Cheetham is an English surname, probably derived from

Cheetham Cheetham may refer to: People * Cheetham (surname) Places * Cheetham and Altona Important Bird Area, Melbourne, Australia * Cheetham Close, a megalith and scheduled ancient monument located in Lancashire, very close to the boundary with Greater ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

, now part of

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Cheetham Alan H. Cheetham is a paleobiologist and retired senior scientist and curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. Born in El Paso, Texas, January 30, 1928, Cheetham grew up in Taos, Ne ...

(born 1928), American paleobiologist *

Alfred Cheetham Alfred Buchanan Cheetham (6 May 1866 – 22 August 1918) was a member of several Antarctic expeditions. He served as third officer for both the ''Nimrod'' expedition and Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition. He died at sea when his ship w ...

(1867–1918), member of several Antarctic expeditions * Anthony Cheetham (born 1946), British materials scientist * Arthur Cheetham (1864–1937), English film-maker * Craig Cheetham (born 1970), English actor *

Deborah Cheetham Deborah Joy Cheetham Fraillon (born Deborah Joy Cheetham, 1964) is an Aboriginal Australian soprano, composer, and playwright. She leads Short Black Opera, based in Melbourne, which provides training and opportunities for emerging Aboriginal a ...

(born 1964), Australian opera singer * Erika Cheetham (1939–1998), English medieval scholar * Francis Cheetham (1928–2005), leading authority on Nottingham Alabaster * Henry Cheetham (1827–1899), Anglican bishop * Henry Cheetham (pastor) (1801–1881), English Congregational minister in colonial South Australia *

Jack Cheetham John Erskine Cheetham (26 May 1920 – 21 August 1980) was a South African cricketer who played in 24 Test matches Test match in some sports refers to a sporting contest between national representative teams and may refer to: * Test cricket * In ...

(1920–1980), South African cricket player * Jackie Cheetham (1907–1987), Scottish footballer * Jason Cheetham (born 1969), English musician (a.k.a. Jay Kay, frontman of

Jamiroquai Jamiroquai ( ) are an English acid jazz and funk band from London. Formed in 1992, they are fronted by vocalist Jay Kay, and were prominent in the London-based funk and acid jazz movement of the 1990s. They built on their acid jazz sound in th ...

) * John Cheetham (manufacturer) (1802–1886), English politician * John Frederick Cheetham (1835–1916), English politician and son of John Cheetham * Josh Cheetham (born 1992), British speed skater * Joshua Milne Cheetham (1835–1902), British Member of Parliament *

Michael Cheetham Michael Cheetham (born 30 June 1967) is an English retired footballer most notable for his time at Cambridge United in the early 1990s. Career Ipswich Town manager Bobby Robson paid to buy him out of the army to enable him to start his footbal ...

, English footballer *Sir

Milne Cheetham Sir Joshua Milne Crompton Cheetham (9 July 1869 – 6 January 1938) was a British diplomat. Biography Born in Preston, the son of Joshua Milne Cheetham, MP, he was educated at Rossall School, from which he won a scholarship to Christ Churc ...

(1869–1938), British diplomat *Sir Nicolas Cheetham (1910–2002), British diplomat and historical writer *

Richard Cheetham Richard Ian Cheetham (born 18 August 1955) is a retired Church of England bishop and former teacher. He served as the area Bishop of Kingston in the Diocese of Southwark, 2002–2022. Early life He was educated at Kingston Grammar School. ...

(born 1955), current Anglican Area Bishop of Kingston upon Thames * Roy Cheetham (1939–2019), English footballer * Steven Cheetham (born 1987), English cricket player * Tommy Cheetham (1910–1993), English professional football player

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