Corbett (surname)
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Corbett is a surname, and may refer to:
In politics:
- Albert H. C. Corbett, politician in Manitoba, Canada
- Archibald Cameron Corbett, 1st Baron Rowallan, Scottish Liberal politician
- Arthur Cameron Corbett, 3rd Baron Rowallan, British aristocrat most notable for successfully having his second marriage annulled in 1970
- Henry W. Corbett, United States Senator from Oregon
- Jean-François Corbett, physicist and longtime political activist
- Richard Corbett, Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for Yorkshire and the Humber
- Robin Corbett, Baron Corbett of Castle Vale, the Labour member of parliament for Birmingham, Erdington
- Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, Bronze Wolf awardee
- Tom Corbett, Attorney General of Pennsylvania
In television and film:
- Bill Corbett, playwright, television writer, screenwriter, and performer
- Daniel Corbett, British meteorologist
- Glenn Corbett, American actor
- Gretchen Corbett, American actress most noted for the role of "Beth Davenport" on the television series The Rockford Files
- Harry Corbett, British puppeteer
- Harry H. Corbett, distinguished British actor
- John Corbett (b. 1961), U.S. actor
- K.MacDonald Corbett (b. 1938), Newspaper editor-columnist, Actor, Sports Figure
- Matthew Corbett, British television personality known for The Sooty Show
- Ronnie Corbett, Scottish comedian and actor
- Shaun Taylor-Corbett, American actor
- Susannah Corbett, British actress
- Winslow Corbett, American actress and the daughter of Rockford Files supporting player Gretchen Corbett
In sports:
- Doug Corbett, pitcher with an 8 year career from 1980-1987
- James J. Corbett, heavyweight boxing champion
- Joe Corbett, major league starting pitcher who played in the National League
- Marius Corbett, South African javelin thrower
- Michael Corbett (ice hockey), professional hockey player
- Young Corbett III, the world welterweight boxing champion
- Rebecca Corbett, Australian Aerobics Champion
In literature:
- Edward P. J. Corbett, author
- James A. "Jim" Corbett, American rancher, writer, philosopher, and human rights activist and a co-founder of the Sanctuary movement
In business:
- Gerald Corbett, head of Railtrack
- John Corbett (industrialist) (1817-1901), English industrialist and founder of the Chateau Impney
In fiction:
- Mike Corbett (Power Rangers), fictional character from the Power Rangers universe
- Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, the main character in a series of Tom Corbett — Space Cadet stories
- Corbett, a fictional character in the movie Saw III
In military:
- Boston Corbett, the Union soldier who shot Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth
- Frederick Corbett, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Julian Corbett, prominent British naval historian and geostrategist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
In geography:
- John Rooke Corbett, mountaineer and compiler of list of peaks between 2500 and 3000 feet.
In other fields:
- Clan Corbett, Scottish clan
- Margaret Darst Corbett, American vision educator
- Michael Corbett, name of various individuals
- Jim Corbett (hunter), hunter and naturalist in India
- Joseph Corbett, Jr., former Fulbright scholar
- Rab Corbett, persona that made a number of prank calls in Scotland at some point in the mid-1990s
- Sidney Corbett, American composer based in Germany
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