surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
of
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ...
origin. It usually denoted either a servant who worked in his master's private chambers, or a ''camararius'', a person in charge of an exchequer room. At the time of the British census of 1881, Retrieved 25 January 2014 the relative frequency of the surname Chambers was highest in
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...
(4.4 times the British average), followed by
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by
two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It ...
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...
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Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council ...
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Rutland
Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire.
Its greatest len ...
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Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include ...
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Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
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Haddingtonshire
East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921.
In 1975, the hist ...
and
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
* Aden Chambers (born c. 1986), American pro wrestler also known as Dalton Castle and Ashley Remington
* Annika Chambers, American soul blues singer and songwriter
* Becky Chambers (author) (born 1985), American science-fiction writer
* Bill Chambers (baseball) (1888–1962), American baseball player
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Bill Chambers (basketball)
William B. Chambers (December 13, 1930 – July 11, 2017) was an American college basketball player and coach for the William & Mary Tribe.Boyd Chambers (1884–1964), American college sports coach
* C. Fred Chambers (1918–1989), American oilman and political activist
* Charles Edward Chambers (1883–1941), American illustrator and classical painter
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Chris Chambers
Christopher J. Chambers (born August 12, 1978) is a former American football wide receiver who played 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Wisconsin. He was drafted by the Mia ...
(born 1978), American football player
* Craig Chambers, American computer scientist
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Dennis Chambers
Dennis Milton Chambers (born May 9, 1959) is an American drummer. He was inducted into the '' Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2001.
Early life
Chambers was born on May 9, 1959. He began drumming at the age of four years, and was gigging in Ba ...
(born 1959), American drummer
* Ernie Chambers (born 1937), Nebraska state senator
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Evan Chambers
Evan Chambers (born 1963, in Alexandria, Louisiana) is a composer, traditional Irish fiddler, and Professor of Composition at the University of Michigan. He received a Doctorate in music composition from the University of Michigan. His teachers ...
(born 1963), American composer
* Ezekiel F. Chambers (1788–1867), American jurist and politician
* Faune A. Chambers (born 1976), American actress
* Henry E. Chambers (1860–1929), Louisiana historian and educator
* Jason Chambers (born 1980), American actor and mixed martial arts fighter
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Juanita Chambers
Juanita Chambers (1956–2016) was a professional American bridge player from Schenectady, New York. She was world champion three times.
Born Juanita Tah in Ponca City, Oklahoma, to an Apache father. She married Neil Chambers in 1983. She also c ...
, American bridge player
* Julius L. Chambers (1936–2013), American lawyer, civil rights leader and educator
* Justin Chambers (born 1970), American model and actor
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Kim Chambers
Kimberly Chambers (born January 11, 1974) is an American retired pornographic actress.
Career
She entered the adult film industry in 1993 at the age of around 19 and has since performed in over 200 films. She has also directed at least four ...
(born 1974), American pornographic actor
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Marilyn Chambers
Marilyn Ann Taylor (née Briggs; April 22, 1952 – April 12, 2009), known professionally as Marilyn Chambers, was an American pornographic actress, exotic dancer, model, actress, singer and vice-presidential candidate. She was known f ...
(1952–2009), American pornographic actress
* Michael Chambers (born 1967), American dancer and actor
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Pat Chambers
Patrick Brian Chambers (born December 13, 1970) is an American college basketball coach and is the current head coach at Florida Gulf Coast University. He is formerly the head men's basketball coach at Penn State and Boston University.
Biograph ...
(born 1971), American basketball coach
* Paul Chambers (1935–1969), American jazz bassist active in the 1950s and 1960s
* Priscilla Chambers, American drag queen
* Sean Chambers, (born 1965), American basketball player
* Sean Chambers (musician), American blues-rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter
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Shirley Chambers
Shirley Chambers (December 20, 1913 – September 11, 2011) was an American film actress of the 1930s. She was notable for playing 'dumb blonde' roles in musical comedy films. She was discovered by press agent Harry Reichenbach.
Biography
Cham ...
(1913-2011), American film actress of the 1930s
* Thomas Chambers (painter), (1808-1869), American landscape painter
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Tim Chambers (baseball)
Timothy Doyle Chambers (January 27, 1965 – October 27, 2019)http://www.sportshalloffame.net/hall-of-famers/tim-chambers/ was an American college baseball coach. He was head coach of the UNLV Rebels baseball team from 2011 to 2015. He was named ...
, American college baseball coach
* Tom Chambers (basketball) (born 1959), American former basketball player
* Tom Chambers (judge), associate justice of the Washington State Supreme Court
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Vactor Tousey Chambers Vactor Tousey Chambers (commonly V.T. Chambers) (6 August 1830, Burlington, Kentucky – 7 August 1883, in Covington, Kentucky) was an American entomologist who specialized in Microlepidoptera. He along with James Brackenridge Clemens, was a pioneer ...
(1830–1883), American entomologist
* W. Paris Chambers (1854–1913), American cornetist and bandmaster
* Wally Chambers (born 1951), American professional football player
* Walter B. Chambers (1866–1945), New York City architect
* Wheaton Chambers (1887-1958), American actor
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Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers (born Jay Vivian Chambers; April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American writer-editor, who, after early years as a Workers Party of America, Communist Party member (1925) and Soviet Union, Soviet spy (1932–1938), defe ...
(1901–1961), American writer, editor, ex-Soviet spy
Australian
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Kasey Chambers
Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976) is an Australian country singer-songwriter and musician born in Mount Gambier. She is the daughter of fellow musicians, Diane and Bill Chambers, and the younger sister of musician and producer, Nash Chambers. ...
(born 1976), Australian country singer
* Steven Chambers (born 1990), Australian baseball player
Canadian
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Carlton Chambers
Carlton Chambers (born June 27, 1975) is a retired sprint athlete from Canada, and a winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He ran in the preliminary heats, however a groin injury prevented him from running ...
(born 1975), Canadian sprint athlete
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Michael A. Chambers
Michael A. Chambers is the former president of the Canadian Olympic Committee and senior partner at Maclaren Corlett LLP. , Chambers serves as chair of the Association of National Olympic Committees Legal Commission, chair of the Panam Sports Leg ...
Nanci Chambers
Nanci Chambers is a Canadian-born American actress.
Biography
Chambers is perhaps best known for her role as the ambitious Lieutenant Loren Singer on the television series '' JAG''. Chambers has been a board member of the organisation "A Bette ...
(born 1963), Canadian-born American actress
* Ruth Chambers (born 1960), Canadian artist
English
* Aidan Chambers (born 1934), English children's author
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Ashley Chambers
Ashley Renaldo Chambers (born 1 March 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for Coalville Town.
Chambers started his career with Leicester City, making his first-team debut in 2005 at the age of 15 in ...
Ephraim Chambers
Ephraim Chambers ( – 15 May 1740) was an English writer and encyclopaedist, who is primarily known for producing the '' Cyclopaedia, or a Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences''.
Biography
Chambers was born in Milton near Kendal, Westmo ...
(c.1680–1740), English writer and encyclopedist
* Guy Chambers (born 1963), English songwriter
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Luke Chambers
Luke Chambers (born 28 September 1985) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Primarily a centre back, he could also play at right back. Chambers made 792 ap ...
(born 1985), English footballer
* Marianne Chambers (fl. 1799-1811 or 1812), English playwright
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Raymond Wilson Chambers
Raymond Wilson Chambers (12 November 1874 – 23 April 1942) was a British literary scholar, author, librarian and academic; throughout his career he was associated with University College London (UCL).
Life
Chambers was educated at Univer ...
Lisa Chambers
Lisa Chambers (born 24 August 1986) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, and former barrister who has served as Leader of the Seanad since December 2022. She served as deputy leader of the Seanad from 2020 to 2022, and as Leader of Fianna Fáil ...
(born 1983), Irish politician
* Gordon Chambers (born 1974), Irish Scientist
Italian
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Sandra Chambers Sandra Chambers (born 11 April 1967), also known as Sandy Chambers or simply Sandy, is a British dance music vocalist based in Italy.
Career
Chambers moved to Italy in 1992 and her voice has been used in many Italian Electronic dance music prod ...
(born 1967), Italian singer
Scottish
* Oswald Chambers (1874–1917), Scottish Protestant minister and teacher
Trinidadian
* George Chambers (1928–1997), former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...
Diane Chambers
Diane Chambers is a fictional character in the American television situation comedy show ''Cheers'', portrayed by Shelley Long and created by Glen and Les Charles. After her fiancé Sumner Sloan abandons her in the Cheers bar in the pilot epi ...
, fictional character on the U.S. television series ''Cheers''
* Glenn Chambers, fictional character from the web serial,
Worm
Worms are many different distantly related bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and no eyes (though not always).
Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine polychaete wor ...
* Kelly Chambers, fictional character from the Mass Effect video game franchise
* Lou Chambers, fictional character from the
novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself ...
and
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmospher ...
"A Simple Plan"
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Peter Chambers
Peter Chambers (born 14 March 1990) is a British rower, and is the brother of fellow rower Richard Chambers. He is a World Champion in the men's lightweight double sculls and an Olympic silver medalist in the men's lightweight coxless four.
He ...
, fictional character from American old time radio detective show
Crime and Peter Chambers
''Crime and Peter Chambers'' is an American old-time radio detective program. It was broadcast on NBC from April 6, 1954, until September 7, 1954.
Format
''Crime and Peter Chambers'' brought to radio a fictional private detective created by autho ...