was an architect particularly favoured by Prince Albert.Amongst the buildings he is particularly associated with are Sandringham House and St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham and both the Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum and the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore, within the Home Park of...
(1822–1877), British architect - Charles HumbertCharles HumbertCharles Humbert was a French army captain, tax collector, Senator and newspaper proprietor.-Biography:...
(1866–1927), French politician and newspaper proprietor, father of Agnès Humbert - Christophe HumbertChristophe Humbert-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com* on Judovision.org...
(born 1979), French judoka - Gustav HumbertGustav HumbertDr. Gustav Humbert is the former Chief Executive Officer and President of Airbus SAS, and a former member of the EADS Executive Committee.- Airbus :...
(born 1950), German CEO - Henri Jean Humbert (1887–1967), French botanist
- Jean Humbert (painter)Jean Humbert (painter)Jean Humbert de Superville was a Dutch painter of Swiss and French extraction. Humbert was primarily known as a portrait painter....
(1734–1749), Dutch painter - Jean Emile HumbertJean Emile HumbertJean Emile Humbert was a Dutch lieutenant-colonel who can be credited with rediscovering ancient Carthage. As an agent for the Dutch government he procured vital parts of the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden...
(1771–1839), Dutch military engineer who rediscovered ancient Carthage - Jean Joseph Amable HumbertJean Joseph Amable HumbertGeneral Jean Joseph Amable Humbert was a French soldier, a participant in the French Revolution, who led a failed invasion of Ireland to assist Irish rebels in 1798....
(1755–1823), French general - Marie Georges HumbertMarie Georges HumbertMarie Georges Humbert was a French mathematician who worked on Kummer surfaces and introduced Humbert surfaces. His son was the mathematician Pierre Humbert. He won the Poncelet Prize of the Académie des Sciences in 1891.-References:...
(1859–1921), mathematician - Nicole HumbertNicole HumbertNicole Humbert, née Rieger is a retired German pole vaulter.Her personal best is 4.51 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Salamanca. This ranks her seventh among German pole vaulters, behind Annika Becker, Yvonne Buschbaum, Carolin Hingst, Anastasija Reiberger, Silke Spiegelburg and Julia Hütter...
(née Rieger) (born 1972), German pole vaulter - Thérèse HumbertThérèse HumbertThérèse Humbert was a French female fraudster, who pretended to be an heir of an imaginary American millionaire Robert Crawford.Humbert was born Thérèse Daurignac, a peasant girl in Aussonne, Languedoc, France. As a child, she once convinced her friends to pool their jewelry so that she could fool...
(1856–1918), French female fraudster
Fictional characters
- Humbert Humbert, narrator of the novel LolitaLolitaLolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris and 1958 in New York, and later translated by the author into Russian...
- Baron Humbert von Gikkingen, an animated cat creation from Whisper of the Heart (film)Whisper of the Heart (film)is a 1995 Japanese animated drama film based on the manga of the same name by Aoi Hiiragi. It was directed by Yoshifumi Kondō and written by Hayao Miyazaki. It was the first theatrical Studio Ghibli feature to be directed by someone other than Miyazaki or Takahata, and the only film to be directed...
and The Cat ReturnsThe Cat Returnsis a Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Hiroyuki Morita, produced by Studio Ghibli and theatrically released in Japan in 2002 and in 2003 in the United States through Walt Disney Pictures....
See also
- Humbert, Pas-de-CalaisHumbert, Pas-de-CalaisHumbert is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Population:-References:* -External links:*...
, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in France - Humberht (disambiguation)
- Umberto (disambiguation)