Chamberlain (surname) explained

Chamberlain is an English surname. In English, it means an attendant for a sovereign or lord in his bedchamber, or a chief officer in the household of a king or nobleman.^[1]

List of people

Notable people with this surname include:

• Alec Chamberlain (born 1964), English football player
• Azaria Chamberlain (1980) baby killed by dingo; mother and father wrongfully imprisoned for murder
• Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1865–1914), Canadian anthropologist
• Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 1993), English football player
• Ardwight Chamberlain (born 1957), American voice actor and screenwriter
• Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937), British politician, Nobel Peace Prize winner, son of Joseph Chamberlain
• Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850–1935), British Japanologist and poet
• Betsey Guppy Chamberlain (c. 1797–1886), textile mill worker of Native American background who wrote sketches and poetry in the early 19th century
• Brenda Chamberlain (politician) (born 1952), Canadian politician
• Brenda Chamberlain (artist) (1912–1971), Welsh artist and poet
• Boeta Chamberlain (b. 1999), South African rugby union player
• Calvin T. Chamberlain (1795–1878), New York politician
• Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1863–1943), American botanist
• Corinna Chamberlain, as also as Chan Ming-yan, Hong Kong-based Sinophone singer and actress with Australia-New Zealand ancestry
• Cyril Chamberlain (1909–1974), British actor
• Daniel Henry Chamberlain (1835–1907), American politician
• Daniel R. Chamberlain, American academic administrator, president of Houghton College
• David Chamberlain (born 1975), American cross-country skier
• Dean Chamberlain, American photographer
• Edward Chamberlain (disambiguation), multiple people
• Emma Chamberlain, American Youtuber
• George Chamberlain (disambiguation), several people
• Helen Chamberlain (born 1967), British television host
• Henry Chamberlain (disambiguation), several people
• Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855–1927), British author noted for his works concerning the Aryan race
• Howland Chamberlain (1911-1984), American actor
• Ice Box Chamberlain (1867–1929), American baseball player
• Jay Chamberlain (1925–2001), American race car driver
• Jerry Chamberlain (born 1952), American singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer
• Joba Chamberlain (born 1985), American baseball player
• John Chamberlain (letter writer) (1553–1628), English writer
• John Angus Chamberlain (1927–2011), American sculptor
• John Curtis Chamberlain (1772–1834), US politician
• John Henry Chamberlain (1831–1883), English architect
• John Loomis Chamberlain (1858–1948), American army officer, recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal
• John Marvin Chamberlain (1844–1928), English composer
• John Rensselaer Chamberlain (1903–1995), American journalist and editor
• Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914), British politician
• Joshua Chamberlain (1828–1914), college professor, officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and Governor of Maine
• Lauren Chamberlain (born 1993), American softball infielder
• Lindy Chamberlain (born 1948) and Michael Chamberlain (1944 - 2017), whose infant daughter Azaria disappeared in the Dingo Baby case
• Marise Chamberlain (born 1935), New Zealand middle-distance runner
• Matt Chamberlain (born 1967), American drummer
• M. E. Chamberlain (1932–2022), British historian
• Mellen Chamberlain (1821–1900), American lawyer, historian and librarian
• Montague Chamberlain (1844–1924), Canadian-American naturalist, founder of the American Ornithologists' Union
• Nathan Henry Chamberlain (1830–1901), American clergyman
• Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940), British Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940, son of Joseph Chamberlain
• Neville Bowles Chamberlain (1820–1902), British Field Marshal
• Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain (1856–1944), British Army officer and Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary
• Neville Patrick Chamberlain (born 1960), English footballer
• Neville Chamberlain (bishop) (1939–2018), British Anglican cleric, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Brechin, 1997–2005
• Owen Chamberlain (1920–2006), Nobel Prize–winning American physicist and co-discoverer of the anti-proton
• Richard Chamberlain (born 1935), American actor who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare
• Richard Chamberlain (MP for Islington West) (1840–1899), British politician
• Samuel Chamberlain (1829–1908), American soldier, painter and artist
• Samuel Selwyn Chamberlain (1851–1916), American journalist
• Siobhan Chamberlain (born 1983), English football goalkeeper
• Spencer Chamberlain (born 1983), American vocalist for the band Underoath
• Thomas Crowder Chamberlain (1843–1928), American geologist
• Tosh Chamberlain (1934–2021), English footballer
• Vicente Cuadra Chamberlain (1919–2000), Nicaraguan advertising executive
• Warren D. Chamberlain (1927–2013), American politician
• William Charles Chamberlain (1818–1878), British Rear Admiral
• William H. Chamberlain (1931–1972), American politician from Illinois
• Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999), American basketball player

See also

• Chamberlayne (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: chamberlain. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. 2023-01-12.