Webb (surname)
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Meaning | Weaver |
Region of origin | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
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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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