Farnum is a surname that may refer to: *

Billie S. Farnum Billie Sunday Farnum (April 11, 1916 – November 18, 1979) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967. Biography Farnum was born in Saginaw, Michigan and ra ...

(1916–1979), U.S. Representative and labor leader from Michigan * Dorothy Farnum (1900–1970), American screenwriter * Dustin Farnum (1874–1929), American singer, dancer and silent movie actor *

E. B. Farnum Ethan Bennett Farnum (November 10, 1826 – after 1900) was one of the first residents of Deadwood, South Dakota, Deadwood (then in the Dakota Territory) who was not a miner or Prospecting, prospector; he was the owner of a general store. He was ...

(1826–?), first mayor of Deadwood, South Dakota * Fay Farnum (1888–1977), American mathematician *

Franklyn Farnum Franklyn Farnum (born William Smith; June 5, 1878 – July 4, 1961) was an American character actor and Hollywood extra who appeared in at least 1,100 films. He was also cast in more films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture than any ot ...

(1878–1961), American character actor * Herbert Cyrus Farnum (1866–1926), American landscape painter *

John Egbert Farnum John Egbert Farnum (born in New Jersey, 1 April 1824; died in New York City, 16 May 1870) was a brevet general in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, and captain of the illegal slave ship ''Wanderer ...

(1824–1870), United States Army brevet brigadier general of volunteers *

Kenneth Farnum Kenneth Aubrey Farnum (18 January 1931 – 4 April 2020) was a Jamaican cyclist. He competed in the men's sprint and 1,000 metres time trial events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He died on 4 April 2020, in New York City from complications ...

(born 1931), Jamaican cyclist who competed in the 1952 Olympics * Mark Farnum (c. 1896–1957), All-American college football player *

Marshall Farnum Marshall Farnum (December 19, 1879 – February 19, 1917) was an American actor and film director. The youngest of the three Farnum boys, Dustin Farnum and William Farnum.Liebman p.89 Having directed first on stage, from 1913 he established hi ...

(1879–1917), American actor and film director *

Royal B. Farnum Royal Bailey Farnum (11 June 1884 – 28 August 1967) was an American art educator who served in administrative roles in various public and private educational institutions in Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and Rhode Island during the first half o ...

(1884–1967), American art educator and President of the Rochester Institute of Technology * William Farnum (1876–1953), Hollywood film actor

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