Webster (surname)
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Webster is an English occupational surname meaning weaver.[1] Notable persons with that surname include:
- Alasdair Webster (born 1934), Australian politician
- Andy Webster, Scottish football player
- Arthur Gordon Webster, American physicist, founder of the American Physical Society
- Ben Webster, American jazz musician
- Corey Webster, professional American football player
- Daniel Webster (1782–1852), American statesman, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, and U.S. Secretary of State
- Daniel Webster, (born 1949) Member of the Florida Senate
- David Kenyon Webster (1922–1961), soldier of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Band of Brothers
- Donovan Webster, American journalist
- Frank Webster, British sociologist
- Gary Webster, actor
- Geoff Webster, journalist and associate editor of The Sun, one of those arrested in Operation Elveden in February 2012.
- Graham Webster, Scottish football player
- H. T. Webster (1885–1952), American cartoonist
- Henry George Webster (Harry Webster), British automotive engineer
- James Webster (disambiguation)
- Jean Webster, American writer
- John Webster (c.1580-c.1634), English Renaissance playwright
- John Webster (governor) (1590–1661), former governor and lieutenant governor of the Colony of Connecticut and progenitor of Noah Webster
- John Webster (orator) (circa 1913-15 2008), Anglo/Australian public speaker and demagogue.
- John Bainbridge Webster, British Anglican systematic theologian
- John Clarence Webster, Canadian physician and historian
- John G. Webster, a founding pioneer in the field of biomedical engineering
- John W. Webster (1793–1851), Harvard professor hanged for killing Dr. George Parkman
- Kenneth Athol Webster (1906–1967), ethnographic dealer and collector
- Kenneth G. T. Webster (1871–1942), literary scholar
- Kieren Webster, bassist and occasional vocalist with Scottish band The View
- Lliam Webster, Australian ice hockey player
- Mark Webster (journalist), British journalist
- Mark Webster (darts player), Welsh darts player, 2008 BDO World Darts champion
- Martell Webster, American professional basketball player
- Mike Webster, a center in the National Football League who played most of his career (1974–1990) for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Nate Webster, professional American football player
- Nicholas Webster, 20th century American film and television director
- Noah Webster (1758–1843), American lexicographer, spelling reformer, textbook author, and editor, known for creating Webster's Dictionary
- Paul Francis Webster, American lyricist
- Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone (1842–1915), British barrister, politician and judge
- Richard Webster (rugby), Welsh international rugby league and union player
- Richard Webster (author) ( b. 1950), British author, biographer of Sigmund Freud
- Richard M. Webster (1922–1990), American politician from Missouri
- Robert Webster (disambiguation), several people of this name
- Roger Webster, professional cornet player
- Thomas Webster (painter), English painter
- Victor Webster, Canadian Actor
- Wendy Turner Webster, presenter
- William Downing Webster (1868–1913), ethnographic dealer and collector
[edit] References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1988). A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press.
[edit] See also
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