Cobb (surname)

Cobb is a surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, and may refer to:

People

Abbie Cobb, American actress and author
Alex Cobb (born 1987), Major League Baseball pitcher
Alf Cobb, professional American football player
Amasa Cobb (1823–1905), politician, officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War
Andrew R. Cobb (1876–1943), Canadian-American architect based in Nova Scotia
Arnett Cobb (1918–1989), American jazz tenor saxophonist
Artie Cobb (born 1942), American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas
Betty Reynolds Cobb (born 1884), attorney, author, and activist
Britt Cobb, former North Carolina Chief of Staff under Beverly Purdue
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. (aka Charlie Cobb, 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, KBE, MVO (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
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 (1891–1957), English Conservative Party politician
Enoch Cobb (1797–1876), farmer, businessman and philanthropist from Barnstable, Massachusetts
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), the 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 Democratic Party 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 Liberal politician
Herb Cobb (1904–1980), Major League Baseball pitcher
Howell Cobb (1815–1868), American political figure
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 (born 1944), American guitarist, played with the Classics IV
Jack Cobb (1904–1966), college basketball player at the University of North Carolina
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 (born 1931), American aviator
Jewel Plummer Cobb (born 1924), American biologist, cancer researcher, academic administrator
Jimmy Cobb (born 1929), 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, educator
John Robert Cobb (1903–1967), American orthopedic surgeon known for the Cobb angle
Josh Cobb (born 1990), English cricketer
Julie Cobb (born 1947), longtime 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, served during World War II
Leander Cobb (1835–1872), experienced United States seaman and master mariner
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), former American football safety in the National Football League
Mary E. Cobb (1852–1902), the first known American manicurist
Michael Cobb (born 1945), Australian politician
Michael Cobb (railway historian) PhD FRICS (1916–2010), railway historian, British Army officer, served in World War II
Mike Cobb (born 1955), former American football tight end in the National Football League
Nathan Cobb (1859–1932), American nematode zoologist
Ned Cobb (1885–1973), tenant farmer born in Tallapoosa County in Alabama
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), former American boxer turned actor
Randall Cobb (American football) (born 1990), American football wide receiver
Reggie Cobb (born 1968), former professional American football player
Richard Cobb (1917–1996), British historian
Robert Cobb (American football) (born 1957), former American football defensive end
Robert W. Cobb, American lawyer
Ron Cobb (born 1937), American cartoonist, artist, writer, film designer, and film director
Roy Cobb (1914–1990), soldier in the United States Army during World War II
Rufus W. Cobb (1829–1913), American Democratic politician
Samuel C. Cobb, (1826–1891), American businessman and politician
Samuel Cobb (poet) (1675–1713), English poet, critic and school master
Samuel Sylvester Cobb, American Businessman
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
Stephen Euin Cobb (born 1955), American science fiction author
Sue Bell Cobb (born 1956), American jurist
Sue M. Cobb, OJ (Hon.), (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, 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 baseball player, subject of the 1994 film Cobb
Wally Cobb (1870–1933), rugby union player who represented Australia
Walt Cobb, former Canadian politician
Weldon J. Cobb, Chicago author, newspaper reporter
Will D. Cobb (1876–1930), American lyricist and composer
William Cobb (1917–1990), American designer and engineer of roller coasters
William Cobb (Eureka character), character on the American science fiction drama Eureka
William H. Cobb, author of Pulitzer Prize nominated novel A Walk through Fire
William J. Cobb (1926–1989), one of the heaviest professional wrestlers of all time
William Jelani Cobb Ph.D. (born 1977), American author and educator
William Montague Cobb, pioneering 20th-century physical anthropologist
William T. Cobb (1857–1937), American politician and the 46th Governor of Maine
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (1807–1864), American politician

Fiction

Jayne Cobb, a character from Firefly
Matt Cobb, the protagonist in a murder mystery book series by William L. DeAndrea
Cobb, a character in the webcomic "User Friendly"
Cob, a character in the fantasy novel "The Farthest Shore"
Dom Cobb, the protagonist of the 2010 film, Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan
Cobb, a character of the 1998 film, Following, also directed by Nolan

People

Fiction

See also