Cuthbert

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British general Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood who became famous for his victory in Battle of Trafalgar

## Other Names

### See Also

Robert

**Cuthbert** is a masculine given name. It is also in use as a surname.

It is derived from the Old English elements *cuþ* "known, familiar, famous" and *beorht* "bright". It was the name of Saint Cuthbert who was a 6th-century hermit who went on to become the bishop of Lindisfarne, an island off the coast of England. Cuthbert is regarded as the patron saint of Northumbria. He was known for performing several documented healing miracles. The name remained in use in England even after the Norman Conquest, mostly thanks to the Saint. It declined in use and slowly became rare after the Protestant Reformation, but it was revived in the 19th century for a brief period. Today the name has once again become very rare.

## People named Cuthbert

* Cuthbert of Canterbury (fl. 736–760), Archbishop of Canterbury
* Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
* Cuthbert (fl. 780/790), scribe and artist of the eponymous Cutbercht Gospels
* Cuthbert Bardsley (1901-1977), Anglican Bishop of Coventry
* Cuthbert Brodrick (1821-1905), British architect
* Cuthbert Bromley (1878-1915), English First World War officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Cuthbert Burbage (1566–1636), a key figure in the construction of the Globe Theatre in London
* Cuthbert Burby (died 1607), London bookseller and publisher
* Cuthbert Burnup (1875-1960), English amateur cricketer and footballer
* Cuthbert Christy (1863–1932), British doctor and zoologist, author of the Christy Report
* Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (1748-1810), Royal Navy vice admiral, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Trafalgar and Trafalgar Campaign
* Cuthbert Constable (c. 1680–1746), English physician and antiquary
* Cuthbert Dukes (1890–1977), English physician, pathologist and author
* Cuthbert Ellison (British Army officer) (1698–1785), British Army officer and Member of Parliament
* Cuthbert Ellison (Newcastle MP) (1783–1860), Member of Parliament
* Cuthbert Grant (1793–1854), Métis leader in what is now Canada
* Sir Cuthbert Headlam, 1st Baronet (1876-1964), British Conservative politician and several times Member of Parliament
* Cuthbert Hurd (1911–1996), American computer scientist and entrepreneur
* Cuthbert Mayne (1544-1577), English Roman Catholic priest and martyr
* Cuthbert Nyasango (born 1982), Zimbabwean long-distance runner
* Cuthbert Orde (1888-1968), British painter and First World War pilot
* Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins (born 1947), physician and historian
* Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins Sr. (1925–2019), dentist, Louisiana state legislator, and civil rights activist
* Cuthbert Ottaway (1850-1878), English footballer and cricketer
* Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849), U.S. Representative from Virginia
* Cuthbert Sebastian (1921–2017), Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis
* Cuthbert Sharp (1781–1849), English antiquary, official and soldier
* Cuthbert Tunstall (1474-1559), Bishop of Durham, diplomat, administrator and royal adviser
* Cuthbert Turner (1860–1930), English ecclesiastical historian and Biblical scholar
* Cuthbert Woodroffe (1918-2012), Anglican Archbishop of the West Indies

**Fictional characters:**

* Cuthbert (Microdeal), computer game character and the company mascot of the software company Microdeal
* Cuthbert Allgood, a character in Stephen King's *Dark Tower* series
* Cuthbert Binns, from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
* Cuthbert Calculus, a scientist in *Adventures of Tintin*
* Cuthbert Clare, a character in Thomas Hardy's *Tess of the D'Urbervilles*
* Cuthbert Cringeworthy, in the comic strip *The Bash Street Kids*
* Cuthbert Rumbold, from *Are You Being Served?*
* J. Cuthbert Banks, from P.G. Woodhouse's *The Clicking of Cuthbert*
* Grass snake Cuthbert, from the Lord Peter Wimsey short story *Talboys* by Dorothy L. Sayers

## Surname

* Alan William Cuthbert (1932–2016), a British pharmacologist and fellow of University College London
* Alfred Cuthbert (1785–1856), United States Representative and Senator from Georgia
* Betty Cuthbert (1938–2017), Australian athlete
* Charles Cuthbert, American architect of Kansas
* Cheslor Cuthbert, baseball player
* Chris Cuthbert (born 1957), Canadian sportscaster
* Dylan Cuthbert, British programmer and video game developer
* Elisha Cuthbert (born 1982), Canadian actress
* Erin Cuthbert (born 1998), Scottish footballer
* Frederick Alexander Cuthbert (1902-1978), Landscape Architect
* Grace Cuthbert MBE (1900 – 1988), Australian doctor and Director of Maternal and Baby Welfare
* Jack Cuthbert (born 1987), English rugby union player
* Jeffrey Cuthbert (born 1948), Welsh politician, member of the National Assembly of Wales
* John Cuthbert (Royal Navy officer) (1902-1987), vice admiral
* Josh Cuthbert, English singer (Union J)
* Juliet Cuthbert (born 1964), Jamaican runner, primarily in the sprints
* Mike Cuthbert, host of AARP's *Prime Time Radio* show
* Ross Cuthbert (politician) (1776–1861), Canadian writer, lawyer and politician
* Scott Cuthbert (born 1987), Scottish footballer

**Fictional characters:**

* Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, from *Anne of Green Gables*

## References

https://www.behindthename.com/name/cuthbert