Ebdon is a surname. It originated as a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

Sidbury Sidbury is a large village and former civil parish north of Sidmouth, now in the parish of Sidmouth, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. In 2011 the built-up area had a population of 457. It is situated on the A375 r ...

or Ebdon in

Wick St. Lawrence Wick St. Lawrence is a civil parish and village in Somerset, England. It falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset. The population of the parish, which includes Bourton, Icelton and Ebdon, in the 2011 census was 1,331. History The pa ...

, both in England. People with this surname include: * Dick Ebdon (1913–1987), English football forward * Edward Ebdon (1870–1950), English cricketer *

John Ebdon John Ebdon (22 December 1923 – 19 March 2005) was a British author, broadcaster, Graecophile and, for 21 years, director of the London Planetarium. He was educated at Blundell's School Blundell's School is an Private schools in the ...

(1923–2005), British author and broadcaster * John Ebdon (cricketer) (1876–1952), English cricketer *

Les Ebdon Sir Leslie Colin Ebdon CBE DL (born 26 January 1947 in Edmonton, London) is the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire and Director of Fair Access to Higher Education (head of the Office for Fair Access). Education Ebdon atten ...

(born 1947), British chemist and academic administrator *

Marcus Ebdon Marcus Ebdon (born 17 October 1970) is a Welsh former professional association football, footballer who is the manager of Spalding United F.C., Spalding United. Playing career Born in Pontypool, Wales, Ebdon started his football career as a tra ...

(born 1970), Welsh football manager and former midfielder * Percy Ebdon (1874–1943), English rugby player and cricketer *

Peter Ebdon Peter David Ebdon (born 27 August 1970) is an English retired professional snooker player who is a former world champion and current coach. Ebdon won nine ranking titles during his career, placing him in joint 14th position (with John Parrott ...

(born 1970), English snooker player *

Thomas Ebdon Thomas Ebdon (1738–1811) was a British composer and organist born in Durham. He was a chorister at Durham Cathedral Durham Cathedral, formally the , is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Durham, England. The cathedral is the seat ...

(1738–1811), British composer and organist

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