Hugo (name)

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Hugo is a surname and masculine given name of Germanic origin Hugo, meaning "mind".^[1] The English version of the name is Hugh, the Italian version is Ugo. For detailed history and etymology of the name, see Hugh (given name).

Hugo is one of the most popular given names in Europe, ranking as high as #9 in Spain,^[2] and #8 in Belgium in 2006.^[3] April 1 is the name day of Hugo in many European countries.

Notable people[]

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Hugo as a surname[]

• Adèle Hugo (1830–1915), French diarist
• Chad Hugo (born 1974), American musician and record producer
• Charles Hugo (disambiguation), several people
• Francis Hugo (1870–1930), American politician
• François-Victor Hugo (1828–1873), French writer and translator
• Graeme Hugo (1946–2015), Australian demographer
• Gustav Hugo (1764–1844), German jurist
• Jean Hugo (1894–1984), French painter, illustrator, theatre designer and author
• Jean Hugo (golfer) (born 1975), South African golfer
• Jeanne Hugo (1869–1941), French socialite
• Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo, French general and the father of Victor Hugo
• Julie Hugo (1797–1865), French painter
• Léopoldine Hugo (1824–1843), French socialite
• Ludwig Maria Hugo (1871-1935), German Roman Catholic bishop in Mainz
• Pieter Hugo (born 1970), originally from South Africa but now in the USA with various rugby roles
• Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French writer, statesman and human rights activist
• Victor Hugo (cricketer) (1877–1930), Australian cricketer

Hugo as a given name[]

• Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960), Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter
• Hugo Alves Velame (born 1974), Brazilian footballer
• Hugo Ball (1886-1927), German author, poet, and founder of the Dada movement and the Cabaret Voltaire
• Hugo Black (1886–1971), US Supreme Court Justice
• Hugo Black Jr. (1922-2013), American lawyer
• Hugo Black III (1953-2007), American lawyer
• Hugo Cancio (born 1964), Cuban-born American businessman and political activist
• Hugo Chakrabongse (born 1981), Thai royal family and singer-songwriter
• Hugo Chávez (1954–2013), politician, former President of Venezuela
• Hugo Corro (1953–2007), Argentinian boxer
• Hugo Eckener (1868–1954), German airship commander
• Hugo Ferdinand Boss (1885–1948), German fashion designer
• Hugo Fernández Artucio (born c. 1910s), Uruguayan academic and activist
• Hugo Fernández Faingold (fl. c. 2000), Uruguayan politician
• Hugo Gadd (1885–1968), Swedish Army major general
• Hugo Gellert (1892–1985), Hungarian-born artist
• Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967), American science-fiction publisher
• Hugo Grotius (1583–1645), Dutch forefather of international law theory
• Hugo Hamilton (born 1953), Irish writer
• Hugo Henrique Assis do Nascimento (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
• Hugo Houle (b. 1990), Canadian cyclist
• Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), German aircraft designer
• Hugo Koblet (1925–1964), Swiss champion cyclist
• Hugo Kołłątaj (1750-1812), Polish constitutional reformer and educationalist
• Hugo de Lantins (fl. 1420–'30), French-Flemish composer
• Hugo Launicke (1909–1975), German resistance fighter against the Nazi régime
• Hugo Laur (1893–1977), Estonian actor
• Hugo Leclercq (1994–present), French record producer and musician
• Hugo Leistner (1902–2002), American hurdler
• Hugo Lloris (1986–present), French goalkeeper, plays for Tottenham and French national team
• Hugo Loetscher (1929–2009), Swiss writer
• Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez (born 1969), Mexican epidemiologist and infectious diseases expert
• Hugo Nys (born 1991), French tennis player
• Hugo of Ostia (died 1158), French religious leader
• Hugo Pärtelpoeg (1899–1951), Estonian lawyer and politician
• Hugo Paul Friedrich Schulz (1853–1932), Prussian pharmacist
• Hugo Pratt (1927–1995), Italian comic book creator
• Hugo Reid (1809–1852), Scottish rancher and ethnographer
• Hugo Rifkind (born 1977), Scottish journalist
• Hugo Robus (1885-1964), American sculptor
• Hugo Rodallega (born 1985), Colombian footballer
• Hugo Salmela (1884–1918), Finnish military leader of the Red Guards in the 1918 Civil War
• Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born 1958), Mexican footballer
• Hugo Schmeisser (1884–1953), German weapons designer
• Hugo Schwyzer, American professor and writer
• Hugo Sofovich (1939–2003), Argentine filmmaker
• Hugo Sperrle (1885–1953), German field marshal
• Hugo van der Goes (1430?-1482) Flemish painter
• Hugo Veloso Oliveira Silva (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
• Hugo Viana (born 1982), Brazilian mixed martial artist
• Hugo Vieira (born 1976), Portuguese footballer
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929), Austrian writer
• Hugo Weaving (born 1960), Australian actor
• Hugo White (1939-2014), senior officer of the Royal Navy and subsequently Governor of Gibraltar
• Hugo Young (1938–2003), British journalist

Fictional Hugos[]

• Hugo DeAngelis, character in television series The Sopranos. Father in law to series protagonist Tony Soprano and father of his wife Carmela
• Hugo Baskerville, character in Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.
• Hugo Cabret, protagonist of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and film adaptation Hugo
• Hugo Danner, protagonist in "Gladiator" Philip Wylie's 1930 novel
• Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, a main character in the television show Lost
• Jungledyret Hugo, the main character in a Danish children's movie series and a TV show
• Hugo Granger-Weasley, the son of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
• Hugo Drax, villain in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Moonraker
• Hugo Horton, character in the British sitcom The Vicar of Dibley
• Hugo (Street Fighter)
• Hugo (Suikoden III)
• Hugo the Abominable Snowman, a minor enemy of Bugs Bunny, loosely based on the yeti legend
• Hugo Strange, an enemy of Batman
• Hugo, the protagonist from Hugo's House of Horrors, Whodunit?, and Jungle of Doom
• Hugo, a troll character and protagonist from Hugo (franchise)
• Hugo, younger brother of Victor in Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime and 2nd in command of their criminals for hire business.
• Hugo, a gargoyle supporting character from the 1996 Disney animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Hugo Simpson, Bart Simpson's twin brother in The Simpson's Treehouse of Horror VII.
• Hugo, deputy in training supporting character from the 2016 musical adaptation of Tuck Everlasting
• Hugo, the main character in the children philosophy animation series "What's the Big Idea?”
• Hugo Rask, one of the two main characters of the Swedish award-winning fiction Wilful Disregard written by Lena Andersson
• Hugo Habercore, the health inspector and secondary antagonist of Bob's Burgers

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