What is "cosby"

Cosby is an American sitcom television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996, to April 28, 2000, loosely based on the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave. The program starred Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad, who previously worked with Cosby in the 1984–1992 NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. Madeline Kahn portrayed their neighbor, Pauline, until her death in 1999.

Cosby is an American sitcom starring Bill Cosby.

Cosby may also refer to:

• Cosby (surname)
• The Bill Cosby Show, an American sitcom that ran from 1969 to 1971 on NBC, starring Bill Cosby
• The Cosby Show, an American sitcom that ran from 1984 to 1992, starring Bill Cosby
• The Cosby Mysteries, a television mystery series that ran from 1994 to 1995, starring Bill Cosby
• House of Cosbys, a parody cartoon series

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

• Alexander Cosby (1685–1742), Irish military officer
• Andrew Cosby (born 1968), American comic book creator, film producer, and screenwriter
• Bill Cosby (born 1937), American comedy actor
• Camille Cosby (born 1944), American author and wife of Bill Cosby
• Dabney Cosby (1793–1862), American architect and builder
• Dudley Cosby, 1st Baron Sydney (1730–1774), Irish politician and diplomat
• Ennis Cosby (1969–1997), American student and son of Bill Cosby who was murdered in 1997
• Erika Cosby (born 1965), artist and daughter of Bill Cosby
• Francis Cosby (1510–1580), English soldier and settler in Ireland
• George B. Cosby (1830–1909), Confederate States Army officer
• Gerry Cosby (1909–1996), American ice hockey player and businessman
• Henry Cosby (1928–2002), American songwriter and record producer
• Jessica Cosby (born 1982), American hammer thrower
• Joseph Hathaway Cosby (1902–1998), American pastor, US Army chaplain, and the second President of Hargrave Military Academy
• Phillips Cosby (1729–1808), Royal Navy officer
• Quan Cosby (born 1982), American football player
• Rita Cosby (born 1964), TV reporter
• William Cosby (1690–1736), British nobleman and governor of the New York Colony