List of Huns explained

This is a list of Huns (a Central Asian people who lived in Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD) and of people of Hunnish descent, sorted by field and name:

Military commanders

• Tuldila (fl. 458), commander in the Western Roman Empire, of Hunnish descent^[1]
• Uldin (died c. 412), military leader and ruler of the Huns, who defeated the Gothic magister militum Gainas, sending his head to Arcadius as a diplomatic gift^[2]

Politicians, ministers, ambassadors, religious figures

• Edeko (fl. 449), prominent Hun, Attila's deputy and his ambassador to the Byzantine Empire (in 449), probably the father of Odoacer^[3]

Others

• Adamis (fl. 449), Hunnish supervisor
• Atakam (fl. 448), Hun prince and deserter impaled by Attila
• Emnetzur (fl. 460), Hun nobleman, blood relative of Attila
• Eskam's daughter (fl. 448), daughter of Eskam and wife of Attila
• Eslas (fl. 450), Hun orator, negotiator, custodian and ambassador
• Gordas (fl. c. 503 – 528), prince of the Crimean Huns
• Hunor, forefather of the Huns and the Magyars according to Hungarian legend, the ancestor of Attila and Árpád
• Kreka (fl. 448), wife of Attila
• Magor, legendary ancestor of the Huns and the Magyars, an ancestor of Attila and Árpád
• Mamas (fl. 448), Hun prince and deserter impaled by Attila
• Oebarsius (Aybars) (fl. 440), Hunnic nobleman, brother of Mundzuk
• Ortlieb, legendary prince of Burgundian and Hunnic descent, the son of Kriemhild and Etzel
• Sifka, Hunnic princess appearing in the Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, mother of Hlöd by Heidrek, king of the Geats
• Ultzindur (fl. 460), Hun nobleman, blood relative of Attila

See also

• List of Xiongnu rulers (Chanyus)

Notes and References

1. Book: Hughes . Ian . Patricians and Emperors The Last Rulers of the Western Roman Empire . 2015 . Pen & Sword Books . 9781473866447 . 16 October 2022.
2. Book: Friell, J. G. P. . Williams, Stephen Joseph . The Rome that did not fall: the survival of the East in the fifth century . Routledge . New York . 1999 . 11–12 . 0-415-15403-0 .
3. Book: Marcantonio . Angela . The state of the art of Uralic studies: tradition vs innovation . 2018 . Sapienza Università Editrice . 9788893770668 . 27 . 16 October 2022.