Corby (surname)

Last updated March 21, 2019

Corby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Ambrose Corbie or Corby (1604–1649), English Jesuit, teacher and author
Colleen Corby (born 1947), American model
Ellen Corby (1911-1999), American actress best known for playing Grandma Walton on the television show The Waltons
Henry Corby (1806-1881), Canadian businessman and politician
Henry Corby, Jr. (1851-1917), Canadian businessman and politician, son of the above
John George Howard (1803-1890), born John Corby, English-born Canadian architect, civil engineer and surveyor
Kevin Corby (cricketer) (born 1959), English cricketer
Kevin Corby (soccer) (born 1988), American soccer player
Kevin Corby (politician) (?–2006), Australian politician
Matt Corby (born 1990), Australian singer
Michael Corby (born 1951), British rock guitarist
Schapelle Corby (born 1977), Australian convicted of drug smuggling in 2005
William Corby (1833-1897), President of the University of Notre Dame and chaplain to the Irish Brigade during the American Civil War

Ambrose Corbie, also called Corby or Corbington was an English Jesuit, teacher and author.

Colleen Corby is a retired American model. She is best known for her work as a teen in the 1960s, as well as for her modeling work in department store catalogs from the 1960s and 1970s, including those of Sears, JC Penney, Montgomery Ward, and others. Corby's modeling career began in 1959 when she was eleven years old.

Ellen Hansen Corby was an American actress. She is best remembered for the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series The Waltons, for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Aunt Trina in I Remember Mama (1948).

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