Cushman is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Austin F. Cushman (1830–1914), American tool inventor
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Charlie Cushman
Charles H. Cushman (May 25, 1850 – June 29, 1909) was an American professional baseball umpire and manager in the late 19th century. In parts of three seasons, he umpired a total of 110 National League games. Late in the 1891 season, he managed ...
(1850–1909), American baseball umpire and manager
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Charlotte Cushman
Charlotte Saunders Cushman (July 23, 1816 – February 18, 1876) was an American stage actress. Her voice was noted for its full contralto register, and she was able to play both male and female parts. She lived intermittently in Rome, in an expa ...
(1816–1876), American stage actress
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Doug Cushman (born 1953), American cartoonist
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Francis W. Cushman
Francis Wellington Cushman (May 8, 1867 – July 6, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Washington.
Born in Brighton, Washington County, Iowa, Cushman attended the public schools in Brighton and Pleasant Plain Academy in Pleasant Plain, Iowa. ...
(1867–1909), American politician
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Jeremy Cushman (born 1990), American violinist
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Joseph Augustine Cushman (1881–1949) American paleontologist
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Harvey Cushman (1877-1920) baseball player
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Karen Cushman
Karen Cushman (born October 4, 1941) is an American writer of historical fiction.
Career
Cushman's 1995 novel
''The Midwife's Apprentice'' won the Newbery Medal for children's literature, and her 1994 novel ''Catherine, Called Birdy'' ...
(born 1941), American writer
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Leah Cushman
Leah Cushman is an American politician from New Hampshire. She is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives as a member of the New Hampshire Republican Party
The New Hampshire Republican State Committee is the affiliate of the Uni ...
, American politician
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Mary Floyd Cushman
Mary Floyd Cushman (July 24, 1870 – 1965) was an American medical doctor and Christian missionary. She served as the Maine State Medical Board’s first female member and later as a medical missionary in Angola for 20 years.
Early life, e ...
(1870 - 1965), American medical doctor and missionary
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Pauline Cushman
Pauline Cushman (born Harriet Wood; June 10, 1833 – December 2, 1893) was an American actress and a spy for the Union Army during the American Civil War. She is considered one of the most successful Civil War spies.
Early life
Harriet Wo ...
(1833–1897), American actress and Civil War spy
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Robert Cushman
Robert Cushman (1577–1625) was an important leader and organiser of the ''Mayflower'' voyage in 1620, serving as Chief Agent in London for the Leiden Separatist contingent from 1617 to 1620 and later for Plymouth Colony until his death in 1625 ...
(1578–1625), Plymouth Colony Pilgrim
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R. A. Cushman
Robert Asa Cushman (6 November 1880 – 25 March 1957) was an American entomologist who worked mainly on agricultural entomology at the Bureau of Entomology in Washington DC. He also worked on the systematics of ichneumonid and chalcidoid wasps.
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(1880–1957), American entomologist
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Robert E. Cushman Jr. (1914–1985), U.S. Marine Corps general
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Robert H. Cushman
Robert (Bob) Herman Cushman (16 January 1924 in Evanston, Illinois – 27 January 1996 in Essex, Connecticut) was an American trade magazine journalist who had written extensively across several engineering disciplines, two in particular during ...
(1924–1996), engineering journalist
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Robert Cushman (curator)
Robert Cushman (November 7, 1946 – July 13, 2009) was the photography curator for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for 37 years. He is credited with developing and expanding the photographic archives of the Academy ...
(1946–2009), photography curator for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Susan Cushman (born 1972), Canadian rhythmic gymnast
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Cushman Kellogg Davis
Cushman Kellogg Davis (June 16, 1838November 27, 1900) was an American Republican politician who served as the seventh Governor of Minnesota and as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota.
Early life and American Civil War
Davis was born in Henderson, N ...
(1838–1900), American politician
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Arthur Cushman McGiffert
Arthur Cushman McGiffert (March 4, 18611933), American theologian, was born in Sauquoit, New York, the son of a Presbyterian clergyman of Scots-Irish descent.
Biography
He graduated at Western Reserve College in 1882 and at Union Theological Se ...
(1861–1933), American theologian
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Robert Cushman Murphy
The whaling ship, ''Daisy'', which Murphy traveled on to the Antarctic
Robert Cushman Murphy (April 29, 1887 – March 20, 1973) was an American ornithologist and Lamont Curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History. He went on nume ...
(1887–1973), American ornithologist
Fictional characters:
* Frank Cushman, fictional character in the film ''Jerry Maguire''; portrayed by Jerry O'Connell
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