Yarborough
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/eorethe ‘earth’, ‘soil’ + burg ‘fortress’, ‘burrow’). Variants include Yerberg, Yarburgh, Yarboro and other forms.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Barton Yarborough, American radio actor
- Cale Yarborough, American race car driver
- Camille Yarbrough American musician
- Caterina Jarboro (born Katie Yarborough), American opera singer
- Cavin Yarbrough, American musician, member of musical group Yarbrough and Peoples
- Cedric Yarbrough, American comedic actor, best known for his role on Reno 911!
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, American fantasy author
- Destanie Yarbrough, American professional martial artist
- Don Yarborough, American politician
- Eddie Yarbrough, American professional football player
- Emmanuel Yarborough (Manny Yarborough), American amateur sumo wrestler, world's heaviest athlete
- Frances Yarborough, American actress and former wife of Don Knotts
- James C. Yarbrough (born 1957), American army general
- Jean Yarbrough, American film director
- Jim Yarbrough, former professional American football player
- Jon Yarbrough, American billionaire, founder of Video Gaming Technologies
- Kim Yarbrough, American singer and actress
- LeeRoy Yarbrough, (1938-1984) American race car driver
- Steve Yarbrough (politician), American politician
- Steve Yarbrough (writer), American novelist
- Glenn Yarbrough (1930–2016), American singer, lead of The Limeliters
- Ralph Yarborough (1903–96), American politician
- Ryan Yarborough, former professional American football player
- Ryan Yarbrough, American Major League Baseball player
- Tom Yarborough, American politician
- Vincent Yarbrough, American professional basketball player
- William Yarbrough, professional soccer player in Mexico and America
- William P. Yarborough, American general
- Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough, British nobleman and namesake of Yarborough bridge hand
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
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