I. Hume, Cardinal Basil /hjuːm/ BrE AmE
(1923–99) a British priest who, in 1976, became ↑ Archbishop of Westminster and the leader of the Roman Catholic religion in England and Wales
II. Hume, David BrE AmE
(1711–76) a Scottish writer on ↑ philosophy and history, known for A Treatise of Human Nature and for his History of England . He believed in ↑ empiricism , the idea that human knowledge comes only from what we see and feel, and his ideas had great influence.
III. Hume, John BrE AmE
(1939–) a politician from ↑ Northern Ireland , who was the leader of the ↑ SDLP (=Social Democratic Labour Party) from 1979 to 2001, and who was a member of the UK parliament. He is known for trying to bring an end to violence in Northern Ireland, and trying to start peace talks between Catholics and Protestants. In 1998 he shared the Nobel Prize for Peace with David ↑ Trimble .