Cheyne is both a surname of Scottish origin which means "oak tree",
and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Bob Cheyne
Bob Cheyne (born 14 December 1947) is a Canadian sports shooter. He competed in two events at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an internat ...
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Rob Cheyne
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John Cheyne (speaker) Speaker of the House of Commons (14th century)
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John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne
Sir John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne, ( – 30 May 1499) was Master of the Horse to King Edward IV of England and personal bodyguard to King Henry VII of England.
Biography
John was the third but second surviving son of John Cheyne (or Cheney) of ...
(–1499), English courtier and hostage after the Treaty of Picquigny (1475)
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John Cheyne (physician) (1777–1836), British physician, surgeon and author
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George Cheyne (physician)
George Cheyne, M.D. R.C. E.d. R.S.S. (1672–1743), was a pioneering physician, early proto-psychiatrist, philosopher and mathematician.
Life
George Cheyne (1672-1743) was a Newtonian physician and Behmenist, deeply immersed in mysticism. Born ...
(1671–1743), physician and medical writer
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Reginald Cheyne, (
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
13thc.), Lord Chamberlain of Scotland
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Thomas Cheney (Cheyne) (–1558), Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
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Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1841–1915), English divine and Biblical critic
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Sir William Cheyne, 1st Baronet
Rear admiral Sir William Watson Cheyne, 1st Baronet, (14 December 1852 – 19 April 1932) was a Scottish surgeon and bacteriologist, who pioneered the use of antiseptic surgical methods in the United Kingdom.
Early life and education
Cheyne was ...
(1852–1932), British surgeon and bacteriologist who pioneered the use of antiseptical surgical methods in the United Kingdom
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John Cheyne (1905) John Cheyne may refer to:
* Sir John Cheyne (speaker) (died 1414), Speaker of the House of Commons
* John Cheyne (MP for Buckinghamshire) (died c.1447), MP for Buckinghamshire, 1413, 1415, 1425 and 1427
* Sir John Cheyne (builder of Chenies Mano ...
, British lawyer, see
Bannatyne v Overtoun
''Bannatyne v Overtoun'' 904AC 515 (also called ''General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland v Lord Overtoun: Macalister v Young'' 1904 7 F (HL) 1 and known as the ''Free Church case''), was a protracted legal dispute between the United Free ...
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Alec Cheyne (1907–1983), Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Chelsea, Nîmes, Colchester United, Scotland)
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William Cheyne (footballer)
William Andrew Cheyne (1912–1988), sometimes known as Andy Cheyne, was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back.
A native of the village of St Combs in Aberdeenshire,[Cheyne Coates
April M. Coates (born 6 September 1970) is an Australian singer, songwriter and producer who performs as Cheyne Coates or Cheyne. Coates (lead vocals) and Andrew Van Dorsselaer (a.k.a. Andy Van) (DJ and background vocals) comprised the duo Mad ...]
, Australian dance music and pop singer
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Cheyne (singer)
Cheyne Anderson, better known mononymously as Cheyne, is an American R&B singer who was still a teenager when her song " Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service)" hit number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1985. She also contribut ...
, American dance singer
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Cheyne baronets
The Cheyne Baronetcy, of Leagart in the parish of Fetlar and North Yell in the County of Zetland, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 July 1908 for the surgeon and bacteriologist Sir Watson Cheyne. As of ...
, descended from the surgeon and bacteriologist Sir William Cheyne (1852–1932)
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Cheyne Walk
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Cheyne–Stokes respiration, a medical condition
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Shane (disambiguation)
References
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Surnames of Scottish origin