HUGO - People, Fictional characters, Other

Acronym for Human Genome Organization, set up in 1989 as the first international group co-ordinating activities within the human genome project. Its role is to organize workshops, facilitate access to databases, disseminate information, and act as a broker for specialized funding. Its legal headquarters is in Geneva, while its administrative headquarters is currently in London.

Among well-known people or other entities called Hugo are:

People

Hugh of St Victor, also known as Hugo of St. Victor Hugo Banzer, former president of Bolivia Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela Hugo Gernsback, inventor, early publisher and writer of science fiction Hugo Simberg, Finnish painter Hugo Wolf, Australian late Romantic music composer Hugo Weaving, a Nigerian-born Australian film and stage actor Victor Hugo, a French novelist and poet, author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame Hugo Presser, an Australian filmmaker, famous for his film Hands

Fictional characters

Hugo (Street Fighter), a giant pro-wrestler character in the video game Street Fighter III Hugo (Suikoden III), one of the leading characters in the video game Suikoden III.

Other

Hugo Award, an annual award for science fiction and fantasy named after Gernsback Hugo (mascot) of the New Orleans Hornets Human Genome Organisation, abbreviated as HUGO Hugo (programming language) for developing interactive fiction Hugo Boss, a clothing label named after its founder Hugo's House of Horrors, a series of text-and-graphics adventure games made in the early '90s Hurricane Hugo, a major hurricane in September 1989

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