Chauncey
Encyclopedia
Places
In the United States:- Chauncey, GeorgiaChauncey, GeorgiaChauncey is a town in Dodge County, Georgia, United States. The population was 295 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chauncey is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
- Chauncey, Indiana, 19th-century town absorbed into West Lafayette, IndianaWest Lafayette, IndianaAs of the census of 2010, there were 29,596 people, 12,591 households, and 3,588 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,381.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 74.3% White, 17.3% Asian, 2.7% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.03% Pacific...
- Chauncey, Michigan
- Chauncey, OhioChauncey, OhioChauncey is a village in Athens County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,067 at the 2000 census. The local residents pronounce the village name...
People
Given name- Chauncey BillupsChauncey BillupsChauncey Ray Billups is an American professional basketball point guard for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association . He has also played for Team USA. Billups won the NBA Finals MVP in 2004, helping the Detroit Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals, and was given the...
, American basketball player - Chauncey HosfordChauncey HosfordChauncey Osborne Hosford was a pioneer and Methodist missionary in Oregon Country. He was born in Lexington Heights, New York to the highly religious Willis and Lucia Hosford. Hosford came to Oregon in 1845 with his brother Erwin, and worked for Philip Foster. He later boarded with David Leslie...
, Oregon pioneer
Surname
- Danny ChaunceyDanny ChaunceyDanny Chauncey is an American rock guitarist. He is best known for being a member of the Southern rock band 38 Special since 1987...
(b. 1956), American rock guitarist - George ChaunceyGeorge ChaunceyGeorge Chauncey is a professor of history at Yale University. He is best known as the author of Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 .-Life and works:...
(b.1953), professor of history at Yale University - George Chauncey (executive)George Chauncey (executive)George Chauncey was an American businessman in the later part of the 19th century. He was a native of Brooklyn, New York and a baseball fan. He got into the sport by financing the formation of a team in the Players League of 1890 that became known as Brooklyn Ward's Wonders after Manager and...
, former owner of the Brooklyn Grooms - Henry Chauncey (1905–2002), founder of the Educational Testing ServiceEducational Testing ServiceEducational Testing Service , founded in 1947, is the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization...
- Commodore Isaac ChaunceyIsaac ChaunceyIsaac Chauncey was an officer in the United States Navy.-Biography:Chauncey, born in Black Rock, Connecticut, 20 February 1779, was appointed a Lieutenant in the Navy from 17 September 1798...
(1779–1840), U.S. Navy officer in the early 19th century - Mary Kincaid-ChaunceyMary Kincaid-ChaunceyMary J. Kincaid-Chauncey is a former Democratic politician from Nevada. Kincaid-Chauncey served on the Clark County Commission until she was defeated for reelection and subsequently convicted of federal corruption charges.-Political career:...
, former Democratic politician from Nevada - Toby Chauncey (d.1579), William Chauncey (d. 1585) and others - owners of the Manor House at EdgcoteEdgcoteEdgcote is a village and civil parish on the River Cherwell in south-west Northamptonshire. The parish is bounded by the river to the north and by one of its tributaries to the east...
, Northamptonshire, England
Fictional
- Chauncey (Wonder Showzen character), puppet character on the MTV2 series Wonder Showzen
- Chance the Gardener, the main character in the film Being ThereBeing ThereBeing There is a 1979 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby. Adapted from the 1971 novella written by Jerzy Kosinski, the screenplay was coauthored by Kosinski and Robert C. Jones. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A...
, whose name is misheard by the movie's characters throughout as Chauncey Gardiner
Other uses
- USS ChaunceyUSS ChaunceyThree ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Chauncey to honor Commodore Isaac Chauncey.* The , was a destroyer, which served from 1901 to 1917.* The , was a Clemson-class destroyer, active 1918 to 1923....
, three ships named for Commodore Chauncey