Musgrave is a surname originating in the former county of

Westmorland Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an ...

, now part of

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...

in Northern England, where there are two villages called

Great Musgrave Great Musgrave is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. It is about a mile west of Brough. In 1891 the parish had a population of 175. Great Musgrave sits atop a hill nea ...

and Little Musgrave. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Musgrave Alan Musgrave (; born 1940) is an English-born New Zealand philosopher. Biography Musgrave was educated at the London School of Economics with a BA Honours Philosophy and Economics 1961. Karl Popper supervised Musgrave's PhD which was complete ...

, philosopher and academic *

Andrew Musgrave Andrew "Andy" Musgrave (born 6 March 1990) is a British cross-country skier. He has competed in the World Cup since 2008 and represented Great Britain at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics. Person ...

, British cross-country skier *

Anthony Musgrave Sir Anthony Musgrave (31 August 1828 – 9 October 1888) was a colonial administrator and governor. He died in office as Governor of Queensland in 1888. Early life He was born at St John's, Antigua, the third of 11 children of Anthony Musgr ...

, British colonial administrator *

Anthony Musgrave (entomologist) Anthony Musgrave (9 July 18954 June 1959) was an Australian entomologist. Born in Queensland, Australia, he is known for penning ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology'' (1932). He was the great-nephew of Anthony Musgrave who was Secretary of St ...

, great-nephew of the above *

Bill Musgrave William Scott Musgrave (born November 11, 1967) is an American football coach and former player who is the senior offensive assistant for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He is also a former quarterback, offensive coor ...

(born 1967), American football coach and former player *

Charles Musgrave Charles Musgrave is an American chemist, engineer and materials scientist. He won the 1993 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology. He earned his Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology in 1994, his B.S. at the University of ...

is an American chemist in the field of nanotechnology * Christopher Musgrave (disambiguation), multiple people *

Harrison Musgrave Harrison Scott Musgrave (born March 3, 1992) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made his MLB debut in 2018. Before his professional career, he played college baseball for the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball, West Virginia ...

, American baseball player * Henry Musgrave, Victorian philanthropist, Northern Ireland * Sir James Musgrave, 1st Baronet, 19th-century businessman *

Joe Musgrave Joseph William Musgrave (29 February 1908 – 1981) was an English Association football, footballer who played as a left-half or inside-left in the Football League for West Ham United F.C., West Ham United, Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town and H ...

(1908–1981), English footballer * John Musgrave, an American Vietnam veteran, poet, counselor, and veterans' affairs advocate *

John Musgrave (cricketer) John Musgrave Tattersall-Musgrave (?13 February 1845 – 12 March 1885) played first-class cricket in a single match for Cambridge University Cricket Club while a student at Cambridge University in 1868. He was born at Armley, Leeds, West Yorksh ...

, (1845–1885), English cricketer *

Ken Musgrave Forest Kenton Musgrave (16 September 1955 – 14 December 2018) was a professor at The George Washington University in the USA. A computer artist who worked with fractal images, he worked on the Bryce landscape software and later as CEO/CTO of Pa ...

, professor and CEO/CTO of Pandromeda, Inc. *

Luke Musgrave Lucas Stone Musgrave (born September 2, 2000) is an American football tight end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon State. He is the nephew of football coach Bill Musgrave. Ear ...

(born 2000), American football player *

Mandy Musgrave Amanda Marie Musgrave (born September 19, 1986) is an American actress and singer. Best known for her portrayal of Ashley Davies on the television series ''South of Nowhere'', as well as portraying Misty Monroe in the web series ''Girltrash!'' an ...

, American actress *

Marilyn Musgrave Marilyn Neoma Musgrave (née Shuler; born January 27, 1949), American politician, is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who served from 2003 to 2009, representing the 4th District of Colorado. Musgrave serv ...

, American politician *

Philip Musgrave (disambiguation) Philip Musgrave may refer to: *Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet (1607–1678), MP for Westmorland and a Royalist army officer *Philip Musgrave (administrator) (1661–1689), Ordnance officer and MP for Appleby * Sir Philip Musgrave, 6th Baronet ( ...

, multiple people *

Richard Musgrave (economist) Richard Abel Musgrave (December 14, 1910 – January 15, 2007) was an American economist of German heritage.Peter Mieszkowski, updated by the editors, 2008. "Musgrave, Richard Abel (1910–2007)," ''The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics'', 2n ...

* Rosamund "Posy" Musgrave, British former cross-country skier *

Samuel Musgrave Samuel Musgrave, FRS (29 September 1732 – 5 July 1780) was an English classical scholar and physician. He was born at Washfield, Devon, the son of Richard Musgrave. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford in 1749; and graduated B.A. from Cor ...

, English classical scholar and physician *

Simon Musgrave Simon Musgrave of Hartley and Edenhall (died 1597) was an English landowner, High Sheriff of Cumberland, and Member of Parliament for Cumberland in 1572. He was a younger son of Edward Musgrave of Hartley and his wife Joan, a daughter of Sir Chr ...

, (died 1597), English landowner *

Susan Musgrave Susan Musgrave (born March 12, 1951) is a Canadian poet and children's writer. She was born in Santa Cruz, California, to Canadian parents, and currently lives in British Columbia, dividing her time between Sidney and Haida Gwaii. She has been n ...

, Canadian poet *

Story Musgrave Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996, he became only the second as ...

, NASA Astronaut *

Ted Musgrave Theodore Musgrave (born December 18, 1955) is an American former stock car racing driver. Pre-NASCAR Musgrave's father, Elmer, was a famous short-track racer in the Midwest who raced for over 25 years at Soldier Field, O'Hare, Waukegan, and Wil ...

, NASCAR Driver *

Thea Musgrave Thea Musgrave CBE (born 27 May 1928) is a Scottish composer of opera and classical music. She has lived in the United States since 1972. Biography Born in Barnton, Edinburgh, Musgrave was educated at Moreton Hall School, a boarding independent ...

, Scottish-American composer * Thomas Musgrave (disambiguation), multiple people

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