Webb (surname)

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Webb
Origin
MeaningWeaver
Region of originEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)Weaver, Webbe, Webster, Webber

Webb is an English and Scottish surname meaning weaver of cloth. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alan Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alexander Russell Webb (1846–1916), American writer and publisher
  • Alexander S. Webb (1835–1911), United States Army officer, Union general in the American Civil War
  • Alison Webb (born 1961), Canadian judoka
  • Aston Webb (1849–1930), British architect
  • Beatrice Webb (1858–1943), British reformer; wife of Sidney Webb
  • Ben Webb (born 1981), English professional wrestler better known as Trent Seven
  • Benjamin Joseph Webb (1814–1897), Catholic editor, state senator for Kentucky, and historian
  • Billy Webb, alias of Greg Johnston, member of British group Goldie Lookin Chain
  • Bradie Webb, drummer in Short Stack
  • Braden Webb (born 1995), American baseball player
  • Brandon Webb (born 1979), American baseball player
  • Brandon Webb (born 1987), Director of Admission, Walnut Hill College
  • Brenda Gail Webb, birth name of Crystal Gayle (born 1951), American country singer
  • Carl Webb (born 1981), Australian rugby league player
  • Catherine Webb (born 1986), English author
  • Catherine Webb (co-operative activist) (1859–1947)
  • Cecilia Webb (1888–1957), British sculptor
  • Charles Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Charley Webb (born 1988), English actress
  • Chick Webb (1909–1939), American jazz musician
  • Chloe Webb (born 1960), American actor
  • Clifton Webb (1889–1966), American actor
  • Damon Webb (born 1995), American football player
  • Daniel Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • David Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Davis Webb (born 1995), American football player
  • Del Webb (1899–1974), American real estate developer
  • Derek Webb (born 1974), American singer-songwriter
  • Donald Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Donald Eugene Webb (1931–1999), fugitive on the FBI's most wanted list
  • Douglas Webb (1922–1996), Dambuster and British photographer
  • Edwin C. Webb (1921–2006), British-Australian biochemist
  • Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888–1960), American art collector, founded the Shelburne Museum
  • Fay Webb-Gardner (1885–1969), First Lady of North Carolina
  • Francis Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Gary Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • George Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • George James Webb (1803–1887), British-American composer
  • Graham Webb (1944–2017), English racing cyclist
  • H. Walter Webb (1856–1900) American railway executive
  • Haley Webb (born 1985), American actress and filmmaker
  • Harry Rodger Webb, birth name of Cliff Richard, British singer, musician and actor
  • Henry Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Howard Webb (born 1971), English football referee
  • Ian Webb, co-founder and editor of American online magazine The Real Geeks
  • J. Griswold Webb (1890–1934), New York politician
  • Jack Webb (1920–1982), American actor, known for his role as a detective in the television series Dragnet
  • James Webb (disambiguation), multiple people named James, Jim and Jimmy
  • Jim Webb (born 1946), American politician
  • Jimmy Webb (born 1946), American songwriter, composer, and singer
  • Joe Webb (born 1986), American football player
  • John Webb (disambiguation)
  • Judith Webb, British Army major
  • Julian Webb (1911–2002), American politician and judge in the state of Georgia
  • Karrie Webb (born 1974), Australian golfer
  • Kate Webb (1943–2007), Australian journalist
  • Katharine Webb (disambiguation), multiple people named Catherine, Kathy, Cathy, Katie, Kate, Kathryn etc.
  • Katherine Webb (born 1989), American model, Miss Alabama 2012
  • Kathy Webb (born 1949), Arkansas politician
  • Keith Houghton-Webb (born 1959), Australian TV co-host; brother of Mike Webb (pastor)
  • Leland Justin Webb (1846–1893), American politician and lawyer
  • Leonard Webb (academic) (1920–2008), Australian ecologist and ethnobotanist
  • Leonard Webb (veteran) (1921–2011), World War II veteran
  • Lizzie Webb, British exercise television show host
  • Logan Webb, American baseball player
  • Lorna Webb (born 1983), English professional cyclist
  • Lucy Webb Hayes (1831–1889), First Lady of the United States during the presidency of her husband Rutherford B. Hayes
  • Marilynn Webb (1937–2021), New Zealand artist
  • Mark Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Marti Webb (born 1944), English musical actress
  • Mary Webb (1881–1927), English romantic novelist
  • Matthew Webb (1848–1883), first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids
  • Max Webb (1917–2018), Polish-born American Holocaust survivor, real estate developer in Southern California
  • Maynard Webb (born 1955), CEO of LiveOps, former COO of eBay
  • Maysie Webb (1923–2005), British librarian and museum executive
  • Michael Webb (disambiguation), multiple people named Michael or Mike
  • Morgan Webb (born 1978), American television host
  • Neil Webb (born 1963), British footballer, Nottingham Forest and England international
  • Nick Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Paddy Webb (1884–1950), New Zealand unionist and politician
  • Paul Webb, MD, developer of the space activity suit
  • Philip Barker Webb (1793–1854), English botanist
  • Philip Carteret Webb (1702–1770), English barrister, involved with the 18th-century antiquarian movement
  • Philip Webb (1831–1915), British "Father of Arts and Crafts Architecture"
  • Phyllis Webb (1927–2021), Canadian poet
  • Ralph Webb (1887–1945), mayor of Winnipeg
  • Ralph Webb (American football) (born 1994), American football player
  • Rhys 'Spider' Webb (born 1983), musician with the Horrors
  • Richard Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Rita Webb (1904–1981), English actress
  • Robert Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Robin Webb (born 1945), runs the Animal Liberation Press Office in the UK
  • Rupert Webb (1922–2018), English cricketer
  • Russell Webb (musician) (born 1958), Scottish musician
  • Russell Webb (water polo) (born 1945), American water polo player
  • Sam Webb (born 1945), Chair of the Communist Party USA
  • Sarah Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sharni Webb (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
  • Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859–1947), British reformer; husband of Beatrice Webb
  • Simon Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Skeeter Webb (James Laverne Webb, 1909–1986), Major League Baseball player
  • Suhaib Webb (born 1972), American imam
  • Spud Webb (Anthony Jerome Webb, born 1963), National Basketball Association basketball player
  • Stephen H. Webb (1961–2016), American theologian and philosopher
  • Steve Webb (born 1965), United Kingdom politician
  • Suzanne Webb, Victims Advocate for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  • Timothy James Webb (born 1967), Australian artist
  • Thomas William Webb (1807–1885), British astronomer
  • Travis Webb ("Spider" Webb, 1910–1990), American Formula One driver
  • Vanessa Webb (born 1976), Canadian tennis player
  • Watt W. Webb, American physicist
  • Wellington Webb (born 1941), American politician
  • William Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
  • W. Roger Webb, (born 1941), American university president
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