Blackburn (surname)
Blackburn is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881,[1] its frequency was highest in Yorkshire, followed by Cumberland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, County Durham and Norfolk. In all other British counties, its frequency was below national average. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Blackburn (1935–2014), English footballer
- Anthony Blackburn
- Arthur Blackburn (footballer) (born 1877), English footballer with Blackburn Rovers and Southampton
- Arthur Seaforth Blackburn (1892–1960) Australian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
- Bob Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Bunkie Blackburn
- Chase Blackburn
- Clare Blackburn
- Clarice Blackburn
- Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn, a Scottish judge who sat in the English courts
- Dan Blackburn
- David Blackburn (disambiguation), multiple people
- Derek Blackburn
- Doris Blackburn
- Earl Blackburn, Major League Baseball player
- Edmond Spencer Blackburn
- Elizabeth Blackburn, molecular biologist and Nobel prize winner
- Estelle Blackburn
- Frank Blackburn (born 1944), Louisiana politician
- Fred Blackburn (footballer) (born 1879), English international footballer
- Frédéric Blackburn, Canadian short track speed skater
- Geoffrey Blackburn
- George Blackburn (disambiguation)
- George Blackburn (American football), American football coach
- George Blackburn (baseball), Major League Baseball player
- George Blackburn (footballer, born 1888), English footballer
- George Blackburn (footballer, born 1899), English footballer
- George G. Blackburn, Canadian author
- Gideon Blackburn
- Harold Blackburn (pioneer aviator), aviator
- Howard Blackburn
- James Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Jean-Pierre Blackburn
- John Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Joseph Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Karoliina Blackburn
- Luke P. Blackburn
- Marsha Blackburn
- Maurice Blackburn
- Michael Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Michael Blackburn (athlete) (born 1970), Australian Olympic medallist and sailor
- Michael Blackburn (poet) (born 1954), British poet
- Nick Blackburn, Major League Baseball player
- Olly Blackburn, filmmaker and screenwriter
- Paul Blackburn (U.S. poet)
- Peter Blackburn
- Robert Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Simon Blackburn, philosopher
- Thomas Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Thomas Blackburn (entomologist)
- Thomas Blackburn (poet)
- Tom Blackburn (basketball)
- Tom W. Blackburn, writer, lyricist
- John T. "Tommy" Blackburn, U.S. aviator
- Thornton Blackburn, escaped fugitive slave from Kentucky
- Tony Blackburn
- William Blackburn, British architect
References
- ↑ "Blackburn Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
See also
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