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, the relative frequency of the surname Chambers was highest in Nottinghamshire, 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:
- Aden Chambers, American pro wrestler also known as Dalton Castle and Ashley Remington
- Aidan Chambers, English children's author
- Ashley Chambers, English footballer
- Bill Chambers , American baseball player
- Bill Chambers , American basketball player
- Boyd Chambers, American college sports coach
- C. Fred Chambers, American oilman and political activist
- Calum Chambers, English footballer
- Carlton Chambers, Canadian sprint athlete
- Chris Chambers, American football player
- Colin Chambers, New Zealand swimmer
- Craig Chambers, American computer scientist
- David Chambers various people
- Dennis Chambers, American drummer
- Dominic Chambers, English cricketer
- Dorothea Chambers, British-American female tennis player
- Dwain Chambers, British sprinter
- Edmund Kerchever Chambers, English literary critic and Shakespearean scholar
- Emma Chambers, English actress
- Ephraim Chambers, English writer and encyclopedist
- Ernie Chambers, Nebraska state senator
- Evan Chambers, American composer
- Ezekiel F. Chambers, American jurist and politician
- Faune A. Chambers, American actress
- George Chambers, former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago
- Guy Chambers, English songwriter
- Henry E. Chambers, Louisiana historian and educator
- Jack Chambers
- James Chambers various people
- Jason Chambers, American actor and mixed martial arts fighter
- John Chambers many people
- Juanita Chambers, American bridge player
- Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, civil rights leader and educator
- Justin Chambers, American model and actor
- Kasey Chambers, Australian country singer
- Kim Chambers, American pornographic actor
- Kim Chambers, open water swimmer from New Zealand
- Lisa Chambers, Irish politician
- Luke Chambers, English footballer
- Marianne Chambers, English playwright
- Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress
- Michael Chambers, American dancer and actor
- Michael A. Chambers, former president of the Canadian Olympic Committee
- Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
- Nanci Chambers, Canadian-born American actress
- Noel Chambers, New Zealand swimmer
- Oswald Chambers, Scottish Protestant minister and teacher
- Pat Chambers, American basketball coach
- Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist active in the 1950s and 1960s
- Paul Chambers
- Robert Chambers
- Ruth Chambers, Canadian artist
- Sandra Chambers, Italian singer
- Sean Chambers,, American basketball player
- Sean Chambers, American blues-rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter
- Shirley Chambers, American film actress of the 1930s
- Steven Chambers, Australian baseball player
- Thomas Chambers, English administrator and factor of the British East India Company
- Tim Chambers, American college baseball coach
- Tom Chambers , English actor
- Tom Chambers , American former basketball player
- Tom Chambers, associate justice of the Washington State Supreme Court
- Vactor Tousey Chambers, American entomologist
- W. Paris Chambers, American cornetist and bandmaster
- Wally Chambers, American professional football player
- Walter B. Chambers, New York City architect
- Wheaton Chambers, American actor
- Whittaker Chambers, American writer and editor
- William Chambers
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"
