Gurney (surname)
Gurney is an English surname of Anglo-Norman origin.Notable families
- The Gurney family, Quakers in England that established Gurney's bank:
- *Anna Gurney, Old English scholar
- *Daniel Gurney, banker and antiquary
- *Elizabeth Fry née Gurney, prison reformer and philanthropist
- *Isabel Charlotte Gurney , English philanthropist.
- *John Henry Gurney, banker and amateur ornithologist, son of Joseph John Gurney
- *Joseph John Gurney, banker, brother of Elizabeth Fry and father of John Henry Gurney
- *Robert Gurney, English zoologist
- *Samuel Gurney, banker and philanthropist
- *Hudson Gurney, English antiquary, verse-writer, and politician
- *Catherine Gurney, English activist
- English shorthand pioneers:
- *Thomas Gurney , first known official shorthand writer
- *Sir John Gurney , barrister and judge
- *William Brodie Gurney, shorthand writer and philanthropist
- *Joseph Gurney, British shorthand writer and biblical scholar
- English clergymen and civil servants :
- *Archer Thompson Gurney, Church of England clergyman and hymn writer
- *John Hampden Gurney, Anglican clergyman and hymnist.
- *Richard Gurney, vice-warden of the stannaries, and father of Archer Thompson Gurney
- *Edmund Gurney , English clergyman, divine and anti-Catholic writer
- *Russell Gurney, English Conservative Party politician
- American professional auto racing drivers:
- *Dan Gurney, father of Alex Gurney
- *Alex Gurney, son of Dan Gurney
Others with this surname
- A. R. Gurney, American playwright and novelist
- Alison Gurney, Scottish pharmacologist
- Andy Gurney, English footballer
- Alexander George Gurney, Australian cartoonist and comic strip creator
- Stan Gurney, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Bobby Gurney, football player
- Charles Raymond Gurney, Australian aviator
- Charles W. Gurney, American businessman
- Daryl Gurney, Northern Irish darts player
- Edmund Gurney, English psychologist and psychic researcher.
- Edward Gurney, English cricketer who played for Gloucestershire
- Edward J. Gurney, U.S. Representative and Senator from Florida
- Eric Gurney, cartoonist who worked with the Walt Disney Company
- Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, British scientist
- Harry Gurney, English cricket player
- Sir Henry Gurney , British High Commissioner in Malaya
- Ivor Gurney, English composer and war poet
- James Gurney, artist best known as the creator and illustrator of the Dinotopia books
- Jason Gurney, British sculptor who fought in the Spanish Civil War
- Jeremiah Gurney, American daguerreotype photographer
- John Chandler Gurney, U.S. Senator from South Dakota
- Margaret Gurney, American mathematician, statistician, and computer programmer
- Margaret Gurney , Australian artist
- Oliver Gurney, English assyriologist and hittitologist
- Peter Gurney, guinea pig handler
- Rachel Gurney, English actress
- Sir Richard Gurney, 1st Baronet, English merchant, Lord Mayor of London.
- Ronald Wilfred Gurney, British theoretical physicist
- Scott Gurney, American actor and executive producer
- Steve Gurney, New Zealand multisport and triathlon athlete
In fiction
- Gladys Gurney, a member of the extended Simpson family in The Simpsons
- Jack Arnold Alexander Tancred Gurney, protagonist of Peter Barnes' 1968 play, The Ruling Class.
