Hughes Explained

Hughes may refer to:

People

• Hughes (given name), including a list of people with the given name
• Hughes (surname), including a list of people with the surname

Places

Antarctica

• Hughes Range (Antarctica), Ross Dependency
• Mount Hughes, Oates Land
• Hughes Basin, Oates Land
• Hughes Bay, Graham Land
• Hughes Bluff, Victoria Land
• Hughes Glacier, Victoria Land
• Hughes Island, Victoria Land
• Hughes Peninsula, Ellsworth Land
• Hughes Point, Ellsworth Land

Australia

• Hughes, Australian Capital Territory
• Hughes, Northern Territory
  • Hughes Airfield
• Division of Hughes, an electoral district in New South Wales

United States

• Hughes, Alaska
  • Hughes Airport (Alaska)
• Hughes, Arkansas
• Hughes, Iowa
• Hughes, Wisconsin
• Hughes County, Oklahoma
• Hughes County, South Dakota
• Hughes Lake (California)
• Hughes Mountain, Missouri
• Hughes River (Virginia)
• Hughes River (West Virginia)

Elsewhere

• Hughes Range (British Columbia), Canada
• Hughes Reef, South China Sea
• 1878 Hughes, an asteroid

Companies

• Hughes Aircraft Company, a former American aerospace contractor founded by Howard Hughes
• Hughes Dynamics, a former American computer firm
• Hughes Electronics, a former electronics business
• Hughes Helicopters, a former helicopter manufacturer
• Hughes Network Systems, a provider of satellite internet services
• Hughes Software Systems, now Aricent
• Hughes Supply, a former wholesaler of construction supplies
• Hughes Systique Corporation, an American provider of R&D services
• Hughes Television Network, a defunct American TV network
• Hughes Tool Company, a former American manufacturer of drill bits

Education

• Hughes Hall, Cambridge, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England
• Hughes School District, Hughes, Arkansas, U.S.
• Hughes High School (disambiguation)
• Hughes Middle School (disambiguation)
• Hughes School, near Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.

Other uses

• Hughes Medal, awarded by the Royal Society of London
• Hughes baronets, two British baronetcies
• , a World War II US Navy destroyer
• Hughes Airport (Alaska), Hughes, Alaska, United States
• Hughes Airport (California), a former airport in Los Angeles, California, United States
• Hughes Airfield, in the Northern Territory of Australia

See also

• Fort Hughes (disambiguation)
• Hugh (disambiguation)
• Hughs (disambiguation)
• Hughes breech-loading cannon, used by the Confederacy during the American Civil War
• Hughes House (disambiguation)
• Hughes Manor, near Middletown, Ohio, U.S.
• Hughes Memorial Tower, a radio tower in Washington DC, U.S.
• Hughes Stadium (disambiguation)
• Hugues, a given name
• Mr. Hughes (disambiguation)