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Hugo is a surname and male given name of Germanic origin Hugo, meaning "Bright in Mind and Spirit" or "intelligence". 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).

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

Hugo as a surname

  • Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French writer, statesman and human rights activist
  • Chad Hugo (born 1974), American musician and record producer
  • Charles Hugo (disambiguation), several people
  • Francis Hugo (1870–1930), American politician
  • 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

    • Hugo as a given name

  • Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960), Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter
  • 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 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 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 Henrique Assis do Nascimento (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
  • Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), German aircraft designer
  • Hugo Koblet (1925–1964), Swiss champion cyclist
  • Hugo de Lantins (fl. 1420–'30), French-Flemish composer
  • Hugo Launicke (1909–1975), German resistance fighter against the Nazi régime
  • 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 of Ostia (died 1158), French religious leader
  • 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 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 Weaving (born 1960), Australian actor
  • Hugo White (born 1986), British Musician
  • Hugo Young (1938–2003), British journalist

    • Fictional Hugos

  • 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 (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: Man of a Thousand Faces, a 1970s toy puppet
  • 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 VIII.

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