Herb (given name)

Herb is a given name that is usually a diminutive of the name Herbert.

Herbert

 * Herb Aach (1923–1985), American painter and writer
 * Herb Abramson (1916–1999), American music executive
 * Herb Adderley (1939–2020), American football player
 * Herb Alpert (born 1935), American musician
 * Herb Andress (1935–2004), Austrian actor
 * Herb Baumeister (1947–1996), American suspected serial killer
 * Herb Boxer (born 1947), American ice-hockey player
 * Herb Brooks (1937–2003), American ice hockey coach
 * Herb Brown (born 1936), American basketball coach
 * Herb Caen (1916–1997), American journalist
 * Herb Carneal (1923–2007), American sportscaster
 * Herb Carnegie (1919–2012), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Herb Chambers (born 1940), American billionaire businessman
 * Herb Cohen (1932–2010), American music executive
 * Herb Coleman (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Herb Conaway (born 1963), American politician
 * Herb Covington (1902–1990), American football player
 * Herb Denenberg (1929–2010), American journalist, lawyer, and consumer advocate
 * Herb Donaldson (lawyer) (1927–2008), American lawyer and judge
 * Herb Drury (1896–1965), Canadian-American ice hockey player
 * Herb Edelman (1933–1996), American actor
 * Herb Elliott (born 1938), Australian runner
 * Herb Ellis (1921–2010), American jazz guitarist
 * Herb Epp (1934–2013), Canadian politician
 * Herb Fame (born 1942), one half of musical duo Peaches & Herb
 * Herb Fitzgibbon (born 1942), American tennis player
 * Herb Flam (1928–1980), American tennis player
 * Herb Foster (1913–2003), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Herb Franta (1905–1950), American football player
 * Herb Gilbert (1888–1972), Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer
 * Herb Gilbert Jr. (1917–1983), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Herb Gray (1931–2014), Canadian politician and deputy prime minister
 * Herb Gray (Canadian football) (1934-2011), American lineman in the Canadian Football League
 * Herb Grosch (1918–2010), Canadian computer scientist
 * Herb Jackson (baseball) (1883–1922), American baseball pitcher
 * Herb Jeffries (1913–2014), American actor
 * Herb Joesting (1905–1963), American football player and coach
 * Herb Jordan (1884–1973), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Herb Kawainui Kāne (1928–2011), American artist
 * Herb Kaplow (1927–2013), American broadcast journalist
 * Herb Kelleher (1931–2019), American businessman
 * Herb Kent (1928–2016), American radio personality
 * Herb Klein (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Herb Kohl (born 1935), American politician
 * Herb Lance (1925–2006), American singer-songwriter and record producer
 * Herb Levinson (1929–2012), American actor
 * Herb Lilburne (1908–1976), New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer
 * Herb Louch (1875–1936), Australian rules footballer
 * Herb Lubalin (1918–1981), American graphic designer
 * Herb Magidson (1906–1986), American lyricist
 * Herb Matthews Sr. (1894–1964), Australian rules footballer
 * Herb Matthews Jr. (born 1943), Australian rules footballer
 * Herb Nolan (1875–1933), Australian rules footballer
 * Herb Orvis (1946–2020), American football player
 * Herb Pardes (born 1932), American psychiatrist
 * Herb Pedersen (born 1944), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * Herb Pennock (1894–1948), American baseball pitcher and executive
 * Herb Peterson (1919–2008), American food scientist
 * Herb Peyton (born 1932), American energy executive
 * Herb Pfuhl (1928–2011), American educator and politician
 * Herb Plews (1928–2014), American baseball player
 * Herb Pomeroy (1930–2007), American jazz trumpeter
 * Herb Raybourn (1935–2017), American baseball player and scout
 * Herb Reed (1928–2012), American R&B singer
 * Herb Rich (1928–2008), American football player
 * Herb Ritts (1952–2002), American photographer
 * Herb Rozell (born 1931), American politician
 * Herb Score (1933–2008), American baseball pitcher and broadcaster
 * Herb Sendek (born 1963), American basketball coach
 * Herb Shriner (1918–1970), American humorist
 * Herb Steinohrt (1899–1985), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Herb Stempel (1926–2020), American game show contestant
 * Herb Taylor (American football) (born 1984), American football player
 * Herb Thomas (1923–2000), American racing driver
 * Herb Thomas (outfielder) (1902–1991), American baseball player and manager
 * Herb Trimpe (1939–2015), American comics artist
 * Herb Voland (1918–1981), American actor
 * Herb Wallerstein (1925–1985), American television producer and director
 * Herb Washington (born 1951), American sprinter and baseball player
 * Herb Waters (born 1992), American football player
 * Herb Wiedoeft (1886–1928), German-born American bandleader
 * Herb Wilkinson (born 1923), American basketball player
 * Herb Williams (born 1958), American basketball player and coach
 * Herb Wright (1917–2015), American earth scientist

Other or indeterminate

 * Herb Capozzi (1925–2011), Canadian athlete, businessman, sports team manager and politician
 * Herb Dean (born 1970), American mixed martial arts referee
 * Herb Miller (born 1997), American football player
 * Herb Robertson (born 1951), jazz musician
 * Herb Scharfman (1912–1998), American photographer
 * Herb Wesson (born 1951), American politician

Characters

 * Herb (Ranma ½), in the manga series Ranma ½
 * Herb Herbertson, a character in Nexo Knights
 * Herb Melnick, from the television series Two and a Half Men
 * Herb Tarlek, from the television series WKRP in Cincinnati
 * Herb Copperbottom, from the film Robots
 * Herb Muddlefoot, from the animated series Darkwing Duck
 * Herbert Powell, from the animated series The Simpsons
 * Herb Kazzaz, from the animated series BoJack Horseman
 * Prince Herb, nickname given to Sal Vulcano for the ninth season of the television show Impractical Jokers
 * Herb, from a 1980s Burger King advertising campaign
 * Herb Star, father of Patrick Star from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants