People
- Anthony Newcomb (born 1941), American musicologist
- Bernard A. Newcomb, American businessperson and philanthropist, co-founder of E*TRADE
- Bryant B. Newcomb (1867–1945), American politician
- Carman A. Newcomb (1830–1902), American politician, lawyer and judge
- Cyrenius A. Newcomb, Sr. (1837–1915), American businessman, reformer, and philanthropist
- Deborah Newcomb, member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- George Newcomb (1866–1895), outlaw of the American Old West and member of the Wild Bunch
- Frank Newcomb (1846–1934), commodore in the United States Revenue Cutter Service
- Harvey Newcomb (1803–1863), American clergyman and writer
- Horatio C. Newcomb (1821–1882), American attorney, judge, and politician
- James Pearson Newcomb (1837–1907), journalist and Secretary of State of Texas
- John Lloyd Newcomb (1881–1954), American educator
- Josephine Louise Newcomb (1816–1901), philanthropist whose grant founded H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College
- Rexford Newcomb (1886–1968), American academician, architect, and author
- Richard Newcomb, American war correspondent
- Robert Newcomb, fantasy writer
- Ronda Storms (born Ronda Rehnell Newcomb), US politician
- Simon Newcomb (1835–1909), Canadian astronomer and mathematician
- William Newcomb (died 1999), professor and theoretical physicist who devised Newcomb's paradox
- Wesley Newcomb (1818–1892), American malacologist (studier of mollusks)
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