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 with the surname include:
- Aden Chambers (born c. 1986), American pro wrestler also known as Dalton Castle and Ashley Remington
- Aidan Chambers (born 1934), English children's author
- Ashley Chambers (born 1990), English footballer
- 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
- Calum Chambers (born 1995), English footballer
- Carlton Chambers (born 1975), Canadian sprint athlete
- Chris Chambers (born 1978), American football player
- Colin Chambers, New Zealand swimmer
- Craig Chambers, American computer scientist
- David Chambers (disambiguation) various people
- Dennis Chambers (born 1959), American drummer
- 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
- 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
- George Chambers (1928–1997), former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago
- Guy Chambers (born 1963), English songwriter
- Henry E. Chambers (1860–1929), Louisiana historian and educator
- Jack Chambers (disambiguation)
- James Chambers (disambiguation) various people
- Jason Chambers (born 1980), American actor and mixed martial arts fighter
- John Chambers (disambiguation) many people
- 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
- Kasey Chambers (born 1976), Australian country singer
- Kim Chambers (born 1974), American pornographic actor
- Kim Chambers (swimmer), open water swimmer from New Zealand
- Lisa Chambers (born 1983), Irish politician
- Luke Chambers (born 1985), English footballer
- Marilyn Chambers (1952–2009), American pornographic actress
- Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
- Nanci Chambers (born 1963), Canadian-born American actress
- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917), Scottish Protestant minister and teacher
- Pat Chambers (born 1971), American basketball coach
- Paul Chambers (1935–1969), jazz bassist of the 1950s and 1960s
- Paul Chambers (disambiguation)
- Robert Chambers (disambiguation)
- Sandra Chambers, Italian singer
- Shirley Chambers (1913-2011), American film actress of the 1930s
- Steven Chambers (born 1990), Australian baseball player
- Thomas Chambers (Agent of Madras), English administrator and factor of the British East India Company
- Tim Chambers (baseball), American college baseball coach
- Tom Chambers (actor) (born 1977), English actor
- 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 and editor
- William Chambers (architect) (1723–1796), Scottish architect
- William Chambers (publisher) (1800–1883), Scottish publisher
Fictional characters
- Diane Chambers, fictional character on the U.S. television series Cheers
References
- ↑ "Chambers Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
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