Famous People with Name Thorburn

Thorburn Brailsford Robertson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Thorburn Brailsford Robertson: an Australian physiologist and biochemis

Mark Thorburn            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Mark Thorburn: is a former English cricketer. Thorburn was a right-handed batsman who was a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Thorburn spent two seasons playing cricket for the Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, making his first-class debut against Lancashir

Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn: is a retired professional Canadian snooker player. A former world number one (one of only seven players to hold that spot), he was world snooker champion in 1980, one of only three players from outside the United Kingdom to win the world title in the mode

Shona Thorburn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shona Thorburn: is a Canadian professional basketball player, formerly a point guard for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA.

Paul Thorburn            Origin/Culture/Country: Welsh

Paul Thorburn: is a former Neath RFC and international Wales rugby union player who played at full back. He also captained Wales. He was a prolific long distance goal kicker, who holds the record for the longest successful kick in a test match. He was also in the Wales

Sir Robert Thorburn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sir Robert Thorburn: was a Newfoundland merchant and politician who served as the colony's Premier from 1885 to 1889. Born in Scotland, Thorburn emigrated to Newfoundland in 1852 when he was sixteen. From 1870 to 1885 and again from 1893 to 1906 he was a member of the colony's appointed Legislative Council, the Upper House of Newfoundland's parliament. Traditionally, Newfoundland politics had been divided along sectarian lines with Catholics supporting the Liberals and Protestants supporting the Conservative Party of Newfoundland. Whiteway, however, who had been elected as a Conservative with the support of Protestants had lost the support of much of the business community with his support of the railway over the fishery and reached out to the Catholic Liberals In order to stay in power creating a cross denominational coalition.