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Humbert
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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.
01Given 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
02Surname
- 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
- Mady Humbert-Lavergne (née Humbert) (1898-1987), French ethnomusicologist and composer
- Manon Humbert (born 1989), French curler
- Marie Humbert, Ghanaian actress
- Marie Georges Humbert (1859-1921), mathematician
- Pierre Humbert (architect) (1848-1919)
- Pierre Humbert (mathematician) (1891-1953), for whom are named:
- Nicole Humbert (née Rieger) (born 1972), German pole vaulter
- Thérèse Humbert (1856-1918), French female fraudster
- Ugo Humbert (born 1998), French tennis player
03Companies
- Humbert Aviation, a French aircraft manufacturer
04Fictional 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
- Puff Puff Humbert, frontman of the virtual band Your Favorite Martian.
- Graham Humbert, character Once Upon a Time (TV Series)
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- Ritratto di Umberto I.jpg by Luigi De Rios, Public domain
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