Newsom (surname)
Newsom is a surname of English origin which is a variant of the surname Newsome.[1]
People
- Bobo Newsom (1907–1962), American baseball player
- Carroll Vincent Newsom (1904–1990), American former president of New York University
- Christopher Newsom (1983–2007), American victim of a kidnapping and murder
- David Newsom (born 1962), American actor and photographer
- David Newsom (cricketer) (born 1937), English cricketer and Royal Navy officer
- David D. Newsom (1918–2008), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1969–1974)
- Eric D. Newsom, American diplomat and State Department official
- James Newsom, American politician
- Jerry Newsom (born 1946), American collegiate basketball player
- Lee Ann Newsom, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Penn State University
- Leo Dale Newsom (1915–1987), American entomologist
- Rick Newsom (1950–1988), NASCAR Winston Cup driver
- Tommy Newsom (1929–2007), American saxophone player in the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- Xavier Newsom, American football player
Newsom family of California
The Newsom family, originally from Canada,[2] established an architecture practice in Oakland, California in the 1870s. Many members of the family became active as architects from this decade onward.[3] Notable members of this family and their lineage include:
- Gavin Newsom (born 1967), American Democratic politician and Governor of California since 2019
- Jennifer Siebel Newsom (born 1974), American documentary filmmaker and First Lady of California since 2019
- Joanna Newsom (born 1982), American musician and songwriter
- Joseph Cather Newsom (1858–1930), Canadian-born American architect
- Samuel Newsom (1852–1908), Canadian-born American architect
- William Newsom (1933–2018), American state appeals court judge
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Newsom
- All pages with titles containing Newsom
- Newson, a surname and given name
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter, eds. (2022). "Newsom". Dictionary of American Family Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-024512-2 – via Oxford Reference.
- ^ Weinstein, Dave (February 5, 2005). "Quiet pleasures / Newsom brothers created homes with a timeless appeal". SFGate. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
- ^ Gebhard, David; Barlow, Margaret (2011). "Newsom". In Marter, Joan (ed.). The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art (1 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195335798.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-533579-8 – via Oxford Reference.