Herbert (given name)

Herbert is a Germanic given name, from harja- "army", "warrior" or "noble, sublime", and beraht "bright" or "shining" (compare Robert). See also Heribert and Aribert, other given names with the same roots.

People named Herbert

 * Saint Herbert
 * Herbert of Derwentwater (died 687), Anglo-Saxon hermit, priest, and saint
 * Herbert I of Maine (died 1036), Frankish count
 * Herbert II of Maine (died 1062), Frankish count
 * Herbert I, Count of Vermandois (848–907), Frankish count
 * Herbert II, Count of Vermandois (880–943), Frankish count
 * Herbert III, Count of Vermandois (987–997), Frankish count
 * Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois (1045–1080), Frankish count
 * Herbert Aptheker (1915–2003), American historian
 * Herbert H. Asquith (1852–1928), leader of the Liberal Party and UK Prime Minister during World War I
 * Herbert Austin (1866–1941), English car maker, founder of the Austin Motor Company and Member of Parliament
 * Herbert Backe (1896–1947), German politician and SS functionary during the Nazi era
 * Herbert Baker (1862–1946), British architect
 * Herbert Bayer (1900–1985), Austrian graphic designer
 * Herbert von Bismarck (1849–1904), German diplomat
 * Herbert Brede (1888–1942), Estonian general
 * Herbert J. Brees (1877–1958), lieutenant in the United States Army
 * Herbert C. Brown (1912–2004), American chemist
 * Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904–1996), American politician
 * Herbert Ashwin Budd (1881–1950), British painter
 * Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979), British historian
 * Herbert Chabot (1931–2022), judge of the United States Tax Court
 * Herbert Clemens (born 1939), American mathematician
 * Herbert Cohen (born 1940), American Olympic fencer
 * Herbert Croly (1869–1930), American writer
 * Herbert Cukurs (1900–1965), Latvian aviator, member of the Arajs Kommando, which was involved in the Holocaust
 * Herbert von Dirksen (1882–1955), German diplomat and last German Ambassador to the United Kingdom before World War II
 * Herbert Henry Dow (1866–1930), Canadian-born American industrialist
 * Herbert Dreilich (1942–2004), German singer
 * Herbert Elliott (1887–1973), English cricketer
 * Herbert Flam (1928–1980), American tennis player
 * Herbert W. Franke (1927–2022), Austrian writer
 * Herbert Gelernter (1930–2015), American scientist
 * Herbert Giles (1845–1935), British diplomat and translator
 * Herbert Gold (1924–2023), American novelist
 * Herbert Gould (1891–1918),
 * Herbert Grönemeyer (born 1956), German actor and musician
 * Herbert Gross (1929–2020), American mathematician
 * Herbert Hagen (1913–1999), SS-Sturmbannführer of Nazi Germany and a personal assistant to the SS police chief in France
 * Herbert Hauptman (1917–2011), American mathematician
 * Herbert Hirche (1910–2002), German architect and designer
 * Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), American politician, 31st President of the United States, engineer, humanitarian and one of the principal commanders of United States occupation of Haiti
 * Herbert Hoover Jr. (1903–1969), American engineer, businessman, and politician, eldest son of the 31st U.S. president
 * Herbert N. Houck (1915–2002), American Naval flying ace awarded three Navy Crosses during World War II
 * Herbert Howells (1892–1983), English composer, organist and teacher famous for his Anglican church music
 * Herbert Eric Jansz (1890-1976), Sri Lankan Burgher civil servant
 * Herbert C. Jones (1918–1941), officer in the United States Navy who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor
 * Herbert Kappler (1907–1978), Nazi German SS officer and head of German police and security services in Rome
 * Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989), Austrian conductor
 * Herbert Buckingham Khaury (1932–1996), musician known as Tiny Tim
 * Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British First World War field marshal and colonial administrator, one of the principal commanders in the Mahdist War and the Second Boer War
 * Herbert Kohler Jr. (1939–2022), American businessman
 * Herbert Lange (1909–1945), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator
 * Herbert Lawrence (1861–1943), general in the British Army, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Romani
 * Herbert Loch (1886–1976), German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II
 * Herbert Lom (1917–2012), Czech actor
 * Herbert Lumsden (1897–1945), senior British Army officer of World War I and II
 * Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German philosopher
 * Herbert Marshall (1890–1966), English actor
 * Herbert McCabe (1926–2001), English-born Irish Dominican priest, theologian, and philosopher
 * Herbert Morrison (1888–1965), British politician
 * Herbert Mullin (1947–2022), American serial killer and mass murderer
 * Herbert "Bert" Pitman (1877–1961), English Merchant Navy sailor, who was the Third Principal Commanding Officer of Titanic
 * Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857–1932), senior British Army officer of the First World War
 * Herbert L. Pratt (1871–1945), American oil industrialist
 * Herbert Irving Preston (1876–1928), American Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Herbert B. Powell (1903–1998), U.S. Army General and Commanding General of the U.S. Continental Army Command
 * Herbert Ross (1927–2001), American director
 * Herbert Saffir (1917–2007), American scientist
 * Herbert Salzman (1916–1990), American businessman and US Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
 * Herbert Charles Sanborn (1873–1967), American philosopher, academic, and one-time political candidate
 * Herbert Schwamborn (born 1973), Zimbabwean music producer
 * Herbert Schultze (1909–1987), German U-boat (submarine) commander of World War II
 * Herbert Seifert (1907–1996), German mathematician
 * Herbert M. Seneviratne (1925–1987), Sri Lankan Sinhala lyricist and actor
 * Herbert Clifford Serasinghe, Sri Lankan Sinhala physician
 * Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001), American political scientist
 * Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), English philosopher
 * Herbert Stevens IV (born 1987), American hip-hop recording artist who records under the name "Ab-Soul"
 * Herbert Stewart (1843–1885), British soldier
 * Herbert Streicher (1947–2013), also known as Harry Reems, American pornographic actor
 * Herbert Stothart (1885–1949), American composer
 * Herbert Tabor (1918–2020), American biochemist and physician-scientist
 * Herbert Tarr (1929–1993), American Jewish novelist and humorist
 * Herbert Tennekoon (1911–1979), Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka from 1971 to 1979
 * Herbert Thambiah (1926–1992), 39th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
 * Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852–1917), English actor and theatre manager
 * Herbert Schutz (1937–2018), German-born Canadian philologist
 * Herbert J. Valentine (1917–1996), American Marine flying ace, Navy Cross recipient
 * Herbert Weerasinghe, Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from April 1985 to December 1985
 * Herbert Wehner (1906–1990), German politician
 * Herbert Weiz (1924–2023), East German politician
 * Herbert G. Wells (1866–1946), British writer, best remembered for his science fiction novels
 * Herbert Winful (born 1952), Ghanaian-American engineering professor
 * Herbert Zangs (1924–2003), German artist

Fictional characters

 * Herbert (Disney character)
 * Herbert P. Bear, a character from Club Penguin
 * Herbert Birdsfoot, a fictional Muppet character in the television series Sesame Street
 * Chief Herbert Dumbrowski, fictional character in T.U.F.F. Puppy
 * Herbert Garrison, a fictional character in the television series South Park
 * Herbert the Pervert, a fictional character in the television series Family Guy
 * Herbert West, a fictional character in H. P. Lovecraft's story "Herbert West: Reanimator" and the films based on it
 * Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury, a fictional character in the movie Richie Rich