Chenoweth is a name of
Cornish origin meaning "new house" (''chi nowydh'') in the
Cornish language
Cornish (Standard Written Form: or , ) is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. Along with Welsh language, Welsh and Breton language, Breton, Cornish descends from Common Brittonic, ...
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Chenowith, Chinowith, Chernoweth, and Chernowith are alternative spellings.
People
Real
* Alice Chenoweth (1853–1925), birth name of American author and activist
Helen H. Gardener
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Blair Chenoweth
The Miss Alaska competition is a scholarship pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss America pageant. Unlike most state-level pageants in the Miss America system, Alaska allows any eligible woman to enter th ...
(born 1981), American dance instructor, former Miss Alaska
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Caroline Van Deusen Chenoweth (1846–1917), American educator and diplomat
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Ellen Chenoweth, contemporary American casting director
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Eric Chenowith
Eric Robert Chenowith (born March 9, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player.
As a high school player, he was selected to the McDonald's All-American Team in 1997. He played collegiately for Kansas and was drafted by the New ...
(born 1979), American basketball player
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Erica Chenoweth
Erica Chenoweth (born April 22, 1980) is an American political scientist, professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. They are known for their research work on nonviolent civil resistan ...
(born 1980), American political scientist
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Florence Chenoweth (born 1945), Liberian agriculture and food security specialist
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Francis A. Chenoweth (1819–1899), American politician
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage
Helen Margaret Palmer Chenoweth-Hage (born Helen Margaret Palmer; January 27, 1938 – October 2, 2006) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Idaho, serving three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001. She rema ...
(1938–2006), American politician
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John Chenoweth (Colorado politician)
John Edgar Chenoweth (August 17, 1897 – January 2, 1986) was a United States Republican Party, Republican politician from the U.S. state of Colorado, serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as a state judge.
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(1897–1986), American politician
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(born 1968), American actress and singer
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Laura Chenoweth Butz (1860–1939), American educator
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Lemuel Chenoweth (1811–1887), American covered bridge builder
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Richard Chenoweth
The Chenoweth Massacre of July 17, 1789 was the last major Native American raid in present-day Louisville, Kentucky.
Captain Richard Chenoweth, builder of Fort Nelson, was stationed with his family northeast of present-day Middletown when a la ...
(18th century), builder of Fort Nelson, Kentucky
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Vida Chenoweth (1928–2018), ethnomusicologist, marimbist and linguist
Fictional
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Brenda Chenowith
The following is a list of descriptions for characters on the HBO television series '' Six Feet Under'', which aired for five seasons, from 2001 through 2005.
While the series ends in 2005, the finale (" Everyone's Waiting") was met with universa ...
, on the television series ''Six Feet Under''
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Billy Chenowith
The following is a list of descriptions for characters on the HBO television series '' Six Feet Under'', which aired for five seasons, from 2001 through 2005.
While the series ends in 2005, the finale (" Everyone's Waiting") was met with universa ...
, brother of Brenda Chenowith on ''Six Feet Under''
See also
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Chynoweth
References
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Surnames
Cornish-language surnames
Toponymic surnames