Humphrey
Humphrey is both a masculine given name and a surname. An earlier form, not attested since Medieval times, was Hunfrid.
Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name
Medieval period
- Hunfrid of Prüm, Benedictine monk, Bishop, Abbot, Saint
- Humphrey of Hauteville, Count of Apulia
- Humphrey de Bohun (disambiguation), various people who lived from the 11th to 14th centuries
- Humphrey of Toron (disambiguation), four 12th-century nobles
- Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham, English peer and member of the House of Lords
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Modern era
- Humphrey Atkins, British politician and a member of the Conservative Party
- Humphrey Barclay, British television comedy producer.
- Humphrey Bate, American harmonica player and string band leader
- Humphrey Bland, British Army general
- Humphrey Bogart, American film actor
- Sir Humphrey Burton, British television and radio presenter
- Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster
- Humphrey Cobb, American novelist and screenwriter
- Humphrey Critchley-Salmonson, cricketer
- Humphrey Crum-Ewing, English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1874
- Humphrey J. Desmond, American politician, writer, lawyer, and newspaper editor
- Humphrey Gilbert, English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier
- Humphrey Henchman, Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1663 to 1675
- Humphrey Jennings, English filmmaker and co-founder of Mass-Observation
- Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician and host of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
- Humphrey Mitchell, Canadian politician and trade unionist
- Humphrey Moseley, prominent London publisher and bookseller in the middle seventeenth century
- Humphrey Mwanza, Zambian politician
- Humphrey Nyone, Zambian military officer
- Humphrey Owen, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
- Humphrey Rudge, Dutch Footballer
- Humphrey Searle, English composer
- Humphrey Wells, former Governor of Georgia
- Humphrey Wingfield, English lawyer, Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1533 and 1536
People with the surname
Arts and entertainment
- Bobbi Humphrey, American jazz flautist and singer
- Doris Humphrey, dancer
- Earl Humphrey, American jazz trombonist, brother of Willie and Percy
- Jake Humphrey, television presenter
- Madison Humphrey, American TikToker and journalist
- Maud Humphrey, American illustrator
- Nene Humphrey, American artist
- Ozias Humphrey or Humphry, English painter
- Percy Humphrey, American jazz trumpeter, brother of Earl and Willie
- Renee Humphrey, American actress
- Scott Humphrey, Canadian record producer and mix engineer
- Willie Humphrey, American jazz clarinetist, brother of Earl and Percy
Politics
- Charles Humphrey, American lawyer and politician
- Chester Humphrey, Grenadian politician
- Friend Humphrey, New York politician
- Gordon J. Humphrey, U.S. senator from New Hampshire
- Hubert Humphrey, Vice President of the United States
- Jasper Humphrey, American sailor and politician
- Lester H. Humphrey, New York state senator
- Muriel Humphrey, U.S. senator from Minnesota and wife of Hubert Humphrey
- Philander P. Humphrey, American politician and physician
- Skip Humphrey, son of Hubert H. Humphrey II
- William E. Humphrey, American politician
- Wolcott J. Humphrey, New York state senator
Sports
- Chris Humphrey, footballer
- Claude Humphrey, American former football defensive lineman
- Creed Humphrey, American football player
- John Humphrey (American football), American football player
- Julian Humphrey, American football player
- Lil'Jordan Humphrey, American football player
- Marlon Humphrey, American football player
- Ryan Humphrey, American basketball player
- Tasha Humphrey, professional basketball player
- Terin Humphrey, American gymnast
- Tory Humphrey, American football player
Science and academics
- Heman Humphrey, President of Amherst College
- James Ellis Humphrey, American botanist and mycologist with the botanical author abbreviation Humphrey
- John H. Humphrey, bacteriologist and immunologist
- Nicholas Humphrey, British psychologist
- Philip Strong Humphrey, American ornithologist
- Thomas M. Humphrey, American economist
Other fields
- Alexander Pope Humphrey, American lawyer, judge of chancery court
- Andrew Humphrey, Marshal of the Royal Air Force
- Edward Porter Humphrey, American Presbyterian minister, author, Presbyterian General Assembly moderator
- Edward William Cornelius Humphrey, American theological and legal scholar
- Hannah Humphrey, British publisher and print seller
- John Peters Humphrey, Canadian jurist
- Lewis Craig Humphrey, American newspaper editor
- Mose Humphrey, American and member of Fire Company 40
- Watts Humphrey, American software engineer
Fictional characters
- Sir Humphrey Appleby, on the BBC television show Yes Minister
- Sir Humphrey Pengallan, main antagonist of the film Jamaica Inn
- Sir Humphrey Pumphrey, antagonist in Rupert
- Dalton Humphrey, on The Red Green Show
- Dan Humphrey, Gossip Girl character
- Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker, in James Joyce's novel Finnegans Wake
- Humphrey B. Bear, an Australian children's TV character
- Humphrey the Bear, a Disney character
- Humphrey, a muppet on Sesame Street
- Jenny Humphrey, Gossip Girl character
- Rufus Humphrey, Gossip Girl character
- Humphrey, OMORI character