List of Famous people named Herbert

Herbert Fröhlich FRS was a German-born British physicist.

Herbert Vesely was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1955 and 1988.

Herbert Täschner was a politician in the German Democratic Republic who later in his career became a publisher. Between 1950 and 1954 he served as General Secretary of the country's Liberal Democratic Party.

Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Taylor was the first Private Secretary to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, serving Kings George III, George IV and William IV.

Herbert Henri Jasper, was a Canadian psychologist, physiologist, neurologist, and epileptologist.

Herbert Eli "Herb" Scarf was an American mathematical economist and Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University.

Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley, was an English composer, most well known for his role as Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to his appointment to this role in 1865 he established his reputation as an organist, composer, and musician. During his tenure at the University of Edinburgh he founded a number of university musical societies across Scotland, most notably the Edinburgh University Music Society, and successfully resolved the university's Reid School of Music into a Faculty able to award degrees to its graduates. He socialized with and mentored contralto, composer, and festival organizer Mary Augusta Wakefield.