Newcomb
Newcomb means:
- Newcomb's problem
- Newcomb (moon crater) , named after Simon Newcomb
- Newcomb (Mars crater) , named after Simon Newcomb
Places in the United States:
- Newcomb, Maryland , in Talbot County
- Newcomb, Montana , in Silver Bow County
- Newcomb, New Mexico , in San Juan County
- Newcomb, New York , in Essex County
- Newcomb, Tennessee , in Campbell County
- Newcomb Hollow (Massachusetts)
Newcomb is the family name of the following people:
- Carman A. Newcomb (1830-1902), American politician
- Clyde Newcomb (≈1910–), American jazz musician
- Harriet Christina Newcomb (1854–1942), British-Australian teacher and feminist
- Horatio C. Newcomb (1821-1882), American politician
- James Pearson Newcomb (1837-1907), American politician
- Simon Newcomb (1835–1909), Canadian astronomer and mathematician
- Wesley Newcomb (1808-1893), American malacologist
- William Newcomb († 1999), American physicist
See also:
- Newcomb Township
- Newcomb Bay , a bay on the coast of Wilkesland East Antarctica
- Newcombe
- Newcome