Coombs is an

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surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anthony Coombs (politician) (born 1952), British politician *

Anthony Coombs (Canadian football) Anthony Coombs (born October 26, 1992) is a professional Canadian football wide receiver who is a free agent. He most recently played for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS ...

(born 1992), Canadian football player * Bobby Coombs (1908–1991), American baseball player * Clyde Coombs (1912–1988), American psychologist * David Coombs (born 1937), British author, historian and teacher * David Coombs (lawyer) (born 1969), American lawyer * Derek Coombs (1931–2014), British politician * Doug Coombs (1957–2006), American skier and mountaineer * Ernie Coombs (1927–2001), Canadian/American children's entertainer * Frank Coombs (1853–1934), American politician * H.C. Coombs (1906–1997), Australian economist *

Jack Coombs John Wesley Coombs (November 18, 1882 – April 15, 1957), nicknamed "Colby Jack" after his alma mater, was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics (1906–14), Broo ...

(1882–1957), American baseball player * James Coombs (1869–1935), American football coach * Joe Coombs (born 1991), British canoe slalom athlete *

John Coombs John Coombs (1 February 1922 – 3 August 2013) was a British racing driver and racing team owner. After a driving career in various formulae, including a win in a minor Formula One race, he became a team owner in sports car racing and Formula Two ...

(1922–2013), British racing driver and racing team owner * Kris Coombs-Roberts, Welsh guitarist *

Mary Coombs Mary Clare Coombs ( Blood, 4 February 1929 – 28 February 2022) was a British computer programmer and schoolteacher. Employed in 1952 as the first female programmer to work on the LEO computers, she is recognised as the first female commercia ...

(1929–2022), English computer programmer *

Melvin Coombs Melvin Coombs (January 30, 1948 – March 18, 1997) was a Wampanoag dancer, cultural educator, and cultural interpreter. Early life and career Born and raised in Mashpee, Massachusetts, Coombs' native name was ''Kennupmussitaccq,'' meaning "Quic ...

(1948–1997), American cultural educator and cultural interpreter * Michelle Coombs, American geologist *

Nathan Coombs Nathan Coombs (June 12, 1826 – December 26, 1877) was a California pioneer and Democratic politician who served in the California State Assembly and is best known for founding the city of Napa, California. Life Nathan Coombs lived in Massach ...

(1826–1877), American founder of Napa, California *

Orde M. Coombs Orde may refer to: People Given name * Orde Ballantyne (born 1962), a Vincentian athlete at the 1988 Olympics * Orde M. Coombs (1939–1984), African-American writer and editor * Orde Kittrie, American professor of law * Orde Wingate (1903–194 ...

(1939–1984), Saint Vincent-born American writer and editor *

Pat Coombs Patricia Doreen Coombs (27 August 1926 – 25 May 2002) was an English actress. She specialised in the portrayal of the eternal downtrodden female, comically under the thumb of stronger personalities. She was known for many roles on radio, ...

(1926–2002), English actress *

Patricia Coombs Patricia Coombs (born in Los Angeles, California, July 23, 1926) is the author and illustrator of many children's picture books, including the popular Dorrie the Little Witch series. “Of her childhood, she says, ‘I was forever being told to g ...

(born 1926), American children's author and illustrator * Peter Coombs (born 1928), English priest * Robert Coombs (politician) (born 1959), Australian politician *

Robert Coombs (cricketer) Robert Vincent Jerome Coombs (born 20 July 1959) played first-class cricket for Somerset in 1985 and 1986. He was born at Barnet, Hertfordshire. Coombs was a tall left-arm orthodox spin bowler and a tail-end right-handed batsman. Educated at ...

(born 1959), English cricketer * Robin Coombs (1921–2006), British immunologist *

Simon Coombs Simon Christopher Coombs (born 21 February 1947), is a former British Conservative politician. Coombs was MP for Swindon from 1983 until 1997 when the seat was divided by boundary changes. Coombs stood in the new Swindon South seat but lost t ...

(born 1947), British politician * Stephen Coombs (born 1960), British pianist * Ted Coombs (born 1954), American artist, roller skater and forensic scientist * W. H. Coombs (1816–1896), English/Australian priest

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