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.

Notable people

Notable people with the surname include:

• Adil Hossain Noble, Bangladeshi actor and model
• Alexis Noble (1963–2025), Uruguayan footballer
• Alfred Noble (engineer) (1844–1914), American civil engineer
• Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet (1831–1915), Scottish physicist
• Ann C. Noble, American sensory chemist
• Anne Noble (born 1954), New Zealand photographer
• Arthur Noble (1695–1746), Lieutenant-Colonel of the Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia
• Barbara Noble (1907–2001), English publisher and novelist
• Bill Noble (1884–1937), Australian rugby player
• Brian Noble (disambiguation)
• Brian Noble (bishop) (1936–2019), British Catholic bishop
• Brian Noble (American football) (born 1962), American football player
• Brian Noble (rugby league) (born 1961), English rugby player and coach
• Chelsea Noble (born 1964), American actress
• Christina Noble (born 1944), Irish children's rights campaigner
• Colin Noble (racing driver) (born 1996), British racing driver
• Dave Noble (1900–1983), American football player
• David Noble (disambiguation)
• David A. Noble (1802–1876), American politician 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), Australian football player
• David Noble (canyoner) (born 1965), canyoner
• David Noble (footballer, born 1982), British football player
• Denis Noble (born 1936), British physiologist
• Dudy Noble (1893–1963), American athlete, coach, and administrator
• Elmer Noble (1909–2001), American biologist
• Emma Noble (born 1971), actress and model
• Frank Noble (born 1945), British footballer
• 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 Scottish Gaelic from Skye
• James Noble (senator) (1785–1831), American politician
• James Noble (actor) (1922–2016), American actor
• James H. Noble (1851–1912), American physician and politician
• Jamie Noble (born 1976), wrestler
• John Noble (born 1948), Australian actor
• John H. Noble, American inmate of the Soviet gulag
• Jordan Bankston Noble (1800–1890), American soldier, public speaker, and former slave
• Lee Noble, British car designer and owner of Noble Automotive
• Marc Noble (1927–1991), Scouting official
• Mark Noble (born 1987), English footballer
• Maurice Noble (1911–2001), 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
• Sir Percy Noble (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 baseball coach
• Reg Noble (1895–1962), American ice hockey player
• Redman (born Reginald Noble in 1970), American rapper
• Richard Noble (born 1946), Scottish 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), American politician 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

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