Newcomb (surname)

Newcomb is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *

Anthony Newcomb Anthony Newcomb (August 6, 1941 - November 18, 2018) was an American musicologist. He was born in New York City and studied at the University of California, Berkeley where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1962. He then studied with Gustav Le ...

(1941–2018), American musicologist * Bernard A. Newcomb, American businessperson and philanthropist, co-founder of E*TRADE * Bryant B. Newcomb (1867–1945), American politician * Carman A. Newcomb (1830–1902), American politician, lawyer and judge * Cyrenius A. Newcomb, Sr. (1837–1915), American businessman, reformer, and philanthropist * Deborah Newcomb (born 1954), member of the Ohio House of Representatives *

George Newcomb George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb (1866–May 2, 1895) was an American outlaw of the American Old West. He was first a member of the Dalton Gang, but after being called "too wild" by Bob Dalton, he and Bill Doolin started the Wild Bunch gang. Ear ...

(1866–1895), outlaw of the American Old West and member of the Wild Bunch * Frank Newcomb (1846–1934), commodore in the United States Revenue Cutter Service *

Harvey Newcomb Harvey Newcomb (September 2, 1803 – August 30, 1863) was an American clergyman and writer. He was born in Thetford, Vermont. He removed to western New York in 1818, engaged in teaching for eight years, and from 1826 till 1831 edited several jo ...

(1803–1863), American clergyman and writer *

Horatio C. Newcomb Horatio C. Newcomb (December 20, 1821—May 23, 1882) was an attorney and judge from Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. He also served as the second mayor of Indianapolis. Early life Newcomb was born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, Wellsboro, Ti ...

(1821–1882), American attorney, judge, and politician * James Pearson Newcomb (1837–1907), journalist and Secretary of State of Texas *

John Lloyd Newcomb John Lloyd Newcomb (December 18, 1881 – February 22, 1954) was an American educator. He served as the second president of the University of Virginia, ascending to the position after the death of Edwin Alderman. Newcomb, a member of the engineeri ...

(1881–1954), American educator *

Josephine Louise Newcomb Josephine Louise Newcomb (née Le Monnier; October 31, 1816 – April 7, 1901) was the philanthropist whose donations led to the founding of Newcomb College, the coordinate college for women within Tulane University. Life Josephine Louise Le Monn ...

(1816–1901), American philanthropist whose grant founded H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College *

Josiah T. Newcomb Josiah Turner Newcomb (June 19, 1868 – January 3, 1944) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born on June 19, 1868, in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan, the son of Henry Martyn Newcomb and Lucia (Turner) Newcomb ...

(1868–1944), New York politician * Mary Newcomb (1893–1966), American actress * Michael Newcomb (disambiguation), multiple individuals *

Patricia Newcomb Margot Patricia "Pat" Newcomb Wigan (born July 9, 1930) is an American publicist and producer. After working for Pierre Salinger, she was hired by the agency of Arthur P. Jacobs and briefly represented Marilyn Monroe in 1956. In 1960, she became M ...

(born 1930), American film producer and publicist *

Philip Newcomb Philip H. Newcomb (born 1950s) is an American software engineer and CEO of The Software Revolution, Inc., known for his work in the field of formal methods of software engineering.Anquetil, Nicolas, and Timothy C. Lethbridge. "Experiments with clu ...

(born 1950s), American software engineer * Rexford Newcomb (1886–1968), American academician, architect, and author * Richard Newcomb, American war correspondent * Robert Newcomb, fantasy writer * Ronda Storms (born Ronda Rehnell Newcomb, 1965), American politician *

Sean Newcomb Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Irish English, is a male given name of Irish language, Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name ''Yohanan'' (), Seán (Anglicisation of names, anglicized as ''Shaun/Shawn (giv ...

(born 1993), American baseball pitcher *

Simon Newcomb Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 – July 11, 1909) was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician, and autodidactic polymath. He served as Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and at Johns Hopkins University. Born in N ...

(1835–1909), Canadian astronomer and mathematician *

William Newcomb William Newcomb (1927 – 29 May 1999) was an American theoretical physicist and professor at the University of California's Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, who is best known as the creator of Newcomb's paradox, devised in 1960. He was the great-gra ...

(1927–1999), American professor and theoretical physicist who devised

Newcomb's paradox In philosophy and mathematics, Newcomb's paradox, also known as Newcomb's problem, is a thought experiment involving a game between two players, one of whom is able to predict the future. Newcomb's paradox was created by William Newcomb of the ...

Wesley Newcomb Wesley Newcomb (1818–1892) was an American physician and a malacologist who specialized in land snails. Life Wesley Newcomb was born in New York in 1818. His father was physician Simon Newcomb.Newcombe, a surname * Newcome, name {{surname, Newcomb