Blackburn (surname)
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Blackburn is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881 [1], its frequency was highest in Yorkshire, followed by Cumberland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, County Durham and Norfolk. In all other British counties, its frequency was below national average. The surname Blackburn may refer to:
- Anthony Blackburn
- Arthur Blackburn (footballer) (born 1877), English footballer with Blackburn Rovers and Southampton
- Arthur Seaforth Blackburn
- Bob Blackburn
- Bunkie Blackburn
- Chase Blackburn
- Clarice Blackburn
- Colin Blackburn
- Dan Blackburn
- Derek Blackburn
- Doris Blackburn
- Earl Blackburn, Major League Baseball player
- Edmond Spencer Blackburn
- Elizabeth Blackburn, molecular biologist and Nobel prize winner
- Estelle Blackburn
- Fred Blackburn
- Fred Blackburn (footballer) (born 1879), English international footballer
- Geoffrey Blackburn
- George Blackburn
- George Blackburn, American football coach
- George Blackburn (baseball), Major League Baseball player
- George Blackburn (footballer born 1888), English footballer
- George Blackburn (footballer born 1899), English footballer
- George G. Blackburn, Canadian author
- Gideon Blackburn
- Howard Blackburn
- James Blackburn
- Jean-Pierre Blackburn
- John Blackburn
- Joseph Blackburn
- Karoliina Blackburn
- Lucie Blackburn wife of Thornton Blackburn, escaped fugitive slave from Kentucky, object of the Blackburn Riot of 1833 protesting their capture, Underground Railway émigré to Canada, and first taxi cab operators in Toronto, Canada
- Luke P. Blackburn
- Marsha Blackburn
- Maurice Blackburn
- Michael Blackburn
- Michael Blackburn (athlete) (born 1970), Australian Olympic medallist and sailor
- Michael Blackburn (poet) (born 1954), British poet
- Nick Blackburn, Major League Baseball player
- Olly Blackburn, filmmaker and screenwriter
- Paul Blackburn (U.S. poet)
- Peter Blackburn
- Robert Blackburn
- Simon Blackburn
- Todd Blackburn, injured in the Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
- Thomas Blackburn
- Thornton Blackburn, escaped fugitive slave from Kentucky, object of the Blackburn Riot of 1833 protesting their capture, Underground Railway emigré to Canada, and first taxi cab operators in Toronto, Canada, husband of Lucy Blackburn
- Tom Blackburn (basketball)
- Tom W. Blackburn, writer, lyricist
- John T. "Tommy" Blackburn, U.S. aviator
- Tony Blackburn
- William Blackburn, British architect
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