Family name Chesney (Chesney 
, Cassanos ) , all around the world, is quite a common last name. The family name Chesney is characteristic of New Zealand, where it is quite a rare surname, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom. In absolute terms, the name is most common in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Much less frequently, Chesney is the forename as well as the last name.
| alice de chesney Peerage person ID=336132 (b. 1159) |
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francis rawdon chesney British Army general, GB (b. 1789) |
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george tomkyns chesney British Army general, US (b. 1830) |
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| john chesney (b. 1794) |
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| nathaniel richard chesney (b. 1796) |
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| charles cornwallis chesney British soldier and military writer, GB (b. 1826) |
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| léon chesney FR (b. 1825) |
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| ferdinand chesney FR (b. 1858) |
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| letitia chesney American artist, US (b. 1875) |
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| arthur chesney British actor (1881-1949), GB (b. 1881) |
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| guybon chesney castell damant English physiologist, diver, royal navy officer, and researcher (1881-1963), GB (b. 1881) |
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james chesney Roman Catholic priest (1934–1980) and alleged Irish Republican Army member, GB (b. 1934) |
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marion chesney British writer, GB (b. 1936) |
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maxine m. chesney United States federal judge, US (b. 1942) |
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| chesney allen English entertainer of the Second World War period, GB (b. 1894) |
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