Cheyne is both a surname of Scottish origin which means "oak tree",
and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Bob Cheyne
Bob Cheyne (born 14 December 1947) is a Canadian sports shooter. He competed in two events at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an interna ...
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Rob Cheyne
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John Cheyne (speaker) Speaker of the House of Commons (14th century)
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John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne (–1499), English courtier and hostage after the Treaty of Picquigny (1475)
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John Cheyne (physician) (1777–1836), British physician, surgeon and author
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George Cheyne (physician) (1671–1743), physician and medical writer
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Reginald Cheyne, (
fl. 13thc.), Lord Chamberlain of Scotland
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Thomas Cheney
Sir Thomas Cheney (or Cheyne) KG (c. 1485 – 16 December 1558) of the Blackfriars, City of London and Shurland, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, was an English administrator and diplomat, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in south-east England from 15 ...
(Cheyne) (–1558), Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
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Thomas Kelly Cheyne
Thomas Kelly Cheyne, (18 September 18411915) was an English divine and Biblical critic.
Biography
He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Oxford University. Subsequently, he studied German theological methods ...
(1841–1915), English divine and Biblical critic
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Sir William Cheyne, 1st Baronet (1852–1932), British surgeon and bacteriologist who pioneered the use of antiseptical surgical methods in the United Kingdom
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John Cheyne (1905) John Cheyne may refer to:
* Sir John Cheyne (speaker) (died 1414), Speaker of the House of Commons
* John Cheyne (MP for Buckinghamshire) (died c.1447), MP for Buckinghamshire, 1413, 1415, 1425 and 1427
* Sir John Cheyne (builder of Chenies Manor) ...
, British lawyer, see
Bannatyne v Overtoun
''Bannatyne v Overtoun'' 904AC 515 (also called ''General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland v Lord Overtoun: Macalister v Young'' 1904 7 F (HL) 1 and known as the ''Free Church case''), was a protracted legal dispute between the United Fre ...
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Alec Cheyne (1907–1983), Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Chelsea, Nîmes, Colchester United, Scotland)
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William Cheyne (footballer)
William Andrew Cheyne (1912–1988), sometimes known as Andy Cheyne, was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back.
A native of the village of St Combs in Aberdeenshire,[Cheyne Coates
April M. Coates (born 6 September 1970) is an Australian singer, songwriter and producer who performs as Cheyne Coates or Cheyne. Coates (lead vocals) and Andrew Van Dorsselaer (a.k.a. Andy Van) (DJ and background vocals) comprised the duo Madi ...]
, Australian dance music and pop singer
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Cheyne (singer)
Cheyne Anderson, better known mononymously as Cheyne, is an American R&B singer who was still a teenager when her song " Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service)" hit number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1985. She also contribu ...
, American dance singer
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Cheyne baronets
The Cheyne Baronetcy, of Leagart in the parish of Fetlar and North Yell in the County of Zetland, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 July 1908 for the surgeon and bacteriologist Sir Watson Cheyne. As of 2 ...
, descended from the surgeon and bacteriologist Sir William Cheyne (1852–1932)
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Cheyne Walk
Cheyne Walk is an historic road in Chelsea, London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It runs parallel with the River Thames. Before the construction of Chelsea Embankment reduced the width of the Thames here, it fronted ...
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Cheyne–Stokes respiration
Cheyne–Stokes respiration is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by progressively deeper, and sometimes faster, breathing followed by a gradual decrease that results in a temporary stop in breathing called an apnea. The pattern repe ...
, a medical condition
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Shane (disambiguation)
Shane may refer to:
People
* Shane (actress) (born 1969), American pornographic actress
* Shane (New Zealand singer) (born 1946)
* iamnotshane (born 1995), formerly known as Shane, American singer
* Shane (name), a masculine given name and a sur ...
References
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Surnames of Scottish origin