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
• 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

See also

• Cob (disambiguation)
• Cobb and Co, Australian company
• Cobbe
• Cobbs
• Cobby