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:

Medieval period

 * Ordered chronologically


 * Hunfrid of Prüm (Saint Humphrey, died 871), Benedictine monk
 * Humphrey of Hauteville (c. 1010–1057), 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 (1381–1399), English peer and member of the House of Lords
 * Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390–1447)

Modern era

 * Humphrey Atkins (1922–1996), British politician and a member of the Conservative Party
 * Humphrey Barclay (1941–), British television comedy producer.
 * Humphrey Bate (1875–1936), American harmonica player and string band leader
 * Humphrey Bland (1686–1763), British Army general
 * Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), American film actor
 * Humphrey Carpenter (1946–2005), English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster
 * Humphrey Critchley-Salmonson (1894–1956), cricketer
 * Humphrey Crum-Ewing (1802–1887), English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1874
 * Humphrey J. Desmond (1858–1932), American politician, writer, lawyer, and newspaper editor
 * Humphrey Gilbert (1539–1583), English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier
 * Humphrey Henchman (1592–1675), Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1663 to 1675
 * Humphrey Jennings (1907-1950), English filmmaker and co-founder of Mass-Observation
 * Humphrey Lyttelton (1921–2008), British jazz musician and host of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
 * Humphrey Mitchell (1894–1950), Canadian politician and trade unionist
 * Humphrey Moseley (died 1661), prominent London publisher and bookseller in the middle seventeenth century
 * Humphrey Mwanza (1949–2015), Zambian politician
 * Humphrey Nyone, Zambian military officer
 * Humphrey Owen (1702–1768), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
 * Humphrey Rudge (1977-), Dutch Footballer
 * Humphrey Searle (1915–1982), English composer
 * Humphrey Wells, former Governor of Georgia
 * Humphrey Wingfield (died 1545), English lawyer, Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1533 and 1536

Arts and entertainment

 * Bobbi Humphrey (born 1950), American jazz flautist and singer
 * Doris Humphrey (1895–1958), dancer
 * Earl Humphrey (1902–1971), American jazz trombonist, brother of Willie and Percy
 * Jake Humphrey (born 1978), television presenter
 * Maud Humphrey (1868–1940), American illustrator
 * Nene Humphrey (born 1947), American artist
 * Ozias Humphrey or Humphry (1742–1810), English painter
 * Percy Humphrey (1905–1995), American jazz trumpeter, brother of Earl and Willie
 * Renee Humphrey (born 1975), American actress
 * Scott Humphrey, Canadian record producer and mix engineer
 * Willie Humphrey (1900–1994), American jazz clarinetist, brother of Earl and Percy

Politics

 * Charles Humphrey (1792–1850), American lawyer and politician
 * Friend Humphrey (1787–1854), New York politician
 * Gordon J. Humphrey (born 1940), U.S. senator from New Hampshire
 * Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978), Vice President of the United States
 * Jasper Humphrey (1812–1892), American sailor and politician
 * Lester H. Humphrey (1850–1902), New York state senator
 * Muriel Humphrey (1912–1998), U.S. senator from Minnesota and wife of Hubert Humphrey
 * Philander P. Humphrey (1823–1862), American politician and physician
 * Skip Humphrey (Hubert H. Humphrey III, born 1942), son of Hubert H. Humphrey II
 * William E. Humphrey (1862–1934), American politician
 * Wolcott J. Humphrey (1817–1890), New York state senator

Sports

 * Chris Humphrey (born 1987), footballer
 * Claude Humphrey (1944-2021), American former football defensive lineman
 * Creed Humphrey (born 1999), American football player
 * Lil'Jordan Humphrey (born 1998), American football player
 * Marlon Humphrey (born 1996), American football player
 * Ryan Humphrey (born 1979), American basketball player
 * Tasha Humphrey (born 1985), professional basketball player
 * Terin Humphrey (born 1986), American gymnast
 * Tory Humphrey (born 1983), American football player

Science and academics

 * Heman Humphrey (1779–1861), President of Amherst College
 * James Ellis Humphrey (1861-1897), American botanist and mycologist with the botanical author abbreviation Humphrey
 * John H. Humphrey (1915-1987), bacteriologist and immunologist
 * Nicholas Humphrey (born 1943), British psychologist
 * Philip Strong Humphrey (1926–2009), American ornithologist
 * Thomas M. Humphrey (born 1935), American economist

Other fields

 * Alexander Pope Humphrey (1848–1928), American lawyer, judge of chancery court
 * Andrew Humphrey (1921–1977), Marshal of the Royal Air Force
 * Edward Porter Humphrey (1809–1886), American Presbyterian minister, author, Presbyterian General Assembly moderator
 * Edward William Cornelius Humphrey (1844–1917), American theological and legal scholar
 * Hannah Humphrey (active 1745–1818), British publisher and print seller
 * John Peters Humphrey (1905–1995), Canadian jurist
 * Lewis Craig Humphrey (1875–1927), American newspaper editor
 * Mose Humphrey, American and member of Fire Company 40
 * Watts Humphrey (1927–2010), 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