# Newsom

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'''Newsom''' is a surname of English origin which is a variant of the surname [Newsome](/source/Newsome_(surname)).<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2022 |title=Newsom |encyclopedia=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/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](/source/Oxford_Reference)}}</ref>

== People ==
* [Bobo Newsom](/source/Bobo_Newsom) (1907–1962), American baseball player
* [Carroll Vincent Newsom](/source/Carroll_Vincent_Newsom) (1904–1990), American former president of New York University
* Christopher Newsom (1983–2007), American victim of a [kidnapping and murder](/source/Murders_of_Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom)
* [David Newsom](/source/David_Newsom) (born 1962), American actor and photographer
* [David Newsom (cricketer)](/source/David_Newsom_(cricketer)) (born 1937), English cricketer and Royal Navy officer
* [David D. Newsom](/source/David_D._Newsom) (1918–2008), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1969–1974)
* [Eric D. Newsom](/source/Eric_D._Newsom) (1943–2025), American diplomat and State Department official
* [James Newsom](/source/James_Newsom), American politician
* [Jerry Newsom](/source/Jerry_Newsom) (born 1946), American collegiate basketball player
* [Lee Ann Newsom](/source/Lee_Ann_Newsom), Associate Professor of Anthropology at Penn State University
* [Leo Dale Newsom](/source/Leo_Dale_Newsom) (1915–1987), American entomologist
* [Rick Newsom](/source/Rick_Newsom) (1950–1988), NASCAR Winston Cup driver
* [Tommy Newsom](/source/Tommy_Newsom) (1929–2007), American saxophone player in the NBC Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''
* [Xavier Newsom](/source/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](/source/SFGate)}}</ref> established an architecture practice in [Oakland, California](/source/Oakland%2C_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](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |isbn=978-0-19-533579-8 |edition=1 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195335798.001.0001 |via=[Oxford Reference](/source/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](/source/Gavin_Newsom) (born 1967), American Democratic politician and Governor of California since 2019
* [Jennifer Siebel Newsom](/source/Jennifer_Siebel_Newsom) (born 1974), American documentary filmmaker and First Lady of California since 2019
* [Joanna Newsom](/source/Joanna_Newsom) (born 1982), American musician and songwriter
* {{Interlanguage link|Joseph Cather Newsom|qid=Q104723584}} (1858–1930), Canadian-born American architect
* [Samuel Newsom](/source/Samuel_Newsom) (1852–1908), Canadian-born American architect
* [William Newsom](/source/William_Newsom) (1933–2018), American state appeals court judge

== See also ==
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* [Newson](/source/Newson), a surname and given name

== References ==
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