Coombes is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * B. L. Coombes (1893–1974), English author and coal miner *

Charly Coombes Charly Coombes (born 27 December 1980 in Mountain View, California) is an American-born English singer/songwriter, musician and filmmaker. Career In 2004 Charly joined Sleaford band 22-20s, who had recently re-located to Oxford, as keyboard pl ...

(born 1980), American-born, English multi-instrumentalist and vocalist * Gaz Coombes (born 1976), English musician and singer-songwriter (

Supergrass Supergrass are an English rock band formed in 1993 in Oxford. For the majority of the band's tenure, the line-up consisted of brothers Gaz (lead vocals, guitar) and Rob Coombes (keyboards), Mick Quinn (bass, backing vocals) and Danny Goffey ( ...

) *

Geoff Coombes Geoffrey Coombes (April 23, 1919 – December 5, 2002) was an American soccer player who was a member of the U.S. team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Youth Coombes grew up in High Wycombe, England where he was a multi-sport prep athlete. His clu ...

(1919–2002), English-born, US international footballer (

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

) * James Coombes (disambiguation), multiple people *

Lawrence Coombes Lawrence Percival Coombes (9 April 1899 – 3 June 1988) was a British-Australian aeronautical engineer who served as the first Chief Superintendent of the Australian Aeronautical Research Laboratories from 1938 until 1964. He had previously wo ...

(1899-1988), British-Australian aeronautical engineer and pilot *

Peet Coombes Peter George "Peet" Coombes (1952–1997) was an English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He was the lead singer and primary songwriter of the group The Tourists, the first charting band to feature guitarist Dave Stewart and singer Annie Len ...

(1952–1997), British musician, guitarist and vocalist * Richard Coombes (1858–1935), English-born journalist and 'father' of amateur athletics in Australia *

Rob Coombes Robert Joseph “Rob” Coombes (born 27 April 1972) is an English musician and keyboard player for Supergrass. He is the older brother of the band's lead singer, Gaz Coombes, and the most recent member to join Supergrass, officially joining i ...

(born 1972), English musician (

) * Robert Coombes (rower) (1808–1860), English oarsman and world champion sculler *

Rod Coombes Rodney Coombes (born 15 May 1946) is an English musician. He was mostly known from playing drums with British bands Stealers Wheel in 1972 to 1973 and again in 2008 and Strawbs from 1974 to 1977 and again from 2004 to 2010. Career He has pla ...

(born 1946), English singer-songwriter and musician *

William Henry Coombes William Henry Coombes (8 May 1767 – 15 November 1850) was an English Roman Catholic priest, theologian and writer. Life He passed his early years at Meadgate, Somerset, England, the property and for many years the residence of his uncle, Wil ...

(1767–1850), English Catholic priest, theologian and writer

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