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Humberly González
Humberly González (born 1992, Punto Fijo, Venezuela) is a Canadian actress known for Sophie Sanchez on Ginny & Georgia, voicing Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws, and starring in The Waterfront (2025).
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (site)
Humberstone and Santa Laura (Oficinas Salitreras de Humberstone y Santa Laura) are abandoned Chilean nitrate company towns in the Atacama Desert near Iquique, UNESCO World Heritage since 2005, the best-preserved of over 200 saltpeter works, closed in 1960.
Humbert Lunden
Humbert Lundén (Anders Pontus Humbert Lundén, 1882–1961), Swedish sailor of GKSS Göteborg, won gold in the 10-metre class aboard Kitty at Stockholm 1912, Sweden's first Olympic sailing gold.
Humberto Ak'abal
Humberto Ak'abal, also spelled Ak'ab'al, was a K'iche' Maya poet from Momostenango, Guatemala, who wrote in K'iche' and translated his own poetry into Spanish. His work reached more than 20 languages.
Humberto Álvarez Machaín
Humberto Álvarez Machaín, Mexican physician abducted by DEA-hired agents in 1990 for the Camarena murder case; his trial and acquittal produced the 1992 Supreme Court abduction ruling and the 2004 Sosa ATS decision.
Humberto Bettencourt
Humberto Frederico Silva Bettencourt (born 1975, São Domingos) is a Cape Verdean football coach, appointed head coach of Cape Verde on 19 August 2026 after six years as Bubista's assistant, including the 2026 World Cup.
Humberto Carrillo
Humberto Carrillo (Berto), born 1995 in Monterrey, Mexican third-generation luchador of the Garza family; WWE SmackDown wrestler, former Último Ninja, Los Garza tag team with cousin Angel, AAA Trios and Tag Team Champion.
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco was a Brazilian Army marshal who became the first military president of Brazil after the 1964 coup, governing from 1964 to 1967.
Humberto Fernández-Morán
Humberto Fernández-Morán (1924–1999) was a Venezuelan biophysicist who invented the diamond knife, founded what is now the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, and built the first electron cryomicroscope with superconducting lenses.
Humberto Mariles
Humberto Mariles Cortés (1913–1972), Mexican army officer and equestrian; first Olympic gold medalist for Mexico, winning individual and team jumping gold plus eventing bronze at London 1948 on his one-eyed horse Arete.
Humberto Tomassina
Humberto Tomassina (1898-1981), Uruguayan left-footed defender of Liverpool FC Montevideo and 1924 Paris Olympic football gold medalist; played Uruguay's first two matches (7-0 Yugoslavia, 3-0 USA) before losing his place to Pedro Arispe.
Humberto Zurita
Humberto Zurita (Humberto Zurita Moreno, born 1954, Torreón) is a Mexican actor, producer and director, Televisa telenovela star of El derecho de nacer and De pura sangre, Ariel winner, ZUBA co-founder with Christian Bach, and Epifanio Vargas in La reina del sur.
Humble (song)
HUMBLE. (Humble) is Kendrick Lamar's March 30, 2017 lead single from DAMN., produced by Mike WiLL Made-It and Pluss, originally made for Gucci Mane; it was Lamar's first Hot 100 number one and won three Grammys.
Humble Bundle
Humble Bundle is a San Francisco-founded digital storefront (2010) selling pay-what-you-want game, book, and software bundles with buyer-controlled charity splits; owned by Ziff Davis via IGN since 2017, it has raised over $250 million for charity.
Humble Music
Humble Music is a Punjabi record label based in Mohali, Punjab, India, owned by Gippy Grewal, whose roster has included Nimrat Khaira and Sidhu Moose Wala.
Humble Pie
Humble Pie, English blues-rock band formed in Essex in 1969 by Steve Marriott, Peter Frampton, Greg Ridley, and Jerry Shirley; known for Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore and Smokin', disbanded 1975.
Humblebrag
Humblebrag: a boast disguised as modesty or complaint. Coined by Harris Wittels via the @Humblebrag Twitter account in 2010; studied since 2018 as an ineffective, insincere self-promotion strategy.
Humboldt (crater)
Humboldt is a large floor-fractured impact crater on the Moon's eastern limb, about 207 km across, whose lava-flooded floor shows volcanic activity spanning over a billion years.
Humboldt Broncos
Humboldt Broncos, SJHL junior A hockey team in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, founded 1970; ten league titles and RBC Cups in 2003 and 2008; known worldwide for the April 6, 2018 bus crash that killed 16.
Humboldt Broncos bus crash
The Humboldt Broncos bus crash was a 2018 collision near Armley, Saskatchewan, in which a truck struck the junior hockey team's bus, killing 16 of 29 aboard.
Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County, California: North Coast county with seat Eureka, formed 1853 from Trinity County, named for Alexander von Humboldt; 136,463 people in 2020, redwood forests, Humboldt Bay port, and Emerald Triangle cannabis country.
Humboldt Current
The Humboldt Current, also called the Peru Current, flows northward along the coasts of Chile, Peru, and Ecuador, driving one of Earth's most productive marine ecosystems.
Humboldt Forum
Humboldt Forum: cultural center in Berlin's rebuilt palace on Schlossplatz, opened 2021, run by four partners including the Ethnologisches Museum; known for BERLIN GLOBAL and colonial restitution debates.
Humboldt Park, Chicago
Humboldt Park is a West Side Chicago community area (Community Area 23) and a 197.26-acre park named in 1869 for Alexander von Humboldt, designed by Jenney and Jensen, and the center of Puerto Rican Chicago along Paseo Boricua.
Humboldt River
Humboldt River: Nevada river rising at Humboldt Wells, flowing over 300 miles to the Humboldt Sink; Nevada's only major internal river basin, emigrant trail artery, and irrigated water source with Rye Patch Dam.
Humboldt squid
Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), jumbo flying squid, a large eastern Pacific ommastrephid squid reaching 2 m and 50 kg, with a ~1-year life, up to 32 million eggs, hypoxia-tolerant vertical migration, and the world's largest squid fishery.
Humboldt University of Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), Berlin's oldest university, founded 1810 as the University of Berlin; Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität 1828–1945, renamed 1949; GDR flagship, post-1990 reform, Berlin University Alliance excellence member.
Humboldt W. Leverenz
Humboldt W. Leverenz was an American materials scientist at RCA who developed the phosphors used in fluorescent lamps and early television cathode-ray tube screens, and received the Franklin Institute's Brown Medal in 1954.
Humbucker
A humbucker, also known as a humbucking pickup, is an electric guitar pickup with two oppositely wound coils that cancels mains hum while producing a fuller, warmer tone.
Humbug
Humbug: English word for deception or nonsense, first recorded 1751 as Oxford and Cambridge student slang, origin unknown. Also a P. T. Barnum showmanship term and Scrooge's 'Bah! Humbug!' cry in Dickens's 1843 A Christmas Carol.