Arts and Music

• Herbert Block (Herblock) (born 1909)

  American cartoonist.

  • Political cartoonist (see list of Cartoonists)
• Herbert Bayer (born 1900, died 1985)

  Austrian-born American graphic designer, painter and architect.

  • Known for his work in advertising (see list of Graphic Designers)
• Herbert von Karajan (born 1908, died 1989)

  Austrian conductor.

  • Directed the Berlin Philharmonic, 1954-89 (see list of Conductors)
• Herbert Matter (born 1907, died 1984)

  Swiss-American photographer and ad designer.

  • Known for his use of photomontage (see list of Graphic Designers)

Leadership

• Herbert H. Dow (born 1866, died 1930)

  American chemist and industrialist.

  • Founded the Dow Chemical Company (see list of Miscellaneous Business Leaders)
• Herbert Hoover (born 1874, died 1964)

  Thirty-first President of the U.S.

  • U.S. President, 1929-33 (see list of Presidents of the United States)
• Herbert D. Kelleher
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Southwest Airlines (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Herbert Lee
  • Killed in civil rights movement September 25, 1961 (see list of Names on the Civil Rights Memorial)
• Herbert M. Sandler
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Golden West Financial Corp. (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Herbert J. Zarkin
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Waban (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)

Miscellaneous

• Herbert Block (Herblock) (born 1909)

  American cartoonist.

  • 1994 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Herbert H. Lehman
  • 1963 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Herbert George ''H.G.'' Wells (born 1866, died 1946)

  English novelist.

  • Had tuberculosis (see list of People Who Have Had Tuberculosis)
  • On the cover of Sgt. Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band (see list of Faces on the Cover of ''Sergeant Pepper'')

Science and Philosophy

• Herbert W. Boyer
  • 1990 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Herbert Charles Brown (born 1912)

  American chemist known for his work with boron compounds.

  • 1969 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
  • 1979 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, with Georg Wittig (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Herbert Friedman
  • 1968 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Herbert S. Gasser (born 1888, died 1963)

  American physiologist known for his work on nerve fibers.

  • 1944 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Joseph Erlanger (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Herbert E. Grier
  • 1989 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Herbert S. Gutowsky
  • 1976 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Herbert A. Hauptman (born 1917)

  American scientist known for using X-ray diffraction to study the molecular structure of crystallized compounds.

  • 1985 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, with Jerome Karle (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Herbert Kroemer (born 1928)

  Physicist

  • 2000 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, with Zhores I. Alferov and Jack S. Kilby (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
• Herbert A. Simon

  American economist known for his research into the decision-making process in economic organizations.

  • 1978 Nobel Prize winner for Economics (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics)
  • 1986 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Herbert Spencer (born 1820, died 1903)

  English philosopher.

  • One of the few modern thinkers to attempt to construct a system encompassing all known phenomena (see list of Philosophers)

Sports

• Herbert Elliott

  Australian athlete.

  • 1960 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
• Herbert F. Lawford
  • 1887 Wimbledon tennis champion (see list of Wimbledon Tennis Champions)

Stage and Screen

• Herbert Kalmus (born 1881)

  Inventor of the Technicolor film color system.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Herbert Marshall (born 1890, died 1966)

  American actor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Herbert Rawlinson (born 1883, died 1953)

  British actor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

• Herbert Agar (born 1897, died 1980)

  American historian.

  • 1934 Pulitzer Prize winner for History, for The People''s Choice (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for History)
• Herbert L. Block
  • 1942, 1954, and 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning)
• Herbert Blum

  Fictional character.

  • Patricia''s father in Stephen King''s novel It (see list of Characters in It)
• Herbert Feis (born 1893, died 1972)

  American historian.

  • 1961 Pulitzer Prize winner for History, for Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for History)
• Herbert Huncke (born 1915, died 1996)

  American memoirist.

  • Wrote Guilty of Everything (see list of Writers of the Beat Generation)
• Herbert Kubly (born 1915, died 1996)

  American journalist and novelist.

  • 1956 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction, for An American in Italy (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Nonfiction)
• Herbert Bayard Swope
  • 1917 Pulitzer Prize winner for Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting)