Northam is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Bill Northam
Sir William Herbert Northam, CBE (28 September 1905 – 2 September 1988) was an Australian Olympic yachtsman and businessman.
Born in Torquay, Devon on 28 September 1905, Northam had a successful career in business before becoming an ...
(1905–1988), Australian Olympic yachtsman
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Cyril Northam (1894–1981), English footballer
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Jackie Northam, American broadcast reporter
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Jeremy Northam
Jeremy Philip Northam (born 1 December 1961) is an English actor and singer. After a number of television roles, he earned attention as Mr. Knightley in the 1996 film adaptation of Jane Austen's '' Emma''. He has appeared in the films ''An Ideal ...
(born 1961), British actor
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John Northam
John Richard Northam (12 January 1922 – 5 July 2004) was a professor emeritus of literature and drama, ranked among the foremost Ibsen scholars in the world.
Northam entered Clare College, Cambridge to read Classics from 1941 to 1942, then Engli ...
(1922–2004), professor emeritus of literature and drama at Cambridge University and father of Jeremy Northam
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Ralph Northam
Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf").
The most common forms ...
(born 1959), American politician and physician
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English toponymic surnames