Mosby (name)

Mosby is a surname of English origin. The name comes from Moresby, which derives from Moorby, Lincolnshire.

Notable people with the surname include:

Given name

 * Mosby Monroe Parsons (1822–1865), American politician
 * Mosby Perrow Jr. (1909–1973), American politician

Surname

 * Alexander Mosby Clayton (1801–1889), American politician
 * Aline Mosby (1922–1998), American journalist
 * Arron Mosby (born 1999), American football player
 * Bernice Mosby (born 1984), basketball basketball player
 * Carolyn Brown Mosby (1932–1990), American politician
 * Curtis Mosby (1888–1957), American jazz drummer, bandleader and businessman
 * Ervine Mosby, (1877–1916) English rugby league footballer
 * Gideon Gela-Mosby (born 1996), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Hagiga Mosby (born 2000) Australian rugby league footballer
 * Håkon Mosby (1903–1989), Norwegian oceanographer
 * Harold Mosby (1926–2007), English footballer
 * Harry Mosby (1945–1993), Australian Paralympic athlete
 * Howard Mosby (born 1961), African American member of the Georgia House of Representatives
 * John Mosby Bacon (1844–1913), American Army general
 * John R. Mosby, guerrilla leader during the Magonista rebellion of 1911
 * John S. Mosby (1833–1916), Confederate partisan ranger in the American Civil War, leader of "Mosby's Rangers"
 * Johnny and Jonie Mosby, American country music duo
 * Littleberry Mosby (1757–1821), United States brigadier general during the War of 1812
 * Marilyn Mosby (born 1980), American lawyer
 * Nicholas Mosby Dawson, American militiaman
 * Nick Mosby (born 1976), American politician
 * Roger Mosby (born 1951), 14th Chief Scout Executive
 * Taylor Mosby, American actress and musician
 * Ted Mosby (bishop) (1949–2000), Australian Anglican bishop
 * William H. Mosby (1898–1964), American painter and educator

Fictional characters

 * Ted Mosby, a fictional character from the television show How I Met Your Mother
 * Theodore Evelyn Mosby, a fictional character from the television show How I Met Your Mother
 * Tracy Mosby, a fictional character from the television show How I Met Your Mother