Furniss is a surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Brian Furniss
John Brian Furniss, known as Brian Furniss (16 November 1934 – 19 September 2013) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1955 and 1956.
Furniss was born in Baslow, Derbyshire. He joined Derbyshire in 1955 and ...
(John Brian Furniss 1934–2013), English cricketer
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Bruce Furniss
Bruce MacFarlane Furniss (born May 27, 1957) is a former American amateur competition swimmer, Olympic double gold medalist, and ten-time world record-holder in four events. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, he won the Swimming ...
(born 1957), American swimmer
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Delma Furniss (1934-2022), American politician
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Eddy Furniss
Wilburn Edward "Eddy" Furniss III (born September 18, 1975) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter. A standout college baseball player for Louisiana State University (LSU), Furniss has been inducted into t ...
(born 1975), American baseball player
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Fred Furniss (1922–2017), English footballer
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Harry Furniss
Harry Furniss (26 March 185414 January 1925) was a British illustrator. He established his career on the ''Illustrated London News'' before moving to '' Punch''. He also illustrated Lewis Carroll's novel '' Sylvie and Bruno''.
Biography
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(1854–1925), artist and illustrator
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Henry Sanderson Furniss, 1st Baron Sanderson
Henry Sanderson Furniss, 1st Baron Sanderson (1 October 1868 – 25 March 1939), was an English educationalist and socialist politician. He was the third principal (school), Principal of Ruskin College, an educational institution in Oxford, Englan ...
(1868–1939), English academic, socialist, principal of Ruskin College, Oxford
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Jack Furniss (John Kitchener Furniss, 1914–2003), Australian rules footballer
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John Furniss (disambiguation)
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John Furniss (priest) (1809–1865), English Roman Catholic priest
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John Furniss (costume designer) (born 1935), British costume designer
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Lawrence Furniss (1862–1941), English footballer
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Maureen Furniss (21st century), writer, animation historian, animation theorist, critic, and professor
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Stephen Furniss (1875–1952), Canadian politician and farmer
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Steve Furniss
Steven Charles Furniss (born December 21, 1952) is an American former swimmer, business owner, Olympic bronze medalist and world record-holder.[Furness (disambiguation) Furness is a peninsula in the southern part of Cumbria, in north-west England.
Furness may also refer to:
* Furness Abbey, a former monastery in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
* Furness Building Society, a British building society
* Furness Church, a c ...]
References
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