Cribb (surname)

Cribb, also spelt Cribbs, is a surname of Old English origin derived from crib(b) "manger". It is an occupational surname for cowherds. Notable people with the surname include:

Australia

• Alan Cribb (born 1925), botanist and mycologist
• Benjamin Cribb (1807–1874), pioneer and politician in Queensland
• James Clarke Cribb (1856–1926), politician in Queensland
• Joan Cribb (1930–2023), botanist and mycologist
• John Cribb (1950–2018), triple murderer
• Julian Cribb, science writer
• Margaret Cribb (1924–1993), political scientist
• Reg Cribb, playwright
• Robert Cribb (1805–1883), pioneer and politician in Queensland
• Roger Cribb (1948–2007), archaeologist and anthropologist
• Thomas Bridson Cribb (1845–1913), politician in Queensland

Canada;

• Ernest Cribb (1885–1957), sailor

New Zealand;

• Bruce Cribb (born 1946), speedway rider
• Jo Cribb, public servant
• Otto Cribb (1878–1901), boxer
• Ron Cribb (born 1976), rugby union player
• Tai Cribb (born 2004), rugby union player

United Kingdom

• Guy Cribb (born 1970), windsurfer
• Harvey Cribb (born 2006), footballer
• Joe Cribb (born 1948), numismatist
• Joseph Cribb (1892–1967), sculptor
• Stan Cribb (1905–1989), footballer
• Steve Cribb (1944–1994), disability rights activist and numismatist
• Tom Cribb (1781–1848), bare-knuckle boxer

United States of America

• Claire Cribbs (1912–1985), basketball player and coach
• James Cribbs (born 1966), football player
• Joe Cribbs (born 1958), football player
• Josh Cribbs (born 1983), football player
• T. Kenneth Cribb Jr. (born 1948), activist

Fiction

• Sergeant Daniel Cribb is the main character in a series of novels by Peter Lovesey

See also

• Cribb & Foote, department stores in Australia
• Cribb Island, Queensland
• Cribbs Causeway, mall in Bristol
• The fictional Cribb brothers are singers in a satirical band, The Hee Bee Gee Bees