Buckingham is an

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...

locational surname. It is a habitational name from the former county seat of the county of

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...

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Buccingahamm ‘Water Meadow (Old English Hamm) of the people of (-Inga-) Bucc(A)’. This family originated in England, United Kingdom as a prominent and wealthy British family. The Buckingham family is also a Boston Brahmin family from the U.S. state of Massachusetts, also known as the "first families of Boston". Some members of the family went to New England and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, coming from England to the region. The Buckingham family had many members who were jurists, politicians, businessmen, military leaders, educators, clergy and authors in both England and United States. Notable people with the surname include: *

A. David Buckingham Amyand David Buckingham (28 January 1930 – 4 February 2021) born in Pymble, New South Wales, Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia was a chemist, with primary expertise in chemical physics. Life and career David Buckingham obtained a Ba ...

, British physical chemist *

Catharinus P. Buckingham Catharinus Putnam Buckingham (March 14, 1808 – August 30, 1888) was an American soldier, college professor, author, and industrialist. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and was the main assistant to the ...

, American Civil War general * Celeste Buckingham, Slovak recording artist of Swiss-American origins * David Buckingham, American judge and former Associate Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court * David Buckingham, Canadian politician * Des Buckingham, English football manager * Ed Buckingham, Canadian politician * Edgar Buckingham, creator of the Buckingham π theorem, a key theorem in dimensional analysis * Edward Taylor Buckingham, III, former CNMI Attorney General * James Silk Buckingham, oriental traveller *

Jane Buckingham Jane Ruth Buckingham ( née Rinzler; born 1968) is an American author and businesswoman who founded the consumer insights firm Trendera. She is known for writing "The Modern Girl's Guide to Life" book series, which spawned the television series o ...

(born 1968), American author and businesswoman *

John Buckingham (chemist) John Buckingham (21 March 1943 – 28 August 2015) was a British chemist known for his authorship of several chemical dictionaries including the Dictionary of Natural Products. Education and career John Buckingham won a scholarship to Haberd ...

, British chemist *

John Buckingham (cricketer) John Buckingham (21 January 1903 – 25 January 1987) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Warwickshire between 1933 and 1939. He was born at Grimethorpe, Yorkshire and died at Moseley, Birmingham. An itinerant semi ...

, English cricketer *

John Buckingham (jockey) John Buckingham (10 July 1940 – 22 December 2016) was an English National Hunt jockey, best known for riding Foinavon to victory in the 1967 Grand National. Buckingham was born at Five Ways, Hatton, Warwickshire, one of the four children of Nanc ...

(1940–2016), English horse racing jockey * Leicester Silk Buckingham, playwright * Lilia Buckingham (born 2003), American actress and Internet personality * Lindsey Buckingham,

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rock musician and member of Fleetwood Mac * Lyndon Buckingham (born 1962), 22nd General of The Salvation Army. * Marcus Buckingham (born 1966), British author, business consultant, and motivational speaker * Sir Owen Buckingham (c. 1649 – 1713), English member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of London * Owen Buckingham (1674–1720), English politician *

Steve Buckingham (record producer) Stephen Craig Buckingham is an American record producer and musician working in Nashville, Tennessee. Buckingham is a music producer and guitarist whose work has generated at least 20 gold and 12 platinum record albums and earned him four Grammy A ...

, American record producer and musician * Vic Buckingham, British football player and coach * Wayne Buckingham, New Zealand men's hockey right full back (1978–1981) and part of the 1980 New Zealand Men's Hockey Olympic team * William Alfred Buckingham, U.S.

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and Governor of Connecticut, United States *

William Buckingham William Buckingham VC (February 1886 – 15 September 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth force ...

, English recipient of the Victoria Cross * William John Buckingham, Australian politician

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