Pre-modern world •
Saint Herbert, French Christian saint •
Herbert of Derwentwater (died 687), Anglo-Saxon hermit, priest and saint •
Herbert I of Maine (died 1036), Frankish count •
Herbert II of Maine (died 1062), Frankish count •
Herbert I, Count of Vermandois (848–907), Frankish count •
Herbert II, Count of Vermandois (880–943), Frankish count •
Herbert III, Count of Vermandois (987–997), Frankish count •
Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois (1045–1080), Frankish count •
Herbert of Bosham (died c. 1194), English biographer of Thomas Becket
A •
Herb Aach (1923–1985), American painter and writer •
Herbert Abbott (British Army officer), English cricketer and British Army officer •
Herbert Abrams, American painter •
Herbert L. Abrams, American physician •
Herbert Aceituno, Salvadorian Paralympic powerlifter •
Herbert Achternbusch (1938–2022), German writer, painter, and filmmaker •
Herbert Adams (disambiguation) •
Herbert Addo (1951–2017), Ghanaian football manager •
Herbert Agar (1897–1980), American journalist and historian •
Herbert Albert (1903–1973), German conductor •
Herbert Albrecht (1900–1945), Nazi German politician •
Herbert Albrecht (wrestler) (1925–1997), German wrestler •
Herbert Allen (disambiguation) •
Herbert Alleyne (1855–1884), English footballer •
Herbert Allingham (1867–1936), English editor and writer • Herbert
Hampden Alpass (1906–1999), English cricketer •
Herbert Alsen (1906–1978), German opera singer •
Herbert Altshuler (born 1945), American major general •
Herbert Alward, Austrian figure skater •
Herbert Ames (1863–1954), Canadian politician •
Herbert Anderson (disambiguation) •
Herbert Andrewartha (1907–1992), Australian researcher •
Herbert E. Angel (1907–1999), American archivist •
Herbert Antcliffe (1875–1940), British musicologist, music critic, and author •
Herbert Aptheker (1915–2003), American historian •
Herbert Archer (1883–1996), English rugby union footballer •
Herbert Arlene (1914–1989), American politician •
Herbert Rowse Armstrong (1869–1922), English solicitor and convicted murderer •
Herbert W. Armstrong (1892–1986), American evangelist •
Herbert Armstrong (cricketer) (1862–1942), English cricketer •
Herbert Arnarson (born 1970), Icelandic basketball player •
Herbert Asbury (1889–1963), American journalist •
Herbert Ash (1878–1959), Canadian politician •
Herbert Ashman, first Lord mayor of Bristol •
Herbert Ashton (1885–1927), English footballer •
Herbert R. Askins (1898–1982), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy •
H. H. Asquith (1852–1928), leader of the Liberal Party and UK Prime Minister during the First World War •
Herbert Aston (1885–1968), Irish cricketer •
Herbert Austin (1866–1941), English car maker, founder of the Austin Motor Company and Member of Parliament •
Herbert Avram (1913–2006), American chess player •
Herbert Ayre (1882–1966), English footballer
B •
Herbert Backe (1896–1947), German politician and SS functionary during the Nazi era •
Herbert Baddeley (1872–1931), tennis and badminton player •
Herbert Badham (1899–1961), Austrian realist painter and art educator •
Herbert Baker (disambiguation) •
Herbert E. Balch (1869–1958), English archaeologist, geologist, naturalist, and spelunker •
Herbert Baldus (1899–1970), Brazilian ethnologist •
Herbert Ballerina (born 1980), Italian actor, comedian and radio host •
Herbert Bamlett, English football manager and referee •
Herbert Bankole-Bright (1883–1958), Sierra Leonean politician •
Herbert Barbee (1848–1936), American sculptor •
Herbert Bareuther (1914–1945), German World War II flying ace •
Herbert Barker (disambiguation) •
Herbert Barnes (1832–1890), English Anglican clergyman •
Herbert L. Barnet (1909–1970), American business executive •
Herbert Barrie (1927–2017), British paediatrician •
Herbert Roper Barrett (1873–1943), English tennis player •
Herbert Barrett (talent manager) (1910–2007), American talent manager •
Herbert Barritt (1904–1967), English cricketer and educator •
Herbert Bascome (born 1964), Bermudian cricketer •
Herbert Basedow (1881–1933), Australian anthropologist, geologist, politician, explorer and medical practitioner •
Herbert Basser (born 1942), Canadian scholar of religion and Jewish theologian •
Herbert Bate (1871–1941), Anglican priest and theologian •
Herb Bateman (1928–2000), American politician •
Herbert Bauer (disambiguation) •
Herbert Baum (1912–1942), German Jewish anti-Nazi resistance activist •
Herbert Baumann (1925–2020), German composer •
Herb Baumeister (1947–1996), American businessman and suspected serial killer •
Herbert Baumer (1885–1972), American architect •
Herbert Baumgard (1920–2016), American rabbi •
Herbert Bautista (born 1968), Filipino actor and politician •
Herbert Baxter (disambiguation) •
Herbert Bayer (1900–1985), Austrian graphic designer •
Herbert Beattie (1926–2019), American opera singer •
Herbert Bedford (1867–1945), British composer •
Herbert Bednorz (1909–1989), Polish Catholic priest •
Herbert Benson (1935–2022), American medical doctor •
Herbert Berghof (1909–1990), American actor •
Herbert von Bismarck (1849–1904), German diplomat •
Herbert Blaché (1882–1953), British-born American film director, producer and screenwriter •
Herbert Black, Canadian businessman •
Herbert Blain (1870–1942), British politician, businessman, and trade unionist •
Herbert Blaize (1918–1989), Grenadian politician, Chief Minister and Prime Minister of Grenada •
Herbert Blake (1894–1958), English footballer •
Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston (1862–1942), English academic and clergyman, president of Trinity College, Oxford, and vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford •
Herbert Blankenhorn (1904–1991), German diplomat •
Herbert Blau (1926–2013), American director and theoretician of performance •
Herbert Blendinger (1936–2020), Austrian composer and viola player •
Herbert Bloch (1911–2006), Harvard professor, Greek and Roman Classicist, expert on Medieval monasticism •
Herbert "Herblock" Block (1909–2001), American editorial cartoonist and author •
Herbert Blöcker (1943–2014), German equestrian •
Herbert Blomstedt (born 1927), Swedish conductor •
Herbert Blumberg (1869–1934), British Royal Marines officer •
Herbert Blumer (1900–1987), American sociologist •
Herbert Bockhorn (born 1995), German association footballer •
Herbert Böhme (1907–1971), German poet and Nazi activist •
Herbert Bolt (1893–1916), Australian rugby league footballer and World War I soldier •
Herbert Bolton (disambiguation) •
Herbert Bomzer (1927–2013), American rabbi •
Herb Bonn (1916–1943), American basketball player •
Herbert Covington Bonner (1891–1965), American politician •
Herbert Stephenson Boreman (1897–1982), American judge •
Herbert Bösch (born 1954), Austrian politician •
Herbert Bostock (1869–1954), English cricketer •
Herbert Böttcher (1907–1950), German lawyer, policeman, and Nazi executed for Holocaust perpetration •
Herbert Bötticher (1928–2008), German actor •
Herbert Bowman (1897–1980), American tennis player •
Herbert Boyer (born 1936), American researcher and businessman •
Herbert Bradley (1888–1918), English footballer •
Herbert Edwin Bradley (1871–1961), Canadian-born American lawyer, real estate investor, big-game hunter and zoo director •
Herbert Brede (1888–1942), Estonian general •
Herbert J. Brees (1877–1958), United States Army lieutenant general •
Herbert Brean (1907–1973), American writer •
Herbert Breiter (1927–1999), German-born Austrian painter and lithographer •
Herbert Brenon (1880–1958), Irish film director •
Herbert Breslin (1924–2012), American music industry executive •
Herbert Brewer (1865–1928), English composer and organist •
Herbert W. Briggs (1900–1990), American lawyer •
Herbert Brittain (1894–1961), English civil servant •
Herbert Brodkin (1912–1990), American director and producer •
Herbert C. Brown (1912–2004), American chemist •
Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904–1996), American politician •
Herbert Brucker (1898–1977), American journalist •
Herbert Brün (1918–2000), German-born American musician and cybernetician •
Herbert Bruncken (born 1896), American poet and magazine editor •
Herbert Büchs, (1913–1996), German lieutenant general •
Herbert Buckler (1878–1957), Welsh rugby league footballer •
Herbert Ashwin Budd (1881–1950), British painter •
Herbert P. Buetow (1898–1972), American businessman •
Herbert Buhtz (1911–2006), German rower •
Herbert Bullmore (1874–1937), Scotland international rugby union player •
Herbert Bullock (1885–1967), British trade unionist •
Herbert Bunning (1863–1937), English composer and director •
Herbert Bunston (1874–1935), English actor •
Herbert Burden (1898–1915), British First World War deserter •
Herbert Burns (born 1988), Brazilian mixed martial artist •
Herbert Burrell (1866–1949), English cricketer •
Herbert Burrows (1845–1922), British socialist activist •
Herbert Burton (1888–1961), New Zealand cricketer •
Herbert Burton Sr. (1864–1910), New Zealand cricketer •
Herbert Bury (1853–1933), Anglican bishop •
Herbert Busemann (1905–1994), German-American mathematician •
Herbert Buster (1914–1976), American baseball player •
Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979), British historian
C •
Herbert Cahn (1915–2002), Swiss numismatist •
Herbert Callen (1919–1993), American physicist •
Herbert Campbell (1844–1904), English musical theatre actor •
Herbert Carlsson (1896–1952), Swedish footballer •
Herbert Carter (disambiguation) •
Herbert Cassidy (1935–2013), Irish Anglican dean •
Herbert Casson (disambiguation) •
Herbert Hayton Castens (1864–1929), South African rugby union footballer and cricketer •
Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick (1851–1958), British politician •
Herbert Chabot (1931–2022), judge of the United States Tax Court •
Herbert Clark (disambiguation) •
Herbert Clarke (disambiguation) •
Herbert Clay (1881–1923), American politician •
Herbert Clemens (born 1939), American mathematician •
Herbert Clogstoun (1820–1862), British Army major in the Second Anglo-Burmese War • Herbert Close (1890–1971), better known as
Meredith Starr, British occultist and poet •
Herbert Coddington (born 1959), American serial killer •
Herbert Cohen (disambiguation) •
Herbert Coman (1920–2009), American football player and coach •
Herbert Comerford (1915–2005), British trade unionist •
Herbert Cook (disambiguation) •
Herbert Cowans (1904–1993), American jazz musician •
Herbert Coward (1938–2004), American actor •
Herbert Cowell (1858–1943), American architect •
Herbert Cowley (1885–1967), British botanist •
Herbert Cox (disambiguation) •
Herbert Cozens-Hardy, 1st Baron Cozens-Hardy (1838–1920), British politician and judge •
Herbert Crabtree (1880–1951), English cricketer •
Herbert Cragg (1910–1980), Anglican priest and author •
Herbert Craig (1869–1934), British politician, businessman and barrister •
Herbert Craik (1881–1965), Scottish footballer •
Herbert Cramer (1894–1963), American football, basketball, and baseball player and college head coach •
Herbert Crawford (1878–1946), Canadian politician •
Herbert Croft (disambiguation) •
Herbert Croly (1869–1930), American writer •
Herbert Crowley (1873–1937), British painter •
Herbert Crüger (1911–2003), German political activist and member of the resistance against the Nazis •
Herbert Czaja (1914–1997), German politician
D •
Herbert Danby (1889–1953), Anglican priest and Oxford University professor •
Herbert Darnley (1872–1947), British musician and performer Herbert Walter McCarthy •
Herbert Day (1868–1947), Australian cricketer •
Herbert Diess (born 1958), Austrian businessman •
Herbert Dingle (1890–1978), English physicist and philosopher of science •
Herbert von Dirksen (1882–1955), German diplomat and last German Ambassador to the United Kingdom before World War II •
Herbert Distel (born 1942), Swiss artist •
Herbert Henry Dow (1866–1930), Canadian-born American industrialist •
Herbert Dreilich (1942–2004), German singer •
Herbert Druce (1846–1913), English entomologist •
Herbert Dyer (1898–1974), English coppersmith
E •
Herbert Eastwood (1881–1954), English trade unionist and politician •
Herbert Eimert (1897–1972), German musicologist and composer •
Herbert Eisner (1921–2011), British writer •
Herbert Eiteljörge (1934–2014), German footballer •
Herbert Eldemire (1930–2010), Jamaican politician •
Herbert Elkuch (born 1952), Liechtenstein politician •
Herbert Elliott (1887–1973), English cricketer •
Herbert Ellis (disambiguation) •
Herbert William Emerson (1881–1962), British India public servant •
Herbert Emmett (), English footballer •
Herbert Emmitt (1857–1901), English cricketer •
Herbert Endeley (born 2001), American soccer player •
Herbert Enderton (1936–2010), American mathematician •
Herbert Engelsing (1904–1962), German lawyer and resistance fighter •
Herbert Esche (1874–1962), German entrepreneur •
Herbert Ettengruber (born 1941), German politician •
Herbert Eze (), Nigerian politician and lieutenant colonel
F •
Herbert Fallas (1861–c. 1900), English rugby union footballer •
Herbert Fandel (born 1964), German former football referee •
Herbert Farjeon (1887–1943), British songwriter •
Herbert Farmer (disambiguation) •
Herbert E. Farnsworth (1834–1908), American Civil War sergeant major awarded the Medal of Honor •
Herbert Cyrus Farnum (1866–1926), American landscape painter •
Herbie Farnworth (born 1999), England rugby league footballer •
Herbert Fechner (1913–1998), German politician •
Herbert Federer (1920–2010), American mathematician •
Herbert Feigl (1902–1988), Austrian‐American philosopher •
Herbert Feis (1893–1972), American historian •
Herbert Feith (1930–2001), Australian academic •
Herbert Felix (1908–1973), Swedish entrepreneur •
Herbi Felsinger (1934–2018), Sri Lankan cricket umpire •
Herbert Feltham (1920–1994), South African cricketer •
Herbert Ferber (1906–1991), American painter and sculptor •
Herbert Fielding (1923–2015), American politician •
Herbert Fields (1897–1958), American dramatist •
Herbert Fingarette (1921–2018), American philosopher •
Herbert O. Fisher (1909–1990), American test pilot and aviation executive •
Herb Fitzgibbon (born 1942), American tennis player •
Herbert Fitzherbert (1885–1958), Royal Navy admiral in British India •
Herbert FitzSimons (1898–1970), Australian politician •
Herbert Flam (1928–1980), American tennis player •
Herbert Foerstel (1933–2024), American librarian and author •
Herbert Fordham (1854–1929), English writer •
Herbert Forrest, Ireland national rugby union footballer •
Herbert Forsyth (1868–1989), New Zealand cricketer •
Herbert Fortier (1857–1949), Canadian actor •
Herbert L. Foss (1871–1937), American Navy Seaman during the Spanish–American War •
Herbert Fox (1858–1926), English cricketer •
Herbert Foxwell (1849–1936), English economist •
Herbert W. Franke (1927–2022), Austrian writer •
Herbert Freeman (1925–2020), American computer scientist •
Herbert Freudenberger (1926–1999) German-American psychologist •
Herbert Freundlich (1880–1941), German chemist •
Herbert Friedenwald (1870–1944), Jewish-American librarian and historian •
Herbert Friedman (1916–2000), American astronomer •
Herbert A. Friedman (1918–2008), American rabbi •
Herbert Friedmann (1900–1987), American ornithologist •
Herbert Fritz (1918–1996), Nazi general •
Herbert Fritz Jr. (1915–1998), American architect •
Herbert Fritzenwenger (born 1962), West German cross-country skier and biathlete •
Herbert Fröhlich (1905–1991), British physicist •
Herbert Frood (1864–1931), English inventor, industrialist, and entrepreneur •
Herbert Furth (1889–1995), American economist •
Herbert Fust (1899–1974), German Nazi politician and
Sturmabteilung (paramilitary) commander in Hamburg •
Herbert Fux (1927–2007), Austrian actor
G •
Herbert J. Gans (1927–2025), American sociologist •
Herbert Gelernter (1930–2015), American scientist •
Herbert Giles (1845–1935), British diplomat and translator •
Herbert Gold (1924–2023), American novelist •
Herbert Gould (1891–1918), British First World War flying ace •
Herbert Grönemeyer (born 1956), German actor and musician •
Herbert Gross (1929–2020), American mathematician
H •
Herbert Hagen (1913–1999), SS-Sturmbannführer of Nazi Germany and a personal assistant to the SS police chief in France •
Herbert Hainer (born 1954), German businessman, president of Bayern Munich and former CEO of Adidas-Group •
Herbert Haines (archaeologist) (1826–1872), English archaeologist •
Herbert Haines (1880–1923), British composer •
Herbert Hall (disambiguation) •
Herbert Halpert (1911–2000), American anthropologist •
Herbert Hamblen (1849–1908), American author •
Herbert M. Hamblen (1905–1994), American politician •
Herbert Hasler (1914–1987), British Royal Marines lieutenant colonel and yachtsman •
Herbert Haupt (born 1947), Austrian politician •
Herbert Hans Haupt (1919–1942), American spy and saboteur for the Nazis •
Herbert Hauptman (1917–2011), American mathematician •
Herbert Hayens (1861–1944), English novelist and editor •
Herbert Heairfield (1907–2006), Australian cricketer •
Herbert Heath (1861–1954), British Royal Navy admiral, Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel •
Herbert William Heinrich (1886–1962), American industrial safety pioneer •
Herbert Herbert (1865–1942), British ophthalmologist •
Herbert Hill (disambiguation) •
Herbert Hirche (1910–2002), German architect and designer •
Herbert E. Hitchcock (1867–1958) American politician •
Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), American politician, 31st president of the United States •
Herbert Hoover Jr. (1903–1969), American engineer, businessman and politician, eldest son of the 31st U.S. president •
Herbert N. Houck (1915–2002), American flying ace awarded three Navy Crosses during World War II •
Herbert Howells (1892–1983), English composer, organist and teacher known for his Anglican church music •
Herbert Hübel (born 1958), Austrian lawyer and sports official •
Herbert Huber (disambiguation) •
Herbert Hübner (1889–1972), German actor •
Herbert Hudd (1881–1948), Australian politician •
Herbert Hughes (disambiguation) •
Herbert Hughes-Stanton (1870–1937), British painter •
Herbert Hull (1886–1970), English cricketer •
Herbert Hultgren (1917–1997), American cardiologist and professor •
Herbert Huncke (1915–1996), American writer and poet •
Herbert Hunger (1914–2000), Austrian Byzantinist •
Herbert Hunt (disambiguation) •
Herbert Huppertz (1919–1944), Nazi pilot •
Herbert Hurrey (1888–1961), Australian rules footballer •
Herbie Hutchisson (1915–1968), American basketball player •
Herbert Hutner (1908–2008), American lawyer •
Herbert Hüttner (born 1942), German sailor •
Herbert J. Hutton (1937–2007), American judge
I •
Herbert Ihlefeld (1914–1995), German Spanish Civil War and World War II flying ace •
Herbert Ihering (1888–1977), German dramaturge, director, and theatre critic •
Herbert Ilsanker (born 1967), Austrian footballer •
Herbert Inch (1904–1988), American composer •
Herbert Ingram (1811–1860), British journalist and politician •
Herbert Ingrey (1886–1968), Canadian politician •
Herbert Irving (1917–2016), American philanthropist •
Herbert Carmichael Irwin (1894–1930), Irish aviator and Olympic athlete •
Herbert Isaac (1899–1962), English cricketer
J •
Herbert Jackson (disambiguation) •
Herbert Jacobs (1903–1987), American journalist •
Herbert James (disambiguation) •
Herbert Jankuhn (1905–1990), German archaeologist •
Herbert Jans (born 1979), Chilean rower •
Bert Jansch (1943–2011), Scottish folk musician •
Herbert Janssen (1892–1965), German opera singer •
Herbert Eric Jansz (1890–1976), Sri Lankan Burgher civil servant •
Herbert Jarczyk (1913–1968), German composer •
Herbert Jasper (1906–1999), Canadian psychologist and physiologist •
Herbert Jehle (1907–1983), German-American physicist •
Herbert Jenner (1806–1904), English barrister and cricketer •
Herbert Jenner-Fust (1778–1852), English judge •
Herbert Jenner-Fust (cricketer) (1841‐1940), English cricketer •
Herbert Jepson (1908–1993), American artist and designer •
Herbert Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel (1866–1950), British politician •
Herbert Jones (disambiguation) •
Herbert Jory (1888–1966), South Australian architect •
Herbert Juttke (1897–1952), German screenwriter
K •
Herbert Kaiser (1916–2003), German World War II flying ace •
Herbert Kalmus (1881–1963), American scientist and engineer •
Herbert Kappler (1907–1978), Nazi German SS officer and head of German police and security services in Rome •
Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989), Austrian conductor •
Herb Karpel (1917–1995), American baseball player •
Herbert Kasper (1926–2020), American fashion designer •
Herbert Katzman (1923–2004), American artist • Herbert Buckingham Khaury (1932–1996), American musician better known as
Tiny Tim •
Herbert Kilpin (1870–1916), English footballer •
Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988), German art director •
Herbert Kirchner (born 1937), German biathlete •
Herbert Kirk (1912–2006), member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland •
Herbert Kirkpatrick (1888–1971), Anglican priest •
Herbert Kirschner (1925–2010), German canoeist •
Herbert Kissling (1868–1929), New Zealand cricketer •
Herbert Kisza (born 1943), Czech artist •
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British First World War field marshal and colonial administrator •
Herbert Kitschelt (born 1955), American political science scholar •
Herbert Paul Brooks (1937–2003), American ice hockey player and coach, men's hockey head coach in the 1980 Olympics •
Herbert Kohler Jr. (1939–2022), American businessman •
Herbert C. Kraft (1927–2000), American archaeologist •
Herbert Kranz (1891–1973), German writer •
Herbert J. Krapp (1887–1973), American architect •
Herbert Kraus (1884–1965), German law professor •
Herbert Krause (1905–1976), American author and historian •
Herbert Kubly (1915–1996), American author and playwright •
Herbert Kuhl (1940–2024), German gynecologist •
Herbert Kuhner (born 1935), Austrian writer and translator •
Herbert Kutscha (1917–2003), German World War II flying ace
L •
Herbert Laabs (born 1950), German canoeist •
Herbert Laming, Baron Laming (born 1936), British social worker and politician •
Herbert Lang (1879–1957), German zoologist •
Herbert "Flight Time" Lang (born 1976), basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters •
Herbert Lange (1909–1945), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator •
Herbert Larkin (1894–1972), Australian pilot, human rights activist, and author •
Herbert Lawrence (1861–1943), general in the British Army, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Romani •
Herbert Leaf (1854–1936), English cricketer •
Herbert Leavey (1886–1954), English footballer and manager •
Herbert Leon (1850–1926), English businessman and politician •
Herbert B. Leonard (1922–2006), American film producer •
Herbert Léonard (1945–2025), French singer •
Herbert Levine (disambiguation) •
Herbert Lewis (disambiguation) •
Herbert L. Ley Jr. (1923–2001), American civil servant •
Herbert Lichtenfeld (1927–2001), German screenwriter •
Herbert Lieberman (1933–2023), American novelist •
Herbert Lindinger (born 1933), Austrian industrial designer •
Herbert Lindlar (1909–2009), British chemist •
Herbert Linge (1928–2024), German professional racecar driver •
Herbert Linnell (1909–1968), English cricketer •
Herbert Lippert (born 1957), Austrian opera singer •
Bert Lipsham (1878–1932), English footballer and manager •
Herbert Lippschitz (1904–1972), German art director •
Herbert List (1903–1975), German photographer •
Herbert Lloyd (1883–1957), Australian soldier and politician •
Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet (1719–1769), Welsh politician •
H. S. Lloyd (1887–1963), breeder of show English Cocker Spaniels •
Herbert Loch (1886–1976), German general in World War II •
Herbert Lock (1887–1957), English footballer •
Herbert Lockyer (1886–1984), theological writer •
Herbert Loebl (1923–2013), British businessman •
Herbert Loewe (1882–1940), British scholar •
Herbert Lom (1917–2012), Czech actor •
Herbert Looker (1871–1951), British politician •
Herbert Louis (1928–2016), American physician •
Herbert Lumsden (1897–1945), senior British Army officer of World War I and II •
Herbert Lüthy (1918–2002), Swiss historian and journalist •
Herbert Lütje (1918–1967), German World War II flying ace and wing commander, officer in the postwar German Air Force
M •
Herbert H. Manson (1872–1914), American lawyer •
Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German philosopher •
Herbert Marshall (disambiguation) •
Herbert Maryon (1874–1965), English archaeologist and metalworking expert •
Herbert Mason (1891–1960), British film director and producer •
Herbert Louis Mason (1896–1994), American botanist •
Herbert McCabe (1926–2001), English-born Irish Dominican priest, theologian, and philosopher • •
Herbert Mohring (1928–2012), American transportation economist and educator •
Herbert Money (1899–1996), Australian Christian missionary •
Herbert Moran (1885–1945), Australian international rugby union footballer •
Herbert Morris (disambiguation) •
Herbert Morrison (1888–1965), British politician •
Herbert Morrison (journalist) (1905–1989), American journalist •
Herbert Knowles Morrison (1854–1885), American entomologist •
Herbert Mosenthal (1866–1904), South African cricketer •
Herbert Moss (1883–1956), Scottish politician •
Herbert Mullin (1947–2022), American serial killer and mass murderer
N •
Herbert Nachbar (1930–1980), German writer •
Herbert Wassell Nadal (1873–1957), Minstrel show performer •
Herbert Nakimayak (, Canadian politician •
Herbert Naylor-Leyland (1864–1899), British Army officer and politician •
Herbert Nebe (1899–1985), German cyclist •
Herbert Needleman (1927–2017), American researcher •
Herbert Neumann (born 1953), German footballer •
Herbert Newman (born 1873), English cricketer •
Herbert Nicholls (1868–1940), Australian judge and politician •
Herbert Nield (1862–1932), British politician •
Herbert Niemann (1935–1991), East German judoka and Olympic athlete •
Herbert Nigsch (born 1960), Austrian wrestler •
Herbert Niiler (1905–1982), Estonian basketball player and coach •
Herbert Ninaus (1937–2015), Austrian footballer •
Herbert Nitsch (born 1970), Austrian freediver •
Herbert Nkabiti (1981–2017), Botswana boxer •
Herbert Nootbaar (1908–2016), American businessman •
Herbert Norkus (1916–1932), Hitler youth member killed by communists •
Herbert Norsch (1908–1955), American sound engineer •
Herbert Norville (born 1957), English film actor •
Herbert Noyes (1839–1917), British Anglican priest and author •
Herbert Numa (1925–1984), Australian cricketer •
Herbert Nürnberg (1914–1995), German boxer
O •
Herbert Oakeley (1830–1903), English composer •
Herbert Oberhofer (1955–2012), Austrian footballer •
Herbert Obst (born 1936), Canadian fencer •
Herbert Oehmichen (1915–1990), American handball player •
Herbert Gouverneur Ogden (1846–1906), American geographer •
Herbert Marvin Ohlman (1927–2002), American information technology pioneer •
Herbert Ohly (1901–1972), German jurist •
Herbert S. Okun (1930–2011), American diplomat •
Herbert Olbrich (1897–1976), German World War II
Generalleutnant •
Herbert Oldfield (1859–1940), English philatelist and solicitor •
Herbert Olivecrona (1891–1980), Swedish professor and brain surgeon •
Herbert Arnould Olivier (1861–1952), English painter •
Herbert Olney (1875–1957), Australian politician •
Herbert Olofsson (1910–1978), Swedish wrestler •
Herbert Osborn (1856–1954), American entomologist •
Herbert L. Osgood (1855–1918), American historian • Herbert
Isambard Owen (1850–1927), British academic
P •
Herbert Pagani (1944–1988), Italian artist and musician •
Herbert Parmet (1929–2017), American writer and historian •
Herbert Parry (1869–1940), English Christian religious leader •
Herbert Parsons (disambiguation) •
Herbert J. Paterson (1867–1940), British surgeon and gastroenterologist •
Herbert A. Patey (1898–1919), British First World War flying ace •
Herbert Paul (1853–1935), English writer and politician •
Herbert Paul (footballer) (born 1994), German footballer •
Herbert E. Peabody (died 1930), American businessman •
Herbert Pearce (1908–1955), New Zealand rugby league footballer •
Herb Pearson (1910–2006), New Zealand cricketer •
Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton (1867–1949), British politician •
Herbert Pell (1884–1961), American politician •
Herbert Perez (born 1959), American taekwondo practitioner •
Herbert Perrott (disambiguation) •
Herbert Perry (born 1969), American baseball player •
Herbert Perry (sport shooter) (1894–1966), British sport shooter •
Herbert Philbrick (1915–1993), American businessman •
Herbert Philips (died 1905), English philanthropist and justice of the peace •
Herbert Phillips (disambiguation) •
Herbert Pitman (1877–1961), English Merchant Navy sailor, Third Principal Commanding Officer of
Titanic •
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857–1932), British Army field marshal of the First World War •
Herbert L. Pratt (1871–1945), American oil industrialist •
Herbert Pratten (1865–1928), Australian politician •
Herbert Irving Preston (1876–1928), American Marine and Medal of Honor recipient •
Herbert Polzhuber (1938–2015), Austrian fencer and pentathlete •
Herbert Ponting (1870–1935), English explorer and photographer •
Herbert A. Posner (1925–2018), American politician •
Herbert Postle (1884–1961), Australian politician •
Herbert Pott (1883–1953), British diver •
Herbert Pottle (1907–2002), Canadian judge and politician •
Herbert Potts (1878–1939), English footballer •
Herbert B. Powell (1903–1998), U.S. Army general and Commanding General of the U.S. Continental Army Command •
Herbert Pundik (1927–2019), Danish-Israeli journalist and author •
Herbert Purey-Cust (1857–1938), British hydrographer and British Royal Navy officer •
Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), American Librarian of Congress
Q •
Herbert Quandt (1910–1982), German industrialist •
Herbert Quick (1861–1925), American novelist •
Herbert Quin (1891–1968), Northern Ireland politician
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Herbert Rahmann (1886–1957), Australian cricketer •
Herbert Randall (born 1936), American photographer •
Herbert Raphael (1859–1924), British barrister and politician •
Herbert Ratner (1907–1997), American physician •
Herbert Rawdon (1904–1975), American aviation pioneer •
Herbert Rawlinson (1885–1953), English actor •
Herbert Rawson (1852–1924), English footballer and British Army officer •
Herbert J. Ray (1893–1970), United States Navy rear admiral •
Herbert Raymer (1874–1956), New Zealand Christian dean •
Herbert Rayner (1911–1976), Royal Canadian Navy vice admiral and Chief of the Naval Staff •
Herbert F. Raynolds (1874/5–1950), American judge •
Herbert Read (disambiguation) •
Herbert Reed (disambiguation) •
Herbert Ribbing (1897–1985), Swedish diplomat •
Herbert Richers (1923–2009), Brazilian actor •
Herbert Richmond (1871–1946), British Royal Navy admiral •
Herbert Ricke (1901–1976), German archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian •
Herbert Rieckhoff (1989–1948), German World War II general •
Herbert Riehl (1915–1997), German-American meteorologist •
Herbert D. Riley (1904–1973), United States Navy aviator and vice admiral •
Herbert Rinaldi (1928–2010), American politician •
Herbert Hope Risley (1850–1911), British ethnographer and colonial administrator •
Herbert W. Roesky (1935–2025), German chemist •
Herbert Rollins (1899–1921), Irish cricketer •
Herbert Rollwage (1916–1980), German World War II flying ace •
Herbert Romeril (1881–1963), English politician •
Herbert Ross (1927–2001), American director •
Bert Roth (1917–1994), New Zealand librarian, historian and labor organizer •
Herbert Rothwell (born 1880), English footballer •
Herbert Rowley (1897–1966), British First World War flying ace and air commodore •
Herbert Rudley (1910–2006), American actor •
Herbert Ruff (1918–1985), German-Canadian pianist and composer •
Herbert Runge (1913–1986), German boxer •
Herbert Rusche (1952–2024), German politician •
Herbert J. Rushton (1877–1947), American lawyer and politician •
Herbert Ryman (1910–1989), American artist
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Herbert Saffir (1917–2007), American civil engineer •
Herbert Salvatierra (born 1980), Bolivian politician •
Herbert Salzman (1916–1990), American businessman and US Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development •
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870–1963), British politician •
Herbert Charles Sanborn (1873–1967), American philosopher, academic and one-time political candidate •
Herbert Sandberg (1908–1991), German artist •
Herbert Sandberg (conductor) (1902–1966), Swedish conductor, librettist and composer •
Herbert Sandler (1931–2019), American banker and philanthropist •
Herb Sargent (1923–2005), American television writer and producer •
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870–1963), British politician •
Herbert L. Satterlee (1863–1947), American lawyer, writer, and businessman •
Herbert Sausgruber (born 1946), Austrian politician •
Herbert Scarf (1920–2015), American economist •
Herbert Scaping (1866–1934), Irish architect •
Herbert Schwamborn (born 1973), Zimbabwean music producer •
Herbert Schultze (1909–1987), German World War II U-boat commander •
Herbert Schutz (1937–2018), German-born Canadian philologist •
Herbert F. Seawell (1869–1949), American judge •
Herbert Seifert (1907–1996), German mathematician •
Herbert J. Seligmann (1891–1984), American photographer, author and journalist •
Herbert Sellars (1896–1918), British First World War flying ace •
Herbert Selpin (1904–1942), German film director, editor and screenwriter •
Herbert M. Seneviratne (1925–1987), Sri Lankan Sinhala lyricist and actor •
Herbert Clifford Serasinghe, Sri Lankan Sinhala physician •
Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001), American political scientist •
Herbert Slade (1851–1913), New Zealand boxer •
Herbert Slater (1881–1958), English cricketer •
Herbert Slatery (born 1952), American politician •
Herbert Smith (disambiguation) •
Herbert Snook (1867–1937), English footballer •
Herbert Snow (1847–1930), English surgeon and medical writer •
Herbert Spencer (disambiguation) •
Herbert M. St. Clair (1868–1949), American businessman and local politician •
Herbert St. John (1926–2011), American football player •
Herbert Stachowiak (1921–2004), German philosopher •
Herbert Stanley (1872–1955), British diplomat and colonial administrator •
Herbert Stein (1916–1999), American economist •
Herbert Stevens IV (born 1987), American hip-hop recording artist who records under the name "Ab-Soul" •
Herbert Stewart (1843–1885), British soldier •
Herbert L. Stone (1871–1955), American magazine editor and sailor •
Herbert Stothart (1885–1949), American composer •
Herbert Strabel (1927–2017), German production designer •
Herbert Strang, joint pseudonym of two English writers •
Herbert Streicher (1947–2013), also known as Harry Reems, American pornographic actor •
Herbert Strong (disambiguation) •
Herbert Strudwick (1880–1970), English cricketer •
Herbert Stuart (disambiguation) •
Herbert Studd (1870–1947), English cricketer and soldier •
Herbert Sukopp (1930–2026), German ecologist and academic •
Herbert Sumsion (1889–1995), English organist and composer •
Herbert Sutcliffe (1894–1978), English cricketer
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Herbert Tabor (1918–2020), American biochemist and physician •
Herbert Tannenbaum (1892–1958), German-American art dealer and film theorist •
Herbert Tarr (1929–1993), American Jewish novelist and humorist •
Herbert Taylor (disambiguation) •
Herbert Tennekoon (1911–1979), Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka from 1971 to 1979 •
Herbert Thambiah (1926–1992), 39th chief justice of Sri Lanka •
Herbert Thoms (1885–1972), obstetrician gynecologist, and early advocate for natural childbirth and birth control •
Herbert Thorndike (1598–1672), English academic and clergyman •
Herbert Thurston (1856–1939), English priest and theologian •
Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852–1917), English actor and theatre manager •
Herbert Trench (1865–1923), Irish poet •
Herbert Trube (1886–1959), American runner
U •
Herbert Uber (1885–1969), English badminton player •
Herbert Ulrich (1921–2002), Austrian ice hockey player •
Herbert Urlacher (1931–2023), American politician •
Herbert Ushewokunze, Zimbabwean politician
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Herbert J. Valentine (1917–1996), American Marine flying ace, Navy Cross recipient •
Herbert Vanderhoof (1875–1921), Canadian advertising executive •
Herbert Vaughan (1832–1903), English Catholic prelate •
Herbert Vesely (1931–2002), Austrian film director •
Herbert Vivian (1865–1940), English journalist and writer •
Herbert Voelcker (1930–2020), American sports shooter •
Herbert Voelker, American architect •
Herbert Vogel (1922–2012), American art collector •
Herbert Volney (1953–2022), Trinidad and Tobago politician
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Herbert Waas (born 1963), German footballer •
Herbert Wace (1851–1906), British colonial administrator •
Herbert Wachtell (born 1932), American lawyer •
Herbert Wachter (born 1940), Austrian cross-country skier •
Herbert Waddell (1902–1988), British rugby union footballer •
Herbert Wade (disambiguation) •
Herbert Wadsack (1912–2004), Austrian librarian and writer •
Herbert Wagner (disambiguation) •
Herbert Waite (1928–2007), American businessman and politician •
H. Russell Wakefield (1888–1964), English writer and civil servant •
Herbert Walker (disambiguation) •
Herbert J. Wallenstein (1917–1996), American lawyer •
Herbert Walther (1935–2006), German physicist •
Herbert Waniek (1897–1949), Austrian stage actor, theatrical producer, and impresario •
Herbert Warburton (1916–1983), American politician •
Herbert Ward (disambiguation) •
Herbert Wareing (1857–1918), English organist and composer •
Herbert Warnke (1902–1975), East German trade unionist and politician •
Herbert Warren (1853–1930), British academic •
Herbert P. Wasgatt (1865–1934), American politician and shoe manufacturer •
Herbert Furnivall Waterhouse (1864–1931), English surgeon and lecturer •
Herbert Watkins-Pitchford (1868–1951), British veterinarian •
Herbert Watney (1843–1932), English physician, landowner, and philanthropist •
Herbert Watts (1858–1934), British Army lieutenant-general •
Herbert Webb (1913–1947), English cricketer •
Herbert Webbe (1856–1886), English cricketer •
Herbert John Webber (1865–1946), American plant physiologist •
Herbert Wechsler (1909–2000), American legal scholar •
Herbert William Weekes (1841–1914), English painter •
Herbert Weerasinghe, Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police in 1985 •
Herbert Wehner (1906–1990), German politician •
Herbert Weichert (born 1937), German sailor •
Herbert Weichmann (1896–1983), German lawyer and politician •
Herbert Weiner (1919–2013), American rabbi •
Herbert Weinstock (1905–1971), American writer •
Herbert Weiss (born 1954), American journalist •
Herbert Weißbach (1901–1995), German actor •
Herbert Weissbach (biochemist) (born 1932), German biochemist •
Herbert Weiz (1924–2023), East German politician •
H. G. Wells (1866–1946), British writer, best remembered for his science fiction novels •
Herbert Welsh (1851–1941), American political reformer •
Herbert Wenyon (1888–1944), English cricketer •
Herbert Wenz (1928–2017), German football manager •
Herbert Werner (1920–2013), German naval officer •
Herbert Wernicke (1946–2002), German set and costume designer and opera director •
Herbert Wertheim (born 1939), American businessman •
Herbert Westbrook (died 1959), British-American writer •
Herbert Westermark (1891–1981), Swedish physician and sailor •
Herbert Westfaling (1531/2–1602), English bishop and academic administrator •
Herbert Westmacott (1952–1980), British Army officer •
Bert Whalley (1913–1958), English footballer and coach •
Herbert Whately (1876–1947), Anglican priest •
Herbert White (disambiguation) •
Herbert Whitfeld (1858–1909), English footballer and cricketer •
Herbert Whitley (1886–1955), British zookeeper •
Herbert Whittall (disambiguation) •
Herbert Wigwe (1966–2024), Nigerian accountant and banker •
Herbert Wilcox (1890–1977), British film producer and director •
Herbert Wiles, English rugby league player •
Herbert Wilf (1931–2012), American mathematician •
Herbert Wilk (1905–1977), German actor •
Herbert L. Wilkerson (1919–2021), United States Marine Corps major general •
Herbert P. Wilkins (born 1930), American judge •
Herb Wilkinson (born 1923), American basketball player •
Herbert Willi (born 1956), Austrian composer •
Herbert Willing (1878–1943), Dutch football referee •
Herbert Wilson (disambiguation) •
Herbert Wimmer (born 1944), German footballer •
Herbert Warren Wind (1916–2005), American sportswriter •
Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor (1707–1758), British landowner and politician •
Herbert Windsor Mumford I (1871–1938), American educator •
Herbert Windt (1894–1965), German composer •
Herbert Winful (born 1952), Ghanaian-American engineering professor •
Herbert Eustis Winlock (1884–1950), American Egyptologist and archaeologist •
Herbert Wise (1924–2015), Austrian-born film and TV producer and director •
Herbert Wohlfarth (1915–1982), German World War II U-boat commander •
Herbert Wollmann (born 1951), German politician •
Herbert Womersley (1889–1962), English entomologist active in Australia •
Herbert Wood (disambiguation) •
Herbert Woodbury (1745–1809), American privateer •
Herbert Woodhill (1875–1963), Australian rugby league footballer •
Herbert Woodrow (1883–1974), American psychologist •
Herbert Woods (1891–1954), English boat builder and mooring developer •
Herbert Woodson (1925–2018), American engineer •
Herbert Wookey (1888–1953), Canadian cricketer •
Herbert M. Woolf (1880–1964), American businessman and racehorse owner •
Herbert Wragg (1880–1956), British politician •
Herbert Wright (disambiguation) •
Herbert Wunsch (1917–1970), Austrian table tennis player •
Herbert Wursthorn (born 1957), German middle-distance runner •
Herbert "Bert" Wynn, English trade unionist
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Herbert Xu, developer of the Debian Almquist shell
Y •
Herbert Yardley (1889–1958), American cryptozoologist •
Herbert J. Yates (1880–1966), American film studio executive •
Herbert Yeates (1879–1945), Australian politician •
Gerbert Yefremov (sometimes spelled Herbert) (born 1933), Russian weapons designer •
Herbert Yelland (1878–1962), Australian politician •
Herbert York (1921–2009), American nuclear physicist •
Herbert Yost (1879–1945), American actor •
Herbert Youtie (1904–1980), American papyrologist
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Herbert Zangs (1924–2003), German artist •
Herbert Ziegenhahn (1921–1993), German politician •
Belu Zilber (born Herbert Zilber; 1901–1978), Romanian communist activist •
Herbert Zimmermann (disambiguation) •
Herbert Zipper (1904–1997), Austrian-born American composer, conductor and arts activist == Fictional characters ==