Coburn (surname)
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Coburn is a surname, and may refer to:
  • Abner Coburn
    Abner Coburn
    Abner Coburn was the 30th Governor of Maine from 1863 to 1864 and a prominent individual in Skowhegan, Maine until his death....

    , Governor of Maine from 1863 to 1865
  • Bob Coburn, host of the nationally syndicated radio program Rockline
    Rockline
    Rockline is a nationally syndicated radio interview program hosted by Bob Coburn that broadcasts live via satellite every Monday and Wednesday night from 8:30pm-10pm PT to radio stations in the United States. Founded in 1981, it is considered to be the longest running, uninterrupted program in rock...

  • Braydon Coburn
    Braydon Coburn
    Braydon Coburn is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

    , Canadian hockey player
  • Frank P. Coburn
    Frank P. Coburn
    Frank Potter Coburn was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born on a farm near West Salem, Wisconsin, Coburn attended the public schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits near West Salem....

    , United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin
  • Ian Coburn
    Ian Coburn
    Ian Coburn is a comedian and author of the book God is a Woman: Dating Disasters. Coburn claims to have been a big road comic in the nineties; he purports to hold the industry tour record of 106 consecutive weeks on the road...

    , American comedian
  • James Coburn
    James Coburn
    James Harrison Coburn III was an American film and television actor. Coburn appeared in nearly 70 films and made over 100 television appearances during his 45-year career, and played a wide range of roles and won an Academy Award for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in Affliction.A capable,...

    , American film actor
  • James Coburn (criminal)
    James Coburn (criminal)
    James Coburn was the last defendant executed in the United States for a crime other than murder.A white farmhand, Coburn was convicted of robbery in Dallas County, Alabama and was sentenced to death...

    , executed in 1964 in Alabama, United States
  • Jo Coburn
    Jo Coburn
    Jo Coburn is a British journalist and political correspondent for BBC News, previously with special responsibility for BBC Breakfast. She has also previously worked as BBC political correspondent for London, most notably during the 2000 London Mayoral election...

    , BBC political correspondent
  • John Coburn
    John Coburn
    John Coburn was an Australian painter. He is also known for his tapestries.Coburn served in the Navy during World War 2 and later enrolled at the National Art School.He won the Blake Prize for Religious Art twice....

    , Australian painter
  • John Coburn (merchant), purchased the USS Alliance (1778)
    USS Alliance (1778)
    The first USS Alliance of the United States Navy was a 36-gun sailing frigate of the American Revolutionary War, notable for having fired the last shot of the war....

  • Louise Helen Coburn
    Louise Helen Coburn
    Louise Helen Coburn was one of the five founders of Sigma Kappa sorority, a pioneer for women's education at Colby College, where she served as the first female trustee, and an accomplished scientist and writer known for writing the two volumes of "Skowhegan on the Kennebec."She was the niece of...

    , Maine writer and co-founder of Sigma Kappa sorority
  • Norman Coburn
    Norman Coburn
    Norman Coburn is an Australian television character-actor notable for his roles primarily in soap operas,also his has appeared in many theatre roles .-Home and Away:...

    , Australian actor
  • Sara Coburn
    Sara Coburn
    Sara Coburn is a journalist and currently a business presenter on BBC Breakfast and the BBC News Channel.- Career :...

    , BBC business correspondent
  • Stephen Coburn
    Stephen Coburn
    Stephen Coburn was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine.He was brother to Maine Governor Abner Coburn and the father of Louise Helen Coburn, the founder of Sigma Kappa Sorority and a prominent Maine writer.Coburn was born in Bloomfield, now known as Skowhegan...

    , United States Representative from Maine in the 19th century
  • Tom Coburn
    Tom Coburn
    Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburn, M.D. , is an American politician, medical doctor, and Southern Baptist deacon. A member of the Republican Party, he currently serves as the junior U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. In the Senate, he is known as "Dr. No" for his tendency to place holds on and vote against bills...

    , medical doctor and United States Senator from Oklahoma
  • Charles Coburn
    Charles Coburn
    Charles Douville Coburn was an American film and theater actor.-Biography:Coburn was born in Macon, Georgia, the son of Scots-Irish Americans Emma Louise Sprigman and Moses Douville Coburn. Growing up in Savannah, he started out doing odd jobs at the local Savannah Theater, handing out programs,...

    , American actor

See also

  • Cockburn (surname)
    Cockburn (surname)
    Cockburn, often , is a Scottish surname that originated in the Borders region of the Scottish Lowlands. In the United States most members of the same family have adopted the simplified spelling 'Coburn'...

    , with the same pronunciation
  • Coburn
    Coburn
    Coburn may refer to:* Coburn , an electronic music band from the United Kingdom* Coburn, California, an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, USA* Coburn, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place in Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA...

    , other uses of the name Coburn
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