Furness
Furness is the name
- a peninsula in the English county of Cumbria , see Furness (peninsula)
- of a village in County Kildare in Ireland, see Furness (Kildare)
- an abbey in Barrow-in-Furness , see Furness Abbey
- of the Furness Glacier on Elephant Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Furness is a family name for the following people:
- Caroline Ellen Furness (1869–1936), American astronomer
- Deborra-Lee Furness (born 1955), Australian actress
- Evan Furness (* 1998), French tennis player
- Frank Furness (1839–1912), American architect of historicism
- Horace Howard Furness (1833-1912), American literary scholar
- Stephen Furness (1902–1974), British politician, Member of the House of Commons
- Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (1904–1970), American actress, mistress of King Edward VIII of Great Britain
- William Henry Furness (1802–1896), American pastor, reformer, and abolitionist
- William Henry Furness (painter) (1827–1867), American portrait painter of the Düsseldorf School
- William Henry Furness III (1866–1920), American physician and anthropologist
See also: Furness, Withy & Co. , Furness Abbey , Furness Railway
