Farnsworth (surname)

People

• Alice Hall Farnsworth, American astronomer
• Bill Farnsworth, Australian rugby league footballer, brother of Viv
• Charles S. Farnsworth, American general in World War I, Chief of Infantry
• Christopher Farnsworth, American novelist and screenwriter
• Daniel D. T. Farnsworth, American politician, briefly second Governor of West Virginia
• Dave Farnsworth, American politician
• David Farnsworth, American Loyalist and British agent during the American Revolutionary War, hanged for attempting to undermine the American economy by counterfeiting money
• Dr. Dean Farnsworth, developer of the Farnsworth Lantern Test, used to screen for color blindness
• E. Allan Farnsworth, American legal scholar
• E. L. Farnsworth, American politician
• Eddie Farnsworth, American politician who first assumed office in 2001
• Edward Farnsworth, American college football player and US Army lieutenant colonel
• Elizabeth Farnsworth, correspondent and former substitute anchor of the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
• Elon Farnsworth , American lawyer, politician and Michigan Attorney General
• Elon J. Farnsworth, Union cavalry general in the American Civil War
• Emma Justine Farnsworth, American photographer
• Henry Weston Farnsworth, American soldier, writer, and journalist
• Herbert E. Farnsworth, American Civil War soldier awarded the Medal of Honor
• Jeff Farnsworth, Major League Baseball pitcher in 2002
• Joe Farnsworth, American jazz drummer
• John F. Farnsworth, American politician and Union Army general in the American Civil War
• John Semer Farnsworth, former US Navy officer convicted of spying for Japan from 1932 to 1934
• Kyle Farnsworth, American former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Philo Farnsworth, American inventor of the electronic television camera
• Philo Judson Farnsworth, American physician and professor
• Robert M. Farnsworth, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Missouri and author
• Richard Farnsworth, American actor
• Richard Farnsworth, member of the Maine House of Representatives
• Richard Farnsworth , one of the early leaders of the Society of Friends
• Thomas J. Farnsworth, President of the West Virginia Senate from 1883 to 1885
• Viv Farnsworth, Australian rugby league footballer, brother of Bill
• Walter K. Farnsworth, American attorney and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
• Ward Farnsworth, American law professor and dean of the University of Texas School of Law
• Wilton S. Farnsworth, American sports writer, editor and boxing promoter

  Fictional characters

• Astrid Farnsworth, a special agent in the television series Fringe
• Cubert Farnsworth, Hubert J. Farnsworth's 12-year-old clone
• Hubert J. Farnsworth, a main character in the television series Futurama, named after Philo Farnsworth
• Jerry Farnsworth and his family, characters in Robert A. Heinlein's novel
• Leo Farnsworth is one of the characters played by Warren Beatty in the 1978 movie Heaven Can Wait
• Oliver V. Farnsworth, an attorney from The Man Who Fell to Earth
• Rudolph Farnsworth, a Kim Possible villain