Dobbs
Dobbs is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfred Dobbs, British politician and trade unionist
- Amanda Dobbs, American figure skater
- Arthur Dobbs, Anglo-Irish politician, colonial governor of North Carolina 1754–1765
- Arthur Frederick Dobbs, Irish politician
- Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs, American historian specializing in Isaac Newton's occult studies
- Bobby Dobbs, American footballer
- Catherine Dobbs, first woman mayor of a major U.S. industrial city, Barberton, Ohio
- Demarcus Dobbs, American footballer
- Farrell Dobbs, American Trotskyist and trade unionist
- Francis Dobbs, Irish barrister, politician and writer
- Frank Q. Dobbs, American screenwriter, film director, film producer and cinematographer
- Gerald Dobbs, retired English footballer
- Glenn Dobbs, American footballer
- Greg Dobbs, American Baseball Player
- Greg Dobbs, American TV journalist
- Harold Dobbs, civic leader and politician in San Francisco, California
- Harriet Dobbs, Irish-Canadian charity worker
- Sir Henry Dobbs, administrator in British India and High Commissioner in Iraq
- Hoyt McWhorter Dobbs, American Methodist Bishop
- John Dobbs, American baseball player
- John Wesley Dobbs, African American civic and political leader
- Joshua Dobbs, American football player
- Kildare Dobbs, Canadian short story and travel writer
- Lem Dobbs, British-American screenwriter
- Dame Linda Dobbs, the first non-white judge in England and Wales
- Lou Dobbs, American journalist, radio and TV host
- Mattiwilda Dobbs, African-American coloratura soprano
- Michael Dobbs, British politician and author
- Michael Dobbs , Anglo-American non-fiction author
- Nigel Dobbs, former English cricketer
- Paul Dobbs, New Zealand motorcycle road racer
- Quail Dobbs, American rodeo clown and performer
- Ricky Dobbs, United States Navy officer and former college football quarterback
- Roland Dobbs, British physicist
- Samuel Candler Dobbs, president and chairman of The Coca-Cola Company 1919–1922
Fictional characters
- Dobbs, pilot in Catch-22
- Elizabeth Gail Dobbs, character in Christian children's books by Hilda Stahl
- Hannibal Dobbs, character played by James Hampton in the TV Series F Troop
- J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, figurehead of the Church of the SubGenius
- Jackie Dobbs, character in British TV soap opera Coronation Street
- Maisie Dobbs, character in novels by Jacqueline Winspear
- Molly Dobbs, character in British TV soap opera Coronation Street
- Phyllis Dobbs, character in BBC One's science fiction/police procedural drama Life on Mars
- Tyrone Dobbs, character in British TV soap opera Coronation Street
- Fred C. Dobbs, character played by Humphrey Bogart in the film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Fred C. Dobbs, character played by satirist Michael Magee
