Victor Hugo, a French novelist and poet, author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan president

Hugo Grotius, Dutch "Father of International Law"

Hugo Black, American Supreme Court justice

Hugo Gernsback, inventor, early publisher and writer of science fiction

Hugh of St Victor, also known as Hugo of St. Victor, 12th century mystic philosopher

Hugo Banzer, Bolivian president

Hugo Wolf, Australian late Romantic music composer

Hugo (A Series of Unfortunate Events), a character in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events book

Hugo Sánchez, coach of the Mexico national football team, former striker

Hugo Strange, nemesis of Batman

Hurricane Hugo, a major hurricane in September 1989

Hugo "Hurley" Reyes on the ABC television series Lost played by Jorge García

Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born Australian film and stage actor

Hugo Award, an annual award for science fiction and fantasy, named after Gernsback

Hugo (Street Fighter), a giant pro-wrestler character in the video game Street Fighter III

Jungledyret Hugo, the main character in a Danish children's movie series and TV show

Hugo, Colorado

Human Genome Organisation, abbreviated as HUGO

Hugo (troll), the main character in several interactive television shows and video games

Hugo Simberg, Finnish painter

Hugo's House of Horrors, a series of text-and-graphics adventure games made in the early '90s

Hugo Garay, Argentine boxer

Hugo (programming language) for developing interactive fiction

Hugo Viart, French freestyle swimmer

Hugo (mascot) of the New Orleans Hornets

Hugo Boss, a clothing label named after its founder

Hugo is a male given name, a latinized form of the name Hugh, a German/Teutonic name meaning "Bright in Mind and Spirit". Hugo is one of the most popular names in Europe ranking as high as #2 in France, #6 in Spain, and #7 in Belgium in 2006.

Hugo the Abominable Snowman, in two Bugs Bunny episodes, "The Abominable Snow Rabbit" and "Spaced Out Bunny"