Cheney (surname)
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Cheney is a surname, and may refer to:
- Ben CheneyBen CheneyBenjamin Bradbury Cheney was an American businessman and sports enthusiast active in Pacific Coast states. Cheney founded the Cheney Lumber Company and is credited with standardizing the size of wall studs at 8 feet long by 2 inches thick by 4 inches wide, commonly referred to as a 2-by-4...
, lumber businessman - Benjamin Pierce CheneyBenjamin Pierce CheneyBenjamin Pierce Cheney was an American businessman, and a founder of the firm that became American Express.-Early life:Cheney was born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire on August 12, 1815, to Jesse and Alice Cheney. The family were descended from John Cheney, who was recorded in Roxbury,...
, American businessman - Chris CheneyChris CheneyChristopher John Cheney is the guitarist, main songwriter and lead vocalist in the Australian rock band, The Living End. His trademark guitar is a Gretsch White Falcon and he uses mainly distortion and modulation effects...
, guitarist and lead singer of Australian rock band The Living End - Dick CheneyDick CheneyRichard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....
, 46th Vice President of the United States- Lynne CheneyLynne CheneyLynne Ann Cheney is the wife of former United States Vice President Dick Cheney and served as the Second Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009...
, Dick Cheney's wife - Elizabeth CheneyElizabeth CheneyElizabeth Cheney Perry , commonly called Liz, is an American attorney. During the George W. Bush administration years, she held positions in the State Department of the United States...
, Dick Cheney's daughter - Mary CheneyMary CheneyMary Claire Cheney is the second daughter of Dick Cheney, the former Vice President of the United States, and his wife, Lynne Cheney. She is openly lesbian, has voiced support for same-sex marriage, and has been credited with encouraging her father to support same-sex marriage as well...
, Dick Cheney's daughter
- Lynne Cheney
- Dorothy CheneyDorothy CheneyDorothy “Dodo” Bundy Cheney is the daughter of Tennis Hall of Famer May Sutton Bundy and U.S. doubles champion Tom Bundy . She has been an outstanding American tennis player from her youth into her 90s. She played most of her tennis at the Los Angeles Tennis Club , during the years that Perry T...
, tennis player - Edwin CheneyEdwin CheneyEdwin Henry Cheney was an electrical engineer from Oak Park, Illinois, USA. Edwin has a goofy personality... but very loving and intelligent at the same time....
, commissioned the Frank Lloyd Wright Cheney House - Emily Cheney NevilleEmily Cheney NevilleEmily Cheney Neville was an American author. She was born in Manchester, Connecticut and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1940. After receiving her A.B. from Bryn Mawr, she worked for the New York Daily News and the New York Mirror newspapers...
, author and Newbury Medal winner - Elizabeth Cheney, Lady Say, English aristocrat
- Eric CheneyEric CheneyEric Cheney was an independent British motorcycle designer and constructor. He was known as one of the best motorcycle frame designers of his era.-Early life:...
, an independent British motorcycle designer and manufacturer - Howell CheneyHowell CheneyHowell Cheney was a member of the Cheney manufacturing dynasty. The Cheneys had long been the first family of South Manchester....
, American manufacturer - John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne (c1445-1499) Master of the Horse to King Edward IV of England
- John Cheyne (Speaker of the House)John Cheyne (Speaker of the House)Sir John Cheyne or Cheney was a Member of Parliament and briefly the initial Speaker of the House of Commons of England in the Parliament of October 1399, summoned by the newly-acclaimed Henry IV....
Speaker of the House (14th C) - Lauren CheneyLauren CheneyLauren Nicole Cheney is an American soccer player and member of the United States women's national soccer team. She is currently a forward for Women's Professional Soccer's Boston Breakers.-Career:...
(born 1987), American soccer player - Mary Cheney GreeleyMary Cheney GreeleyMary Cheney Greeley - wife of Horace Greeley - the American newspaper editor. Early in their marriage he used her $5000 in savings to fund a newspaper. The marriage was not a happy one and although Horace Greeley avoided his wife and their house, he kept her almost constantly pregnant...
, wife of Horace Greeley - Oren B. CheneyOren B. CheneyOren Burbank Cheney was the founder of Bates College, an abolitionist, and a Free Will Baptist clergyman.-Early life:...
, abolitionist, founder of Bates College - Person C. CheneyPerson Colby CheneyPerson Colby Cheney was a paper manufacturer, abolitionist and Republican politician from Manchester, New Hampshire. He was 43rd Governor of New Hampshire and later represented the state in the United States Senate....
, United States Senator, Governor of New Hampshire - Thomas CheneyThomas CheneySir Thomas Cheney KG was the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in South-East England, from 1536 until his death.-Early life:...
(c1485-1558), Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports - Tom Cheney (cartoonist)Tom Cheney (cartoonist)Tom Cheney is an American cartoonist. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia and raised in Northern New York state. A staff cartoonist with The New Yorker, his work has appeared in over 500 publications in the United States and other countries, including National Lampoon, The Harvard Business Review,...
, an award-winning cartoonist who writes for The New Yorker and MAD Magazine - Tom Cheney (baseball player)Tom Cheney (baseball player)Thomas Edgar Cheney was a Major League Baseball player. Cheney, a right-handed pitcher from Morgan, Georgia, played for the St. Louis Cardinals , Pittsburgh Pirates, , and the Washington Senators during his 8-year major league career. Tom Cheney is most notable for striking out the highest number...
, a former Major League Baseball pitcher