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Webb may refer to:
[edit] Places
- Webb, Alabama, USA
- Webb, Iowa, USA
- Webb, Mississippi, USA
- Webb, New York, USA
- Webb City, Missouri, USA
- Webb City, Oklahoma, USA
- Webb Lake, Wisconsin, USA
- Webb County, Texas, USA
- Mount Webb National Park, Queensland, Australia
- Webb Ranch, a farm on Stanford University land, USA
[edit] People
[edit] Given name
- Webb Hayes (1856 – 1923), US businessman and soldier
- Webb Pierce (1921 - 1991), American country music singer
- Webb Seymour (1718 - 1793), 10th Duke of Somerset
- Webb Wilder, US musician
[edit] Family name
- Alan Webb either American track athlete, (1983 - ); or English actor, (1906-1982)
- Alexander Russell Webb (1846 - 1916), Journalist and Islamic convert
- Andy Webb, UK ornithologist
- Aston Webb (1849 - 1930), British architect
- Beatrice Webb (1858 - 1943), British reformer; wife of Sidney Webb
- Benjamin Joseph Webb (1814 - 1897), Catholic editor, state senator for Kentucky, and historian
- Brandon Webb (1979 - ), Major League Baseball starting pitcher, 2006 National League Cy Young Award winner.
- Carl Webb, Australian rugby league player
- Charles Webb (1939 - ), Author
- Chick Webb (1909 - 1939), US jazz musician
- Chloe Webb (1960 - ), US actor
- Clifton Webb (1889 - 1966), US actor
- David Michael Webb, a Hong Kong sharemarket analyst
- David Webb, Footballer and football manager
- Del Webb – developer
- Derek Webb, musician
- Donald Eugene Webb (1931 - ), fugitive on the FBI's most wanted list
- Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888-1960), U.S. art collector, founded the Shelburne Museum
- Eliza Vanderbilt Webb (1860-1936), founded the Shelburne Farms
- Gary Webb, US reporter
- Gary Webb, singer known by his stage name Gary Numan
- George Webb (1911 - 1998), British Actor
- George James Webb (1803 - 1887), British-American composer
- Grover Webb (1968-to present),Cottage Hills,Il Male Nurse
- H. Walter Webb (1856-1919) U.S. railway executive
- Harry Webb, singer better known by his stage name Cliff Richard
- Jack Webb (1920 - 1982), US actor, most famous for his role as a detective in the television series Dragnet
- James E. Webb (1906 - 1992), second administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- James Watson Webb (1802-1884), U.S. newspaper publisher and New York politician
- James Webb (historian) (1945 - 1980) English historian and biographer
- James Webb (governor) (? - 1761), Governor of Newfoundland, Canada
- Jim Webb (James H. Webb Jr.; 1946 - ), American author, decorated Marine, former Secretary of Navy, Virginia Senator
- Jimmy Webb (1946 - ), US composer
- John Webb (1611 - 1672), English architect
- Karrie Webb (1974 - ), Australian golfer
- Leonard Webb (1921 - ) World War Two veteran
- Lizzie Webb, British exercise television show host
- Lucy Webb Hayes (1831 - 1889), First Lady of the United States during the presidency of her husband Rutherford B. Hayes
- Marion Webb (1894 - 1931)
- Marti Webb (1944 - ), US actor
- Mary Webb (1881 - 1927), English romantic novelist
- Matthew Webb (1848 – 24 July 1883), first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids
- Morgan Webb, US television host
- Neil Webb, (1963 - ), British footballer, Nottingham Forest and England international
- Nick Webb (1959- ), Author
- Nick Webb (1954-1998), Musician
- Patrick Charles Webb (1884 - 1950), New Zealand unionist and politician
- Philip Barker Webb (1793 - 1854), English botanist
- Philip Webb, British Arts and Crafts architect, designed Red House in Bexleyheath
- Ralph Humphreys Webb (1887 - 1945), Politician and Mayor of Winnipeg
- Rebekah Webb unimportant person who wants her name on the internet (1994 - )
- Richard Maxwell Webb User:Webbric (systems) (1950 - ), Church_Stretton U.K., Ottawa Canada
- Richard Webb (1915 - 1993), Actor
- Richard Webb (1952 - ), Cricketer
- Robert Webb (1972 - ), British Actor, Comedian, and writer
- Robin Webb, runs the Animal Liberation Press Office
- Sam Webb, US politician
- Sarah Webb (1977 - ), British Olympic sailor
- Sidney Webb (1859 - 1947), British reformer; husband of Beatrice Webb
- Simon Webb (1949 - 2005), British Chess player
- Skeeter Webb (1909 - 1986), Major League Baseball player
- Spider Webb (1983 - ), Member of British band The Horrors
- Spud Webb (1963 - ), National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player
- Steve Webb (1965 - ), United Kingdom politician
- Thomas William Webb (1807 – 1885), British astronomer
- Travis "Spider" Webb (1910 - 1990), Formula One driver
- Wellington Webb (1941 - ), US politician
- William Frederick Webb (1829 - 1899), Captain in the 17th Lancers
- William Henry Webb (1816 - 1899), U.S. industrialist and philanthropist
- William Seward Webb (1851-1926), U.S. entrepreneur, founded the Shelburne Farms
The name Webb comes from the word webber - someone who weaves
[edit] Things
- Webb, Definition: Origin,German, Meaning "the weaver, a weaver", it is a job title of sorts of old medieval times. A person that may build,fix or weave material into something for use.
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