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, various people who lived from the 11th to 14th centuries
  • Humphrey of Toron, 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 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