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
- Fred Blackburn (1902–1990), British Member of Parliament
- Fred Blackburn (footballer) (1878–1951), 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
- Jack Blackburn, American boxer and trainer, most notable for training heavyweight champion Joe Louis
- Jack Blackburn (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s
- James Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Jean-Pierre Blackburn
- Jeanne Blackburn, Canadian politician from Quebec
- John Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Joseph Blackburn (disambiguation)
- Karoliina Blackburn
- Luke P. Blackburn
- Marsha Blackburn, United States Senator from Tennessee.
- 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 (disambiguation)
- Peter Blackburn (disambiguation)
- 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 (born 1943), English disc jockey with Radio Caroline, Radio London and the BBC
- Tyler Blackburn (born 1986), American actor, singer and model
- William Blackburn, British architect
References
- "Blackburn Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
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