Hume

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Hume is the name of several people:

In an international setting Hume most likely refers to:

David Hume, (1711-76) 18th-century Scottish philosopher

It can also refer to:

Alexander Hamilton Hume (1797-1873) Australian explorer
Andrew Hamilton Hume (1762-1849) Australian superintendent of convicts and farmer [link]
Andrew Hume Australian convict and leader of final failed attempted to rescue Leichhardt's expedition [link][link][link]
Allan Octavian Hume, (1829-1912) British administrator in India
Basil Cardinal Hume, former Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
Brit Hume, journalist best known for his work on Fox News
David Hume (explorer), Southern African explorer
Gary Hume, British artist
Hamilton Hume, (1797-1873) Australian explorer
Iain Hume, Canadian footballer
John Hume, Northern Irish politician
Joseph Hume (born, January 22, 1777) British political reformer
Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1847-1910) English historian, born Martin Andrew Sharp
Sir Patrick Hume, or Home (1641-1724) Scottish statesman
Rob Hume, English ornithological writer
Tobias Hume, English composer, viola player and soldier
Desmond Hume, a fictional character on the television series Lost

: Home is an older obsolescent variant spelling of Hume

It may also refer to any of several prominent Australian landmarks named after Hamilton Hume:

the Hume Highway, the main road between Melbourne and Sydney
Lake Hume, a large artificial lake and the associated Hume Dam, which forms Lake Hume

It may also refer to several places:

Hume, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
the City of Hume, a municipality in northern Melbourne
Division of Hume, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales.
the Greater Hume Shire Council, a municipality in rural New South Wales
Hume, Illinois, a village in the United States
Hume, New York, a town in the United States

It may also refer to any of several other topics:

Hume is the name of the Human race in the computer role playing game series Final Fantasy
Hume (language) (Higher-order Unified Meta-Environment) is a computer programming language

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