Corbett is an English-language surname. It is derived from the Anglo-Norman French, Middle English, and Old French corbet, which is a diminutive of corb, meaning "raven". The surname probably originated from a nickname referring to someone with dark hair or a dark complexion like a raven's. The surname was brought to England from Normandy, and spread to Scotland in the 12th century, and into northern Ireland in the 17th century. Early instances of the name are Corbet in Shropshire, recorded in Domesday Book in 1086; Corbet in Shropshire, recorded in the Assize Rolls of Worcestershire in 1158; and le Corbet in Oxfordshire, recorded in the Eynsham Cartulary in 1323. Variations of the surname include: Corbet, and Corbitt. Corbett is sometimes an Anglicised form of the Irish surnames Ó Corbáin and Ó Coirbín, which mean "descendant of Corbán" and "descendant of Coirbín", respectively.
In television, film and fiction
Ben Corbett (1892–1961), American actor
Bill Corbett, playwright, television writer, screenwriter, and performer
Daniel Corbett, British meteorologist
Glenn Corbett, American actor
Gretchen Corbett, American actress most noted for the role of "Beth Davenport" on the television series The Rockford Files
Harry Corbett (1918–1989), British puppeteer
Harry H. Corbett (1925–1982), British actor
John Corbett (actor) (born 1961), U.S. actor
Matthew Corbett (born 1948), British television personality known for The Sooty Show
Ronnie Corbett (1930–2016), Scottish comedian and actor
Shaun Taylor-Corbett, American actor
Susannah Corbett, British actress
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, the main character in a series of Tom Corbett — Space Cadet stories
Winslow Corbett, American actress and the daughter of Rockford Files supporting player Gretchen Corbett
Kari Corbett, Scottish actress
Boston Corbett, the Union soldier who shot and mortally wounded Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth
Frederick Corbett, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
Julian Corbett, British naval historian and geostrategist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Thomas Corbett, Indian Army officer
John Rooke Corbett, mountaineer and compiler of list of peaks between 2500 and 3000 feet.
Edwin Corbett (1819–1888), British diplomat, envoy to several countries
Jim Corbett (1875–1955), British hunter and naturalist in India
James W. Corbett (1928–1994), American physicist
Jonathan Corbett, British TV presenter, food commentator & buyer for Tesco
Joseph Corbett, Jr. (1928–2009), American former Fulbright scholar jailed for murder
Margaret Darst Corbett (1889–1962), American vision educator
Sidney Corbett (born 1960), American composer based in Germany
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