Chambers (surname)
Chambers is a common surname of English 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,[1] the relative frequency of the surname Chambers was highest in Nottinghamshire (4.4 times the British average), followed by Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire, Rutland, Suffolk, Derbyshire, Haddingtonshire and Kent. Related surnames include Chalmers and Chamberlain.
Notable people surnamed Chambers
Notable people with the surname include:
Disambiguation
American
- Aden Chambers (born c. 1986), American pro wrestler also known as Dalton Castle and Ashley Remington
- Bill Chambers (baseball) (1888–1962), American baseball player
- Bill Chambers (basketball) (born 1930), American basketball player
- Boyd Chambers (1884–1964), American college sports coach
- C. Fred Chambers (1918-1989), American oilman and political activist
- Chris Chambers (born 1978), American football player
- Craig Chambers, American computer scientist
- Dennis Chambers (born 1959), American drummer
- Ernie Chambers (born 1937), Nebraska state senator
- Evan Chambers (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
- Juanita Chambers, American bridge player
- Julius L. Chambers (1936–2013), American lawyer, civil rights leader and educator
- Justin Chambers (born 1970), American model and actor
- Kim Chambers (born 1974), American pornographic actor
- Marilyn Chambers (1952–2009), American pornographic actress
- Michael Chambers (born 1967), American dancer and actor
- Pat Chambers (born 1971), American basketball coach
- Paul Chambers (1935–1969), American jazz bassist active in the 1950s and 1960s
- Sean Chambers, (born 1965), American basketball player
- Sean Chambers (musician), American blues-rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter
- Shirley Chambers (1913-2011), American film actress of the 1930s
- Tim Chambers (baseball), American college baseball coach
- Tom Chambers (basketball) (born 1959), American former basketball player
- Tom Chambers (judge), associate justice of the Washington State Supreme Court
- Vactor Tousey Chambers (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
- Whittaker Chambers (1901–1961), American writer, editor, ex-Soviet spy
Australian
- Kasey Chambers (born 1976), Australian country singer
- Steven Chambers (born 1990), Australian baseball player
Canadian
- Carlton Chambers (born 1975), Canadian sprint athlete
- Michael A. Chambers, former president of the Canadian Olympic Committee
- Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
- Nanci Chambers (born 1963), Canadian-born American actress
- Ruth Chambers (born 1960), Canadian artist
English
- Aidan Chambers (born 1934), English children's author
- Ashley Chambers (born 1990), English footballer
- Calum Chambers (born 1995), English footballer
- Dominic Chambers (born 1984), English cricketer
- Dorothea Chambers (1878–1960), British-American female tennis player
- Dwain Chambers (born 1978), British sprinter
- Edmund Kerchever Chambers (1866–1954), English literary critic and Shakespearean scholar
- Emma Chambers (1964–2018), English actress
- Ephraim Chambers (c.1680–1740), English writer and encyclopedist
- Guy Chambers (born 1963), English songwriter
- Luke Chambers (born 1985), English footballer
- Marianne Chambers (fl. 1799-1811 or 1812), English playwright
- Thomas Chambers (Agent of Madras), English administrator and factor of the British East India Company
- Tom Chambers (actor) (born 1977), English actor
Irish
- Lisa Chambers (born 1983), Irish politician
Italian
- Sandra Chambers (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
New Zealander
- Colin Chambers (1926–2005), New Zealand swimmer
- Kim Chambers (swimmer), open water swimmer from New Zealand
- Noel Chambers (1923–1990), New Zealand swimmer
Fictional characters
- Diane Chambers, fictional character on the U.S. television series Cheers
- Rebecca Chambers, fictional character from the Resident Evil video game franchise
- Peter Chambers, fictional character from American old time radio detective show Crime and Peter Chambers
- Lou Chambers, fictional character from the novel and film "A Simple Plan"
- Chris Chambers, fictional character from the Stephen King novella The Body and the film version Stand By Me.
References
- "Chambers Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
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