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.

List of persons with the surname

• Andy Chambers (born 1983), Bristols answer to Pat Sharpe
• Aidan Chambers (born 1934), English children's author
• Ashley Chambers (born 1990), English footballer
• Bill Chambers (1888–1962), American baseball player
• Bill Chambers (born 1930), American basketball player
• Boyd Chambers (1884–1964), American college sports coach
• Carlton Chambers (born 1975), Canadian sprint athlete
• Chris Chambers (born 1978), American football player
• Colin Chambers, New Zealand swimmer
• Dennis Chambers (born 1959), American drummer
• Diane Chambers, fictional character on the U.S. television series Cheers
• 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 (born 1964), English actress
• Ephraim Chambers (c. 1680 – 1740), English writer and encyclopedist
• Ernie Chambers (born 1937), Nebraska State Senator
• Ezekiel F. Chambers (1788–1867), American jurist & 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(1931–1978), Canadian artist and filmmaker
• Jack Chambers (born 1938), Canadian linguist
• Jason Chambers (born 1980), American actor and a mixed martial arts fighter
• John Chambers (born 1949), rose to the post of Chairman & CEO of Cisco Systems after overcoming childhood dyslexia
• Justin Chambers (born 1970), American model and actor
• Kasey Chambers (born 1976), Australian country singer
• Kim Chambers (born 1974), American pornographic actor
• Luke Chambers (born 1985), English footballer
• Marilyn Chambers (1952–2009), American pornographic actress
• Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
• Oswald Chambers (1874–1917), early twentieth century 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
• Thomas Chambers, English administrator and factor of the British East India Company
• Tom Chambers (born 1977), English actor, best known for his role as Sam Strachan in Holby City
• Tom Chambers (born 1959), American former NBA professional basketball player
• Tom Chambers, Associate Justice of the Washington State Supreme Court
• Wally Chambers (born 1951), American professional football player
• Walter B. Chambers (1866–1945), New York City architect
• Whittaker Chambers (1901–1961), American writer and editor best known for his testimony against Alger Hiss
• William Chambers (architect) (1723–1796), 18th century Scottish architect
• William Chambers (publisher) (1800–1883), Scottish publisher
• W. Paris Chambers (1854–1913), American cornetist and bandmaster

External links

• Chambers Surname DNA Project