Chenoweth is a name of Cornish origin meaning "new house" (''Chy nowydh'') in the

Cornish language Cornish (Standard Written Form: or ) , is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. It is a List of revived languages, revived language, having become Extinct language, extinct as a livin ...

. Chenowith, Chinowith, Chernoweth, and Chernowith are alternative spellings.

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* Alice Chenoweth (1853–1925), birth name of American author and activist

Helen H. Gardener Helen Hamilton Gardener (1853–1925), born Alice Chenoweth, was an American author, rationalist public intellectual, political activist, and government functionary. Gardener produced many lectures, articles, and books during the 1880s and 1890s ...

Blair Chenoweth The Miss Alaska competition is a scholarship pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss America pageant. Unlike most state-level pageants in the Miss America system, Alaska allows any eligible woman to enter th ...

(born 1981), American dance instructor, former Miss Alaska * Caroline Van Deusen Chenoweth (1846–1917), American educator and diplomat *

Ellen Chenoweth Ellen Chenoweth is a prominent American casting director. For her second film, Barry Levinson's ''Diner'', she cast many of the then relatively unknown actors such as Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Paul Reis ...

, contemporary American casting director *

Eric Chenowith Eric Robert Chenowith (born March 9, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. As a high school player, he was selected to the McDonald's All-American Team in 1997. He played collegiately for Kansas and was drafted by the New ...

(born 1979), American basketball player * Erica Chenoweth (born 1980), American political scientist *

Florence Chenoweth Florence Alletta Chenoweth (2 April 1945 – 26 June 2023) was a Liberian politician and agriculture and food security specialist. As minister of agriculture in Liberia, she was the first woman to hold such a position in Africa. She also held se ...

(born 1945), Liberian agriculture and food security specialist *

Francis A. Chenoweth Francis A. Chenoweth (May 24, 1819 – November 29, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician in the Pacific Northwest. A native of Ohio, he lived in Iowa and Wisconsin before immigrating to the Oregon Territory. There he served in the legislat ...

(1819–1899), American politician *

Helen Chenoweth-Hage Helen Margaret Palmer Chenoweth-Hage (born Helen Margaret Palmer; January 27, 1938 – October 2, 2006) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho. She remains the only Republican woman to ever represent Idaho in the United States C ...

(1938–2006), American politician *

John Chenoweth (Colorado politician) John Edgar Chenoweth (August 17, 1897 – January 2, 1986) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Colorado, serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as a state judge. Early life Chenoweth's parents were Th ...

(1897–1986), American politician * Kristin Chenoweth (born 1968), American actress and singer *

Laura Chenoweth Butz Laura Chenoweth Butz (July 11, 1860 – September 1, 1939) was an American educator. She was the Superintendent of Wardner-Kellogg City Schools for eight years. Early life Laura Ann Chenoweth Butz was born in Danville, Illinois, on July 11, 1860, t ...

(1860–1939), American educator *

Lemuel Chenoweth Lemuel Chenoweth (25 June 1811—26 August 1887) was a carpenter, legislator and self-taught architect. He is best known as one of 19th century America's master covered bridge builders. Chenoweth and his brother Eli constructed 20 bridges durin ...

(1811–1887), American covered bridge builder * Richard Chenoweth (18th century), builder of Fort Nelson, Kentucky * Vida Chenoweth (1928-2018), ethnomusicologist, marimbist and linguist

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* Brenda Chenowith, on the television series ''Six Feet Under'' *

Billy Chenowith The following is a list of descriptions for characters on the HBO television series '' Six Feet Under'', which aired for five seasons, from 2001 through 2005. While the series ends in 2005, the finale (“ Everyone's Waiting”) was met with uni ...

, brother of Brenda Chenowith on ''Six Feet Under''

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