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

Albert Newsam (1809–1864), American artist Bartholomew Newsam (died 1593), clockmaker to Queen Elizabeth I, probably born in York Frank Newsam, GCB, KBE, CVO, MC (1893–1964), British civil servant, Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 1948 to 1957 John M. Newsam, British materials scientist, business innovator and entrepreneur, adjunct professor at UC San Diego Peter Newsam (born 1928), English educationist and a member of the Oxford Education Society

See also Fowler Newsam Hall, Grade II listed group of Victorian school buildings Temple Newsam, Tudor-Jacobean house in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown Temple Newsam (ward), electoral ward of Leeds City Council, West Yorkshire Temple Newsam Preceptory, Templar farmstead, just east of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England