Needham (surname)

Needham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alicia Adélaide Needham (1863–1945), Irish composer
• Ben Needham, British infant missing since 1991
• Col Needham, co-founder of the Internet Movie Database
• David Needham, English football player
• Ernest Needham (1873–1936), English football player
• Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey (1842–1915), 3rd Earl of Kilmorey
• George Carter Needham (1840–1902), American writer
• Hal Needham, American stuntman
• Henry Needham (1876–1965), British Major-General and staff officer
• Jack Needham, English football player
• James George Needham (1868–1957), American entomologist
• Jimmy Needham (born 1985), American contemporary Christian singer songwriter and musician
• John Needham (1713–1781), British biologist and Roman Catholic priest who believed in the theory of spontaneous generation
• Joseph Needham (1900–1995), British biochemist and sinologist
• Marchamont Needham, English political pamphleteer
• Richard Needham, 6th Earl of Kilmorey (born 1942), British politician
• Richard J. Needham (1912–1996), Canadian newspaper columnist and humorist
• Rodney Needham (1923–2006), British social anthropologist
• Roger Needham, British computer scientist
• Samuel Needham VC, British soldier
• T. Needham, English cricketer
• Tom Needham, Irish baseball player
• Tracey Needham, American actress
• Tristan Needham, British mathematician