Bixby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anna Pierce Hobbs Bixby (1812–1873), American physician Bella Bixby (born 1995), American soccer player Bill Bixby (1934–1993), American actor and director Carl Bixby (1895-1978), American writer Fanny Bixby (1879–1930), American philanthropist and activist better known as Fanny Bixby Spencer Francis M. Bixby (1828–1905), New York politician Horace Ezra Bixby (1826–1912), steamboat pilot and captain, inventor, teacher of Mark Twain James Thompson Bixby (1843–1921), Unitarian minister and writer Jaydee Bixby (born 1990), Canadian country musician Jerome Bixby (1923–1998), American short story writer, editor and scriptwriter Jonathan Bixby (1959–2001), American costume designer Lenore E. Bixby (1914–1994), American statistician Lydia Parker Bixby (1801–1878), American widow, recipient of an 1864 letter from Abraham Lincoln Maynard Bixby (1853–1935), American mineralogist Moses Bixby (1827–1901), American pastor Norma Bixby (born 1941), member of the Montana House of Representatives (2000–present) Peter Bixby, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (2012–2022) Robert E. Bixby (born 1945), American mathematician Robert L. Bixby (born 1955), executive director of the Concord Coalition Sarah Bixby (1871–1935), California writer better known as Sarah Bixby Smith Tams Bixby (1855–1922), American newspaper editor and publisher William Herbert Bixby (1849–1928), U.S. Army brigadier general and Chief of Engineers William K. Bixby (1857–1931), American art collector