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Outerbridge

Outerbridge is the surname of a notable family centred in Bailey's Bay, an unincorporated community in Hamilton Parish, Bermuda. The family spread to the United States, the Maritimes and Canada.

People with the surname include:

  • Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge (1860–1932), of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
  • Sir Joseph Outerbridge (1843-1933), a prominent Bermudian business man and philanthropist in Newfoundland (and brother of Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge)
  • Sir Leonard Cecil Outerbridge (1888-1986), Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland between 1949 and 1957 (and son of Sir Joseph Outerbridge)
  • Mary Ewing Outerbridge (1852–1886), who imported the game of tennis into the U.S. from Bermuda (sister of Sir Joseph Outerbridge and Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge)
  • Paul Outerbridge (1896–1958), American photographer
  • Peter Outerbridge (born 1966), Canadian actor
  • Samuel Cornelius Outerbridge (1826-1901), MCP of the House of Assembly of the Parliament of Bermuda for thirty-seven years
  • Thomas Leslie Outerbridge (died 1927), a Bermudian participant in the U.S. Civil War
  • William Woodward Outerbridge (1906–1986), commanded USS Ward in the first U.S. naval action of World War II.

As a given name, it is used by at least seven people named Outerbridge Horsey, including Outerbridge Horsey III (1777–1842), U.S. Senator from Delaware.