Herb (given name)

Herb is a given name that is usually a diminutive of the name Herbert.

People

Herbert

• Herb Aach (1923–1985), American painter and writer
• Herb Abramson (1916–1999), American music executive
• Herb Adderley (1939–2020), American football player
• Herb Alpert (born 1935), American musician
• Herb Andress (1935–2004), Austrian actor
• Herb Baumeister (1947–1996), American suspected serial killer
• Herb Boxer (born 1947), American ice-hockey player
• Herb Brooks (1937–2003), American ice hockey coach
• Herb Brown (born 1936), American basketball coach
• Herb Caen (1916–1997), American journalist
• Herb Carneal (1923–2007), American sportscaster
• Herb Carnegie (1919–2012), Canadian ice hockey player
• Herb Chambers (born 1940), American billionaire businessman
• Herb Cohen (1932–2010), American music executive
• Herb Coleman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Herb Conaway (born 1963), American politician
• Herb Covington (1902–1990), American football player
• Herb Denenberg (1929–2010), American journalist, lawyer, and consumer advocate
• Herb Donaldson (lawyer) (1927–2008), American lawyer and judge
• Herb Drury (1896–1965), Canadian-American ice hockey player
• Herb Edelman (1933–1996), American actor
• Herb Elliott (born 1938), Australian runner
• Herb Ellis (1921–2010), American jazz guitarist
• Herb Epp (1934–2013), Canadian politician
• Herb Fame (born 1942), one half of musical duo Peaches & Herb
• Herb Fitzgibbon (born 1942), American tennis player
• Herb Flam (1928–1980), American tennis player
• Herb Foster (1913–2003), Canadian ice hockey player
• Herb Franta (1905–1950), American football player
• Herb Gilbert (1888–1972), Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer
• Herb Gilbert Jr. (1917–1983), Australian rugby league footballer
• Herb Gray (1931–2014), Canadian politician and deputy prime minister
• Herb Gray (Canadian football) (1934-2011), American lineman in the Canadian Football League
• Herb Grosch (1918–2010), Canadian computer scientist
• Herb Jackson (baseball) (1883–1922), American baseball pitcher
• Herb Jeffries (1913–2014), American actor
• Herb Joesting (1905–1963), American football player and coach
• Herb Jordan (1884–1973), Canadian ice hockey player
• Herb Kawainui Kāne (1928–2011), American artist
• Herb Kaplow (1927–2013), American broadcast journalist
• Herb Kelleher (1931–2019), American businessman
• Herb Kent (1928–2016), American radio personality
• Herb Klein (disambiguation), multiple people
• Herb Kohl (born 1935), American politician
• Herb Lance (1925–2006), American singer-songwriter and record producer
• Herb Levinson (1929–2012), American actor
• Herb Lilburne (1908–1976), New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer
• Herb Louch (1875–1936), Australian rules footballer
• Herb Lubalin (1918–1981), American graphic designer
• Herb Magidson (1906–1986), American lyricist
• Herb Matthews Sr. (1894–1964), Australian rules footballer
• Herb Matthews Jr. (born 1943), Australian rules footballer
• Herb Nolan (1875–1933), Australian rules footballer
• Herb Orvis (1946–2020), American football player
• Herb Pardes (born 1932), American psychiatrist
• Herb Pedersen (born 1944), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Herb Pennock (1894–1948), American baseball pitcher and executive
• Herb Peterson (1919–2008), American food scientist
• Herb Peyton (born 1932), American energy executive
• Herb Pfuhl (1928–2011), American educator and politician
• Herb Plews (1928–2014), American baseball player
• Herb Pomeroy (1930–2007), American jazz trumpeter
• Herb Raybourn (1935–2017), American baseball player and scout
• Herb Reed (1928–2012), American R&B singer
• Herb Rich (1928–2008), American football player
• Herb Ritts (1952–2002), American photographer
• Herb Rozell (born 1931), American politician
• Herb Score (1933–2008), American baseball pitcher and broadcaster
• Herb Sendek (born 1963), American basketball coach
• Herb Shriner (1918–1970), American humorist
• Herb Steinohrt (1899–1985), Australian rugby league footballer
• Herb Stempel (1926–2020), American game show contestant
• Herb Taylor (American football) (born 1984), American football player
• Herb Thomas (1923–2000), American racing driver
• Herb Thomas (outfielder) (1902–1991), American baseball player and manager
• Herb Trimpe (1939–2015), American comics artist
• Herb Voland (1918–1981), American actor
• Herb Wallerstein (1925–1985), American television producer and director
• Herb Washington (born 1951), American sprinter and baseball player
• Herb Waters (born 1992), American football player
• Herb Wiedoeft (1886–1928), German-born American bandleader
• Herb Wilkinson (born 1923), American basketball player
• Herb Williams (born 1958), American basketball player and coach
• Herb Wright (1917–2015), American earth scientist

Other or indeterminate

• Herb Capozzi (1925–2011), Canadian athlete, businessman, sports team manager and politician
• Herb Dean (born 1970), American mixed martial arts referee
• Herb Miller (born 1997), American football player
• Herb Robertson (born 1951), jazz musician
• Herb Scharfman (1912–1998), American photographer
• Herb Wesson (born 1951), American politician

Characters

• Herb (Ranma ½), in the manga series Ranma ½
• Herb Melnick, from the television series Two and a Half Men
• Herb Tarlek, from the television series WKRP in Cincinnati
• Herb Copperbottom, from the film Robots
• Herb Muddlefoot, from the animated series Darkwing Duck
• Herbert Powell, from the animated series The Simpsons
• Herb Kazzaz, from the animated series BoJack Horseman
• Prince Herb, nickname given to Sal Vulcano for the ninth season of the television show Impractical Jokers
• Herb, from a 1980s Burger King advertising campaign
• Herb Star, father of Patrick Star from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants

See also

• Herb (surname)