Chesney
Chesney is an English surname or given name and a French surname It is derived from Old French chesnaie ("oak grove"). The name first reached England following its conquest by the Normans in 1066, the modern French spelling of the common name is chênaie (pronounced the same way) "oak grove". Notable persons with the name include:
As a surname:
Charles Cornwallis Chesney (1826–1876), British soldier and military writer
Chester A. Chesney (1916–1986), American politician
Dennis K. Chesney (active 1999–2000), American astronomer
Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789–1872), British general and explorer
Sir George Tomkyns Chesney (1830–1895), British general, politician, and author
James Chesney (1934–1980), Irish priest and co-worker of IRA in Claudy bombing
Kathleen Chesney (1899–1976), British scholar of medieval French literature
Kenny Chesney (born 1968), American country music singer
Marion Chesney (1936–2019), British novelist
Maxine M. Chesney (born 1942), American judge
Robert de Chesney (died 1166), Bishop of Lincoln
Robert M. Chesney (born 1971), American law professor
Ronald Chesney (1922–2018), British TV comedy screenwriter in Chesney and Wolfe
Stanley Chesney (1918–1978), American soccer goalkeeper
Andrew Chesney (1979), American singer/songwriter
William de Chesney (died after 1161), brother of Robert de Chesney and a nobleman
William de Chesney (sheriff) (died 1174), medieval sheriff of multiple counties
Sir Francis Chesney and his son Jack, characters in 1892 British farce Charley's Aunt
As a given name:
Chesney Allen (1894–1982), British entertainer
Chesney Hawkes (born 1971), British pop singer
Chesney Battersby-Brown (active since 2003), character on Coronation Street
Chesney Snow (born 1979), American stage actor, musician and beat-boxer
Chet Baker (1929–1988), American musician, born Chesney Henry Baker Jr.
As a nickname:
Wojciech Szczęsny (born 1990), Polish football goalkeeper, given because of his surname
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