'''Newsom''' is a surname of English origin which is a variant of the surname Newsome.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2022 |title=Newsom |encyclopedia=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001/acref-9780190245115-e-53529 |editor-last=Hanks |editor-first=Patrick |editor-link=Patrick Hanks |edition=2nd |editor2-last=Lenarčič |editor2-first=Simon |editor3-last=McClure |editor3-first=Peter |isbn=978-0-19-024512-2 |via=Oxford Reference}}</ref>
== 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,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Weinstein |first=Dave |date=February 5, 2005 |title=Quiet pleasures / Newsom brothers created homes with a timeless appeal |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Quiet-pleasures-Newsom-brothers-created-homes-2733362.php |access-date=February 21, 2026 |work=SFGate}}</ref> established an architecture practice in Oakland, California in the 1870s. Many members of the family became active as architects from this decade onward.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |last1=Gebhard |first1=David |last2=Barlow |first2=Margaret |editor-last=Marter |editor-first=Joan |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195335798.001.0001/acref-9780195335798-e-1473 |title=Newsom |encyclopedia=The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-533579-8 |edition=1 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195335798.001.0001 |via=Oxford Reference|author-link=David Gebhard|editor-link=Joan Marter|publication-place=Oxford|year=2011|url-access=subscription }}</ref> 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 * {{Interlanguage link|Joseph Cather Newsom|qid=Q104723584}} (1858–1930), Canadian-born American architect * Samuel Newsom (1852–1908), Canadian-born American architect * William Newsom (1933–2018), American state appeals court judge
== See also == {{srt}} * Newson, a surname and given name
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