title: Furneaux (surname)
text: # Furneaux (surname)
  
  Furneaux is a Norman-French locational surname.
  
  Notable people with this name include:
  
  * Charles Furneaux (1835–1913), drawing instructor in the Boston area
  * Furneaux Cook (1839–1903), English opera singer and actor
  * Henry Furneaux (1829–1900), British classical scholar, specialising in Tacitus
  * Karen Furneaux (born 1976), Canadian sprint kayaker who has been competing since 1988
  * Ky Furneaux (born 1973), Australian outdoor guide, TV host, female survival expert and stunt person
  * Peter Furneaux (1935-2014), English football club chairman and investor
  * Philip Furneaux (1726–1783), English independent minister
  * Robert Furneaux Jordan (1905–1978), English architect, architectural critic and novelist
  * Robin Furneaux or Frederick Smith (1936–1985), 3rd Earl of Birkenhead
  * Thomas Furneaux Lennon or Thomas Lennon (filmmaker), documentary filmmaker
  * Tobias Furneaux (1735–1781), English navigator and Royal Navy officer, accompanied James Cook on his second voyage of exploration
  * William Mordaunt Furneaux or William Furneaux, Dean of Winchester in the early decades of the 20th century
  * Yvonne Furneaux (born 1928), French film actress
  