Cobb (surname)
Cobb is a surname of Anglo-Saxon/Old Norse origin, and may refer to:
People
- Abbie Cobb (born 1985), American actress and author
- Alex Cobb (born 1987), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Alf Cobb (1892–1974) American football player
- Amasa Cobb (1823–1905), politician, Union Army colonel in the American Civil War
- Andrew R. Cobb (1876–1943), Canadian-American architect
- Arnett Cobb (1918–1989), American jazz tenor saxophonist
- Artie Cobb (born 1942), American professional poker player
- Betty Reynolds Cobb (1884–1956), American attorney, author and activist, one of the first female lawyers in Georgia
- Britt Cobb, former North Carolina Chief of Staff
- Buff Cobb (1927–2010), American actress and talk show host
- Calvin Cobb (born 1853), American newspaper publisher
- Camilla Cobb (1843–1933), founder of the first kindergarten in Utah
- Charles Cobb (American football), American football player and coach
- Charles Cobb (cricketer) (1863–1922), English cricketer
- Charles Cobb (economist) (1875–1949), American mathematician and economist
- Charles E. Cobb, Jr. (born 1943), journalist, professor and former activist
- Charley Cobb, American football coach in the United States
- Chris Cobb, Chief Operating Officer and University Secretary at the University of London
- Clinton L. Cobb (1842–1879), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
- Craig Cobb (born 1951), anti-semitic white supremacist activist
- Cully Cobb (1884–1975), American agricultural pioneer, educator, printer, journalist and philanthropist
- Curt Cobb (born 1971), American politician
- Cyril Cobb (1861–1938), British barrister and Conservative Party politician
- Darius Cobb (1834–1919), American painter
- David Cobb (born 1962), American lawyer, activist, and Green Party presidential candidate
- David Cobb (artist), born in 1921
- David Cobb (Massachusetts) (1748–1830), Massachusetts physician, military officer, jurist and politician
- David Cobb (American football) (born 1993), American football player
- DeAndra' Cobb (born 1981), professional American and Canadian football running back
- Denise LeClair Cobb, American former CNN and CNN Headline News anchor
- Ed Cobb (1938–1999), musician, songwriter and record producer
- Edmund Cobb (1892–1974), American actor
- Edward Cobb (politician) (1891–1957), English Conservative Party politician
- Enoch Cobb (1797–1876), farmer, businessman and philanthropist from Barnstable, Massachusetts
- Eunice Cobb (1803-1880), American writer, public speaker, activist
- Frank I. Cobb (1869–1923), American journalist
- Frederick Arthur Cobb (1901–1950), UK radio engineer and Labour Party politician
- Freeman Cobb (1830–1878), American who established the Cobb and Co stagecoach company in 1853
- Gail Cobb (1950–1974), the first policewoman killed in the line of duty
- Garry Cobb (born 1957), former American football linebacker in the National Football League
- Gary Cobb (born 1968), English former professional footballer
- George Cobb (baseball) (1865–1926), professional baseball player
- George Cobb (coach), head coach of the Rhode Island Rams football team
- George Cobb (golf), ASGCA (1914–1986), golf course designer
- George Cobb (lighthouse keeper), American lighthouse keeper
- George H. Cobb (1864–1943), American politician from New York
- George L. Cobb (1886–1942), prolific composer best known for ragtime
- George T. Cobb (1813–1870), American politician
- Guy Cobb (born 1963), American artist and entrepreneur
- Henry Ives Cobb (1859–1931), Chicago-based architect
- Henry Ives Cobb, Jr. (1883-1974), American artist and architect
- Henry N. Cobb (born 1926), American architect
- Henry Peyton Cobb (1835–1910), English banker, solicitor and politician
- Herb Cobb (1904–1980), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Howell Cobb (1815–1868), American politician, 40th governor of Georgia, Secretary of the Treasury under President James Buchanan and President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States
- Howell Cobb (born 1772) (1772–1818), American politician, farmer and soldier
- Howell Cobb (judge) (1922–2005), Texas lawyer and federal judge
- Hubbard Cobb (1917–2006), American writer
- Humphrey Cobb (1899–1944), Canadian/American screenwriter and novelist
- Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (1876–1944), American author, humorist and columnist
- J. R. Cobb (1944-2019), American guitarist who played with the Classics IV
- Jack Cobb (1904–1966), college basketball player
- James E. Cobb (1835–1903), U.S. Representative from Alabama
- Janine O'Leary Cobb, women's health activist and educator
- Jennifer Jo Cobb (born 1973), American race-car driver and team owner
- Jerrie Cobb (1931-2019), American aviator
- Jewel Plummer Cobb (born 1924), American biologist, cancer researcher and academic administrator
- Jimmy Cobb (1929-2020), American jazz drummer
- Joe Cobb (1916–2002), American child actor
- Joe Cobb (Arizona politician), Arizona politician
- Joe Cobb (baseball) (born 1895), Major League Baseball player
- Joe Cobb (footballer) (born 1990), English professional footballer
- John B. Cobb (born 1925), American United Methodist theologian
- John Cobb (Australian politician) (born 1950), Australian politician
- John Cobb (cabinetmaker) (1710–1778), English cabinetmaker and upholsterer
- John Cobb (Manitoba politician) (died 1959), politician in Manitoba, Canada
- John Cobb (racing driver) (1899–1952), British racing motorist
- John Cobb Cooper (1887–1967), American jurist, airline executive and presidential advisor
- John Nathan Cobb (1868–1930), author, naturalist, conservationist, canneryman and educator
- John Robert Cobb (1903–1967), American orthopedic surgeon known for the Cobb angle
- Josh Cobb (born 1990), English cricketer
- Julie Cobb (born 1947), American actress
- Junie Cobb (1896–1970), American jazz multi-instrumentalist and bandleader
- Keith Hamilton Cobb (born 1962), American actor
- Kevin Cobb, faculty member of The Juilliard School and the Aspen Music Festival
- Laura M. Cobb (1892–1981), United States Navy nurse who served during World War II
- Lee J. Cobb (1911–1976), American actor
- Linda Cobb (born 1950), American home-care journalist
- Lyman Cobb (1800–1864), leading competitor of Noah Webster as an author of spelling books
- Marvin Cobb (born 1953), American former National Football League player
- Mary E. Cobb (1852–1902), the first known American manicurist
- Michael Cobb (born 1945), Australian politician
- Michael Cobb (railway historian) (1916–2010), railway historian, British Army officer in the Second World War
- Mike Cobb (born 1955), former American football tight end in the National Football League
- Nathan Cobb (1859–1932), American zoologist
- Ned Cobb (1885–1973), African-American tenant farmer
- Norah Marjorie Cobb (1899–1991), English toy maker and businesswoman
- Oscar Cobb, American architect of theaters
- Osro Cobb (1904-1996), American lawyer and politician
- Price Cobb (born 1954), won the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Randall "Tex" Cobb (born 1950), American boxer turned actor
- Randall Cobb (American football) (born 1990), American National Football League player
- Rebecca Cobb, British children's book illustrator
- Reggie Cobb (1968–2019), American former National Football League player
- Richard Cobb (1917–1996), British historian
- Robert Cobb (American football) (born 1957), American former National Football League player
- Robert W. Cobb, American lawyer and NASA Inspector General (appointed 2002)
- Ron Cobb (born 1937), American cartoonist, artist, writer, film designer and film director
- Rufus W. Cobb (1829–1913), American politician
- Samuel C. Cobb, (1826–1891), American businessman and politician
- Samuel Cobb (poet) (1675–1713), English poet, critic and school master
- Seth Wallace Cobb (1838–1909), U.S. Representative from Missouri
- Stanley Cobb (1887–1968), American neurologist and psychiatrist
- Stanwood Cobb (1881–1982), American educator, author and prominent Bahá'í
- Stephen A. Cobb (1833–1878), U.S. Representative from Kansas
- Sue Bell Cobb (born 1956), American jurist
- Sue M. Cobb (born 1937), Secretary of State of Florida
- Thomas Cobb (author), American novelist
- Thomas R. Cobb (1828–1892), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823–1862), American lawyer, author, politician, and Confederate general killed in the Civil War
- Thomas W. Cobb (1784–1830), United States Representative and Senator from Georgia
- Tim Cobb (born 1964), American double bass player
- Trevor Cobb (born 1970), former American college and professional football player
- Ty Cobb (1886–1961), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
- Ty Cobb (attorney), American lawyer
- Wally Cobb (1870–1933), rugby union player who represented Australia
- Walt Cobb (born 1944), Canadian former politician
- Weldon J. Cobb, Chicago author and newspaper reporter in the early 20th century
- Wilbur Cobb (1929–2020), American jazz drummer
- Will D. Cobb (1876–1930), American lyricist and composer
- William Cobb (1917–1990), American designer and engineer of roller coasters
- William J. Cobb (1926–1989), one of the heaviest professional wrestlers of all time
- William Jelani Cobb (born 1977), American author and educator
- William Montague Cobb (1904–1990), pioneering physical anthropologist
- William T. Cobb (1857–1937), American politician and the 46th Governor of Maine
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (1807–1864), American politician
Fictional characters
- Charlotte Cobb, college counselor played by Lily Tomlin in the film Orange County
- Dom Cobb, protagonist of the 2010 film Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan
- Jayne Cobb, in the TV series Firefly
- Matt Cobb, the protagonist in a murder mystery book series by William L. DeAndrea
- William Cobb (Eureka character), in the American science fiction drama Eureka
- Cob, in Ursula K. Le Guin's novel The Farthest Shore
- Cobb, in the webcomic User Friendly
- Cobb, in the 1985 film Silverado, directed by Lawrence Kasdan
- Cobb, in the 1998 film Following, also directed by Nolan
See also
This page lists people with the surname Cobb.
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