Cushman is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Austin F. Cushman Austin F. Cushman (June 18, 1830 – November 29, 1914) invented the self-centering Cushman universal chuck in 1862; his father-in-law, Simon Fairman, had previously invented the lathe chuck.
Biography
He was born on June 18, 1830, in Belchertown, ...
(1830–1914), American tool inventor
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Charlie Cushman (1850–1909), American baseball umpire and manager
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Charlotte Cushman
Charlotte Saunders Cushman (July 23, 1816 – February 18, 1876) was an American stage actress. Her voice was noted for its full contralto register, and she was able to play both male and female parts. She lived intermittently in Rome, in an expa ...
(1816–1876), American stage actress
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Doug Cushman
Doug Cushman (born May 4, 1953) is an artist who has worked as a cartoonist and a book illustrator. He is also the author of a series of children's books.
Life and career
Doug Cushman was born in Springfield, Ohio, and moved to Connecticut with h ...
(born 1953), American cartoonist
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Francis W. Cushman (1867–1909), American politician
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Jeremy Cushman (born 1990), American violinist
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Joseph Augustine Cushman
Joseph Augustine Cushman (January 31, 1881 – April 16, 1949) was an American geologist, paleontologist and foraminiferologist.
Biography
He was born on January 31, 1881 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of Darius and Jane (Fuller) Cush ...
(1881–1949) American paleontologist
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Harvey Cushman
Harvey Barnes Cushman (July 5, 1877 – December 27, 1920) was an American professional baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball, with whom he played for in 1902. He was born in Rockland, Maine, and played college base ...
(1877-1920) baseball player
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Karen Cushman
Karen Cushman (born October 4, 1941) is an American writer of historical fiction.
Career
Cushman's 1995 novel
'' The Midwife's Apprentice'' won the Newbery Medal for children's literature, and her 1994 novel '' Catherine, Called Birdy'' ...
(born 1941), American writer
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Leah Cushman, American politician
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Mary Floyd Cushman (1870 - 1965), American medical doctor and missionary
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Pauline Cushman
Pauline Cushman (born Harriet Wood; June 10, 1833 – December 2, 1893) was an American actress and a spy for the Union Army during the American Civil War. She is considered one of the most successful Civil War spies.
Early life
Harriet Woo ...
(1833–1897), American actress and Civil War spy
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Robert Cushman
Robert Cushman (1577–1625) was an important leader and organiser of the ''Mayflower'' voyage in 1620, serving as Chief Agent in London for the Leiden Separatist contingent from 1617 to 1620 and later for Plymouth Colony until his death in 1625 ...
(1578–1625), Plymouth Colony Pilgrim
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R. A. Cushman (1880–1957), American entomologist
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Robert E. Cushman Jr.
Robert Everton Cushman Jr. (December 24, 1914 – January 2, 1985) was a United States Marine Corps General (United States), four-star general who served as the 25th commandant of the Marine Corps from January 1, 1972, to June 30, 1975. He was hon ...
(1914–1985), U.S. Marine Corps general
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Robert H. Cushman (1924–1996), engineering journalist
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Robert Cushman (curator) (1946–2009), photography curator for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Susan Cushman
Susan Cushman (born January 7, 1972 in Cold Lake, Alberta) is a retired female gymnast from Canada, who competed for her native country in the rhythmic gymnastics competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She won a total number of three medals at ...
(born 1972), Canadian rhythmic gymnast
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Cushman Kellogg Davis
Cushman Kellogg Davis (June 16, 1838November 27, 1900) was an American Republican politician who served as the seventh Governor of Minnesota and as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota.
Early life and American Civil War
Davis was born in Henderson, Ne ...
(1838–1900), American politician
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Arthur Cushman McGiffert
Arthur Cushman McGiffert (March 4, 18611933), American theologian, was born in Sauquoit, New York, the son of a Presbyterian clergyman of Scots-Irish descent.
Biography
He graduated at Western Reserve College in 1882 and at Union Theological Se ...
(1861–1933), American theologian
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Robert Cushman Murphy
The whaling ship, ''Daisy'', which Murphy traveled on to the Antarctic
Robert Cushman Murphy (April 29, 1887 – March 20, 1973) was an American ornithologist and Lamont Curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History. He went on numer ...
(1887–1973), American ornithologist
Fictional characters:
* Frank Cushman, fictional character in the film ''Jerry Maguire''; portrayed by Jerry O'Connell
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