Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Yarborough
Surname list From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Yarborough or Yarbrough are related English toponymic surnames. They originated from Yarburgh (Yarborough) in Lincolnshire, named from the Old English habitational or topographic name eorðburg ‘earthworks’, ‘fortifications’, (a compound of eorðe or eorethe ‘earth’, ‘soil’ + burg ‘fortress’, ‘burrow’). Variants include Yerberg, Yarburgh, Yarboro, Yarbro and other forms.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alex Yarbrough (born 1991), American baseball player
- Barton Yarborough (1900–1951), American radio actor
- Cale Yarborough (1939–2023), American race car driver
- Camille Yarbrough (born 1934), American musician
- Caterina Jarboro (1898–1986; born Katie Yarborough), American opera singer
- Cavin Yarbrough (1954–2025), American musician, member of musical group Yarbrough and Peoples
- Cecil S. Yarbrough (1878–1946), American politician and physician
- Cedric Yarbrough (born 1973), American comedic actor, best known for his role on Reno 911!
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born 1942), American fantasy author
- Clay Yarborough (born 1981), American politician
- Destanie Yarbrough (born 1990), American professional martial artist
- Don Yarborough (1925–2009), American politician
- Don Yarbrough (born 1941), American judge
- Earl G. Yarbrough (born 1946), American university administrator
- Ed Yarbrough (born 1943), American lawyer
- Eddie Yarbrough (born 1993), American professional football player
- Emmanuel Yarborough (1960–2015; Manny Yarborough), American amateur sumo wrestler, world's heaviest athlete
- Ernie Yarborough, American race car driver
- Ernie Yarbrough (born 1981), American politician
- Fanny Neal Yarborough (1870–1941), American political hostess and social worker
- Frances Yarborough, American actress and former wife of Don Knotts
- Francis Yarborough (died 1770), Oxford college head
- Geech Yarborough, American baseball player
- George Yarbrough (1916–1988), American newspaper owner and politician
- George Malone Yarbrough (born 1916), American politician
- Glenn Yarbrough (1930–2016), American singer, lead of The Limeliters
- Hyram Yarbro (born 1996), American social media influencer
- James C. Yarbrough (born 1957), American army general
- Jean Yarbrough (1900–1975), American film director
- Jeff Yarbro (born 1977), American politician
- Jim Yarbrough (offensive lineman) (born 1946), American football player
- Jim Yarbrough (defensive back) (born 1963), American football player
- Jim Yarbrough (basketball) (born 1964), American college basketball coach
- Jon Yarbrough, American billionaire, founder of Video Gaming Technologies
- Karen Yarbrough (1950–2024), American politician
- Kim Yarbrough (born 1961), American singer and actress
- Larry Yarborough (born 1962), American politician
- LeeRoy Yarbrough (1938–1984), American race car driver
- Matthew E. Yarbrough (born 1966), American lawyer
- Nellie Yarborough (1925–2012), American Pentecostal bishop, pastor, and community activist
- Philip Yarbrough (1937–2008; Bill Drake), American radio personality
- Richard Yarborough (born 1951), American academic
- Steve Yarbrough (politician) (born 1947), American politician
- Steve Yarbrough (writer) (born 1956), American novelist
- Ralph Yarborough (1903–1996), American politician
- Rual Yarbrough (1930–2010), American banjo player
- Ryan Yarborough (born 1971), former professional American football player
- Ryan Yarbrough (born 1991), American Major League Baseball player
- Thomas R. Yarborough (1895–1969), American politician in Lake Elsinore, California
- Vincent Yarbrough (born 1981), American professional basketball player
- William Yarbrough (born 1989), professional soccer player in Mexico and America
- William P. Yarborough (1912–2005), American general, 8th commander of John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
- Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough, British nobleman and namesake of Yarborough bridge hand
Remove ads
See also
- Earl of Yarborough, hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- USS Yarborough (DD-314), American warship
- Yarborough (bridge), an especially weak hand in contract bridge
- Yarborough (novel), a 1964 novel by B. H. Friedman
- Yarbro, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas
- Yarbrough, Mississippi, an unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi
This page lists people with the surname Yarborough.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
This page lists people with the surname Yarbrough.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
Remove ads
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads