<P> Cobb is a surname of Anglo - Saxon origin, and may refer to: </P> <Ul> <Li> Abbie Cobb, American actress and author </Li> <Li> Alex Cobb (born 1987), Major League Baseball pitcher </Li> <Li> Alf Cobb, professional American football player </Li> <Li> Amasa Cobb (1823--1905), politician, officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War </Li> <Li> Andrew R. Cobb (1876--1943), Canadian - American architect based in Nova Scotia </Li> <Li> Arnett Cobb (1918--1989), American jazz tenor saxophonist </Li> <Li> Artie Cobb (born 1942), American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas </Li> <Li> Betty Reynolds Cobb (born 1884), attorney, author, and activist </Li> <Li> Britt Cobb, former North Carolina Chief of Staff under Beverly Purdue </Li> <Li> Buff Cobb (1927--2010), American actress and talk show host </Li> <Li> Calvin Cobb (born 1853), American newspaper publisher </Li> <Li> Camilla Cobb (1843--1933), founder of the first kindergarten in Utah </Li> <Li> Charles Cobb (American football), American football player and coach </Li> <Li> Charles Cobb (cricketer) (1863--1922), English cricketer </Li> <Li> Charles Cobb (economist) (1875--1949), American mathematician and economist </Li> <Li> Charles E. Cobb, Jr. (aka Charlie Cobb, born 1943), journalist, professor and former activist </Li> <Li> Charley Cobb, American football coach in the United States </Li> <Li> Chris Cobb, Chief Operating Officer and University Secretary at the University of London </Li> <Li> Clinton L. Cobb (1842--1879), U.S. Representative from North Carolina </Li> <Li> Craig Cobb (born 1951), anti-semitic white supremacist activist </Li> <Li> Cully Cobb (1884--1975), American agricultural pioneer, educator, printer, journalist, and philanthropist </Li> <Li> Curt Cobb (born 1971), American politician </Li> <Li> Cyril Cobb, KBE, MVO (1861--1938), British barrister and Conservative Party politician </Li> <Li> Darius Cobb (1834--1919), American painter </Li> <Li> David Cobb (born 1962), American lawyer, activist, and Green Party presidential candidate </Li> <Li> David Cobb (artist), born in 1921 </Li> <Li> David Cobb (Massachusetts) (1748--1830), Massachusetts physician, military officer, jurist and politician </Li> <Li> DeAndra' Cobb (born 1981), professional American and Canadian football running back </Li> <Li> Denise LeClair Cobb, American former CNN and CNN Headline News anchor </Li> <Li> Ed Cobb (1938--1999), musician, songwriter and record producer </Li> <Li> Edmund Cobb (1892--1974), American actor </Li> <Li> Edward Cobb (1891--1957), English Conservative Party politician </Li> <Li> Enoch Cobb (1797--1876), farmer, businessman and philanthropist from Barnstable, Massachusetts </Li> <Li> Frank I. Cobb (1869--1923), American journalist </Li> <Li> Frederick Arthur Cobb (1901--1950), UK radio engineer and Labour Party politician </Li> <Li> Freeman Cobb (1830--1878), American who established the Cobb and Co stagecoach company in 1853 </Li> <Li> Gail Cobb (1950--1974), the first policewoman killed in the line of duty </Li> <Li> Garry Cobb (born 1957), former American football linebacker in the National Football League </Li> <Li> Gary Cobb (born 1968), English former professional footballer </Li> <Li> George Cobb (baseball) (1865--1926), professional baseball player </Li> <Li> George Cobb (coach), the head coach of the Rhode Island Rams football team </Li> <Li> George Cobb (golf), ASGCA (1914--1986), golf course designer </Li> <Li> George Cobb (lighthouse keeper), American lighthouse keeper </Li> <Li> George H. Cobb (1864--1943), American politician from New York </Li> <Li> George L. Cobb (1886--1942), prolific composer best known for ragtime </Li> <Li> George T. Cobb (1813--1870), American Democratic Party politician </Li> <Li> Guy Cobb (born 1963), American artist and entrepreneur </Li> <Li> Henry Ives Cobb (1859--1931), Chicago - based architect </Li> <Li> Henry Ives Cobb, Jr. (1883 - 1974), American artist and architect </Li> <Li> Henry N. Cobb (born 1926), American architect </Li> <Li> Henry Peyton Cobb (1835--1910), English banker, solicitor and Liberal politician </Li> <Li> Herb Cobb (1904--1980), Major League Baseball pitcher </Li> <Li> Howell Cobb (1815--1868), American political figure </Li> <Li> Howell Cobb (born 1772) (1772--1818), American politician, farmer and soldier </Li> <Li> Howell Cobb (judge) (1922--2005), Texas lawyer and federal judge </Li> <Li> Hubbard Cobb (1917--2006), American writer </Li> <Li> Humphrey Cobb (1899--1944), Canadian / American screenwriter and novelist </Li> <Li> Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (1876--1944), American author, humorist, and columnist </Li> <Li> J.R. Cobb (born 1944), American guitarist, played with the Classics IV </Li> <Li> Jack Cobb (1904--1966), college basketball player at the University of North Carolina </Li> <Li> James E. Cobb (1835--1903), U.S. Representative from Alabama </Li> <Li> Janine O'Leary Cobb, women's health activist and educator </Li> <Li> Jennifer Jo Cobb (born 1973), American race - car driver and team owner </Li> <Li> Jerrie Cobb (born 1931), American aviator </Li> <Li> Jewel Plummer Cobb (born 1924), American biologist, cancer researcher, academic administrator </Li> <Li> Jimmy Cobb (born 1929), American jazz drummer </Li> <Li> Joe Cobb (1916--2002), American child actor </Li> <Li> Joe Cobb (Arizona politician), Arizona politician </Li> <Li> Joe Cobb (baseball) (born 1895), Major League Baseball player </Li> <Li> Joe Cobb (footballer) (born 1990), English professional footballer </Li> <Li> John B. Cobb (born 1925), American United Methodist theologian </Li> <Li> John Cobb (Australian politician) (born 1950), Australian politician </Li> <Li> John Cobb (cabinetmaker) (1710--1778), English cabinetmaker and upholsterer </Li> <Li> John Cobb (Manitoba politician) (died 1959), politician in Manitoba, Canada </Li> <Li> John Cobb (racing driver) (1899--1952), British racing motorist </Li> <Li> John Cobb Cooper (1887--1967), American jurist, airline executive and presidential advisor </Li> <Li> John Nathan Cobb (1868--1930), author, naturalist, conservationist, canneryman, educator </Li> <Li> John Robert Cobb (1903--1967), American orthopedic surgeon known for the Cobb angle </Li> <Li> Josh Cobb (born 1990), English cricketer </Li> <Li> Julie Cobb (born 1947), longtime American actress </Li> <Li> Junie Cobb (1896--1970), American jazz multi-instrumentalist and bandleader </Li> <Li> Keith Hamilton Cobb (born 1962), American actor </Li> <Li> Kevin Cobb, faculty member of The Juilliard School and the Aspen Music Festival </Li> <Li> Laura M. Cobb (1892--1981), United States Navy Nurse, served during World War II </Li> <Li> Leander Cobb (1835--1872), experienced United States seaman and master mariner </Li> <Li> Lee J. Cobb (1911--1976), American actor </Li> <Li> Linda Cobb (born 1950), American home - care journalist </Li> <Li> Lyman Cobb (1800--1864), leading competitor of Noah Webster as an author of spelling books </Li> <Li> Marvin Cobb (born 1953), former American football safety in the National Football League </Li> <Li> Mary E. Cobb (1852--1902), the first known American manicurist </Li> <Li> Michael Cobb (born 1945), Australian politician </Li> <Li> Michael Cobb (railway historian) PhD FRICS (1916--2010), railway historian, British Army officer, served in World War II </Li> <Li> Mike Cobb (born 1955), former American football tight end in the National Football League </Li> <Li> Nathan Cobb (1859--1932), American nematode zoologist </Li> <Li> Ned Cobb (1885--1973), tenant farmer born in Tallapoosa County in Alabama </Li> <Li> Norah Marjorie Cobb (1899--1991), English toy maker and businesswoman </Li> <Li> Oscar Cobb, American architect of theaters </Li> <Li> Osro Cobb (1904 - 1996), American lawyer and politician </Li> <Li> Price Cobb (born 1954), won the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans </Li> <Li> Randall "Tex" Cobb (born 1950), former American boxer turned actor </Li> <Li> Randall Cobb (American football) (born 1990), American football wide receiver </Li> <Li> Rebecca Cobb, British children's book illustrator </Li> <Li> Reggie Cobb (born 1968), former professional American football player </Li> <Li> Richard Cobb (1917--1996), British historian </Li> <Li> Robert Cobb (American football) (born 1957), former American football defensive end </Li> <Li> Robert W. Cobb, American lawyer </Li> <Li> Ron Cobb (born 1937), American cartoonist, artist, writer, film designer, and film director </Li> <Li> Rufus W. Cobb (1829--1913), American Democratic politician </Li> <Li> Samuel C. Cobb, (1826--1891), American businessman and politician </Li> <Li> Samuel Cobb (poet) (1675--1713), English poet, critic and school master </Li> <Li> Samuel Sylvester Cobb, American Businessman </Li> <Li> Seth Wallace Cobb (1838--1909), U.S. Representative from Missouri </Li> <Li> Stanley Cobb (1887--1968), American neurologist and psychiatrist </Li> <Li> Stanwood Cobb (1881--1982), American educator, author and prominent Bahá'í </Li> <Li> Stephen A. Cobb (1833--1878), U.S. Representative from Kansas </Li> <Li> Stephen Euin Cobb (born 1955), American science fiction author </Li> <Li> Sue Bell Cobb (born 1956), American jurist </Li> <Li> Sue M. Cobb, OJ (Hon .), (born 1937), Secretary of State of Florida </Li> <Li> Thomas Cobb (author), American novelist </Li> <Li> Thomas R. Cobb (1828--1892), U.S. Representative from Indiana </Li> <Li> Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823--1862), American lawyer, author, politician, Confederate general, killed in the Civil War </Li> <Li> Thomas W. Cobb (1784--1830), United States Representative and Senator from Georgia </Li> <Li> Tim Cobb (born 1964), American double bass player </Li> <Li> Trevor Cobb (born 1970), former American college and professional football player </Li> <Li> Ty Cobb (1886--1961), American baseball player, subject of the 1994 film Cobb </Li> <Li> Wally Cobb (1870--1933), rugby union player who represented Australia </Li> <Li> Walt Cobb, former Canadian politician </Li> <Li> Weldon J. Cobb, Chicago author, newspaper reporter </Li> <Li> Will D. Cobb (1876--1930), American lyricist and composer </Li> <Li> William Cobb (1917--1990), American designer and engineer of roller coasters </Li> <Li> William Cobb (Eureka character), character on the American science fiction drama Eureka </Li> <Li> William H. Cobb, author of Pulitzer Prize nominated novel A Walk through Fire </Li> <Li> William J. Cobb (1926--1989), one of the heaviest professional wrestlers of all time </Li> <Li> William Jelani Cobb Ph. D. (born 1977), American author and educator </Li> <Li> William Montague Cobb, pioneering 20th - century physical anthropologist </Li> <Li> William T. Cobb (1857--1937), American politician and the 46th Governor of Maine </Li> <Li> Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (1807--1864), American politician </Li> </Ul>

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