Darby (surname)

Darby is a surname, and may refer to:

A

• Abiah Darby (1716–1794), English Quaker minister
• Abraham Darby I (1678–1717), British ironmaster and pioneer of coke-fired smelting
• Abraham Darby II (1711–1763), British ironmaster, son of Abraham I
• Abraham Darby III (1750–1791), British ironmaster, builder of the world's first iron bridge
• Abraham Darby IV (1804–1878), British ironmaster
• Adrian Darby (born 1937), British environmentalist
• Al Darby (born 1954), American football player
• Alden Darby (born 1992), Canadian football player
• Angie Darby (born 1987), Australian modern pentathlete
• Anthony Darby (born 1972), Australian footballer
• Arthur Darby (1876–1960), British rugby union footballer
• Ashley Darby (born 1988), American reality television personality and singer

B

• Brandon Darby (born 1976), American blogger and activist
• Brent Darby (1981–2011), American basketball player
• Brett Darby (born 1983), English footballer
• Byron Darby (born 1960), American football player

C

• Chad Darby (born 1981), American musician
• Chris Darby (born 1950s), New Zealand politician in Auckland
• Christopher Darby Griffith (1804–1885), British Member of parliament for Devizes
• Chuck Darby (born 1975), American football player
• Clifford Darby (1909–1992), Welsh historical geographer and academic
• Craig Darby (born 1972), American ice hockey player

D

• Deborah Darby (1754–1810), British Quaker minister
• Dick Darby (1919–1993), British Bishop of Sherwood
• Douglas Darby (1910–1985), Australian politician
• Drew Darby (born 1947), American politician from Texas
• Duane Darby (born 1973), English footballer

E

• Edward Darby (1888–?), British World War I flying ace
• Eileen Darby (1916–2004), American photographer of Broadway theatre productions
• Ezra Darby (1768–1808), American politician from New Jersey

F

• Frank Darby (born 1997), American football player

G

• Geoffrey Darby (born 1953) is a Canadian media executive, television producer and director
• George Darby (c.1720–1790), Anglo-Irish vice-admiral in the British Royal Navy
• George Darby (baseball) (1869–1937), American baseball player
• George Darby (MP for East Sussex) (1798–1877), British Conservative politician
• George Darby (politician) (1798–1877), British politician

H

• Harry Darby (1895–1987), American politician from Kansas
• Harry Darby (wrestler) (1902–1971), British wrestler
• Henry Darby (politician) (1754–1818), Irish politician
• Henry D'Esterre Darby (1750–1823), Anglo-Irish admiral in the British Royal Navy
• Hugo Darby (born 1993), English cricketer

J

• James Darby (1865–1943), English cricketer
• Jeannie Darby, American engineer and academic
• Joe Darby (born c.1979), American military policeman and whistleblower
• John Darby (Dean of Chester) (1831–1919), English Anglican cleric
• John Darby (NASCAR official), American NASCAR Cup Series race director
• John Fletcher Darby (1803–1882), American politician from Missouri
• John M. Darby (1804–1877), American botanist and academic
• John Nelson Darby (1800–1882), British leader of the Plymouth Brethren
• John Darby (printer) (died 1704), English printer
• Joseph Darby (jumper) (1861–1937), English jumper
• Julian Darby (born 1967), English footballer and coach
• J. N. Darby, a pen-name of American juvenile fiction writer Christine N. Govan (1897–1985)
• J. N. Darby, a pen-name of American author and naturalist Mary Q. Steele (1922–1992)

K

• Kate Darby (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
• Ken Darby (1909–1992), American composer, lyricist and conductor
• Kenneth Darby (born 1982), American football player
• Kim Darby (born 1947), American actress

L

• Larry Darby (born 1957), American attorney

M

• Marie Darby (1940–2019), New Zealand marine biologist
• Mark Darby (born 1959), British airline executive
• Mary Darby, later Mary Robinson (poet) (1757–1800), English actress and writer
• Matt Darby (American football) (born 1968), American football player
• Matthew Darby (born 1967), British conservationist and publisher
• Matthew Darby-Griffith (1772–1823), British major-general
• Mike Darby (1942–2012), Australian rules footballer
• Mildred Darby (1867–1932), Anglo-Irish novelist

N

• Newman Darby (1928–2016), American inventor of the sailboard

P

• Paul Darby (born 1956), American football player
• Paul Darby-Dowman (born 1977), British canoe sprinter
• Peter Darby (1938–2022), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
• Phelps Darby (1881–1957), American basketball player and coach

R

• Raymond V. Darby (1896–1953), American politician from Los Angeles
• Rhys Darby (born 1974), New Zealand comedian and actor
• Richard Darby (born 1958), American attorney and judge
• Ronald Darby (born 1994), American football player

S

• Sarah Darby, British medical statistician
• Séamus Darby (born 1950), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Simon Darby (born 1964), British politician
• Stephen Darby (born 1989), English footballer
• Steve Darby (born 1955), English football player, coach and pundit

T

• Tandy Darby (born 1973), American politician from Tennessee
• Teddy Darby (1906–1975), American blues singer and guitarist
• Thomas Darby, inventor of the Darby Steam-Digger
• Tom Darby, half of the country music duo Darby and Tarlton

W

• Will Darby, American politician
• William Darby (priest) (died 1791), Anglican Archdeacon in Ireland
• William Darby, stage name Pablo Fanque (1810–1871), British equestrian performer and circus proprietor
• William J. Darby (1913–2001), American physician and nutrition scientist
• William Orlando Darby (1911–1945), American Army officer, commander of Darby's Rangers

See also

• Derby (surname)