Newsom

Newsom is a surname of English origin which is a variant of the surname Newsome.

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 (1943–2025), 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, established an architecture practice in Oakland, California in the 1870s. Many members of the family became active as architects from this decade onward. 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 [Wikidata] (1858–1930), Canadian-born American architect
Samuel Newsom (1852–1908), Canadian-born American architect
William Newsom (1933–2018), American state appeals court judge

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.

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[1] 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.

[:0-2] Weinstein, Dave (February 5, 2005). "Quiet pleasures / Newsom brothers created homes with a timeless appeal". SFGate. Retrieved February 21, 2026.

[3] 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.

Newsom

People

Newsom family of California

See also

References