Pugh is a surname of Welsh origin (from the term ap Huw, meaning 'son of Hugh'), or Irish origin. ^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Alf Pugh (1869–1942), Wales international football goalkeeper
• Alun Pugh (born 1955), former Labour Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport
• Catherine Pugh (born 1950), American Democratic politician and mayor of Baltimore
• Cecil Pugh (1898–1941), South African recipient of the George Cross, the only clergyman so awarded
• Charlie Pugh (1896–1951), Welsh rugby player
• Clifton Pugh (1924–1990), Australian artist
• Coy Pugh (born 1952), American politician
• Daniel Patrick Pugh (born 1956), sportscaster and radio personality, known professionally as "Dan Patrick"
• Danny Pugh (born 1982), English footballer
• David Pugh (disambiguation), several people
• Derek S. Pugh (1930–2015), British psychologist and founder of the Aston Group
• Dylan Pugh, American politician
• Esther Pugh (1834–1908), American reformer, editor, publisher
• Evan Pugh (1828–1864), first president of the Pennsylvania State University
• Evan Pugh (1718–1787), Alderman and Sheriff of London
• Florence Pugh (born 1996), English actress
• Gareth Pugh (born 1981), English fashion designer
• George E. Pugh (1822–1876), American politician and U.S. senator from Ohio
• Griffith Pugh (1909–1994), British mountaineer on the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition
• Gwilym Puw, sometimes anglicised as William Pugh (c. 1618 – c. 1689), Welsh Catholic poet and Royalist officer
• Hugh Pugh (disambiguation)
• Isaac C. Pugh (1805–1874), Union general in the American Civil War
• J. A. Pugh (1833–1887), American Civil War photographer
• James E. Pugh (born 1950), trombonist
• James L. Pugh (1820–1907), U.S. senator from Alabama, and member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War
• Jamin Pugh (1984–2023), American professional wrestler better known as Jay Briscoe
• Jethro Pugh (1944–2015), former National Football League player
• Jim Pugh (born 1964), American former tennis player
• John Pugh (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Pugh (born 1962), English cartoonist
• Ken Pugh (born c. 1959), American experimental psychologist
• Lewis Pugh (born 1969), British environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer
• Lewis Pugh Pugh (1837–1908), Welsh lawyer and politician
• Madelyn Pugh (1921–2011), writer known for her work on the television show I Love Lucy
• Marc Pugh (born 1987), English footballer
• Mallory Pugh (born 1998), maiden name of American soccer player Mallory Swanson
• Marion Pugh (1919–1976), American football player
• Mark Pugh (born 1985), American professional wrestler better known as Mark Briscoe
• Martin Pugh (musician), British guitarist
• Martin Pugh (historian), British historian
• Mary Pugh, mathematician
• Max Pugh, French-English filmmaker
• Philip Pugh (1679–1760), Welsh minister
• Ralph Pugh (1910–1982), English historian
• Richie Pugh (born 1983), Welsh rugby union player
• Robert Pugh (born 1950), Welsh film and television actor
• Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950), British poet, novelist and translator
• Steve Pugh (born 1966), British comic book artist
• Steve Pugh (politician) (1961–2011), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 73 (2008–2020)
• Stuart Pugh (1929–1993), engineer, innovator, and author; inventor of the Pugh Decision-matrix method
• Tim Pugh (born 1967), former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Toby Sebastian (born 1992), English actor and musician, born Sebastian Toby M. Pugh, brother of Florence Pugh
• Tom Pugh (disambiguation)
• Virginia Wynette Pugh, better known as Tammy Wynette (1942–1998), American country singer
• Will Pugh (born 1984), lead singer for pop rock group Cartel
• Willard E. Pugh (born 1959), American actor
• William Pugh (disambiguation)
• Zachary Levi Pugh (born 1980), American actor of the television show Chuck

References

Surname list

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