Alcorn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

In arts and entertainment

Coco Love Alcorn Coco Love Alcorn is a Canadian pop and jazz singer. The daughter of jazz singer John Alcorn, she released her debut album in 1995. She toured as an opening act for Burton Cummings, Chantal Kreviazuk, Jesse Cook, and Ani DiFranco and performed o ...

, Canadian jazz singer *

John Alcorn (singer) John Alcorn is a Canadian jazz singer who is active in the Toronto jazz scene. Biography Born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in Trinidad, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and New Hampshire, Alcorn returned to Toronto as an adult and began performing ...

, Canadian jazz singer *

John Alcorn (artist) John Alcorn (February 10, 1935 – January 27, 1992) was an American commercial artist and designer, and an illustrator of children's books. In addition to his accomplishments in the areas of packaging, corporate and dimensional design, Alcorn d ...

(1935–1992), American artist *

Michael Alcorn Michael Alcorn (born 22 January 1962) is a full-time academic and current Director of the School of Music and Sonic Arts at Queen's University, Belfast and a partite composer. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Michael Alcorn studied at ...

(born 1962), Irish composer *

Olive Ann Alcorn Olive Ann Alcorn (March 10, 1900 – January 8, 1972) was an American dancer, model, and silent film actress of the 1910s and 1920s. She is better remembered today for the numerous nude photographs of her from the era than for her film work ...

(1900–1975), American silent film actress *

Susan Alcorn Susan Alcorn (born 1953) is an American composer, improvisor, and pedal steel guitarist. Life Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Alcorn started playing guitar at the age of twelve and quickly immersed herself in folk music, blues, and the pop music of the ...

(born 1953), American musician * Emmy Alcorn, Canadian theatre developer and producer * Michael Thomas Lamar Alcorn, Actor and special effects artist

In government and politics

George Oscar Alcorn George Oscar Alcorn (May 3, 1850 – February 16, 1930) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Born in Lennoxville, Canada East, (now Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-Fr ...

(1850–1930), Canadian politician *

James L. Alcorn James Lusk Alcorn (November 4, 1816December 19, 1894) was a Governor of Mississippi, governor, and United States Senate, U.S. senator during the Reconstruction era in Mississippi. A Moderate Republicans (Reconstruction era), Moderate Republican ...

(1816–1894), American politician *

Meade Alcorn Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr. (October 20, 1907 – January 13, 1992) was a U.S. lawyer and political figure. He was a native of Suffield, Connecticut. Biography He was born on October 20, 1907 to Cora Terry (Wells) and Hugh Meade Alcorn Sr. He attende ...

(1907–1992), American politician

In science and technology

Allan Alcorn Allan Alcorn (born January 1, 1948) is an American pioneering engineer and computer scientist best known for creating ''Pong'', one of the first video games. Atari and ''Pong'' Alcorn grew up in San Francisco, California, and attended the U ...

(born 1948), American computer scientist * George Edward Alcorn Jr. (born 1940), American physicist * Steve Alcorn (born 1956), American electronics engineer and inventor

In sport

Gary Alcorn Gary R. Alcorn (October 8, 1936 – November 29, 2006) was an American basketball player. He played collegiately for California State University, Fresno. He was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the third round (18th pick overall) of the 1959 ...

(1936–2006), American basketball player *

Jenifer Alcorn Jenifer Lynn Alcorn (born July 15, 1970) is an American retired, undefeated WIBA, IWBF, and IBA World Champion female professional boxer. Early life and education Alcorn grew up in Le Grand, California, and later moved to Fresno. She was we ...

(born 1970), American boxer * John "James" Alcorn Rector (1884–1949), American athlete *

Zac Alcorn Zachary McKensie Alcorn (born August 24, 1980) is a former American football tight end. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2006. Alcorn appeared in six games with the Packers in 2006. He played college football ...

(born 1980), American football player

Other people

Gay Alcorn Gay Alcorn is an Australian journalist and newspaper editor. She was appointed editor of ''The Age'' in September 2020. Her sister Margo Kingston is also a journalist. Career Alcorn studied arts and law at the University of Queensland. She began ...

, Australian newspaper editor *

Leelah Alcorn Leelah Alcorn (November 15, 1997 – December 28, 2014) was an American transgender girl whose suicide attracted international attention; she had posted a suicide note to her Tumblr blog about societal standards affecting transgender pe ...

(1997–2014), American teenager who committed suicide and subsequently drew attention to transgender issues

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