People
- Surname
- Billy Claiborne, western outlaw
- Lindy Boggs (Corinne Claiborne Boggs), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana; U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican
- Craig Claiborne, U.S. food writer and columnist for the New York Times
- Harry E. Claiborne, member of Nevada House of Representatives
- James Robert Claiborne, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri
- John Claiborne, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
- John Claiborne (baseball executive)
- John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, member of Mississippi state legislature
- John Herbert Claiborne, surgeon and physicist
- Liz Claiborne (fashion designer) (1929–2007), pioneer fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Nathaniel Claiborne, member of Virginia state legislature, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
- Robert Claiborne (1919–1990), American folk singer, labor organizer and writer of books on science, anthropology and linguistics
- Shane Claiborne, Christian writer, speaker, and activist
- Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812), member of Virginia state legislature; member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
- Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856), lawyer; member of Tennessee state house of representatives; member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee
- William Claiborne (c. 1600 – 1676), Virginia statesman
- William C. C. Claiborne, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee and first Governor of Louisiana
- Given name
- C. P. Ellis (Claiborne P. Ellis), Ku Klux Klan member turned civil rights activist
- Claiborne Pell, U.S. senator from Rhode Island
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