Cheney
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
Cheney may refer to:
[edit] People
- Ben Cheney, lumber businessman
- Benjamin Pierce Cheney, American businessman
- Chris Cheney, guitarist and lead singer of Australian rock band The Living End
- Dick Cheney, American politician and businessman, 46th Vice President of the United States
- Dorothy Cheney, tennis player
- Edwin Cheney, commissioned the Frank Lloyd Wright Cheney House
- Elizabeth Cheney, Dick Cheney's daughter
- Emily Cheney Neville, author and Newbury Medal winner
- Eric Cheney, an independent British motorcycle designer and manufacturer
- Lynne Cheney, Dick Cheney's wife
- Mary Cheney, Dick Cheney's daughter
- Mary Cheney Greeley, wife of Horace Greeley
- Oren B. Cheney, abolitionist, founder of Bates College
- Person C. Cheney, United States Senator, Governor of New Hampshire
- Thomas Cheney, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
- Tom Cheney (cartoonist), an award-winning cartoonist who writes for The New Yorker and MAD Magazine
- Tom Cheney (baseball player), a former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Wallace H. Cheney, former Assistant Director and General Counsel of the Beaureu of Prisons
[edit] Places
Cheney is also the name of two cities in the United States (the names of both are pronounced ['tʃi:ni]):
In France:
- Cheney, Yonne
In Australia:
- "Cheney's House"
[edit] Others
Cheney is often used to describe styles of garbage collection in computer science that are based upon
[edit] See also
- Chaney
- Chanay, a commune in France
- Janney (disambiguation)