Top Celebrity Names Starting With Hugh

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   Hugh Jackman

   Age 43 Male
   

   Actor

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   Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor and producer who is involved in film, musical theatre, and television. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as action/superhero, period and romance characters. He is known for his role as Wolverine in the X-Men series, as well as for his leads in Kate & Leopold, Van Helsing, The Prestige, Australia, and Real Steel.… read more

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   Hugh Grant

   Age 51 Male
   

   Actor and Film Producer

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   Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. His films have earned more than $2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide. Grant achieved international stardom after appearing in Richard Curtis's sleeper hit Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).… read more

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   Hugh Hefner

   Age 86 Male
   

   Founder and Editor-in-chief of Playboy Magazine

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   Hugh Marston "Hef" Hefner is an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.

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   Hugh Laurie

   Age 52 Male
   

   Actor and Comedian

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   James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE, known as Hugh Laurie, is an English actor, voice artist, comedian, writer, musician, recording artist, and director. He first became well known in the media as one half of the Fry and Laurie double act, along with his friend and comedy partner Stephen Fry, whom he joined in the cast of Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster from 1987 until 1999.… read more

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   Hugh Norman-Walker

   1916 - 1985 Male
   

   Politician, Assistant, Deputy

   
   

   Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker, KCMG, KStJ, OBE was a British colonial official. He served in India from 1938 to 1948. Joining the Colonial Office in 1949, he successively served as an Administrative Officer and an Assistant Secretary in Nyasaland, and was seconded to the Cabinet Office of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1953. He returned to Nyasaland to become Development Secretary in 1954, Deputy Financial Secretary in 1960 and Secretary to the Treasury in 1961.… read more

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   Hugh de Puiset

   1125 - 1195 Male
   

   Bishop of Durham; Chief Justiciar of England

   
   

   Hugh de Puiset was a medieval Bishop of Durham and Chief Justiciar of England under King Richard I. He was the nephew of King Stephen of England and Henry of Blois, who both assisted Hugh's ecclesiastical career. He held the office of treasurer of York for a number of years, which led him into conflict with Henry Murdac, Archbishop of York. In 1153, Hugh was elected bishop of Durham despite the opposition of Murdac.… read more

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   Hugh O'Brian

   Age 87 Male
   

   Actor and United States Marine

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   Hugh O'Brian is an American actor, known for his starring role in the ABC television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961).

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   Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

   Age 47 Male
   

   Writer, Chef, Campaigner

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   Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is a British celebrity chef, television personality, journalist, food writer and "real food" campaigner, known for his back-to-basics philosophy. He is best known for being the lead personality in the River Cottage series on UK's Channel 4, which focuses on his efforts to become a self-reliant downshifted smallholder in rural England and feed himself, family and friends with locally produced and sourced fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs and meat.… read more

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   Hugh Evan-Thomas

   1862 - 1928 Male
   

   Military Person

   
   

   Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas GCB, KCMG, MVO was a British Royal Navy officer. During World War I he commanded the 5th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet, flying his flag in HMS Barham, and fought at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916.… read more

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    Hugh Trumble

    1867 - 1938 Male
    

    Cricketer

    
    

    Hugh Trumble was an Australian cricketer who played 32 Test matches as a bowling all-rounder between 1890 and 1904. He captained the Australian team in two Tests, winning both. Trumble took 141 wickets in Test cricket—a world record at the time of his retirement—at an average of 21.78 runs per wicket. He is one of only three bowlers to twice take a hat-trick in Test cricket.… read more

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    Hugh McFadyen

    Age 45 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Hugh Daniel McFadyen is a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, Canada. Since 2006, he has been leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba and Leader of the Opposition in the Manitoba legislature. Following his party's loss in the 2011 election he announced that he would resign as leader as soon as a new leader is appointed.… read more

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    Hugh S. Gibson

    1883 - 1954 Male
    

    Diplomat, Ambassador

    
    

    Hugh S. Gibson was an American diplomat. Gibson was actively involved in disarmament talks from 1925 to 1932. Throughout his career, together with such colleagues as ambassadors Joseph C. Grew, William R. Castle, and Hugh R. Wilson), he remained a leading proponent in the drive to establish a professional Foreign Service based on merit rather than personal wealth or political influence.… read more

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    Hugh Denys

    1511 Male
    

    Courtier, King

    
    

    Hugh Denys was a courtier of Kings Henry VII and of the young Henry VIII. As Groom of the Stool to Henry VII, he was one of the King's closest courtiers, his role developing into one of administering the Privy Chamber, a department in control of the royal finances which during Denys's tenure of office also gained control over national fiscal policy. Denys was thus a vital player in facilitating the first Tudor king's controversial fiscal policies.… read more

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    Hugh Hudson

    Age 75 Male
    

    Producer, Scriptwriter, Writer

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    Hugh Hudson is an English film director. His best-known international success is the 1981 multiple Academy Award-winning film, Chariots of Fire.

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    Hugh Bonneville

    Age 48 Male
    

    Actor

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    Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams, known professionally as Hugh Bonneville, is an English stage, film, television and radio actor. He plays the leading role of Robert, Earl of Grantham in the ITV television series Downton Abbey.… read more

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    Hugh Carey

    1919 - 2011 Male
    

    Governor, Lawyer, Congressman

    
    

    Hugh Leo Carey was an American attorney, the 51st Governor of New York from 1975 to 1982, and a seven-term United States Representative (1961–1974).

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    Hugh Rodham

    Age 62 Male
    

    Lawyer, Politician, Senator

    
    

    Hugh Edwin Rodham) is an American lawyer, businessman and Democratic Party politician who is the brother of former New York Senator and First Lady and current Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.… read more

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    Hugh Masekela

    Age 73 Male
    

    Trumpeter, Composer, Singer

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    Hugh Ramopolo Masekela is a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer. He is the father of American television host Sal Masekela.

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    Hugh Downs

    Age 91 Male
    

    Broadcaster, Producer, Television Host

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    Hugh Malcolm Downs is a long-time American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer, author, game show host, and music composer; and is perhaps best known for his role as co-host the NBC News program Today from 1962 to 1971, host of the Concentration game show from 1958 to 1969, and anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20 from 1978 to 1999.… read more

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    Hugh Trevor-Roper

    1914 - 2003 Male
    

    Historian, Professor, Thatcher

    
    

    Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper was an English historian of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. He was made a life peer in 1979 on the advice of Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher, choosing the title Baron Dacre of Glanton. In academe, Trevor-Roper was known not so much for his books as for his lively intellectual controversies with fellow historians.… read more

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    Hugh Culverhouse

    1919 - 1994 Male
    

    Owner, Lawyer, Investor

    
    

    Hugh Franklin Culverhouse, Sr. was the longtime owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a successful tax lawyer, and his real estate investments made him one of the nation's wealthiest men. His work brought him into contact with National Football League team owners, and his failed purchase of the Los Angeles Rams placed him in line to become the owner of the fledgling Buccaneer franchise.… read more

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    Hugh Hewitt

    Age 56 Male
    

    Television Host, Lawyer, Academic

    
    

    Hugh Hewitt is an American radio talk show host with the Salem Radio Network, lawyer, academic, and author. An outspoken Republican, evangelical Christian, he comments on society, politics, and media bias in the United States. Hewitt is also a law professor at Chapman University School of Law.… read more

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    Hugh Cornwell

    Age 62 Male
    

    Musician and Songwriter

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    Hugh Alan Cornwell is an English musician and songwriter, best known for being the vocalist and guitarist for the punk/new wave group, The Stranglers, from 1974 to 1990.

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    Hugh Hopper

    1945 - 2009 Male
    

    Musician, Bass, Guitarist

    
    

    Hugh Colin Hopper was a progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. He was a prominent member of the Canterbury scene, as a member of Soft Machine and various other related bands.

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    Hugh Durham

    Age 74 Male
    

    College Basketball Coach

    
    

    Hugh Durham is the first and only coach in the history of NCAA Division I basketball to lead two different schools to the NCAA Final Four for the first and only time in each school's history. No other coach in either school's history has been able to duplicate Durham's achievements. In 1972 at the age of 34, Durham led FSU to the NCAA Championship game coaching against Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith and John Wooden in three consecutive NCAA Tournament games.… read more