Webb

Webb is the name of several places:

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• Webb, Alabama, USA
• Webb, Iowa, USA
• Webb, Mississippi, USA
• Webb, New York, USA
• Webb City, Missouri, USA
• Webb City, Oklahoma, USA
• Webb Lake, Wisconsin, USA
• Webb County, Texas, USA
• Mount Webb National Park, Queensland, Australia

And the name of the following people:

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• Webb C. Ball (1847 - ?), US jeweller and watchmaker
• Webb Hayes (1856 ? 1923), US businessman and soldier
• Webb Wilder, US musician
• Alan Webb (1983 - ), US track athlete
• Andy Webb, UK ornithologist
• Aston Webb (1849 - 1930), British architect
• Beatrice Webb (1858 - 1943), British reformer; wife of Sidney Webb
• Benjamin Joseph Webb (1814 - 1897), Catholic editor, state senator for Kentucky, and historian
• Chick Webb (1909 - 1939), US jazz musician
• Chloe Webb (1960 - ), US actor
• Clifton Webb (1889 - 1966), US actor
• David Webb, Footballer and football manager
• Derek Webb, musician
• Donald Eugene Webb (1931 - ), fugitive on the FBI's most wanted list
• Harry Webb, singer better known by his stage name Cliff Richard
• Gary Webb, US reporter
• George James Webb (1803 - 1887), British-American composer
• Jack Webb (1920 - 1982), US actor, most famous for his role as a detective in the television series Dragnet
• James Webb (1935 - 1980) English historian and biographer
• James E. Webb (1906 - 1992), second administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• James H. Webb Jr., (19XX - ), American author, decorated Marine, former Secretary of Navy
• Jimmy Webb (1946 - ), US composer
• John Webb (1611 - 1672), English architect
• Karrie Webb (1974 - ), Australian golfer
• Lizzie Webb, British exercise television show host
• Lucy Webb Hayes (1831 - 1889), First Lady of the United States during the presidency of her husband Rutherford B. Hayes
• Marti Webb (1944 - ), US actor
• Mary Webb (1881 - 1927), English romantic novelist
• Matthew Webb (1848 ? 24 July 1883), first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids
• Morgan Webb, US television host
• Neil Webb, (1963 - ), British footballer, Nottingham Forest and England international
• Philip Webb, British Arts and Crafts architect, designed Red House in Bexleyheath.
• Philip Barker Webb (1793 - 1854), English botanist
• Sam Webb, US politician
• Sidney Webb (1859 - 1947), British reformer; husband of Beatrice Webb
• Skeeter Webb (1909 - 1986), Major League Baseball player
• Spud Webb (1963 - ), National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player
• Steve Webb (1965 - ), United Kingdom politician
• Steve R. Webb (1981 - ), Georgia Tech PhD student
• Thomas William Webb (1807 ? 1885), British astronomer
• Wellington Webb (1941 - ), US politician
• William Henry Webb (1816 - 1899), U.S. industrialist and philanthropist

The name Webb comes from the word webber - someone who weaves.

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There is also:

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• James Webb Space Telescope
• Webb and Knapp, development company
• Webb Institute, US college