Famous People with Name Varney

Varney Parkes            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Varney Parkes: was an Australian politician.Parkes worked as an architect at Liverpool and Canterbury, and was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1885 as the member for Central Cumberland. He left the Assembly in 1888 but was re-elected for East Sydn

Reginald Alfred Varney            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Reginald Alfred Varney: is an English TV and film actor, most notable for his role as Stan Butler in the 1970's British sitcom, On the Buses.Reg Varney's father worked in a rubber factory in Silvertown and he was one of five children who grew up in Addington Road, Canning Town. He was educated at nearby Star Lane Primary School in West Ham and after leaving school at 14, he worked as a messenger boy and a page boy at the Regent Palace Hotel. He took piano lessons as a child and was sufficiently proficient to get work as a part-time piano player. His first paid engagement was at Plumstead Radical Club in Woolwich, for which he was paid eight shillings and sixpence. He also played in working men's clubs, pubs and ABC cinemas, and later sang with Big Bands of the time. He and his mother decided that showbiz was the career for him, and he gave up his day jobs.

Luke Ivan Varney            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Luke Ivan Varney: is an English professional footballer. He is a forward and currently plays with Charlton Athletic. Varney began his career as a professional footballer at non-league level with Quorn before being spotted by Crewe's assistant manager Neil Baker. The Englishman signed for the Railwaymen in 2003 and spent four years at the club, appearing in 95 league games and scoring 35 goals.

Louis Varney            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Louis Varney: was a French composer. He studied music with his father, and became first a conductor like him. He was conducting in a small theatre L'Athénée-Comique, while he began composing, he succeeded in having one of his work, Il signor Pulcinella presented there in 1876 with considerable success. He was then proposed by the director of the Bouffes-Parisiens, Louis Cantin, to write an operetta on a libretto by Paul Ferrier and Jules Prevel, based on a vaudeville by St-Hilaire and Dupont from 1835, entitled L'habit ne fait pas le moine. Louis accepted and under a new title Les mousquetaires au couvent, it premiered at the Bouffes-Parisiens on March 16, 1880, and the success was absolute.

William Frederick Varney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Frederick Varney: was an American politician. He ran on the Prohibition ticket in the United States presidential election, 1928. He received 20,106 popular votes. In 1934, he ran on the Law Preservation ticket for Governor of New York, but polled only 20,449 votes and the

Christine A. Varney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christine A. Varney: is an American lawyer lobbyist, and internet policy expert who served as personnel counsel for the Obama-Biden Transition Project. She now serves as Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the United States Department of Justice. In July 2011 it was r