Chauncy is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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Chauncy Harris Chauncy Dennison Harris (1914 - December 26, 2003) was a pioneer of modern geography. His seminal works in the field of American urban geography ("The Nature of Cities" and "A Functional Classification of Cities in the United States") along with h ...

(1914–2003), American geographer * Chauncy Maples (1852–95), British missionary and bishop of Nyasaland * Chauncy Master (born 1985), Malawian runner * Chauncy Batho Dashwood Strettell (1881–1958), English Indian Army officer *

Chauncy Townsend Chauncy Townsend (23 February 1708 – 28 March 1770) was a City of London merchant and a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Great Britain. He was prominent in developing coalmines in the Swansea area of Wales and in supplying settler nee ...

(1708–1770), British politician and businessman *

Chauncy Hare Townshend Chauncy Hare Townshend, whose surname was spelt by his parents as Townsend (20 April 1798, Godalming, Surrey – 25 February 1868), was a 19th-century English poet, clergyman, mesmerist, collector, dilettante and hypochondriac. He is mostly r ...

(1798–1868), English poet, clergyman, and collector *

Chauncy Welliver Chauncy Welliver (born 28 April 1983) is an American-New Zealand heavyweight boxer from Spokane, Washington who lived in Auckland, New Zealand. He has a career record of 57–13–5. Throughout his career he has never been knocked down and at one ...

(born 1983), American-New Zealand boxer

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Charles Chauncy Charles Chauncy (baptised 5 November 1592 – 19 February 1672) was an Anglo-American Congregational clergyman, educator, and secondarily, a physician. He is also known as the 2nd President of Harvard. Life Charles Chauncy was born at Arde ...

(1592–1671), Anglo-American clergyman and educator *

Charles Chauncy (1705–1787) Charles Chauncy (1 January 1705 – 10 February 1787) was an American Congregational clergyman. He is known for his opposition to the First Great Awakening and his contributions to the development of Unitarianism and Liberal Protestantism, parti ...

, American Congregational clergyman *

Henry Chauncy Sir Henry Chauncy (12 April 1632 – April 1719) was an English lawyer, topographer and antiquarian. He is best known for his county history of Hertfordshire, published in 1700. Life He was born in Ardeley (then known as Yardley), Hertfordshi ...

(1632–1719), English lawyer, educator and antiquarian * Ichabod Chauncy (1635–1691), English physician and nonconformist divine * Isaac Chauncy (1632–1712), English dissenting minister * Maurice Chauncy (1509–1581), English Catholic priest and Carthusian monk * Nan Chauncy (1900–1970), British-born Australian novelist * Philip Chauncy (1816–1880), colonial Australian surveyor, amateur ethnographer *

Robert de Chauncy Robert de Chauncy (died 1278) was a medieval Bishop of Carlisle. Life Chauncy's family probably came from Chawreth in Essex, from which he took his name. Beyond the fact that he was illegitimate, nothing else is known of his background.Summer ...

(died 1278), English bishop of Carlisle *

William Snell Chauncy William Snell Chauncy (11 August 1820 – 3 July 1878) was an English civil engineer responsible for a number of important engineering works including the first steam railway opened in Australia. Early life and work William Snell Chauncy was b ...

(1820–1878), English civil engineer

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