Appleby (surname)

Appleby is an

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...

surname, and combines ''Apple'' or ''Appel'', indicating an

apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, ' ...

, and the Danish suffix ''by'' meaning 'settlement', indicating someone who lived near an apple

orchard An orchard is an intentional plantation of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit- or nut-producing trees which are generally grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of ...

, or someone who farmed apples. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Appleby (born 1954), American painter *

Austin Appleby Austin Michael Appleby (born June 4, 1993) is an American football coach and former quarterback, who is the current wide receivers coach for the UAB Blazers. He played college football at Purdue University from 2012 to 2015 for coaches Danny Ho ...

(born 1993), American football quarterback * Ben Appleby (1876–1961), English footballer * Charlie Appleby (born 1975), British racehorse trainer *

Flynn Appleby Flynn Appleby (born 21 January 1999) is an American college football punter with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Australian Football League. State football ...

(born 1999), Australian rules footballer * Fred Appleby (1879–1956), English long-distance runner * Jim Appleby (1934–2014), English footballer * John Appleby (1840–1917), American inventor *

Kim Appleby Kim Loraine Appleby (born 28 August 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. She participated in the duo Mel and Kim, with her sister Melanie Appleby, until her sister's death from pneumonia following treatment for cancer. Solo m ...

(born 1961), British singer *

Louis Appleby Sir James Louis John Appleby (born 27 February 1955) is a British psychiatrist who leads the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England and directs the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness ...

, British psychiatrist *

Melanie Appleby Melanie Susan "Mel" Appleby (11 July 1966 – 18 January 1990) was one half of the 1980s English duo Mel and Kim. They had a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart in March 1987, with the song " Respectable". Career Appleby was born in Hackney ...

(1966–1990), British singer; sister of Kim *

Shiri Appleby Shiri Freda Appleby (born December 7, 1978) is an American actress and television director. She is best known for her leading roles as Liz Parker in the WB/UPN science fiction drama series '' Roswell'' (1999–2002) and Rachel Goldberg in the L ...

(born 1978), American actress * Stephen Appleby (1912–1984), British pilot * Steven Appleby (born 1956), cartoonist, illustrator and artist living in Britain *

Stuart Appleby Stuart Appleby (born 1 May 1971) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was a nine-time winner on the PGA Tour. Early life Appleby was born in Cohuna, Victoria, and grew up on a nearby dairy farm. He bega ...

(born 1971), Australian golfer *

Susanna Appleby Susanna Maria Appleby (born Gilpin; 1689–1769) was a British antiquarian who is principally known for excavating a Roman bath house north east of Camboglanna, Castlesteads Roman Fort, near Hadrian's Wall in 1741. Life Appleby was born in 1 ...

(1689–1769), English antiquarian * Ken Appleby (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player Fictional characters: * Appleby (''Catch-22''), a character in the novel ''Catch-22'' *Sir

Humphrey Appleby Sir Humphrey Appleby is a fictional character from the British television series ''Yes Minister'' and ''Yes Prime Minister''. He was played originally by Sir Nigel Hawthorne, and both on stage and in a television adaptation of the stage show by ...

, a fictional character in the television series ''Yes, Minister'' *

Sir John Appleby Sir John Appleby is a fictional detective created by Michael Innes in the 1930s who appeared in many novels and short stories. Character overview Appleby had perhaps the longest career of any of the great detectives. In ''Silence Observed'' he ...

, a fictional detective created by Michael Innes {{surname, Appleby English-language surnames English toponymic surnames