Noble (surname)
Noble is an English surname which commonly appears in multiple areas of the United Kingdom. The surname first appears in 1199, during the reign of Richard I and it is common in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfred Noble (engineer) (1844–1914), American civil engineer
- Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet (1831–1915), Scottish physicist
- Ann C. Noble, sensory chemist and retired professor from the University of California, Davis
- Arthur Noble (1695–1746), Lieutenant-Colonel of the Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia
- Anne Noble, a New Zealand photographer
- Barbara Noble (1907–2001), English publisher and novelist
- Bill Noble, an Australian rugby league footballer
- Brian Noble (disambiguation)
- Brian Noble (bishop) (1936–2019), British Roman Catholic bishop
- Brian Noble (American football) (born 1962), American football player
- Brian Noble (rugby league) (born 1961), English rugby league player and coach
- Chelsea Noble, American actress
- Christina Noble (born 1944), Irish children's rights campaigner
- Dave Noble (1900–1983), American football running back
- David Noble (disambiguation)
- David A. Noble (1802–1876), U.S. Representative from Michigan
- David F. Noble (1945–2010), historian of technology
- David L. Noble, engineer at IBM who invented the floppy disk
- David W. Noble (1925–2018), historiographer and historian of thought
- David Noble (Australian footballer) (born 1967), former Fitzroy AFL player
- David Noble (canyoner) (born 1965), canyoner and discoverer of the Wollemi Pine
- David Noble (footballer, born 1982), football player for St. Albans City F.C.
- Denis Noble (born 1936), British physiologist and emeritus professor at the University of Oxford
- Dudy Noble (1893–1963), American athlete, coach, and administrator
- Elmer Noble (1909–2001), American biologist
- Emma Noble (born 1971), actress and model, former daughter-in-law of Sir John Major
- Frank Noble (born 1945), footballer who played for Peterborough United
- Gene Noble, American R&B singer
- Gladwyn Kingsley Noble (1894–1940), American zoologist
- Guy Noble, Australian conductor and pianist
- Sir Iain Noble, 3rd Baronet (1935–2010), champion of Gaelic from Skye
- James Noble (senator) (1785–1831), 19th century U.S. senator
- James Noble (actor) (1922–2016), 20th century U.S. actor
- James H. Noble (1851–1912), American physician and politician
- Jamie Noble (born 1976), professional wrestler
- John Noble (born 1948), Australian actor
- John H. Noble, American inmate of the Soviet Gulag at Vorkuta
- Jordan Bankston Noble, (1800–1890) African-American soldier, public speaker, and former slave
- Lee Noble, British car designer and owner of Noble Automotive
- Marc Noble, Scouting official
- Mark Noble (born 1987), English footballer
- Maurice Noble, animation artist
- Matthew Noble (1818–1876), British sculptor
- Mike Noble (1930–2018), British comic artist and illustrator
- Morgan Noble, American politician
- Monty Noble (1873–1940), Australian cricketer
- Percy Noble (Royal Navy officer) (1880–1955), Royal Navy officer who served in both World Wars
- Ray Noble (1903–1978), British bandleader, composer and actor
- Ray Noble (baseball) (1919–1998), Cuban baseball player
- Rayner Noble (born 1961), American college baseball coach
- Reg Noble (1895–1962), former NHL Hockey player
- Redman (born Reginald Noble in 1970), American rapper
- Richard Noble (born 1946), Scottish former land speed record holder
- Ross Noble (born 1976), British stand-up comedian
- Roy Noble (born 1942), Welsh radio and television broadcaster
- Sierra Noble (born 1990), Canadian musician
- T. Tertius Noble (1867–1953), British organist and composer
- Trisha Noble (1944–2021), Australian singer and actress
- Walter Noble (1884—?), British flying ace
- Warren Noble (inventor), inventor of electric stove
- William Noble (disambiguation)
- William H. Noble (1788–1850), United States Representative from New York
- William Noble, 1st Baron Kirkley (1863–1935), English shipowner
- William Noble (missionary) (1866–1945), American missionary in Korea
- William Bonneau Noble (1780–1831), English landscape painter
- William Clark Noble (1858–1938), American sculptor
- William Noble (jockey) (1814–1897), English jockey
Fictional characters
- Donna Noble, a character in Doctor Who
References
- ^ Cutter, William Richard (1914). New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
