Famous People with Name Gurney

Ivor Gurney            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Ivor Gurney: was an English composer and war poet.Gurney sang as a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral, from 1900 to 1906 when he became an articled pupil of Dr Herbert Brewer at the cathedral. During this time he met two important friends, composer Herbert Howells, als

John Henry Gurney            Origin/Culture/Country: English

John Henry Gurney: was an English banker and amateur ornithologist.Gurney was the only son of Joseph John Gurney of Earlham Hall, Norfolk. At the age of ten he was sent to a private tutor at Leytonstone near the Epping Forest, where he met Henry Doubleday, and commenced his

Edward Gurney            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Edward Gurney: was an English cricketer who played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Wriddenham and died in Hove. Gurney made a single first-class appearance for the team, at the age of 43, in the 1911 season, against Cambridge University.

John Chandler "Chan" Gurney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Chandler "Chan" Gurney: was a U.S. Senator from South Dakota. During World War I, he served as a sergeant in Company A, Thirty-Fourth Engineers, United States Army, with service overseas from 1918 to 1919. He also engaged in his family's seed and nursery business (Gurney's Seed

Edward John Gurney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward John Gurney: was an American politician from Florida, where he served as a Representative and a United States Senator. He was the first Republican Senator elected from Florida since Reconstruction.Gurney was elected to the United States Congress in 1962, 1964, and 196